# 2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

The 2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the eighth edition of the Men's Hockey Asia Cup, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held from May 9 to May 16, 2009 in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
The tournament was originally awarded to Dubai, United Arab Emirates by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) in a 2008 meeting. However, it was swapped to Malaysia due to the hockey facility in Dubai Sports City not being completed on time. The tournament was sponsored by AirAsia with MYR 500,000. South Korea won their third title and qualified for the 2010 World Cup in New Delhi, India, after defeating Pakistan 1–0 in the final.

## Teams

Only eight teams were to compete in this tournament, divided by two pools. However, Sri Lanka withdrew from the tournament few days before the commencement, having replaced Oman before the withdrawal. Although the tournament is reduced to seven teams, the format of the competition remains unchanged.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host | Host | Host | 1 | Malaysia |
| 31 August – 9 September 2007 | 2007 Asia Cup | Chennai, India | 5 | India South Korea Japan China Pakistan |
| 14–22 June 2008 | 2008 AHF Cup | Singapore | 1 | Bangladesh Oman Sri Lanka |
| Total | Total | Total | 7 | |

## Results

All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Malaysia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | 5th–7th place classification |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 0 | 5th–7th place classification |
* 9 May 2009 17:00
| South Korea | 1–1 | Malaysia |
| Jin Kyung-min 53' | | Nabil 35' |
* Umpires: Javed Shiekh (IND) Anwaar Hussein (PAK)
* 9 May 2009 19:00
| Japan | 5–0 | Bangladesh |
| Furufato 7' Tanaka 33' Suzuki 59' Nagasawa 67' Sakomoto 69' | | |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Weng Haiqin (CHN)
* 11 May 2009 17:00
| Japan | 2–3 | South Korea |
| Kawakami 20' Takayasu 53' | | Jin Kyung-min 12' Lee Nam-yong 22', 35' |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Anwar Hussain (PAK)
* 11 May 2009 19:00
| Bangladesh | 1–7 | Malaysia |
| Zahidul 28' | | Shahrun 4' Azlan 13' Chua 15' Amin 20' Tengku 39', 43' Ismail 50' |
* 12 May 2009 17:00
| South Korea | 9–0 | Bangladesh |
| Lee Nam-yong 2' Kim Byung-hoon 16', 37', 49', 67' Nam Hyun-woo 29', 32' Jin Kyung-min 60' You Hyo-sik 68' | | |
* 12 May 2009 19:00
| Malaysia | 4–1 | Japan |
| Tengku 4' Kevinder 33' Chua 60' Selvaraju 67' | | Furusato 41' |
* Umpires: Latifur Rahman (BAN) John Wright (RSA)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 2 | China | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 3 | India | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 | 5th–7th place classification |
* 9 May 2009 15:00
| Pakistan | 1–1 | China |
| Ali 69' | | Hu Huiren 61' |
* 10 May 2009 18:00
| India | 2–3 | Pakistan |
| Prabhjot 15' Rajpal 45' | | Khan 33', 36' Abbas 54' |
* 12 May 2009 15:00
| China | 2–2 | India |
| Lu Fenghui 45' Yu Yang 59' | | Sandeep 31', 34' |

### Fifth to seventh place classification
#### Seventh place

* 14 May 2009 09:00
| Bangladesh | 1–11 | India |
| Iqbal Nadir Prince | | Sandeep 10', 13' Hari 34' Arjun 39' Raghunath 43' S. V. Sunil 48', 57' Rajpal 65' Sardara 66', 69' Prabhjot 67' |

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 15 May 2009 17:00
| India | 5–1 | Japan |
| Rajpal 2' Sandeep 21' Tushar 64', 69' Prabhjot 66' | | Sakamoto 31' |

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 May | 14 May |
| South Korea | 5 |
| South Korea | 5 | 16 May | 16 May |
| China | 1 | 16 May | 16 May |
| China | 1 | South Korea | 1 |
| 14 May | 14 May | | South Korea | 1 |
| 14 May | 14 May | Pakistan | 0 |
| Pakistan | 4 | Pakistan | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2 | | |
| Malaysia | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 16 May | 16 May |
| | | China (p.s.) | 3 (7) |
| | | Malaysia | 3 (6) |

#### Semi-finals

* 14 May 2009 17:00
| South Korea | 5–1 | China |
| Kim Byung-hoon 28' You Hyo-sik 38', 41', 68' Guo Zhong-qiang 56' | | Sun Zhixin 10' |
* Umpires: Javed Shiekh (IND) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 14 May 2009 19:30
| Pakistan | 4–2 | Malaysia |
| Butt 18', 63' Ali 46' Khan 66' | | Ismail 3', 69' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

#### Third and fourth place

* 16 May 2009 17:00
| China | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Malaysia |
| Sang Yi 19', 46' Jiang Xishang 66' | | Ismail 1' Chua 32' Nabil 64' |
| Penalties |||
| Song Yi Hu Huiren Lu Fenghui Liu Xiantang Sun Tianjun Song Yi Hu Huiren Liu Xiantang Sun Tianjun | 7–6 | Sukri Nabil Jiwa Amin Kavinder Amin Jiwa Sukri Fiqri |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Fernando Gomez (ARG)

#### Final

* 16 May 2009 19:30
| South Korea | 1–0 | Pakistan |
| Kim Byung-hoon 66' | | |
* Umpires: Javed Sheikh (IND) John Wright (RSA)

## Winners

* 2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup winners
* South Korea Third title

## Statistics
### Final standings

* South Korea
* Pakistan
* China
* Malaysia
* India
* Japan
* Bangladesh

### Awards

| Topscorer | Best Player | Best Goalkeeper | Man of the match (final) |
| Kim Byung-hoon | You Hyo-sik | Kumar Subramaniam | Hong Eun-seung |