# 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

The 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the seventh edition of the Hockey Asia Cup for men. It was held from 31 August – 9 September 2007 in Chennai, India. India won the final, defeating Korea 7-–2. Malaysia came in third.
India led 3–1 at halftime. In the early stages of the second half, Korea staged a walkout over a decision by the umpire to disallow a goal scored by Korea. India scored a goal through a counterattack in the next minute, while two Korean forwards had continued to argue with the umpire on the disallowed goal. India's forward line scored 3 more goals to make it 7–1, before Korea reduced the margin to 7–2 in the penultimate minute.
Baljit Singh, the Indian goalkeeper, was declared the man of the match. All 7 goals of India's goals 'field' goals, and none came through penalty corners or penalty strokes.
Malaysia got a medal in the Hockey Asia Cup for the first time. It was also the first time since 1982 that Pakistan did not qualify for the semi-finals in the Hockey Asia Cup. Pakistan lost to Japan 3–1 and drew their league match against Malaysia 3–3. Pakistan lost to China in the 5th/6th place playoff, and ended 6th in the tournament.

## Participants

* Bangladesh
* China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Japan
* Malaysia
* Pakistan
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Thailand

## Pools

All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC +5.30)

### Pool A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Malaysia | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | +22 |
| Japan | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 28 | −22 |
| Singapore | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 27 | −25 |
* 31 August 2007 07:30
| Malaysia | 8–0 | Singapore |
| Zulkifli Mohd Rejab 3', 46' Megat Azrafiq 22' Abu 33' Azlan Misron 48', 68' Chua Boon Huat 67', 69' | | |
* 31 August 2007 17:00
| Pakistan | 6–1 | Hong Kong |
| Imran 11', 29' Abbasi 13', 59' Ihsan Ullah 38' Imran Khan 56' | | Arif Ali 46' |
* 1 September 2007 15:00
| Japan | 3–1 | Pakistan |
| Ono Tomonori 29', 50' Yamabori Takahiko 42' | | Abbasi 47' |
* 1 September 2007 16:00
| Malaysia | 13–1 | Hong Kong |
| Kelvinder Singh 13', 27', 58' B. Singh 22', 41', 52' Zulkifli Mohd Rejab 25', 56' Jiwa Mohan 30' Chua Boon Huat 33' Ahmad Tajuddin 45' Mohd Shahrun 68' Sandrakasi 70' | | Mohammed Swalik 12' |
* 3 September 2007 15:00
| Japan | 7–1 | Hong Kong |
| Takahiko Yamabori 2', 28', 46', 65', 67', 70' Kazuo Yoshida 23' | | Arif Ali 53' |
* 3 September 2007 17:00
| Pakistan | 8–0 | Singapore |
| Imran 4' Abbas Haider 23', 27' Aziz 25' Ihsan Ullah 40' Imran Khan 63' Butt 67', 70' | | |
* 4 September 2007 15:00
| Hong Kong | 3–2 | Singapore |
| Gurvinder Dillon 24' Ali 60' Harinder Singh Bal 68' | | Saiful Nizam 7' Hazmi Bin Mohd 54' |
* 4 September 2007 19:00
| Japan | 0–2 | Malaysia |
| | | Abu 1' Azlan Misron 41' |
* 5 September 2007 19:00
| Pakistan | 3–3 | Malaysia |
| Shakeel Abassi 17', 26' Akhtar Ali 33' | | Ahmad Tajuddin 43', 57' Megat Azrafiq 69' |
* 6 September 2007 15:00
| Japan | 8–0 | Singapore |
| Takahiko Yamabori 6', 8', 12' Kazuo Yoshida 26' Kazuhiro Tsubouchi 33' Mitsuru Ito 42' A. Ito 54' Sho Ota 58' | | |

### Pool B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| India | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | +44 |
| South Korea | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 8 | +33 |
| China | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | +26 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 22 | −6 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 46 | −31 |
| Thailand | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 67 | −66 |
* 31 August 2007 09:30
| Bangladesh | 13–0 | Thailand |
| Md Jahid Bin Talib 4' Mahmud 10', 19', 67', 69' Khondokar Hasan 24' Md Iqbal Nadir 39', 45' Md Zahidul Islam 40', 59' Md Kamun 52', 55' Md Mamun 62' | | |
* 31 August 2007 15:00
| South Korea | 12–2 | Sri Lanka |
| Oh Dae-keun 3' Lee Jae-won 6' Kim Byung-hoon 12', 22', 28', 62' Jang Jong-hyun 16', 24', 41', 46' You Hyo-sik 61' (one unknown) ?' | | MM Gazalli 52' (one unknown) ?' |
* 31 August 2007 19:00
| India | 1–0 | China |
| D. Tirkey 48' | Report | |
* 1 September 2007 14:00
| South Korea | 16–0 | Thailand |
| Kim Byung-hoon 7', 11', 33', 66' Seo Jong-ho 16', 18', 40', 69' Kang Seong-jung 28' Lee Nam-yong 35' Kang Moon-kweon 36', 43' Kim Chul 42', 58' Jang Jong-hyun 47', 55' | | |
* 1 September 2007 17:00
| China | 6–0 | Bangladesh |
| Hu Huiren 6' Na Yubo 11', 14', 66' Lu Fenghui 39' Yu Yang 49' | | |
* 1 September 2007 19:00
| India | 20–0 | Sri Lanka |
| D. Tirkey 2' S. Singh 3', 63' Khandekar 6', 23', 37' P. Singh 10', 14', 38', 47', 49' Raghunath 28', 61', 62' Sunil 30', 34', 35' I. Tirkey 57', 64' R. Singh 69' | Report | |
* 3 September 2007 07:30
| Bangladesh | 3–2 | Sri Lanka |
| Mahmud 4' Md. Mamun 46' Md. Zahidul Islam 49' | | Hettiarachchi 31' Karunarathne 58' |
* 3 September 2007 09:30
| China | 13–0 | Thailand |
| Hu Huiren 14', 25', 27', 54', 66', 67' Meng Jun 20', 68' Yu Yang 31', 32' Lu Fenghui 35', 38' Meng Lizhi 64' | | |
* 3 September 2007 19:00
| India | 3–2 | South Korea |
| S. Singh 20' I. Tirkey 31' P. Singh 34' | Report | Jang Jong-hyun 9' Oh Dae-keun 28' |
* 4 September 2007 17:00
| India | 6–0 | Bangladesh |
| Raghunath 31', 66' Khandekar 37' S. Singh 38' P. Singh 49', 57' | Report | |
* 5 September 2007 15:00
| Thailand | 1–9 | Sri Lanka |
| Sadkorn Wimuttan 60' | | Gazally 10', 67' Anju Hewage 15', 38' Hettiarachchi 17', 63' Karunarathne 27' Pradeep Priyashantha 51' Abeyrathne 70' |
* 5 September 2007 17:00
| South Korea | 3–3 | China |
| Oh Dae-keun 21' Jang Jong-hyun 52' Kang Seong-jung 53' | | Meng Lizhi 11' Li Wei 59' Luo Fangming 70' |
* 6 September 2007 16:00
| China | 10–2 | Sri Lanka |
| Hu Huiren 11', 51', 61' Hu Liang 13' De Yunze 33', 38', 42' Jiang Xishang 49', 56' Meng Lizhi 65' | | Camer 64' Panditharathne 70' |
* 6 September 2007 17:00
| South Korea | 8–0 | Bangladesh |
| Jang Jong-hyun 2', 13', 28', 47' Yoon Sung-hoon 26' Kang Moon-kweon 32', 53' Kim Jong-hoon 49' | | |
* 6 September 2007 19:00
| India | 16–0 | Thailand |
| Raghunath 2', 7', 13', 18', 26', 56' P. Singh 27', 29', 62' Khandekar 28', 34' Sunil 35' G. Singh 38' R. Singh 54', 57', 59' | Report | |

## Ninth to eleventh place classification
### Crossover

* 8 September 2007 08:00
| Singapore | 4–0 | Thailand |
| Nee Yong 18' Johnson Sivalingam 35' Hazmi Bin Mohd 53', 57' | | |

### Ninth and tenth place

* 8 September 2007 08:00
| Sri Lanka | 6–0 | Singapore |
| Summandarathne 14' Hettiarachchi 27' Abeyrathne 47' Nimanka Srimal 55' Jayasundara 65' Anju Hewage 69' | | |

## Fifth to eighth place classification
### Crossover

* 8 September 2007 07:00
| Pakistan | 10–0 | Bangladesh |
| Waqas Shariff 8' Yasir Islam 11' Aziz 17', 68' Imran 24', 45' Abbas Haider 50', 56' Arshad 63', 65' | | |
* 8 September 2007 09:30
| China | 6–1 | Hong Kong |
| Liu Xiang 12', 24' Huang Wei 29', 41' Liu Xian 35' Hu Huiren 61' | | Ali 5' |

### Seventh and eighth place

* 9 September 2007 07:00
| Bangladesh | 3–1 | Hong Kong |
| Mahmud 35', 59' Md Jahid Bin Talib 46' | | Ali 23' |

### Fifth and sixth place

* 9 September 2007 09:30
| Pakistan | 2–3 | China |
| Arshad 30' Butt 44' | | De Yunze 12', 54' Hu Liang 68' |

## First to fourth place classification
### Semi-finals

* 8 September 2007 17:00
| Malaysia | 1–2 | South Korea |
| Azlon Misron 37' | | Oh Dae-keun 9' Yoon Sung-hoon 63' |
* 8 September 2007 19:30
| India | 4–1 | Japan |
| S. Singh 22' P. Singh 23', 69' Minz 54' | Report | Takahiko Yamabori 68' |

### Third and fourth place

* 9 September 2007 16:00
| Malaysia | 5–3 | Japan |
| Kevinder Singh 4' Sandrakasi 13' Chua Boon Huat 18', 22' Abu 64' | | Takahiko Yamabori 2' Katsuyoshi Nagasawa 67' Kei Kawakami 70' |

### Final

* 9 September 2007 18:30
| India | 7–2 | South Korea |
| S. Singh 4' Sunil 13' P. Singh 31', 64' R. Singh 42', 55' I. Tirkey 53' | Report | Jang Jong-hyun 8' Oh Dae-keun 68' |

## Winners

* 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup winners
* India Second title

## Final standings

* India
* South Korea
* Malaysia
* Japan
* China
* Pakistan
* Bangladesh
* Hong Kong
* Sri Lanka
* Singapore
* Thailand