2019 Men's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup

2019 Men's Indoor Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
City	Chonburi
Dates	15–21 July
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (8th title)
Runner-up	Kazakhstan
Third place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	244 (9.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Navid Taherirad (22 goals)
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The 2019 Men's Indoor Asia Cup was the eighth edition of the Men's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup, the biennial international men's indoor hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Chonburi, Thailand from 15 to 21 July 2019.^[1]

Iran were the defending champions having won the 2017 edition. Iran defended their title by defeating Kazakhstan 10–0 in the final. Malaysia won the bronze medal by defeating Uzbekistan 6–3.

Teams[edit]

For the first time ever there were 10 teams competing in the tournament which is the highest amount of competing teams ever.^[1] Bangladesh,^[2] Nepal and the Philippines made their debuts.^[1]

Team	FIH Indoor World Rankings^[3]	Appearance	Last Appearance	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	Not ranked	1st	None	Debut
Chinese Taipei	32	4th	2017	4th (2014)
Iran	4	8th	2017	1st (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017)
Kazakhstan	13	6th	2017	2nd (2015, 2017)
Malaysia	24	7th	2017	2nd (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014)
Nepal	Not ranked	1st	None	Debut
Philippines	Not ranked	1st	None	Debut
Singapore	Not ranked	2nd	2008	5th (2008)
Thailand	29	6th	2017	4th (2012)
Uzbekistan	19	7th	2017	2nd (2012)

Results[edit]

The match schedule and pools compositions were released on 21 May 2019 by the Asian Hockey Federation.^[4]

All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	4	4	0	37	5	+32	12	Semi-finals
2	Malaysia	4	3	1	29	6	+23	9	Semi-finals
3	Thailand (H)	4	2	2	16	11	+5	6	Fifth place game
4	Bangladesh	4	1	3	10	17	−7	3	Seventh place game
5	Philippines	4	0	4	4	57	−53	0	Ninth place game

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

15 July 2019
11:20

Malaysia	6–0	Bangladesh
Yaacob 2', 20+' Faridzul 5', 37' Silverius 15' Omar 39'	Report

Umpires:
Makhsudbek Urmanov (KAZ)
Sedric Makati (NAM)

15 July 2019
20:00

Thailand	10–1	Philippines
Kampanthong 4', 6', 21' Trongthaisong 15' Khamwong 16' Yosiri 19', 40' Anukoon 24' Boonpea 22', 34'	Report	Forio 26'

Umpires:
Tsai Ming-Chun (TPE)
Ashim Sharma (NEP)

16 July 2019
14:00

Iran	8–0	Bangladesh
Nooranian 1', 3' Norouzzadeh 5', 22', 39' Mirzakhanian 16' Taherirad 30' Beiranvand 40+'	Report

Umpires:
Makhsudbek Urmanov (KAZ)
Adam Barry (AUS)

16 July 2019
16:00

Malaysia	20–1	Philippines
Mustafa 3', 32' Omar 5', 18', 19' Faridzul 7', 20+', 33', 34' Yaacob 9', 11', 40', 40' Zain 12', 26' Azhar 21', 22', 23' Silverius 27', 33'	Report	Lianza 31'

Umpires:
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)
Sunny Wang (SGP)

17 July 2019
10:00

Philippines	0–9	Bangladesh
	Report	M. Islam 4', 5', 11', 20', 30', 36' A. Islam 9' Mahmud 17', 33'

Umpires:
Raman Baskar (MAS)
Rinat Ahmadulin (UZB)

17 July 2019
18:40

Thailand	2–7	Iran
Kampanthong 18' Yosiri 39'	Report	Taherirad 10', 14', 15' Norouzzadeh 14', 28' Beiranvand 20+', 23'

Umpires:
Adam Barry (AUS)
Sedric Makati (NAM)

18 July 2019
17:20

Malaysia	1–4	Iran
Che Halim 28'	Report	Norouzzadeh 6', 35' Asnaashari 19' Nooranian 40'

Umpires:
Adam Barry (AUS)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

18 July 2019
20:00

Bangladesh	1–3	Thailand
M. Islam 36'	Report	Boonpea 3' Kampanthong 6', 34'

Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Makhsudbek Urmanov(KAZ)

19 July 2019
14:00

Iran	18–2	Philippines
Karimi 4', 5', 27' Taherirad 6', 11', 13', 23', 28', 24', 38', 40' Norouzzadeh 11', 18', 19', 30' Bahrami 17' Mirzakhanian 29', 31'	Report	Forio 10' Guinto 37'

Umpires:
Phiraphat Niensupornphand (THA)
Rinat Ahmadulin (UZB)

19 July 2019
20:00

Thailand	1–2	Malaysia
Boonpea 38'	Report	Zain 15', 37'

Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Sedric Makati (NAM)

Pool B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	4	4	0	31	5	+26	12	Semi-finals
2	Uzbekistan	4	3	1	23	9	+14	9	Semi-finals
3	Singapore	4	2	2	21	9	+12	6	Fifth place game
4	Chinese Taipei	4	1	3	11	26	−15	3	Seventh place game
5	Nepal	4	0	4	10	47	−37	0	Ninth place game

Source: FIH

15 July 2019
14:00

Chinese Taipei	1–3	Singapore
Lin T. 26'	Report	Loke 25' Grewal 37' Abdul Rashid 39'

Umpires:
Phiraphat Niensupornphand (THA)
Raman Baskar (MAS)

15 July 2019
17:20

Uzbekistan	13–2	Nepal
Satlikov 2', 4', 6', 13', 16', 24', 26', 28', 40+' Madaminov 35', 38' Buronov 30' Aslanov 39'	Report	Rana 17' Chhetri 40'

Umpires:
Noppadon Prompim (THA)
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

16 July 2019
11:20

Kazakhstan	12–1	Nepal
Tashkeyev 4', 36' Dyussebekov 6', 8', 24' Yelubayev 10', 20', 38', 40' Urmanov 15', 26', 37'	Report	Rana 31'

Umpires:
Noppadon Prompim(THA)
Diego Barbas(ARG)

16 July 2019
18:40

Uzbekistan	2–1	Singapore
Satlikov 39' Madaminov 40'	Report	Grewal 37'

Umpires:
Phiraphat Niensupornphand (THA)
Amir Safara (IRI)

17 July 2019
12:40

Singapore	15–1	Nepal
Mayazhagu 3', 12' Goh 6', 35', 36' Grewal 11', 15', 32' Loke 18' Rifiqi 19', 39' Abdul Rashid 20' Mat Rahim 24', 37' Yuhari 30'	Report	BK 40+'

Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

17 July 2019
16:00

Chinese Taipei	1–10	Kazakhstan
Chiu 7'	Report	Tashkeyev 6', 17', 18', 34' Uzbek 12' Sansyzbayev 15', 31', 38' Zhokenbayev 20' Dyussebekov 27'

Umpires:
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)
Sunny Wang (SGP)

18 July 2019
12:40

Uzbekistan	1–4	Kazakhstan
Madaminov 4'	Report	Dyussebekov 14' Tashkeyev 27' Urmanov 35' Uzbek 39'

Umpires:
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)
Sedric Makati (NAM)

18 July 2019
16:00

Nepal	6–7	Chinese Taipei
Chhetri 11', 14' Rana 12', 18', 19', 25'	Report	Chiu 3' Li 5', 8', 25', 32' Lin Y. 16' Yu 16'

Umpires:
Amir Safara (IRI)
Rinat Ahmadulin (UZB)

19 July 2019
11:20

Chinese Taipei	2–7	Uzbekistan
Wu C.C 7' Li 24'	Report	Satlikov 3', 16', 17', 20' Madaminov 19', 31' Kalandarov 28'

Umpires:
Noppadon Prompim (THA)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

19 July 2019
17:20

Kazakhstan	5–2	Singapore
Uzbek 10' Tashkeyev 25' Dyussebekov 34' Sansyzbayev 35' Yelubayev 38'	Report	Mayazhagu 5' Goh 20'

Umpires:
Raman Baskar (MAS)
Adam Barry (AUS)

Fifth to tenth place classification[edit]

Ninth and tenth place[edit]

20 July 2019
11:00

Philippines	0–3	Nepal
	Report	Chhetri 18', 34' Rana 31'

Umpires:
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)
Amir Safara (IRI)

Seventh and eighth place[edit]

20 July 2019
14:00

Bangladesh	9–0	Chinese Taipei
A. Islam 5', 18' M.M. Hossain 15', 20' Mahmud 20' Shetul 26', 32' M. Islam 28' Rahman 33'	Report

Umpires:
Phiraphat Niensupornphand (THA)
Sunny Wang (SGP)

Fifth and sixth place[edit]

21 July 2019
12:30

Thailand	4–0	Singapore
Kampanthong 5', 10', 35' Boonpea 11'	Report

Umpires:
Raman Baskar (MAS)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

First to fourth place classification[edit]

Semi-finals		Final

20 July

Iran	9
		21 July
Uzbekistan	1
		Iran	10
20 July
		Kazakhstan	0
Kazakhstan	4

Malaysia	3
		Third place

		21 July

		Uzbekistan	3

		Malaysia	6

Semi-finals[edit]

20 July 2019
18:30

Iran	9–1	Uzbekistan
Norouzzadeh 5', 29', 30', 31', 38' Taherirad 5', 15', 33' Beiranvand 13'	Report	Buronov 18'

Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Sedric Makati (NAM)

20 July 2019
20:00

Kazakhstan	4–3	Malaysia
Tashkeyev 16', 34' Urmanov 27', 30'	Report	Zain 4' Yaacob 4' Omar 22'

Umpires:
Adam Barry (AUS)
Siyabonga Martins (NAM)

Third and fourth place[edit]

21 July 2019
15:30

Uzbekistan	3–6	Malaysia
Ismailov 6' Satlikov 9', 38'	Report	Omar 3', 31' Che Halim 7', 25', 32' Zain 23'

Umpires:
Sedric Makati (NAM)
Sunny Wang (SGP)

Final[edit]

21 July 2019
18:30

Iran	10–0	Kazakhstan
Taherirad 2', 6', 6', 7', 39', 39', 40' Norouzzadeh 5', 5' Mirzakhanian 10'	Report

Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Adam Barry (AUS)

Final standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Iran	2022 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup
2	Kazakhstan	2022 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup
3	Malaysia
4	Uzbekistan
5	Thailand (H)
6	Singapore
7	Bangladesh
8	Chinese Taipei
9	Nepal
10	Philippines

Source: FIH
(H) Host

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Yazdani, Danish (22 May 2019). "Men's and Women's Indoor Asia Cup 2019, Chonburi Thailand – Official Match Schedule and Participating Teams". www.asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Men's Indoor Asia Cup: Bangladesh to face Malaysia in opener". unb.com.bd. United News of Bangladesh. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. February 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ "Men's and Women's Indoor Asia Cup Chonburi 2019" (PDF). www.asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[AHF-1] Yazdani, Danish (22 May 2019). "Men's and Women's Indoor Asia Cup 2019, Chonburi Thailand – Official Match Schedule and Participating Teams". www.asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[2] "Men's Indoor Asia Cup: Bangladesh to face Malaysia in opener". unb.com.bd. United News of Bangladesh. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[3] "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. February 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

[4] "Men's and Women's Indoor Asia Cup Chonburi 2019" (PDF). www.asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

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