2003 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
# 2003 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

The 2003 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was an international field hockey tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 21 to 28 September 2003. It was the sixth time that the Men's Hockey Asia Cup was held since its inception back in 1982. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Germany.

Eight teams competed in the tournament with seven of them booking a spot via the host nation spot or by finishing in the top six of the previous tournament with the remaining spot being played between seven teams (which was won by Hong Kong). These eight teams were separated into two groups of four teams with the top two of each group qualifying through to the semi-finals while the bottom two competed for fifth place. After competing in the same group, India and Pakistan competed in the final with India taking out their first title with a 4–2 win. South Korea claimed the bronze medal after defeating Japan 4–2.

## Results

All Pool Stage times are (UTC+8). All Knock Out matches are (IST).

### Pools

* Advanced to semifinals

**Pool A**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 7 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 0 |

* 21 September 2003 15:30

| Japan | 7–3 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |
| Takahashi 12' Katayama 40', 56' Tobita 50' Furusato 61', 68' Ozawa 64' | Report | Chima 20' Akbar 51' Ali 69' |

* 21 September 2003 17:30

| Malaysia | 1–1 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| Chua Boon Huat 32' | Report | Lee Jung-seon 3' |

* 22 September 2003 15:30

| Japan | 3–2 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Tobita 6', 33' Yamabori 62' | Report | Shanmuganathan 54' Tajol 67' |

* 23 September 2003 15:30

| South Korea | 7–1 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |
| Lee Gye-sung 2' Lim Jong-chun 19' You Hyo-sik 27' Seo Jong-ho 54' Kim Jung-chul 56', 58' Jang Jong-hyun 67' | Report | Akbar 17' |

* 24 September 2003 15:00

| Hong Kong | 1–2 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Ali 20' | Report | Tajol 33' Shanmuganathan 63' |

* 24 September 2003 17:00

| South Korea | 6–0 | Japan |
| - | - | - |

**Pool B**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 9 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | −26 | 0 |

* 21 September 2003 15:00

| Pakistan | 8–0 | Bangladesh |
| - | - | - |
| Ali 9' Javed 21', 46', 61' Abbas 26', 62' Nadeem 36' Butt 64' | Report | |

* 21 September 2003 17:00

| China | 1–5 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Song Yi 47' | Report | Tirkey 5', 36' Gagan Ajit Singh 20' Prabhjot Singh 41', 60' |

* 22 September 2003 17:30

| Pakistan | 7–1 | China |
| - | - | - |
| Khalid 18' Nadeem ?', ?' Abbas ?', ?' Javed ?', ?' | Report | Lu Peng 34' |

* 23 September 2003 17:30

| India | 10–0 | Bangladesh |
| - | - | - |
| Tirkey 7', 55' Thakur 11' V. Pillay 25' D. Pillay 32' Michael 34' Gagan Ajit Singh 36', 50' Prabhjot Singh 47' Dhillon 53' | Report | |

* 24 September 2003 15:30

| Bangladesh | 0–8 | China |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Song Yi 4', 13', 19', 36', 42', 56', 69' Yo Haiao 17' |

* 24 September 2003 17:30

| India | 2–4 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Thakur 25' Michael 35' | Report | Javed 11' Abbasi 21' Ahmed 60' Abbas 68' |

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 September | 26 September |
| Malaysia | 5 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 27 September | 27 September |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 27 September | 27 September |
| Bangladesh | 0 | Malaysia | 3 |
| 26 September | 26 September | | Malaysia | 3 |
| 26 September | 26 September | China | 2 |
| China | 2 | China | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 27 September | 27 September |
| | | Bangladesh | 3 |
| | | Hong Kong | 4 |

### 5–8th place semi-finals

* 26 September 2003 14:30

| Malaysia | 5–0 | Bangladesh |
| - | - | - |

* 26 September 2003 17:00

| China | 2–0 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |

### Seventh and eighth place

* 27 September 2003 15:00

| Bangladesh | 3–4 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |
| Prince 3' Mia 50', 55' | Report | Farooq 14' Ali 21', 67' Cordero 54' |

### Fifth and sixth place

* 27 September 2003 17:30

| Malaysia | 3–2 | China |
| - | - | - |
| Silveraja 22' Tajol 29' Shanmuganathan 70' | Report | Song Yi 48' Ya Yang 52' |

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 September | 26 September |
| South Korea | 2 |
| South Korea | 2 | 28 September | 28 September |
| India | 4 | 28 September | 28 September |
| India | 4 | India | 4 |
| 26 September | 26 September | | India | 4 |
| 26 September | 26 September | Pakistan | 2 |
| Pakistan | 3 | Pakistan | 2 |
| Japan | 1 | | |
| Japan | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 28 September | 28 September |
| | | South Korea | 4 |
| | | Japan | 2 |

### Semi-finals

* 26 September 2003 15:00

| South Korea | 2–4 | India |
| - | - | - |
| You Hyo-sik 38' Lee Jung-seon 69' | Report | Michael 58' Prabhjot Singh 67' Gagan Ajit Singh 68' Thakur 70' |

* 26 September 2003 17:30

| Pakistan | 3–1 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Hussain 27' Ali 41' Nadeem 57' | Report | Furusato 39' |

### Third and fourth place

* 28 September 2003 15:00

| South Korea | 4–2 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| You Hyo-sik 17' Lee Jung-seon 23', 52', 69' | Report | Yamabori 29' Katayama 58' |

### Final

* 28 September 2003 17:30

| India | 4–2 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Kanwalpreet Singh 7' Gagan Ajit Singh 17' Tirkey 69' Prabhjot Singh 70' | Report | Abbas 7', 14' |

## Winners

* 2003 Men's Hockey Asia Cup winners
* India First title

## Final standings

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