Women's Hockey Asia Cup

The Women's Hockey Asia Cup is a women's international field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and qualifies for the FIH Hockey World Cup.[1]

Women's Hockey Asia Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup
SportField hockey
Founded1985 (1985)
Inaugural season1985
No. of teams8
ConfederationAHF (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)		 India (2nd title)
(2017)
Most titles South Korea (3 titles)
QualificationAHF Cup
Related
competitions		Asian Games

India are the defending champions winning the 2017 edition.[2] South Korea have won the most titles with 3.

The hosts together with six highest-ranked teams from the previous edition are qualified directly for the tournament, they are joined by the top team from the Women's AHF Cup or the top two teams if the host is already qualified.[3]

Results
Year Host Final Third place game Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1985
Details		 Seoul, South Korea
South Korea		 Round-robin
Japan
Malaysia		 Round-robin
Singapore		 6
1989
Details		 Hong Kong
China		 Round-robin
Japan
South Korea		 Round-robin
India		 5
1993
Details		 Hiroshima, Japan
South Korea		 3–0
China
India		 1–0
Japan		 7
1999
Details		 New Delhi, India
South Korea		 3–2
India
China		 1–0
Japan		 6
2004
Details		 New Delhi, India
India		 1–0
Japan
China		 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p.s.)
South Korea		 8
2007
Details		 Hong Kong
Japan		 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p.s.)
South Korea
China		 4–2
India		 9
2009
Details		 Bangkok, Thailand
China		 5–3
India
South Korea		 4–3
Japan		 11
2013
Details		 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Japan		 2–1
South Korea
India		 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 s.o.)
China		 8
2017
Details		 Kakamigahara, Japan
India		 1–1
(5–4 s.o.)
China
South Korea		 1–0
Japan		 8

Summary
Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 South Korea 3 (1985*, 1994, 1999) 2 (2007, 2013) 3 (1989, 2009, 2017) 1 (2004)
 Japan 2 (2007, 2013) 3 (1985, 1989, 2004) 4 (1994*, 1999, 2009, 2017*)
 China 2 (1989, 2009) 2 (1993, 2017) 3 (1999, 2004, 2007) 1 (2013)
 India 2 (2004*, 2017) 2 (1999*, 2009) 2 (1993, 2013) 2 (1989, 2007)
 Malaysia 1 (1985)
 Singapore 1 (1985)
* = hosts

Team appearances
Team
1985
1989
1993
1999
2004
2007
2009
2013
2017		 Total
 China –1st2nd3rd3rd3rd1st4th2nd8
 Chinese Taipei –––––7th9th7th–3
 Hong Kong 6th5th–––8th7th8th–5
 India –4th3rd2nd1st4th2nd3rd1st8
 Japan 2nd2nd4th4th2nd1st4th1st4th9
 Kazakhstan –––5th5th–6th6th7th5
 Malaysia 3rd––6th6th5th5th5th5th7
 Singapore 4th–6th–7th9th8th–8th6
 South Korea 1st3rd1st1st4th2nd3rd2nd3rd9
 Sri Lanka ––––8th–11th––2
 Thailand 5th–7th––6th10th–6th5
 Uzbekistan ––5th––––––1
Total6576891188

Debut of teams
Year Debutants Total
1985  Hong Kong,  Japan,  Malaysia,  Singapore,  South Korea,  Thailand 6
1989  China,  India 2
1993  Uzbekistan 1
1999  Kazakhstan 1
2004  Sri Lanka 1
2007  Chinese Taipei 1
2009 0
2013 0
2017 0
Total 12
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See also

References
  1. "Asian Championships". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. "India women win Asia Cup and qualify for World Cup 2018". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. "Women's AHF Cup 2016". www.asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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