2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

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tournament = 2007 Asia Cup
other_titles = Asia Cup 2007


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country = India
city = Chennai
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teams = 11
champions = fh|India
count = Second
matches = 35
goals = 282
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The 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup is the seventh tournament of the Hockey Asia Cup for men. It was held from August 31 to September 9, 2007 in Chennai, India.

India claimed the gold, Korea the silver and Malaysia the bronze.

India defeated Korea in the finals by a thumping 7-2 margin. They led 3-1 at halftime in a match which was ill-tempered at times and where India displayed superior skills and control. Early in the second half, Korea staged a walkout led by their coach for an umpiring decision to disallow a goal scored by Korea. Replays clearly showed that the Korean forward had struck the ball from outside the striking circle. To make matters worse, India scored a goal through a brilliant counter attack in the very next minute with two Korean forwards still arguing with the umpire on the goal that was disallowed. Korea never recovered from that and after that, India's forward line went on a rampage in the second half scoring 3 more goals to make it 7-1 before Korea reduced the margin to 2-7 in the penultimate minute. Baljit Singh, the Indian goalkeeper, was declared the man of the match for his excellent saves. The striking feature of India's win was that all the 7 goals were 'field' goals and none of them came through 'penalty corners' or 'strokes'. India thus ended the tournament with 57 goals for and just 5 goals against them.

Malaysia got a medal in the Hockey Asia Cup for the first time. It was also the first time in Hockey Asia Cup, since 1982, Pakistan did not qualify in the Semi Finals. Pakistan's bad performances cost it dearly. They lost to Japan 3–1 and drew their league match match against Malaysia 3–3. Pakistan lost to China in the 5th/6th place playoff, and ended 6th in the tournament.

Pools

All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC +5.30)

Pool A

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Pool B

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Ninth to eleventh place classification

Crossover

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

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eventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

emi-finals

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Third and fourth place

Final

External links

* [http://asiacup2007.commonwealthgames2010.com/ Official website]