2019 Men's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup

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]

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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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

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

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

Pool A

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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

Ninth and tenth place

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

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

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

	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

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)

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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

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

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

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

Source: FIH
(H) Host

See also

• 2019 Women's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup