Field hockey at the 1970 Asian Games

Field hockey was contested for men only at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. The champions were decided in the final minutes of the 10-day event as Pakistan scored a solitary goal in extra time for a 1–0 win against India.

Field hockey at the 1970 Asian Games
Venue	National Stadium, Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand
Dates	10 December 1970 (1970-12-10) – 19 December 1970 (1970-12-19)
Nations	8
← 1966 1974 →

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Pakistan Ashfaq Ahmed Riaz Ahmed Gulraiz Akhtar Saeed Anwar Muhammed Aslam Arayin Jahangir Butt Tanvir Dar Akhtar-ul-Islam Sami Khan Khalid Mahmood Muhammad Asad Malik Riazuddin Moghal Abdul Rashid Fazal-ur-Rehman Shahnaz Sheikh Zahid Sheikh Saleem Sherwani Islahuddin Siddiquee	India Charles Cornelius M. P. Ganesh B. P. Govinda Balbir Singh Grewal Ashok Kumar Vinod Kumar Cedric Pereira Krishnamurthy Perumal Ajit Pal Singh Baldev Singh Harbinder Singh Harcharan Singh Harmik Singh Kulwant Singh Major Singh Mukhbain Singh Mohinder Singh Uthiah	Japan Saburo Amemiya Susumu Chiba Masaji Fuji Shunji Furuta Toshiaki Ichinose Kazuo Kawamura Kyoichi Nagaya Hideji Okabe Satokazu Otsuka Haruo Satake Norio Takahashi Michinori Ueda Akihito Wada

Draw

Group A  India  Malaysia  South Korea*  Singapore  Indonesia*

Group B  Pakistan  Japan  Ceylon*  Hong Kong  Thailand

* South Korea and Indonesia withdrew, Ceylon moved to Group A to balance the number of teams in each group.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	6
Malaysia	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	4
Singapore	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8	1
Ceylon	3	0	1	2	0	13	−13	1

10 December Ceylon  0–0  Singapore National Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December Malaysia  7–0  Ceylon National Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December India  7–0  Singapore National Stadium, Bangkok

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13 December India  6–0  Ceylon National Stadium, Bangkok

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14 December Malaysia  1–0  Singapore National Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December India  2–0  Malaysia National Stadium, Bangkok

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	13	0	+13	5
Japan	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	4
Thailand	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2
Hong Kong	3	0	1	2	1	12	−11	1

10 December Hong Kong  1–1  Thailand National Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December Japan  1–0  Hong Kong National Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December Pakistan  3–0  Japan National Stadium, Bangkok

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13 December Pakistan  10–0  Hong Kong National Stadium, Bangkok

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14 December Japan  3–0  Thailand National Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December Pakistan  0–0  Thailand National Stadium, Bangkok

Consolation round

	Semifinals				5th place match
	16 December
	Singapore	3
					18 December
	Hong Kong	1
					Singapore	2
	16 December
					Ceylon	0
	Thailand	0
	Ceylon	1
					7th place match
					18 December
					Hong Kong (p)	0 (5)
					Thailand	0 (3)

Semifinals

16 December Singapore  3–1  Hong Kong National Stadium, Bangkok

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16 December Thailand  0–1  Ceylon National Stadium, Bangkok

7th place match

18 December Hong Kong  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Thailand Penalties   5–3   National Stadium, Bangkok

5th place match

18 December Singapore  2–0  Ceylon National Stadium, Bangkok

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	17 December
	Pakistan	5
					19 December
	Malaysia	0
					Pakistan (a.e.t.)	1
	17 December
					India	0
	India	1
	Japan	0
					Bronze medal match
					19 December
					Malaysia	0
					Japan	1

Semifinals

17 December Pakistan  5–0  Malaysia National Stadium, Bangkok

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17 December India  1–0  Japan National Stadium, Bangkok

Bronze medal match

19 December Malaysia  0–1  Japan National Stadium, Bangkok

Final

19 December Pakistan  1–0 (a.e.t.)  India National Stadium, Bangkok

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	Pakistan	5	4	1	0
	India	5	4	0	1
	Japan	5	3	0	2
4	Malaysia	5	2	0	3
5	Singapore	5	2	1	2
6	Ceylon	5	1	1	3
7	Hong Kong	5	0	2	3
8	Thailand	5	0	3	2

References

• Asian Games field hockey medalists