2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

The 2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was the ninth edition of the Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup, the men's international under-21 field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It took place from 23 May to 1 June 2023 at the Salalah Sports Complex in Salalah, Oman.^[1][2]

2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Oman
City	Salalah
Dates	23 May – 1 June
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Salalah Sports Complex
Final positions
Champions	India (4th title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	198 (6.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kumpei Yasuda Abdul Rehman (9 goals)
Best player	Hannan Shahid
Best goalkeeper	Mohith H.S.
← 2021 (cancelled) (previous) (next) 2024 →

The tournament served as the Asian qualifier for the 2023 FIH Junior World Cup, with the top three qualifying.^[3] The defending champions India won their fourth title by defeating Pakistan 2–1 in the final.^[4] South Korea won the bronze medal by defeating Malaysia 2–1.^[5]

Qualification

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
—	FIH Men's World Ranking	—	5	India  Japan  Malaysia  Pakistan  South Korea
6–12 January 2023	2023 Junior AHF Cup	Muscat, Oman	5	Bangladesh  Chinese Taipei  Oman  Thailand  Uzbekistan
Total			10

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	3	1	0	39	2	+37	10	Semi-finals
2	Pakistan	4	3	1	0	28	4	+24	10
3	Japan	4	2	0	2	20	8	+12	6
4	Thailand	4	1	0	3	5	35	−30	3
5	Chinese Taipei	4	0	0	4	4	47	−43	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[6]

23 May 2023 09:00 Japan  7–1  Thailand I. Saeki  8' Tanaka  10', 19', 20' Yasuda  21', 42' K. Saeki  25' Report Phumee  44' Umpires: Hashim Al Shatri (OMA) James Unkles (AUS)

23 May 2023 15:30 Pakistan  15–1  Chinese Taipei Khan  2', 18', 42' Ahmad  7', 39' Akram  26' Qayyum  30' Rehman  35' Ali  40' Shahid  44', 46', 59' Hayat  45' Liaqat  48' Murtaza  50' Report Lin  49' Umpires: You Hyosik (KOR) Muhammad Amirul Rashid (MAS)

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24 May 2023 17:45 India  18–0  Chinese Taipei Uttam  10', 59' Boby Singh Dhami  10', 46' Sharda Nand  11' Araijeet  19', 19', 30', 59' Angad  37' Aditya  37', 37' Amandeep  38', 39', 41' Amir  51' Poovanna  54' Rawat  60' Report Umpires: Hussain Al Hasani (OMA) Kenta Uziie (JPN)

24 May 2023 20:00 Pakistan  9–0  Thailand Shahid  15' Rehman  19', 41', 46', 48', 48' Wahab  30' Ahmad  53' Murtaza  54' Report Umpires: Makhmud Kholmatov (UZB) Rashed Hasan Rony (BAN)

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25 May 2023 17:45 Japan  1–3  India Yasuda  19' Report Araijeet  36' Sharda Nand  39' Uttam  56' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) You Hyosik (KOR)

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26 May 2023 17:45 Thailand  4–2  Chinese Taipei Chueamkaew  11' Phokphun  16' Phumee  29', 48' Report Wei  4' Chen  33' Umpires: Kenta Uziie (JPN) Hashim Al Shatri (OMA)

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27 May 2023 15:30 Chinese Taipei  1–10  Japan Yueh  38' Report I. Saeki  3', 41' Yasuda  16', 29' Tanaka  29' K. Saeki  36', 37', 44', 45' Saito  40' Umpires: Hussain Al Hasani (OMA) Makhmud Kholmatov (UZB)

27 May 2023 20:00 Pakistan  1–1  India Ali  44' Report Sharda Nand  24' Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) You Hyosik (KOR)

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28 May 2023 20:00 India  17–0  Thailand Angad  13', 33', 47', 55' Rawat  17' Uttam  24', 31' Amandeep L.  26', 29' Araijeet  36' Vishnukant  38' Boby Singh Dhami  45' Sharda Nand  46' Amandeep  47' Rohit  49' Sunit  54' Rajinder  56' Report Umpires: Rashed Hasan Rony (BAN) Makhmud Kholmatov (UZB)

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29 May 2023 17:45 Japan  2–3  Pakistan Yasuda  2' Yamada  38' Report Ahmad  23' Wahab  30', 39' Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Muhammad Amirul Rashid (MAS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia	4	4	0	0	17	3	+14	12	Semi-finals
2	South Korea	4	3	0	1	18	6	+12	9
3	Bangladesh	4	2	0	2	7	9	−2	6
4	Oman (H)	4	1	0	3	1	11	−10	3
5	Uzbekistan	4	0	0	4	8	22	−14	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[6]
(H) Hosts

23 May 2023 17:45 Malaysia  8–1  Uzbekistan Perabu  7', 9', 18' Alfarico  12' Shahmie Irfan  26' Nur Aqilrullah  27' Mughni  43' Adam  52' Report Kakhramonov  55' Umpires: Deekshith Narayana (IND) Rashed Hasan Rony (BAN)

23 May 2023 20:00 Oman  0–2  Bangladesh Report Ali  22' Hossain  24' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK)

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24 May 2023 15:30 South Korea  6–1  Uzbekistan Kim M.  3', 35' Lee Se.  18' Lee Su.  44' Park G.  56' Hwang  60' Report Kakhramonov  50' Umpires: Phiraphat Niensupornphand (THA) Huang Yu-Cheng (TPE)

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25 May 2023 15:30 Malaysia  5–1  Bangladesh Shafiq Ikhmal  8' Shahmie Irfan  13', 43', 59' Syamim  14' Report Abdullah  37' Umpires: Hussain Al Hasani (OMA) Deekshith Narayana (IND)

25 May 2023 20:00 Oman  1–8  South Korea Madit  46' Report Kim M.  21' Park H.  23' Park G.  24' Lim  26', 38', 42', 56' Choi  46' Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Muhammad Amirul Rashid (MAS)

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26 May 2023 20:00 Bangladesh  3–1  Uzbekistan Islam  15', 22' Uddin  34' Report Husanov  51' Umpires: Phiraphat Niensupornphand (THA) Huang Yu-Cheng (TPE)

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27 May 2023 09:00 Malaysia  3–1  South Korea Perabu  11' Shahmie Irfan  54' Mughni  57' Report Park G.  56' Umpires: Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK) Maarten Boxma (NED)

27 May 2023 17:45 Uzbekistan  2–3  Oman Komilov  25' Salimjonov  51' Report Al-Noufali  10' Al Fazari  13' Akaak  57' Umpires: Muhammad Amirul Rashid (MAS) Deekshith Narayana (IND)

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28 May 2023 17:45 South Korea  3–1  Bangladesh Lim  11' Park G.  36' Kim M.  54' Report Hasan  58' Umpires: Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK) Deekshith Narayana (IND)

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29 May 2023 20:00 Oman  0–1  Malaysia Report Shahmie Irfan  48' Umpires: Huang Yu-Cheng (TPE) Kenta Uziie (JPN)

Classification round

Ninth and tenth place

31 May 2023 15:00 Chinese Taipei  1–4  Uzbekistan Lee  26' Report Komilov  20' Salimjonov  44' Madaminov  47' Vakhobjonov  60' Umpires: Kenta Uziie (JPN) Hashim Al Shatri (OMA)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Bracket

	5–8th place semi-finals				Fifth place
	30 May
	Japan	8
					1 June
	Oman	0
					Japan	5
	30 May
					Bangladesh	1
	Bangladesh	4
	Thailand	1
					Seventh place
					1 June
					Oman	2
					Thailand	1

5–8th place semi-finals

30 May 2023 17:30 Japan  8–0  Oman Yasuda  19', 34', 58' Yamasaki  21' Saito  25' I. Saeki  27' Tanaka  44' Higuchi  44' Report Umpires: Huang Yu-Cheng (TPE) Phiraphat Niensupornphand (THA)

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30 May 2023 20:00 Bangladesh  4–1  Thailand Ali  1' Islam  10' Hasan  18' Hossain  57' Report Phumee  17' Umpires: Hussain Al Hasani (OMA) Hashim Al Shatri (OMA)

Seventh and eighth place

1 June 2023 09:00 Oman  2–1  Thailand Al Balushi  25' Bait  54' Report Phumee  40' Umpires: Deekshith Narayana (IND) Rashed Hasan Rony (BAN)

Fifth and sixth place

1 June 2023 15:00 Japan  5–1  Bangladesh Tanaka  6', 12' Shigeyama  8' I. Saeki  26' Matsuzaki  55' Report Ali  47' Umpires: Muhammad Amirul Rashid (MAS) Phiraphat Niensupornphand (THA)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 May
	India	9
					1 June
	South Korea	1
					India	2
	31 May
					Pakistan	1
	Malaysia	2
	Pakistan	6
					Third place
					1 June
					South Korea	2
					Malaysia	1

Semi-finals

31 May 2023 17:30 India  9–1  South Korea Sunit  13' Araijeet  19' Boby Singh Dhami  31', 39', 55' Angad  34' Uttam  38' Vishnukant  51' Sharda Nand  57' Report Hwang  46' Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK)

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31 May 2023 20:00 Malaysia  2–6  Pakistan Perabu  21' Danish  45' Report Khan  42' Rehman  44', 48', 51' Shahid  47' Ahmad  58' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) You Hyosik (KOR)

Third and fourth place

1 June 2023 17:30 South Korea  2–1  Malaysia Lim  22' Yoo  37' Report Adam  26' Umpires: Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK) Maarten Boxma (NED)

Final

1 June 2023 20:00 India  2–1  Pakistan Angad  13' Araijeet  20' Report Ali  38' Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) James Unkles (AUS)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
	India	2023 Junior World Cup
	Pakistan
	South Korea
4	Malaysia
5	Japan
6	Bangladesh
7	Oman (H)
8	Thailand
9	Uzbekistan
10	Chinese Taipei

Source: FIH
(H) Host

End of Tournament awards

Award	Player/Team
Top Goalscorer	Abdul Rehman
Player of the Tournament	Hannan Shahid
Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Mohith H.S.
Rising Player of the Tournament	Ahtisham Aslam

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Goalscorers

There were 198 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 6.83 goals per match.

9 goals

• Kumpei Yasuda
• Abdul Rehman

8 goals

• Araijeet Singh Hundal

7 goals

• Angad Singh
• Tsubasa Tanaka

6 goals

• Boby Singh Dhami
• Uttam Singh
• Shahmie Irfan Suhaimi
• Lim Do-hyun

5 goals

• Sharda Nand Tiwari
• Ikumi Saeki
• Kodai Saeki
• Perabu Tangaraja
• Arbaz Ahmad
• Hannan Shahid
• Kritsana Phumee

4 goals

• Amandeep
• Mohammad Khan
• Kim Min-kwon
• Park Geon-woo

3 goals

• Muhammad Ali
• Amirul Islam
• Basharat Ali
• Abdul Wahab

2 goals

• Muhammad Hasan
• Poovanna BC
• Amandeep Lakra
• Sunit Lakra
• Rawat Yogember
• Vishnukant Singh
• Hiro Saito
• Adam Ashraf
• Mughni Kamal
• Muhammad Murtaza
• Hwang Keonyeol
• Shavkatjon Kakhramonov
• Jamshidbek Komilov
• Shokhrukhbek Salimjonov

1 goal

• Muhammad Abdullah
• Muhammad Hossain
• Muhammad Uddin
• Chen Yung-Sheng
• Lee Chi-Hsuan
• Lin Te-Ju
• Wei Cheng-Ze
• Yueh Chin-Cheng
• Amir Ali
• Aditya Lalage
• Rajinder Singh
• Rohit
• Yuto Higuchi
• Yuito Matsuzaki
• Taiga Shigeyama
• Hyota Yamada
• Ryoga Yamasaki
• Nur Aqilrullah Che
• Alfarico Liau
• Danish Muhammad
• Shafiq Ikhmal Daniel
• Syamim Naim
• Hahman Akaak
• Hudhaifa Al Balushi
• Azed Al Fazari
• Alkhoder Al-Noufali
• Hussam Bait
• Aiman Madit
• Bilal Akram
• Zikriya Hayat
• Arshad Liaqat
• Abdul Qayyum
• Choi Ji-ho
• Lee Seung-hwan
• Lee Sung-min
• Park Hyun
• Yoo Seung-ho
• Kritsada Chueamkaew
• Udomchok Phokphun
• Fozilbek Husanov
• Abdusalom Madaminov
• Mukhammadkodir Vakhobjonov

Source: FIH

See also

• 2023 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup