The Men's AHF Cup is a quadrennial international men's field hockey competition in Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The tournament was founded in 1997 and serves as a qualification tournament for the next Men's Asia Cup.[1]
| Most recent season or competition: 2022 Men's AHF Cup | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| First season | 1997 |
| No. of teams | 9 |
| Confederation | AHF (Asia) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Bangladesh (4th title) (2022) |
| Most titles | Bangladesh (4 titles) |
Results
editSummaries
edit| Year | Host | Final | Third place game | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1997 Details |
Hong Kong |  Hong Kong |
Round-robin |  Oman |
 Sri Lanka |
Round-robin |  Singapore |
7 | |||
| 2002 Details |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
Round-robin |  Chinese Taipei |
Sri Lanka |
Round-robin | Singapore |
7 | |||
| 2008 Details |
Singapore |  Bangladesh |
6–1 | Oman |
Singapore |
?–? | Sri Lanka |
9 | |||
| 2012 Details |
Bangkok, Thailand | Bangladesh |
6–3 | Oman |
Sri Lanka |
5–2 | Chinese Taipei |
9 | |||
| 2016 Details |
Hong Kong | Bangladesh |
3–0 | Sri Lanka |
Hong Kong |
2–1 | Singapore |
8 | |||
| 2022 Details |
Jakarta, Indonesia [2] | Bangladesh |
1–1 (5–3 s.o.) |
Oman |
Sri Lanka |
4–3 |  Kazakhstan |
9 | |||
Top four statistics
edit| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third Places | Fourth Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh
|
4 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2022) | |||
 Hong Kong
|
2 (1997*, 2002*) | 1 (2016*) | ||
 Oman
|
4 (1997, 2008, 2012, 2022) | |||
 Sri Lanka
|
1 (2016) | 4 (1997, 2002, 2012, 2022) | 1 (2008) | |
 Chinese Taipei
|
1 (2002) | 1 (2012) | ||
 Singapore
|
1 (2008*) | 3 (1997, 2002, 2016) | ||
 Kazakhstan
|
1 (2022) |
Team appearances
edit| Nation | 1997 |
2002 |
2008 |
 2012 |
2016 |
 2022 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh
|
– | – | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4 |
 Brunei
|
– | – | 9th | – | – | – | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei
|
7th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 7th | – | 5 |
| Hong Kong
|
1st | 1st | 7th | 8th | 3rd | – | 5 |
| Indonesia
|
– | – | – | – | – | 7th | 1 |
 Iran
|
– | 5th | – | – | – | 6th | 2 |
| Kazakhstan
|
– | – | – | 9th | – | 4th | 2 |
 Macau
|
6th | 7th | – | – | 8th | – | 3 |
| Oman
|
2nd | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | – | 2nd | 5 |
| Singapore
|
4th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 9th | 6 |
| Sri Lanka
|
3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 6 |
| Thailand
|
– | – | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 4 |
 Uzbekistan
|
5th | – | 6th | 5th | 5th | 8th | 5 |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | [3] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Men's AHF Cup 2016". www.asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "The Asian Hockey Federation Announces Men's AHF Cup 2022". www.asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "History of Men's AHF Cup" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-01.