2012 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

The 2012 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was the seventh 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 was held from 3 to 13 May 2012 at the MBM Stadium in Malacca, Malaysia. The top three teams alongside India qualified for the 2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup.

2012 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Malacca
Dates	3–13 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	MBM Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Malaysia (1st title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	104
Goals scored	20 (0.19 per match)
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The hosts Malaysia won their first tile by defeating Pakistan 2–1 in the final. Two-time defending champions India won the bronze medal by defeating South Korea 2–1 with a golden goal in extra time after the match finished 1–1 in regular time.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
11–18 July 2008	2008 Junior Asia Cup	Hyderabad, India	5	Bangladesh India Japan Malaysia Pakistan South Korea
23–31 July 2011	2011 Junior AHF Cup	Hong Kong	3	China Iran Singapore Sri Lanka
Total			8

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia (H)	3	3	0	0	15	5	+10	9	Semi-finals and 2013 Junior World Cup
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	12	8	+4	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Iran	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
(H) Hosts

3 May 2012 18:05 South Korea 4–1 Japan

3 May 2012 20:05 Malaysia 6–1 Iran

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5 May 2012 18:05 Japan 3–1 Iran

5 May 2012 20:05 Malaysia 6–3 South Korea

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6 May 2012 20:05 South Korea 5–1 Iran

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7 May 2012 20:05 Malaysia 3–1 Japan

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	17	2	+15	7	Semi-finals and 2013 Junior World Cup
2	India	3	2	1	0	15	3	+12	7
3	China	3	1	0	2	6	3	+3	3
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	0	30	−30	0

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.

4 May 2012 18:05 Pakistan 1–0 China

4 May 2012 20:05 India 11–0 Sri Lanka

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6 May 2012 16:05 China 5–0 Sri Lanka

6 May 2012 18:05 Pakistan 2–2 India

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7 May 2012 16:05 India 2–1 China

7 May 2012 20:05 Pakistan 14–0 Sri Lanka

Fifth to eighth place classification

Bracket

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	9 May
	Japan	5
					12 May
	Sri Lanka	1
					Japan	3
	9 May
					China	1
	China	2
	Iran	0
					Seventh place
					12 May
					Sri Lanka	1
					Iran	2

Cross-overs

9 May 2012 17:35 Japan 5–1 Iran

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9 May 2012 20:05 China 2–0 Iran

Seventh and eighth place

12 May 2012 18:05 Iran 2–1 Sri Lanka

Fifth and sixth place

12 May 2012 20:05 Japan 3–1 China

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 May
	Malaysia	2
					13 May
	India	1
					Malaysia	2
	10 May
					Pakistan	1
	Pakistan	6
	South Korea	1
					Third place
					13 May
					India (a.s.d.e.t.)	2
					South Korea	1

Semi-finals

10 May 2012 17:35 Malaysia 2–1 India

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10 May 2012 20:05 Pakistan 6–1 South Korea

Third and fourth place

13 May 2012 18:05 India 2–1 (a.s.d.e.t.) South Korea

Final

13 May 2012 20:05 Malaysia 2–1 Pakistan

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
	Malaysia (H)	2013 Junior World Cup
	Pakistan
	India
4	South Korea
5	Japan
6	China
7	Iran
8	Sri Lanka

Source: Todor66
(H) Host