2017 Women's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup

The 2017 Women's Indoor Asia Cup was the sixth edition of the Women's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup. It was held in Doha, Qatar from 24–28 April 2017.[1]

2017 Women's Indoor Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
CityDoha
Dates24–28 April
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Kazakhstan (5th title)
Runner-up Malaysia
Third place Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored157 (8.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uzbekistan Kamila Adizova (14 goals)
2015 (previous) (next) 2019

The number of teams for this year’s cup wasincreased by one compared to the previous tournament where five teams competed. Cambodia and Hong Kong, who competed previously, not joined this year’s edition and be replaced by Malaysia, North Korea, and China.

Kazakhstan defeated Malaysia in the final to win the cup and secured a place in 2018 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup.

Participating nations

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Six countries participated in this year's tournament:

Team FIH Indoor
World Ranking[2]
Appearance Last
appearance
Previous best performance
  China Not ranked 1st None Debut
  Kazakhstan 12 6th 2015 1st (2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
  Malaysia 26 5th 2014 1st (2009)
  North Korea Not ranked 1st None Debut
  Thailand 32 6th 2015 2nd (2010, 2012, 2015)
  Uzbekistan 35 5th 2015 3rd (2009, 2015)

Umpires

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  1. Frances Block (ENG)
  2. Emily Carroll (AUS)
  3. Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS)
  4. Thanittha Chuangmanichot (THA)
  5. Zarina Ilyassova (KAZ)
  6. Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)
  7. Weizhen Leong (SIN)

Results

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All times are in Qatar Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Kazakhstan 5 4 1 0 25 6 +19 13 Final
2   Malaysia 5 3 1 1 27 11 +16 10
3   Thailand 5 3 0 2 26 7 +19 9 Third place game
4   North Korea 5 2 0 3 28 16 +12 6
5   Uzbekistan 5 1 2 2 25 17 +8 5 Fifth place game
6   China 5 0 0 5 0 74 −74 0
Source: FIH
24 April 2017
11:15
Thailand   3–1   Uzbekistan
Report
Umpires:
Frances Block (ENG)
Emily Carroll (AUS)
24 April 2017
12:30
Malaysia   15–0   China
Report
Umpires:
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)
Zarina Ilyassova (KAZ)
24 April 2017
13:45
Kazakhstan   5–2   North Korea
Report
Umpires:
Thanittha Chuangmanichot (THA)
Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS)
24 April 2017
17:30
Malaysia   3–3   Uzbekistan
Report
Umpires:
Frances Block (ENG)
Weizhen Leong (SIN)

25 April 2017
11:15
Kazakhstan   11–0   China
Report
Umpires:
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)
Weizhen Leong (SIN)
25 April 2017
12:30
North Korea   1–4   Thailand
Report
Umpires:
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS)
25 April 2017
16:15
Uzbekistan   17–0   China
Report
Umpires:
Thanittha Chuangmanichot (THA)
Zarina Ilyassova (KAZ)
25 April 2017
17:30
Thailand   0–3   Kazakhstan
Report
Umpires:
Frances Block (ENG)
Emily Carroll (AUS)

26 April 2017
11:15
North Korea   3–5   Malaysia
Report
Umpires:
Frances Block (ENG)
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)
26 April 2017
16:15
China   0–18   Thailand
Report
Umpires:
Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS)
Weizhen Leong (SIN)
26 April 2017
17:30
Uzbekistan   2–9   North Korea
Report
Umpires:
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Thanittha Chuangmanichot (THA)

27 April 2017
10:00
Malaysia   2–4   Kazakhstan
Report
Umpires:
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)
Weizhen Leong (SIN)
27 April 2017
11:15
China   0–13   North Korea
Report
Umpires:
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Zarina Ilyassova (KAZ)
27 April 2017
15:30
Kazakhstan   2–2   Uzbekistan
Report
Umpires:
Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS)
Thanittha Chuangmanichot (THA)
27 April 2017
16:45
Thailand   1–2   Malaysia
Report
Umpires:
Frances Block (ENG)
Emily Carroll (AUS)

Classification round

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Fifth place game

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28 April 2017
11:00
Uzbekistan   14–0   China
Report
Umpires:
Thanittha Chuangmanichot (THA)
Weizhen Leong (SIN)

Third place game

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28 April 2017
14:00
Thailand   5–5   North Korea
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Penalties
3–1
Umpires:
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS)

Final

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28 April 2017
17:00
Kazakhstan   2–0   Malaysia
Report
Umpires:
Frances Block (ENG)
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)

Final standings

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Pos Team Qualification
1   Kazakhstan 2018 Indoor Hockey World Cup
2   Malaysia
3   Thailand
4   North Korea
5   Uzbekistan
6   China
Source: FIH

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Qatar set to host Indoor Asia Cup Hockey Championship".
  2. ^ "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 28 February 2016.
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