The Women's AHF Cup is a quadrennial international women'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 Women's Asia Cup.[1]
| Most recent season or competition: 2016 Women's AHF Cup | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| First season | 1997 |
| Confederation | AHF (Asia) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Thailand (1st title) (2016) |
| Most titles |  Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Kazakhstan Thailand (1 title) |
Results
edit| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1997 Details |
Singapore |  Kazakhstan |
2–1 |  Singapore |
 Malaysia |
?–? |  Sri Lanka |
6 | |||
| 2003 Details |
Singapore |  Hong Kong |
3–2 | Sri Lanka |
Singapore |
6–0 |  Pakistan |
5 | |||
| 2008 | Sri Lanka | Not held[2] | |||||||||
| 2012 Details |
Singapore |  Chinese Taipei |
2–1 | Hong Kong |
 Thailand |
6–3 | Sri Lanka |
6 | |||
| 2016 Details |
Bangkok, Thailand | Thailand |
4–0 | Singapore |
Chinese Taipei |
4–1 | Pakistan |
9 | |||
Summary
edit| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third places | Fourth places |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong
|
1 (2003) | 1 (2012) | ||
| Chinese Taipei
|
1 (2012) | 1 (2016) | ||
| Thailand
|
1 (2016*) | 1 (2012) | ||
| Kazakhstan
|
1 (1997) | |||
 Singapore
|
2 (1997*, 2016) | 1 (2003*) | ||
 Sri Lanka
|
1 (2003) | 2 (1997, 2012) | ||
 Malaysia
|
1 (1997) | |||
 Pakistan
|
2 (2003, 2016) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
edit| Nation | 1997 |
2003 |
2012 |
2016 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cambodia
|
– | – | – | 8th | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei
|
5th | – | 1st | 3rd | 3 |
| Hong Kong
|
6th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 4 |
 Indonesia
|
– | – | – | 9th | 1 |
| Kazakhstan
|
1st | – | – | – | 1 |
| Malaysia
|
3rd | – | – | – | 1 |
| Pakistan
|
– | 4th | 6th | 4th | 3 |
| Singapore
|
2nd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 4 |
| Sri Lanka
|
4th | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 4 |
| Thailand
|
– | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 3 |
 Uzbekistan
|
– | – | – | 7th | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | [3] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Women's AHF Cup 2016". www.asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Women's hockey team grounded".
- ^ "History of Women's AHF Cup" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-01.