Women's Hockey Asia Cup

Women's Hockey Asia Cup
Most recent season or competition:; 2022 Women's Hockey Asia Cup
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1985; 39 years ago
First season	1985
No. of teams	8
Confederation	AHF (Asia)
Most recent; champion(s)	Japan (3rd title) ; (2022)
Most titles	South Korea; Japan (3 titles)
Qualification	AHF Cup
Related; competitions	Asian Games

The Women's Hockey Asia Cup is a women's international field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and qualifies for the FIH Hockey World Cup.^[1]

Japan are the defending champions winning the 2022 edition.^[2] South Korea and Japan have won the most titles with 3.

The hosts together with six highest-ranked teams from the previous edition are qualified directly for the tournament, they are joined by the top team from the Women's AHF Cup or the top two teams if the host is already qualified.^[3]

Results

Year	Host	Final			Third place game			Number of teams
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
1985 Details	Seoul, South Korea	South Korea	Round-robin	Japan	Malaysia	Round-robin	Singapore	6
1989 Details	Hong Kong	China	Round-robin	Japan	South Korea	Round-robin	India	5
1993 Details	Hiroshima, Japan	South Korea	3–0	China	India	1–0	Japan	7
1999 Details	New Delhi, India	South Korea	3–2	India	China	1–0	Japan	6
2004 Details	New Delhi, India	India	1–0	Japan	China	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p.s.)	South Korea	8
2007 Details	Hong Kong	Japan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p.s.)	South Korea	China	4–2	India	9
2009 Details	Bangkok, Thailand	China	5–3	India	South Korea	4–3	Japan	11
2013 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Japan	2–1	South Korea	India	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 s.o.)	China	8
2017 Details	Kakamigahara, Japan	India	1–1 (5–4 s.o.)	China	South Korea	1–0	Japan	8
2022 Details	Muscat, Oman	Japan	4–2	South Korea	India	2–0	China	8

Summary

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
South Korea	3 (1985*, 1994, 1999)	3 (2007, 2013, 2022)	3 (1989, 2009, 2017)	1 (2004)
Japan	3 (2007, 2013, 2022)	3 (1985, 1989, 2004)		4 (1994, 1999, 2009, 2017)
China	2 (1989, 2009)	2 (1993, 2017)	3 (1999, 2004, 2007)	2 (2013, 2022)
India	2 (2004*, 2017)	2 (1999*, 2009)	3 (1993, 2013, 2022)	2 (1989, 2007)
Malaysia			1 (1985)
Singapore				1 (1985)

* = hosts

Team appearances

Team	1985	1989	1993	1999	2004	2007	2009	2013	2017	2022	Total
China	–	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	4th	2nd	4th	9
Chinese Taipei	–	–	–	–	–	7th	9th	7th	–	–	3
Hong Kong	6th	5th	–	–	–	8th	7th	8th	–	–	5
India	–	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	9
Indonesia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	1
Japan	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	1st	4th	1st	4th	1st	10
Kazakhstan	part of Soviet Union		–	5th	5th	–	6th	6th	7th	–	5
Malaysia	3rd	–	–	6th	6th	5th	5th	5th	5th	5th	8
Singapore	4th	–	6th	–	7th	9th	8th	–	8th	7th	7
South Korea	1st	3rd	1st	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	10
Sri Lanka	–	–	–	–	8th	–	11th	–	–	–	2
Thailand	5th	–	7th	–	–	6th	10th	–	6th	6th	6
Uzbekistan	part of Soviet Union		5th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Total	6	5	7	6	8	9	11	8	8	8

Debut of teams

Year	Debutants	Total
1985	Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand	6
1989	China, India	2
1993	Uzbekistan	1
1999	Kazakhstan	1
2004	Sri Lanka	1
2007	Chinese Taipei	1
2009		0
2013		0
2017		0
2022	Indonesia	1
Total		13

References

^ "Asian Championships". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ "India women win Asia Cup and qualify for World Cup 2018". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ "Women's AHF Cup 2016". www.asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

External links

[1] "Asian Championships". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[2] "India women win Asia Cup and qualify for World Cup 2018". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[3] "Women's AHF Cup 2016". www.asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

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