1985 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

1985 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
City	Dhaka
Dates	20–28 January
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan (2nd title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	134 (5.15 per match)
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The 1985 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the second edition of the Men's Hockey Asia Cup, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation.^[1] It was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 20 to 28 January 1985.^[2]

The defending champions Pakistan won its second Asian title by defeating India 3–2 in the final. South Korea won its first medal by defeating Japan 2–0 in the bronze medal match.^[3]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	4	4	0	0	21	0	+21	8	Semi-finals
2	Japan	4	2	1	1	13	4	+9	5
3	Bangladesh (H)	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	4
4	China	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	3
5	Iran	4	0	0	4	2	33	−31	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pakistan	2–0	Japan
Bangladesh	2–2	China
Pakistan	16–0	Iran
Japan	1–1	Bangladesh
China	3–0	Iran
Pakistan	1–0	Bangladesh
Japan	11–1	Iran
Pakistan	2–0	China
Japan	1–0	China
Bangladesh	3–1	Iran

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21	8	Semi-finals
2	South Korea	4	2	1	1	17	10	+7	5
3	Malaysia	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	5
4	Sri Lanka	4	1	0	3	6	17	−11	2
5	Singapore	4	0	0	4	3	24	−21	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
India	8–1	South Korea
India	3–2	Malaysia
India	6–0	Sri Lanka
India	5–0	Singapore
South Korea	0–0	Malaysia
South Korea	7–0	Sri Lanka
South Korea	9–2	Singapore
Malaysia	3–1	Sri Lanka
Malaysia	5–0	Singapore
Sri Lanka	5–1	Singapore

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Seventh place game

28 January 1985 China  2–0  Sri Lanka

Fifth place game

28 January 1985 Malaysia  5–0  Bangladesh

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 January
	Pakistan	7
					28 January
	South Korea	0
					Pakistan	3
	27 January
					India	2
	India	9
	Japan	1
					Third place
					28 January
					South Korea	2
					Japan	0

Semi-finals

27 January 1985 Pakistan  7–0  South Korea Ahmad  27' Sardar  31', 33', 43', 52', 69' H. Khan Report

27 January 1985 India  9–1  Japan Naim  ?', 38', ?' Sharma  ?' Rawat  21', ?', ?' Shahid  29' Report Takamori  13'

Third place game

28 January 1985 South Korea  2–0  Japan

Final

28 January 1985 Pakistan  3–2 (a.e.t.)  India H. Khan  34' Ahmad  83' K. Khan  87' Report Naim  57' H. Singh  85'

Winners

1985 Men's Hockey Asia Cup winners
Pakistan Second title

Final standings

1.  Pakistan
2.  India
3.  South Korea
4.  Japan
5.  Malaysia
6.  Bangladesh
7.  China
8.  Sri Lanka
9.  Singapore
10.  Iran

References

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