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]
| Most recent season or competition: 2022 Women's Hockey Asia Cup | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| 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 |
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 edit
| Year | Host | Final | Third place game | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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.