Women's Hockey Asia Cup

Most recent season or competition: 2022 Women's Hockey Asia Cup
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1985 (1985)
Inaugural 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
			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

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

See also

• Field hockey at the Asian Games
• Men's Hockey Asia Cup
• Women's AHF Cup
• Women's Asian Champions Trophy
• Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup
• Women's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup

References

External links

• Asian Hockey Federation
• todor66.com archive