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{{Infobox field hockey
| tournament = 2007 Asia Cup
| other_titles = Asia Cup 2007
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| country = India
| city = [[Chennai]]
| venues =
| teams = 11 (from 1 Confederation)
| champions = {{fh|India}}
| count = 2
| second = {{fh|South Korea}}
| third = {{fh|Malaysia}}
| matches = 35
| goals = 282
| top_scorer =
| top_scorer_goals =
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| previous_year = 2003
| previous_tournament = 2003 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
| next_year = 2009
| next_tournament = 2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
| update =
}}

The '''2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup''' was the seventh tournament of the [[Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Hockey Asia Cup]] for men. It was held from August 31 to September 9, 2007 in [[Chennai]], [[India]]. [[India men's national field hockey team|India]] won, defeating [[South Korea men's national field hockey team|Korea]] in the finals, seven goals to two. Korea came in second and [[Malaysia men's national field hockey team|Malaysia]] came third.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fih.ch/news/asia-cup-ready-to-start/|title=2007 Asia Cup;FIH.com|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref>

India led 3-1 at halftime. In the early stages of the second half, Korea staged a walkout led by their coach, because of  a decision by the umpire to disallow a goal scored by Korea. In response, India scored a goal through a counterattack in the next minute. Two Korean forwards had continued to argue with the umpire on the disallowed goal. Korea never recovered, while India's forward line scored 3 more goals to make it 7-1 before Korea reduced the margin to 7-2 in the penultimate minute. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drishtikone.com/blog/2007/09/10/indian-hockey-team-wins-asia-cup-2007/|title = India wins the 2007 Asia Cup|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref>

Baljit Singh, the Indian goalkeeper, was declared the man of the match for his excellent saves. The striking feature of India's win was that all 7 goals were 'field' goals, and none of them came through 'penalty corners' or 'strokes'. India thus ended the tournament with 57 goals for and just 5 goals against them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/india-look-for-chennai-inspiration-in-2007-asia-cup-to-qualify-for-hockey-world-cup|title=Indian team to take inspiration from the 2007 Asia Cup;Sportskeeda.com|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref>

[[Malaysia men's national field hockey team|Malaysia]] got a medal in the [[Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Hockey Asia Cup]] for the first time. It was also the first time since 1982 that [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]] did not qualify for the Semi Finals in the Hockey Asia Cup. Pakistan lost to [[Japan men's national field hockey team|Japan]] 3–1 and drew their league match against  [[Malaysia men's national field hockey team|Malaysia]] 3–3. [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]] lost to [[China men's national field hockey team|China]] in the 5th/6th place playoff, and ended 6th in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/517864|title=India outclass South Korea to retain the Asia Cup;taiwannews.com|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref>

==Pools==
'''Participants''' 

{{fh|BAN}} 

{{fh|CHN}}

{{fh|HKG}}

{{fh|IND}}

{{fh|JPN}}

{{fh|MAS}} 

{{fh|PAK}}

{{fh|SIN}}

{{fh|KOR}}

{{fh|SRI}}

{{fh|THA}} 

<small>All times are [[Indian Standard Time]] (UTC +5.30)</small>

===Pool A===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=175|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|{{fh|MAS}}
|'''10'''||4||3||1||0||26||4||+22
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|{{fh|JPN}}
|'''9'''||4||3||0||1||18||4||+14
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fh|PAK}}
|'''7'''||4||2||1||1||18||7||+11
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fh|HKG}}
|'''3'''||4||1||0||3||6||28||−22
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fh|SIN}}
|'''0'''||4||0||0||4||2||27||−25
|}

{{fieldhockeybox|date=August 31, 2007 <br /> 07:30 |team1={{fh-rt|MAS}} |score=8 – 0 |team2={{fh|SIN}} |goals1=Zulkifli Mohd Rejab 3', 46' <br /> Megat Azrafiq 22' (ps) <br /> [[Ismail Abu|Abu]] 33' <br /> Azlon Misron 48', 68' <br /> [[Chua Boon Huat]] 67', 69' |goals2= |umpires=}}
----
{{fieldhockeybox|date=August 31, 2007 <br /> 17:00 |team1={{fh-rt|PAK}} |score=6 – 1 |team2={{fh|HKG}} |goals1=[[Muhammad Imran|Imran]] 11', 29' <br /> [[Shakeel Abbasi|Abbasi]] 13', 59' <br /> Ihsan Ullah 38' <br /> Imran Khan 56' |goals2=Ali Arif 46' |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 1, 2007 <br /> 15:00 |team1={{fh-rt|JPN}} |score=3 – 1 |team2={{fh|PAK}} |goals1=Ono Tomonori 29', 50' <br /> Yamabori Takahiko 42' |goals2=[[Shakeel Abbasi|Abbasi]] 47' |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 1, 2007 <br /> 16:00 |team1={{fh-rt|MAS}} |score=13 – 1 |team2={{fh|HKG}} |goals1=Kelvinder Singh 13', 27', 58' <br /> [[Baljit Singh (field hockey)|B. Singh]] 22', 41', 52' <br /> Zulkifli Mohd Rejab 25', 56' <br /> [[Jiwa Mohan]] 30' <br /> [[Chua Boon Huat]] 33' <br /> Ahmad Tajuddin 45' <br /> Mohd Shahrun 68' <br /> [[Selvaraju Sandrakasi|Sandrakasi]] 70' |goals2=Mohammed Swalik 12' |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 3, 2007 <br /> 15:00 |team1={{fh-rt|JPN}} |score=7 – 1 |team2={{fh|HKG}} |goals1=Takahiko Yamabori 2', 28', 46', 65', 67', 70' <br /> Kazuo Yoshida 23' |goals2=[[Arif Ali|Ali]] 53' |umpires=}}
----
{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 3, 2007 <br /> 17:00 |team1={{fh-rt|PAK}} |score=8 – 0 |team2={{fh|SIN}} |goals1=[[Muhammad Imran|Imran]] 4' <br /> Abbas Haider 23', 27' <br /> [[Tariq Aziz (field hockey, born 1984)|Aziz]] 25' <br /> Ihsan Ullah 40' <br /> Imran Khan 63' <br /> [[Rehan Butt|Butt]] 67', 70' |goals2= |umpires=}}
----
{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 4, 2007 <br /> 15:00 |team1={{fh-rt|HKG}} |score=3 – 2 |team2={{fh|SIN}} |goals1=Gurvinder Dillon 24' <br /> [[Arif Ali|Ali]] 60' <br /> Harinder Singh Bal 68' |goals2=Saiful Nizam 7' <br /> Hazmi Bin Mohd 54' |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 4, 2007 <br /> 19:00 |team1={{fh-rt|JPN}} |score=0 – 2 |team2={{fh|MAS}} |goals1= |goals2=[[Ismail Abu|Abu]] 1' <br /> Misron Azlon 41' |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 5, 2007 <br /> 19:00 |team1={{fh-rt|PAK}} |score=3 – 3 |team2={{fh|MAS}} |goals1=Shakeel Abassi 17', 26' <br /> Akhtar Ali 33'|goals2=Ahmad Tajuddin 43', 57' <br />Megat Azrafiq 69' (ps)|umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 6, 2007 <br /> 15:00|team1={{fh-rt|JPN}}|score=8 – 0 |team2={{fh|SIN}} |goals1=Takahiko Yamabori 6', 8', 12' <br /> Kazuo Yoshida 26' <br /> Kazuhiro Tsubouchi 33' <br /> Mitsuru Ito 42' <br /> [[Akira Ito (field hockey)|A. Ito]] 54' <br />  Sho Ota 58'|goals2= |umpires=}}

===Pool B===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=175|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|{{fh|IND}}
|'''15'''||5||5||0||0||46||2||+44
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|{{fh|KOR}}
|'''10'''||5||3||1||1||41||8||+33
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fh|CHN}}
|'''10'''||5||3||1||1||32||6||+26
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fh|BAN}}
|'''6'''||5||2||0||3||16||22||−6
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fh|SRI}}
|'''3'''||5||1||0||4||15||46||−31
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fh|THA}}
|'''0'''||5||0||0||5||1||67||−66
|}

{{fieldhockeybox|date=August 31, 2007 <br /> 09:30 |team1={{fh-rt|BAN}} |score=13 – 0 |team2={{fh|THA}} |goals1=Md Jahid Bin Talib 4' <br /> Rasel Mahmud 10', 19', 67', 69' <br /> Khondokar Hasan 24' <br /> Md Iqbal Nadir 39', 45' <br /> Md Zahidul Islam 40', 59' <br /> Md Kamun|Kamun 52', 55' <br /> Md Mamun|Mamun 62' |goals2= |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=August 31, 2007 <br /> 15:00 |team1={{fh-rt|KOR}} |score=12 – 2 |team2={{fh|SRI}} |goals1=[[Oh Dae-keun]] 3' <br /> Lee Jae-won 6' <br /> [[Kim Byung-hoon]] 12', 22', 28', 62' <br /> [[Jang Jong-hyun]] 16', 24', 41', 46' <br /> [[You Hyo-sik]] 61' <br /> (one unknown) |goals2=MM Gazalli 52' <br /> (one unknown) |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=August 31, 2007 <br /> 19:00 |team1={{fh-rt|IND}} |score=1 – 0 |team2={{fh|CHN}} |goals1=[[Dilip Tirkey|D. Tirkey]] 48' |goals2= |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 1, 2007 <br /> 14:00 |team1={{fh-rt|KOR}} |score=16–0 |team2={{fh|THA}} |goals1=[[Kim Byung-hoon]] 7', 11', 33', 66' <br /> [[Seo Jong-ho]] 16', 18', 40', 69' <br /> [[Kang Seong-jung]] 28' <br /> [[Lee Nam-yong]] 35' <br /> [[Kang Moon-kweon]] 36', 43' <br /> [[Kim Chul]] 42', 58' <br /> [[Jang Jong-hyun]] 47', 55' (ps) |goals2= |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 1, 2007 <br /> 17:00 |team1={{fh-rt|CHN}} |score=6 – 0 |team2={{fh|BAN}} |goals1=[[Hu Huiren]] 6' <br /> [[Na Yubo]] 11', 14', 66' <br /> [[Lu Fenghui]] 39' <br /> [[Yu Yang (field hockey)|Yu Yang]] 49' |goals2= |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 1, 2007 <br /> 19:00 |team1={{fh-rt|IND}} |score=20 – 0 |team2={{fh|SRI}} |goals1=[[Dilip Tirkey|D. Tirkey]] 2' <br /> [[Shivendra Singh|S. Singh]] 3', 63' <br /> [[Tushar Khandekar|Khandekar]] 6', 23', 37' <br /> [[Prabhjot Singh|P. Singh]] 10', 14', 38', 47', 49' <br /> Raghunath 28', 61' (ps), 62' <br /> [[S.V. Sunil|Sunil]] 30', 34', 35' <br /> [[Ignace Tirkey|I. Tirkey]] 57', 64' <br /> [[Rajpal Singh|R. Singh]] 69' |goals2= |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 3, 2007 <br /> 07:30 |team1={{fh-rt|BAN}} |score=3 – 2 |team2={{fh|SRI}} |goals1=Rasel Mahmud 4' <br /> Md. Mamun 46' (ps) <br /> Md. Zahidul Islam 49' |goals2=[[Hettiarachchi]] 31' <br /> Karunarathne 58' |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 3, 2007 <br /> 09:30 |team1={{fh-rt|CHN}} |score=13 – 0 |team2={{fh|THA}} |goals1=[[Hu Huiren]] 14', 25', 27', 54', 66', 67' <br /> [[Meng Jun (field hockey)|Meng Jun]] 20', 68' <br /> [[Yu Yang (field hockey)|Yu Yang]] 31', 32' <br /> [[Lu Fenghui]] 35', 38' <br /> [[Meng Lizhi]] 64' |goals2= |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 3, 2007 <br /> 19:00 |team1={{fh-rt|IND}} |score=3 – 2 |team2={{fh|KOR}} |goals1=[[Shivendra Singh|S. Singh]] 21' <br /> [[Ignace Tirkey|I. Tirkey]] 31' <br /> [[Prabhjot Singh|P. Singh]] 35' |goals2=[[Jang Jong-hyun]] 9'<br /> [[Oh Dae-keun]] 28' |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 4, 2007 <br /> 17:00 |team1={{fh-rt|IND}} |score=6 – 0 |team2={{fh|BAN}} |goals1=[[Ragunath]] 32', 65' <br /> [[Tushar Khandekar|Khandekar]] 37'  <br /> [[Shivendra Singh|S. Singh]] 38' <br /> [[Prabhjot Singh|P. Singh]] 52', 60' |goals2= |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 5, 2007 <br /> 15:00 |team1={{fh-rt|THA}} |score=1 – 9 |team2={{fh|SRI}} |goals1=Sadkorn Wimuttan 60'|goals2=Gazally 10', 67' <br /> Anju Hewage 15', 38' <br /> [[Hettiarachchi]] 17', 63' <br /> Karunarathne 27' <br /> Pradeep Priyashantha 51' <br /> [[Abeyrathne]] 70' |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 5, 2007 <br /> 17:00 |team1={{fh-rt|KOR}} |score=3 – 3 |team2={{fh|CHN}} |goals1=[[Oh Dae-keun]] 21' <br /> [[Jang Jong-hyun]] 52' <br /> [[Kang Seong-jung]] 53' |goals2=[[Meng Lizhi]] 11' <br /> [[Li Wei (field hockey)|Li Wei]] 59' <br /> [[Luo Fangming]] 70'|umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 6, 2007 <br /> 16:00 |team1={{fh-rt|CHN}} |score=10 – 2  |team2={{fh|SRI}} |goals1=[[Hu Huiren]] 11', 51', 61' <br /> [[Hu Liang]] 13', <br /> De Yunze 33' (ps), 38', 42' (ps)<br /> [[Jiang Xishang]] 49', 56' <br /> [[Meng Lizhi]] 65'|goals2=Camer 64' <br /> Panditharathne 70'  |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 6, 2007 <br /> 17:00 |team1={{fh-rt|KOR}} |score=8 – 0  |team2={{fh|BAN}} |goals1=[[Jang Jong-hyun]] 2', 13' (ps), 28', 47' <br /> [[Yoon Sung-hoon]] 26' <br /> [[Kang Moon-kweon]] 32', 53' <br /> Kim Jong-hoon 49'|goals2= |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 6, 2007 <br /> 19:00 |team1={{fh-rt|IND}} |score=16 – 0  |team2={{fh|THA}} |goals1=Raghunath 2', 7', 13', 18', 26', 56' <br /> [[Prabhjot Singh|P. Singh]] 27', 29', 62' <br /> [[Tushar Khandekar|Khandekar]] 28', 34' <br /> [[S.V. Sunil|Sunil]] 35' <br /> [[Gurbaj Singh|G. Singh]] 38' <br /> [[Rajpal Singh|R. Singh]] 54', 57', 59'|goals2= |umpires=}}

==Ninth to eleventh place classification==

===Crossover===
{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 8, 2007 <br /> 08:00 |team1={{fh-rt|SIN}} |score=4 – 0 |team2={{fh|THA}} |goals1=Nee Yong 18' <br /> Johnson Sivalingam 35' <br /> Hazmi Bin Mohd 53' (ps), 57'|goals2= |umpires=}}

===Ninth and tenth place===
{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 8, 2007 <br /> 08:00 |team1={{fh-rt|SRI}} |score=6 – 0 |team2={{fh|SIN}} |goals1=Summandarathne 14' <br /> [[Hettiarachchi]] 27' <br /> [[Abeyrathne]] 47' <br /> Nimanka Srimal 55' <br /> Jayasundara 65' <br /> Anju Hewage 69' |goals2= |umpires=}}

==Fifth to eighth place classification==

===Crossover===
{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 8, 2007 <br /> 07:00 |team1={{fh-rt|PAK}} |score=10 – 0 |team2={{fh|BAN}} |goals1=Waqas Shariff 8' <br /> Yasir Islam 11' <br /> [[Tariq Aziz (field hockey, born 1984)|Aziz]] 17', 68' <br /> [[Muhammad Imran|Imran]] 24', 45' (ps) <br /> Abbas Haider 50', 56' <br /> Muhammad Arshad 63', 65'|goals2= |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 8, 2007 <br /> 09:30 |team1={{fh-rt|CHN}} |score=6 – 1 |team2={{fh|HKG}} |goals1=Liu Xiang 12', 24' <br /> [[Huang Wei]] 29', 41' <br /> Liu Xian 35' <br /> [[Hu Huiren]] 61'|goals2=[[Arif Ali|Ali]] 5' |umpires=}}

===Seventh and eighth place===
{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 9, 2007 <br /> 07:00 |team1={{fh-rt|BAN}} |score=3 – 1 |team2={{fh|HKG}} |goals1=Rasel Mahmud 35', 59' <br /> Md Jahid Bin Talib 46' |goals2=[[Arif Ali|Ali]] 23' |umpires=}}

===Fifth and sixth place===
{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 9, 2007 <br /> 09:30 |team1={{fh-rt|PAK}} |score=2 – 3 |team2={{fh|CHN}} |goals1=Muhammad Arshad 30' <br /> [[Rehan Butt|Butt]] 44' |goals2=De Yunze 12', 54' <br /> [[Hu Liang]] 68' |umpires=}}

==First to fourth place classification==

===Semi-finals===
{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 8, 2007 <br /> 17:00 |team1={{fh-rt|MAS}} |score=1 – 2 |team2={{fh|KOR}} |goals1=Azlon Misron 37' |goals2=[[Oh Dae-keun]] 9' <br /> [[Yoon Sung-hoon]] 63' |umpires=}}
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{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 8, 2007 <br /> 19:30 |team1={{fh-rt|IND}} |score=4 – 1 |team2={{fh|JPN}} |goals1=[[Shivendra Singh|S. Singh]] 21' <br /> [[Prabhjot Singh|P. Singh]] 23', 70' <br /> [[Roshan Minz|Minz]] 54' |goals2=Takahiko Yamabori 68'|umpires=}}

===Third and fourth place===
{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 9, 2007 <br /> 16:00 |team1={{fh-rt|MAS}} |score=5 – 3 |team2={{fh|JPN}} |goals1=Kevinder Singh 4' <br /> [[Selvaraju Sandrakasi|Sandrakasi]] 13' <br /> [[Chua Boon Huat]] 18', 22' <br /> [[Ismail Abu|Abu]] 64' |goals2=Takahiko Yamabori 2' <br /> Katsuyoshi Nagasawa 67' <br /> Kei Kawakami 70' |umpires=}}

===Final===
{{fieldhockeybox|date=September 9, 2007 <br /> 18:30 |team1={{fh-rt|IND}} |score=7 – 2 |team2={{fh|KOR}} |goals1=[[Shivendra Singh|S. Singh]] 4' <br /> [[S.V. Sunil|Sunil]] 13' <br /> [[Prabhjot Singh|P. Singh]] 31', 64' <br /> [[Rajpal Singh|R. Singh]] 42', 55' <br /> [[Ignace Tirkey|I. Tirkey]] 53' |goals2=[[Jang Jong-hyun]] 9' (ps) <br /> [[Oh Dae-keun]] 68' |umpires=}}

{{winners|fh|2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup Winners|India|Second}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{official website|http://asiacup2007.commonwealthgames2010.com}}

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