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India is the most successful team in its history with 5 champions trophy victories. India are the defending champions as they won the 2024 edition by defeating China 1–0 in the final. [ 1 ] At the 2018 edition the final between India and Pakistan was abandoned due to heavy rainfall and the two nations were declared joint winners.
[1] [2] Chennai earlier hosted the 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup. [3] The hosts India won a record fourth title after defeating Malaysia 4–3 in the final. [4] Japan won the bronze medal after beating the defending champions South Korea 5–3.
India defeated Germany 1–0 in semi-final. In the final India faced Pakistan and won the match 1–0, which was the beginning of the biggest rivalry in field hockey. [14] India and Pakistan again met each other in 1958 Asian Games and this time the match ended in a 0–0 draw. India also defeated Japan 8–0, South Korea 2–1 and Malaysia 6–0.
As Japan won the 2018 Asian Games (thereby qualifying twice, once as host and once as Asian champions), there instead were 14 teams, seven of whom qualified. [1] The seven Olympic qualifiers each featured two nations playing two back-to-back matches, with nations drawn to play each other based on their rankings at the end of the 2018 / 2019 ...
India competed at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, from 19 September to 4 October 2014. After 16 years India won the gold medal in Asian Games men's hockey tournament, and consequently earned a direct berth to the 2016 Summer Olympics hockey tournament.
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Ice hockey is a minor sport that is gaining popularity in Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Baseball and football (soccer) have dominated Japanese sports for decades, but ice hockey has been less popular in Japan since its founding in the 1920s. [ 4 ]
The India men's national field hockey team is governed by the Hockey India (HI) and is a member of the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF). Since 1926, the BCCI has been affiliated with FIH , the international governing body for world field hockey.