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Malaysia win Junior Asia Cup for the first time

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:57:30 +0000

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Malaysia won the Men’s Junior Asia Cup in a pulsating final played at the Bukit Serindit
Stadium in Malacca, Malaysia. The historical town was perhaps a fitting setting for such
a historic victory, being Malaysia’s first triumph in the 25 year history of the competition.
Two first half goals set the stage for a grand performance against Pakistan who came
back in the second half to reduce the score to 2-1, but it was not enough.

In an earlier match India beat Korea 2-1 with a golden goal to take the bronze medal.

Match 19

India 2-1Korea View match report

Match 20

Malaysia 2-1 Pakistan View match report

Men’s Junior Asia Cup Final

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:51:26 +0000

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Malaysia and Pakistan will replay the Junior Asia Cup Final of 1992 which was also played on Malaysian soil. Pakistan emerged victorious on the previous occaision. Will history repeat itself or will there be a new name to go on the trophy? The final will be played on Sunday 13 May.

All four semi-finalists, India, Korea, Malaysia and Pakistan have qualified for the Mens Junior World Cup to be played in Delhi in November 2013.

Math 15

Malaysia 2-0 India View Match Report

Match 16

Pakistan 6-1 Korea View Match Report

Men’s Junior Asia Cup – Scores

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:49:37 +0000

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Match 1

Korea 4 -1 Japan – View match report

Match 2

Malaysia 6 – 1 Iran - View match report

Match 3

Pakistan 1 – 1 China View match report

Match 4

India 11 – 0 Sri Lanka View match report

Match 5

Japan 3 – 0 Iran View match report

Match 6

Malaysia 6 – 3 Korea View match report

Match 7

China 5 – 0 Sri Lanka View match report

Match 8

India 2 -2 Pakistan View match report

Match 9

Korea 5 – 1 Iran View match report

Match 10

China 1-2 India View Scorecard

Match 11

Pakistan 14 – 0 Sri Lanka View Scorecard

Match 12

Japan 1 – 3 Malaysia View Scorecard

Match 13

Japan 5 – 1 Sri Lanka View Scorecard

Match 14

China 2 – 0 Iran View Scorecard

Men’s Junior Asia Cup

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:47:15 +0000

The 7th Men’s Junior Asia Cup will commence on 3 May 2012 in the historic Malaysian city of Malacca. It will feature teams from China, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and of course hosts Malaysia.

India are the defending champions and they are seeking to achieve a hat trick of wins having clinched the title for the first in 2004. However Korea, Pakistan and Malaysia are strong contenders. Until 2000, only Pakistan had held the famous trophy aloft. However in 2000, Korea scored a famous victory over India to take the title. This was followed by Indian victories in 2004 and 2008.

Malaysia have never won the tournament and their best placing was 2nd in 1992 when the tournament was held in Ipoh. However the hosts have a very impressive recent record coming into this tournament having won the Sultan of Johore Cup in November 2011, defeating Pakistan, India and Korea.

Whatever the results, it promises to be a very exciting 10 days with the state government of Malacca having extensively renovated the venue and prepared an elaborate opening ceremony for the teams.

The Men’s Junior Asia Cup is also a qualifying event for the Men’s Junior World Cup to be held in India in 2013. Asia has been confirmed 4 places in the Men’s Junior World Cup. This would be hosts India and 3 other best placed teams in this tournament.

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Bangladesh retain Men’s AHF Cup

admin — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:47:26 +0000

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Bangladesh retained the Men’s AHF Cup which they won 4 years earlier in Singapore in an exciting final played at the Queen Sirikit Stadium in Bangkok. In a repeat of the final 4 years earlier their opponents Oman took the lead before Bangladesh stormed away to a 4-1 lead at halftime. In the second half both teams traded goals in a “tit for tat” battle before the hooter ended the game with Bangladesh victors 6-3. Both countries have now qualified for the Men’s Asia Cup to be played in 2013 in Singapore.

In an earlier game Sri Lanka defeated Chinese-Taipei to win the bronze medal.

Women’s Junior Asia Cup

admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 02:38:20 +0000

AHF Announce Pools for Women’s Junior Asia Cup

The Women’s Junior Asia Cup is a qualifying tournament for the Women’s Junior World Cup.

The 6^th edition of the tournament will be played in Bangkok, Thailand from 27^th June to 7^th July 2012.

Pool A: China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka

Pool B: Korea, Japan, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Pakistan

AHF Announce Pools for Men’s Junior Asia Cup

admin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:09:54 +0000

With Singapore and then Thailand withdrawing and the remaining reserve countries unable to take up the remaining spot, the tournament will now be a 9 team competition.

The teams have been pooled according to their world ranking which is a procedure approved by FIH and adopted by all other continental federations.

Defending champions India have been placed in Pool B together with Pakistan, China and Bangladesh.

Hosts Malaysia are in Pool A with Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka and Iran.

The tournament will be held in Malacca, Malaysia from 3 to 13 May 2013.

More Focus On Developing Players and Officials

admin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:06:14 +0000

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The 60^th Council Meeting of the AHF was held on 24^th March 2012 at the Concorde Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. Two sub-committee meetings were also held. The Competitions and the Umpiring Committees met in the morning of 24^th March.

At the Council Meeting, the AHF President, HRH Sultan Azlan Shah urged member associations to focus on the core responsibilities of developing players and officials. In order to facilitate this, the AHF Academy will be organising a technical and a coaching course later this year.

Earlier the Deputy President of the Malaysian Hockey Confederation, Puan Sri Noor Ashikin thanked the AHF for holding its meetings in Malaysia and welcomed all delegates to Kuala Lumpur

Among the decisions made at the Council meeting was the awarding of the hosting of the 2012 Mens Asian Champions Trophy to Doha, Qatar. The event will be held in December 2012. The hosting of the 2013 competitions were also confirmed.

It was also announced that a Women’s Sports Management Conference would be held in June 2012 in Kuala Lumpur.

Later HRH Sultan Azlan Shah also signed three commemorative hockey sticks for the Thai Hockey Association. The sticks will be exhibited at the associations various regional centres.

60th Council Meeting

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:15:29 +0000

The 60th Council Meeting of the AHF will be held on 24th March 2012 at the Concorde
Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

Men’s AHF Cup

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:38:34 +0000

AHF Announce Pools for Men’s AHF Cup

With Qatar withdrawing, a total of nine countries will now participate in the Men’s AHF Cup.

Top ranked Oman are in Pool A together with Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Defending champions Bangladesh will play in Pool B with Singapore, Chinese-Taipei and hosts Thailand.

The tournament will now be played from 16th to 25th April in Bangkok.