Hockey asia cup 2025: The Indian men’s hockey team gave South Korea 4–1 in the Asia Cup final played at the Rajgir Sports Complex on Sunday and won the trophy for the fourth time. With this victory, India has now become the second most successful country in the Asia Cup. Even after the defeat, Korea is at number one who has won the Asia Cup five times. India had earlier won the title in 2003 (Kuala Lumpur), 2007 (Chennai) and 2017 (Dhaka).

What did Gautam Gambhir say?

Gautam Gambhir, the head coach of the Indian men’s cricket team, was also happy on this historic victory. He wrote on Twitter, “Very good, boys! Fantastic!” Significantly, Gambhir is currently present in Dubai with the Indian cricket team. The Asia Cup of the Indian cricket team is also going to start on 10 September. India’s first match will be against the UAE and on September 14, the Indian team will take on Pakistan.

The condition of the final match

In the match played in Rajgir, India kept control of the game in its hands from the beginning. Sukhjit Singh of India scored a brilliant goal in the first minute, after which Dilpreet scored a goal in the 28th and 45th minute of the match and strengthened India’s lead. Amit Rohidas ensured India’s victory by converting the final penalty corner into a goal in the 50th minute. Dane Son managed to score a goal in the 51st minute from South Korea.

The path of the World Cup is easy

This victory over Korea gives India directly admission in the next year’s Hockey World Cup 2026. The World Cup will be held from 14 to 30 August. The tournament will be played in Belgium and Netherlands this time. With this victory, the situation of India’s team has strengthened globally and this team raises hopes of great performance in the World Cup.

This journey of India’s hockey team is not only important from the point of view of sports, but also indicates India’s strong hold in the upcoming World Cup. The team will now gather to illuminate the name of the country on the next world stage with full preparation.

India won the Hockey Asia Cup title by defeating South Korea 4–1. This is the fourth time when India has won the Asia Cup Trophy. Sukhjit Singh, Amit Rohidas scored one goal for Team India and Dilpreet Singh scored two goals. With this, India has avenged the 2013 final defeat, when South Korea won the trophy by defeating India 4-3.

India won the fourth time Asia Cup

In the initial moments of the match, Sukhjit Singh scored a goal and brought Team India to the frontfoot. India also got a penalty stroke in the first quarter, but could not score. The second quarter had started, when Jugraj Singh was suspended for 2 minutes. 10 players of Team India were on the field, despite this, the Korean team could not score goals. In the second quarter, Dilpreet Singh scored a 2-0 lead to Team India.

India was ahead 2–0 till half-time. South Korea started well in the third quarter, but Team India was successful in scoring goals. Dilpreet Singh took India 3–0 ahead of his second goal of the match. The fourth and final quarters also saw a tremendous competition, where senior player Amit Rohidas scored the fourth goal for India. In the match, the Korean team could score only one goal.

Team India completed revenge

This is the same South Korea, who defeated India 4-3 in the 2013 Asia Cup final and deprived them of the title. Now after a long wait of 12 years, the Indian team has succeeded in completing its revenge.

This can also be said to be amazing coincidence that in the last 31 years, no third team other than India and South Korea has won the title of Hockey Asia Cup. In the last 9 Asia Cup tournaments, South Korea has won the trophy five times and India 4 times.

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In the Hockey Asia Cup, India defeated Malaysia 4–1. The first goal in this Super-4 phase match was scored by Malaysia, but after that Team India won the match with a big margin. With this victory, India has secured first place in the Points Tables of Super-4. Manpreet Singh, Sukhjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra and Vivek Prasad scored one goal for India.

Shafiq Hasan of Malaysia scored in the second minute of the match. By the end of the first quarter, Malaysia was moving 1-0 ahead. In the 17th minute, Harmanpreet Singh missed out on scoring a goal on the penalty corner, but Manpreet Singh scored a goal as soon as he got a chance and took Team India 1-1. 2 minutes after that, Sukhjit Singh gave India a 2–1 lead.

Team India dominated the second quarter, as Shilanand Lakra also scored in the 24th minute. The Indian team had taken a 3–1 lead by scoring three goals within just 7 minutes. The fourth and last goal of the match was in the 38th minute, when Vivek Prasad of India scored the goal. India retained the 4–1 lead till the end and registered a big victory.

India close to the final

The Indian team has almost confirmed the place in the final of the Hockey Asia Cup. If Malaysia defeats South Korea in the next match, then India also gets defeat against China, then it will reach the final. On the other hand, if Malaysia wins on Korea, then India will have to ensure that it plays a draw with China or win. India’s last match in the Super-4 phase is to be held with China on 6 September.

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Men’s Hockey Asia Cup 2025: In the Asia Cup Hockey 2025, the Indian men’s hockey team has caught everyone’s attention with its tremendous performance. On Monday, India defeated Kazakhstan 15–0 in the last match of Pool-A played at Rajgir Hockey Stadium in Bihar. With this victory, Team India ended the group phase while topping the table and now it will face South Korea in the first match of Super-4 on Wednesday.

India dominates for the initial minutes

The Indian team showed an aggressive game from the beginning of the match. Abhishek scored the first goal in the 5th minute and soon scored the second goal to make the score 2-0. At the end of the first quarter, Abhishek gave Sukhjeet a brilliant pass, on which he scored a goal and gave India a 3–0 lead.

7-0 lead by half time

In the second quarter, the dominance of Indian players continued. Jagraj Singh scored a brilliant goal in the 24th and 31st minutes, while captain Harmanpreet Singh also converted the penalty corner into a goal in the 26th minute. Shortly after, Amit Rohidas also contributed significantly in increasing the team’s score. By half time, India’s upper hand remained heavy and the score was 7-0.

Hat -rains

In the third quarter, Jagraj scored his third goal from a penalty stroke and completed the hat -trick. At the same time, Sukhjit also continued to hold his name and registered a hat -trick.
India’s dominance in the fourth quarter had increased further. Sanjay scored the 54th minute, Dilpreet Singh scored the 55th minute and Abhishek in the 59th minute. In this way, Abhishek scored four goals in the entire match and made India’s victory more memorable.

The end of the group stage in a great style

India had already confirmed a place in Super-4, but this big victory has further strengthened the team’s confidence. With three wins in three matches, India scored nine points from Pool-A and have entered the next phase while topping.

Now collision with Korea

The Indian team will now face South Korea in their first Super-4 match on Wednesday. Such a spectacular victory in front of the domestic audience has brought the team’s enthusiasm to its peak. This match will be India’s real test for Super-4 campaign.