Asia cup hockey: India’s women’s hockey team suffered a crushing defeat of 1-4 from China in the Super-4 phase of Asia Cup 2025. In the match played in Hangzhou on Thursday, hosts kept dominance from the beginning. For India, Mumtaz Khan scored the only goal in the 38th minute, while for China, Xu Meerong (4 ‘, 56’), Chen Yang (31 ‘) and Tanjhuang (47’) scored goals. With this defeat, a difficult challenge has arisen in front of India to reach the finals.

Super-4 position in the table

After two matches, China’s team has reached the final with 6 points. Now the second finalist between the remaining three teams – India, Japan and Korea will be decided.

China – 6 points (2 matches, firm in final)

India – 3 points (2 matches)

Japan – 1 point (2 matches)

Korea – 1 point (2 matches)

The remaining matches

India will face Japan on Saturday and China will face Korea.

India vs Japan – 2:15 pm (IST)

China vs Korea – 4:30 pm (IST)

After these two matches, it will be decided which team will face China in the final.

Final route for India

If India defeats Japan in the match on Saturday, then India will have 6 points in the points table and India will make its place in the final. In this situation both Japan and Korea will be out of the tournament.

If the match of India and Japan is drawn, then India will get 4 points. In such a situation, Korea will have a chance to go to the finals, but they will have to defeat China by a margin of at least 2 goals, which is very difficult in view of the current form of China.

If India loses in this match, Japan will overtake the final race with 4 points and India will be out. Then the second finalist will be decided between Korea and Japan.

the road so far

India made a good start by defeating Korea in the first match of Super-4, but the defeat against China has increased its difficulties. Now the team will have to win against Japan to reach the finals.

Bet not just the trophy

Both teams, who have made it to the finals, will not only get a chance for the Asia Cup Trophy but will also get a direct ticket for the 2026 Hockey World Cup. The Indian hockey men’s team has already qualified the World Cup by winning the Asia Cup in Rajgir. Now everyone’s eyes are on the women’s team whether they will also be able to reach the finals and get the World Cup ticket.

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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4 teams reaching Super 4 of the Hockey Asia Cup 2025 tournament being played in Rajgir, Bihar have been confirmed. The pool stage is over. The Indian hockey team and China hockey team have made it to the top 4 with pool ‘A’. While Malaysia and South Korea qualified for the next phase from Pool ‘B’.

After 12 matches of the pool stage, a total of 101 goals have been scored in the Asia Cup 2025 so far. Most personal goals are currently named after Akhimullah Anwar of Malaysia, who have scored 9 goals. At number two is Harmanpreet Singh of India, he has scored 7 goals.

Know how many matches will be played in the Super 4 of Hockey Asia Cup 2025. Which teams will have a match on which day. What is its format and live broadcast of matches and live streaming will be on which app.

Indian hockey team

India topped the pool stage, the team won all three matches. The Indian hockey team had 9 points in the points table. India defeated China 4-3, Japan 3-2 and Kazakhstan by a big margin of 15-0.

China hockey team

China is the second team to reach Super 4 from Pool A, who defeated Kazakhstan (13–1) by a big margin after defeating India in the first match. In their last match, China played a 2–2 draw with Japan. Japan also had only 4 points, but China was ahead on the goal.

Malia hockey team

Malaysia was at number-1 in the Malaysia points table from Pool B, who won all their three matches. The team scored 9 points. Malia defeated Bangladesh (4–1) in the first match, South Korea (4–1) in the second match and Chinese Taipei 15–0 in the third match.

South Korea

South Korea won 2 out of 3 matches in the pool stage, defeating Chinese Taipei 7-0. The team lost 1-4 to Malaysia in the second match. In the third match, South Korea won 5–1 over Bangladesh.

Hockey Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 schedule

• September 3- Malaysia vs China (5 PM)
• September 3- India vs South Korea (7:30 PM)
• September 4- South Korea vs China (5 PM)
• September 4- Malaysia vs India (7:30 PM)
• September 6- South Korea vs Malaysia (5 PM)
• September 6- India vs China (7:30 PM)

The title will fight on 7 September

The champion team of Hockey Asia Cup 2025 will be held on September 7, when the top 2 teams of Super 4 will clash in the final. This match will be played from 7:30 pm in the evening. Whereas in Super 4, there will be a match between 2 teams below on the third and fourth place from 5 pm on September 7.

On which channel will live broadcast?

The Asia Cup 2025 is the official broadcaster Sony Sports Network. The live broadcast of the matches will be on Sony Sports 1.

Hockey Asia Cup Super 4 matches live streaming will be on which app?

Live streaming of matches will be on Sony Live App and website. The entire schedule of matches, timing information is given above.

The men’s Hockey Asia Cup 2025 is going to start in Rajgir, Bihar from August 29, all the teams have reached Bihar. The first match of the Indian hockey team is on 29 August with China. Earlier, Hockey India made a big announcement and gave good news to the fans. Tickets for Asia Cup matches will be free. Yes. The entry of all matches will be free, fans will be able to enjoy any match for free by going to the stadium.

Hockey India announced this in its statement, “Hero men’s Asia Cup Rajgir, Bihar will be entry free in all matches of 2025,. This tournament played at the newly constructed Rajgir Hockey Stadium from August 29 to September 7, 2025 promises to be a grand hockey festival in the heart (Rajgir) of Bihar.”

Book free tickets for Asia Cup matches

Fans can book tickets for free by going to wwe.ticalgenie.in or Hockey India app. Virtual tickets will be available after the process is completed here. The method of booking tickets is kept simple. Virtual tickets will make it easier for the fans to reach their seat easily.

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Asia Cup Hockey Trophy unveiled

Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Mansukh Mandavia unveiled the Hockey Men Asia Cup 2025 Trophy in New Delhi on Monday. This is the 12th edition of the tournament, which will be held from 29 August to 7 September in Rajgir, Bihar.

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– Hockey India (@TheHockeyindia) August 25, 2025

India’s schedule in Hockey Asia Cup 2025

• August 29: India Hockey vs China Hockey
• 31 August: India Hockey vs Japan Hockey
• 1 September: India Hockey vs Kazakhstan Hockey

India is included in Pool ‘A’, this pool has China, Japan and Kazakhstan along with India. Pool ‘B’ includes Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, South Korea and Bangladesh. Actually Pakistan had withdrawn its name from this tournament, after which Bangladesh was included.

The Asia Cup hockey will be held in Rajgir, Bihar between August 27 and September 7, including 8 teams including India and Pakistan. But now it is reported that Pakistan hockey team has refused to come to India, after which Hockey India has sent an invitation to another country. Let us know that whatever team will win the Asia Cup, it will qualify for the World Cup 2026 to be held in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Since the Pahalgam attack, the distance between India and Pakistan has increased further, it has affected the sports world like every region. India’s cricket team has also not gone to play Pakistan in many tournaments, after which the India vs Pakistan match was held on neutral venue. Cricket Asia Cup is also going to be organized, it was shifted to UAE for this reason.

A Hockey India official told ‘The Hindu’, “The Government of India was ready to give visas to the players of Pakistan, but the Pakistan Hockey Federation refused to come to India citing security reasons.”

Bangladesh gets invited for Asia Cup hockey

Hockey India has sent an invitation to Bangladesh after Pakistan’s withdrawal from the Asia Cup. The official told ‘The Hindu’, “PHF (Pakistan Hockey Federation) wrote a letter to the Asian Hockey Federation on Wednesday, saying that Pakistan team will not be able to participate in the Asia Cup due to security reasons. We have now invited Bangladesh.

Which teams will play in Asia Cup 2025?

• India
• China
• Japan
• Malaysia
• South Korea
• Pakistan (news of withdrawal of name from tournament)
• Oman
• Chinese taip

Hockey Asia Cup will win the World Cup for the World Cup

The winning team of the Asia Cup tournament to be held in Rajgir, Bihar will qualify in the 2026 FIH World Cup. Whereas after this the top 5 teams will play in 2026 World Cup qualifiers.