Asia cup 2025: India’s dream of winning the title of women’s hockey team in the final of Women’s Asia Cup Hockey 2025 remained incomplete. The host China defeated India 4–1 by performing a strong performance. The Indian team was seen in a great rhythm throughout the tournament and the journey to reach the final was capable, but in the decisive match, the team could not maintain their rhythm and lagged behind in the second half.

India’s great start

The beginning of the final match was full of expectations for the Indian team. In the very first minute of the match, India got to do a penalty corner. Taking advantage of this, veteran forward Navneet Kaur put the ball into the net by applying a magnificent drag flick. With this goal, India took an initial lead and the entire stadium was filled with enthusiasm. Navneet’s shot was an excellent example of strength and accuracy.

Even after this, the Indian defense showed the best game in the initial quarters. Goalkeeper Bichu Devi and defender Sunelitha Topappo maintained the lead by stopping China’s attacks on several occasions. However, China finally succeeded in the 21st minute, putting continuous pressure on the Indian team. Captain Ou Gixia converted the penalty corner to the score 1-1 and the match remained on par for half time.

China dominates in second half

In the third quarter, India once again showed strength. The team several times entered the opposition circle and tried to score goals, but the Indian women’s team thwarted their efforts. India also received a penalty corner in the 40th minute, but the team failed to convert it into a goal. Soon after this, China quickly attacked the counter. Lee Hong defeated the goalkeeper by putting a brilliant back-hand shot and gave China a 2–1 lead.

This magnificent goal of Lee Hong proved to increase the pressure on India. In the fourth quarter, China completely captured the match. In the 51st minute, Jou Meerong scored a third goal at Ying Zhang. Just two minutes later, in the 53rd minute, Jhong Jiaki showed a brilliant personal movement and scored the fourth goal.

India gets bitter defeat

After eating three consecutive goals, the Indian team could not return to the match. The score was 4–1 till the final CT and China won the title. Apart from Navneet Kaur, who scored the initial goal from the Indian team, no player could register a name on the score board.

India defeated South Korea 4–1 in the title match of Hockey Asia Cup 2025. India started fantastic in the final, Sukhjeet scored in the first minute. After this, the pressure on Korea continued to increase. Korea appeared in defending and Indian players attacking mode throughout the match. Along with becoming the champion, the Indian hockey team has also qualified for the World Cup to be held in Belgium and Netherlands next year. This is India’s fourth Hockey Asia Cup title. Know what happened in the final match.

Know the condition of the entire match in 7 points

1. Gol in the first minute: While saving Harmanpreet Korea’s players, he brought the ball near the goal and passed Sukhjit Singh, he hit the ball from far away towards the goal post, which went on an accurate target. In the very first minute, Sukhjit gave India a 1-0 lead.

2. Miss Pained penalty: After eating a goal in the first minute, South Korea continued to defend only in the First Quarter. India got a penalty stroke in the sixth minute of the match, although Jugraj Singh could not score a goal on it.

3. Dalpreet Singh scored in second quarter: The game of second quarter scored only one goal, which was scored by Indian player Dalpreet Singh. India took a 2–0 lead after the half time of the match was over.

4. Dilpreet Singh’s second goal: There was only one goal in the third quarter, that too was fired by Dilpreet Singh. He scored a brilliant goal in the 45th minute. Earlier, South Korea also created a great opportunity, but Indian defenders saved him.

5. Amit Rohidas scored the fourth goal in a penalty corner: In the fourth quarter, India had ensured their victory by scoring another goal. Then there was a 10 -minute game left. In the 50th minute, this goal was hit by Amit Rohidas in a penalty corner.

6. South Korea’s first goal: In the 51st minute of the match, South Korea’s Dan Son scored a penalty corner, it was the first and only goal of the Korea team.

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7. India won 4-1 finals: The end of the time was announced and India won the final 4–1. This is the fourth Asia Cup title of the Indian hockey team. India also qualified for the 2026 World Cup.

Head coach Craig Fulton appreciated the performance of the Indian hockey team after winning the Asia Cup here on Sunday, saying that boys have fulfilled their wish by becoming champion teams in Asia.

With the help of two goals by Dilpreet Singh, the Indian men’s hockey team gave the defending champion South Korea in the final. After defeating 1 to eight years, won the Asia Cup title and also qualified for the next year’s World Cup.

Craig Fulton said- Fitness was the key to India’s success

Fulton said that playing continuously in 10 days intervals is physically difficult to play but fitness was the key to India’s success. He said after the final, “The team’s performance was good. If you play seven matches in 10 days, it is really difficult to do so. I think we were physically stronger than all the teams here. ,

He said, “I said earlier that we want to be number one in Asia. We want to bring depth in our team and this is the most important thing. I think we are reaching there now. ,

Fulton said, “We made good preparations and performed well. Although the beginning was not good, the closing was very good. “He praised the persistence of his players and said that he always tries to achieve his goal.”

Australia’s difficult tour was beneficial for India

He said, “The players of the team are very intelligent, so they do whatever they try. We do a lot of homework on the opposing team and ourselves in which more than others. When they are committed to something, they do it well. That’s what I like “He feels that Australia’s difficult tour just before the Asia Cup was an ideal preparation for India.”

Fulton said, “I think the tour of Australia was really important. We were playing well in the Pro League, but we did not get the results. Came back and set up his training camp and then went to Australia, performed well there. Got good results against Australia for the first time in eight years. ‘

Now meditation on World Cup

He said that now the meditation is to bring depth in the team in view of the two big tournaments World Cup and Asian Games to be held next year. Talking about India’s future tournament, the coach said, “We have to play Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, South Africa tour, Hockey India League and Pro League. There is a difference of three weeks between the World Cup and the Asian Games, so it is important to make it depth. In the next 12-14 months, we have to see in these competitions where we are. ,

He praised Dilpreet’s performance on Sunday, which looked a bit dull in the initial matches.

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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India has made it to the finals of the Hockey Asia Cup by trampling China 7–0. Now on September 7, Team India will clash with South Korea in the final, who has defeated Malaysia 4-3 to enter the final. The Indian team has not lost any match in the Hockey Asia Cup 2025 Rajgir being played in Rajgir. However, his match against South Korea was left on a draw. A total of 6 players scored a goal for India.

The Indian team dominated from the beginning, where Shilanand Lakra scored a goal in the fourth minute to give India a 1-0 lead. 3 minutes later, Dilpreet Singh converted the penalty corner into a goal. There was only one goal in the second quarter, when Mandeep Singh scored a goal on the penalty corner.

China again got 2 shocks in the third quarter, and after the 45-minute game, the Indian team had gained 5-0. Rajkumar Pal Singh and Sukhjit Singh scored in the third quarter. In the final quarters, India won the match 7–0 scoring 2 goals.

India did not lose a single match in Asia Cup

The final of the Hockey Asia Cup will be played on 7 September, with India and South Africa face to face. In this tournament, India and South Korea have come face to face only once, then their match was released on 2-2 draw. It is worth noting that Team India won all their group matches, then won two out of three matches in the Super-4 phase and their match against South Korea was drawn.

If we look at the Hockey Asia Cup history, Team India has made it to the final of the Asia Cup for the 9th time. Team India has become the champion 3 times and India and South Korea have become champions three times in the last 6 Asia Cup. If Team India becomes champion in 2025, it will be its fourth Asia Cup title.

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India and South Korea have ended 2–2 in the Hockey Asia Cup. Team India had won all three matches in the Asia Cup so far, but South Korea has become the first team to stop it on a draw in the tournament. This was a super-4 phase match, in which Korea’s Jihung Yang played an important role in getting India drawn 2 goals alone. At the same time, Hardik Singh and Mandeep Singh scored one goal for India.

India had just defeated Kazakhstan 15–0 in Group A match 2 days ago. Team India failed to retain the same rhythm against South Korea in the first match of Super-4. In the last quarter, Team India was trailing 1-2 till the 53rd minute. Then Mandeep Singh dodged the Korean defenders and gave India a 2-2 equal. In the last 8 minutes, India got 2 big opportunities to gain an edge, but the team could not win.

Hardik Singh scored a goal in the eighth minute to give India a 1-0 lead. The first quarter was only a few minutes left, when Jihung Yang scored in the first 12th minute and then scored a goal in the 14th minute and overturned the match. India had to wait for 45 minutes to score the second goal, because Mandeep Singh went to the 53rd minute to distinguish the Korean defense.

This was Team India’s first match in the Super-4 phase. Due to the draw, India got only one point, due to which it is currently in second place in the table. India is yet to face Malaysia on 4 September and then China on 6 September. Two teams living in the top-2 of Super-4 table will reach the finals, which is to be played on 7 September.

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Virat Kohli Fitness Comparison with Asia Cup Team: Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is one of the most fit players of Team India. Virat takes great care of his health by doing a daily work out and following a better diet plan. But India’s Hockey Asia Cup team consists of 18 such dhurandhar, which is completely fit like Virat Kohli. Paddy UPTON, who was the mental conditioning coach of India’s cricket team, has spoken about Virat Kohli and Team India’s hockey players in a conversation with India Today.

18 players like Virat Kohli

Paddy Upton is currently the mental conditioning coach of India’s hockey team. Paddy Upton, who hails from South Africa, compared cricket and hockey, saying that the biggest difference in both sports is of fitness level ‘. Paddy further said that ‘only Virat Kohli among the players of Team India can fulfill the training in hockey squad’.

Paddy Upton further said that ‘I do not want to compare both teams, because both are completely different sports. But I want the Indian cricket team to come and do only half the training session with the hockey team and I think after this all the players of the cricket team will be lying on the floor ‘.

Paddy Upton further said that ‘I think Virat Kohli will be the only players who will be able to stand up to more than half the training session. This is the difference that I have seen between the two teams. If you talk about fitness, then there are 18 players like Virat Kohli in the hockey team. At the same time, there is only one Virat Kohli in fitness in India’s cricket team.

Paddy said about hockey players that ‘I love to associate with such a high-performing team. I learn a lot from them. When I understand the psychology of hockey, then it is known that this is a team sport. Cricket is also a team sport, but more than that it is also played personally ‘.

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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.

In the Hockey Asia Cup 2025, Team India will play their second match today. The match of the Indian hockey team is with the Japan hockey team. India defeated China 4-3 in the first match, while Japan had trampled Kazakhstan 7-0. Today is a difficult challenge for India. Know what will start the match and where will it be live broadcast and live streaming?

India and Japan are included in Pool A. The match of both teams today is the second match of Asia Cup 2025. India’s first match was with China, in which captain Harmanpreet Singh scored 3 goals. A goal was hit by Jugraj. Japan scored 7 goals against Kazakhstan in the first match, while the opponent did not allow the opponent to hit even a goal.

At what time will India vs Japan match start?

In the Hockey Asia Cup 2025, India vs Japan match will begin at 3 pm. The match will be played at pitch number 1 of Bihar Sports University Hockey Stadium in Rajgir.

Head to Head in India vs Japan Hockey

The Indian men’s hockey team has played a total of 20 matches against Japan so far. India’s hand has been heavy, Team India has won a total of 17 matches while Japan has been able to beat India only 2 times. A match has ended on a draw.

Indian hockey team squad

Sumit, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sanjay, Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Krishna Pathak, Suraj Karra, Mandeep Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Rajinder Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad.

India vs Japan Hockey Match will be broadcast live on which channel?

Sony Sports Network Hockey is the official broadcaster of the Asia Cup 2025. The live broadcast of India vs Japan match will be on Sony Sports 1 from 3 pm.

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On which app will India vs. Japan Hockey Match live streaming?

India vs Japan Hockey Asia Cup 2025 match live streaming will be on the website on Sony Live app.

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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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.