The 1982 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the first edition of the

Asia Cup The Asian Cricket Council Asia Cup is a men's One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket tournament. It was established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries. ...

organized by Asian Hockey Federation (AHF). It was held in

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from the 12-20 March 1982 and saw seven teams compete with an eighth (

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) not being to compete. Initially the competition was going to be held in

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, but due to the persistent rain, the event was moved to Karachi. Once there, the competition was contested in a round-robin format with each team competing against one another. After 21 matches was played,

took out the tournament winning all six matches to become the first champions of the Asia Cup ahead of

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and

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who finished with the silver and bronze respectively.

Qualified teams

Eight teams qualified through to the Asian Cup with the top three from the eastern qualifying group joining the remaining five teams in competing. After qualifying, Japan withdrew from the Asia Cup.

Results

Table

Matches

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Winners

Final standings

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References

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International field hockey competitions hosted by Pakistan

Hockey Asia Cup Hockey Asia Cup may refer to: * Men's Hockey Asia Cup * Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup * Women's Hockey Asia Cup * Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup The Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup is a women's international under-21 field hockey tournament organize ...

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