The 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the seventh tournament of the Hockey Asia Cup for men. It was held from 31 August – 9 September 2007 in

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won, defeating

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in the finals, seven goals to two. Korea came in second and

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came third. India led 3-1 at halftime. In the early stages of the second half, Korea staged a walkout led by their coach, because of a decision by the umpire to disallow a goal scored by Korea. In response, India scored a goal through a counterattack in the next minute. Two Korean forwards had continued to argue with the umpire on the disallowed goal. Korea never recovered, while India's forward line scored 3 more goals to make it 7-1 before Korea reduced the margin to 7-2 in the penultimate minute. Baljit Singh, the Indian goalkeeper, was declared the man of the match for his excellent saves. The striking feature of India's win was that all 7 goals were 'field' goals, and none of them came through 'penalty corners' or 'strokes'. India thus ended the tournament with 57 goals for and just 5 goals against them.

got a medal in the Hockey Asia Cup for the first time. It was also the first time since 1982 that

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did not qualify for the Semi-finals in the Hockey Asia Cup. Pakistan lost to

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3–1 and drew their league match against

3–3.

lost to

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in the 5th/6th place playoff, and ended 6th in the tournament.

Participants

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Pools

All times are

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(UTC +5.30)

Pool A

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Pool B

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Ninth to eleventh place classification

Crossover

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

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Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

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Third and fourth place

Final

Final standings

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References

External links

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