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

Asia Cup The Men's Asia Cup is the biennial cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council. The competition is contested by Asian members' senior men's national cricket teams, determining the continental champion of Asia. It was establis ...

organized by

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(AHF). It was held in

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

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) not being able 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 were 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

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