The 1985 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the second edition of the

Men's Hockey Asia Cup The Men's Hockey Asia Cup is a men's international field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and qualifies for the FIH Hockey World Cup. South Korea are the defending champio ...

, the quadrennial international men's

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championship of

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organized by the

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. It was held in

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, Bangladesh from 20 to 28 January 1985. The defending champions

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won its second Asian title by defeating

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3–2 in the final. The final was tied at 1–1 until the 83 minute, before Pakistan quickly scored 2 goals and India also netted one more for the eventual scoreline.

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won its first medal by defeating

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2–0 in the bronze medal match.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

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Third place game

Final

Winners

Final standings

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References

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