The Women's Hockey Asia Cup is a women's international
field hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...
tournament organized by the
Asian Hockey Federation
The Asian Hockey Federation is the governing body for the sport of field hockey in Asia. It now has 33 member associations. It is affiliated to the International Hockey Federation. The current president is Fumio Ogura and the patron is Al-Sul ...
. The winning team becomes the champion of
Asia
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and qualifies for the
FIH Hockey World Cup.
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
are the defending champions winning the
2022 edition.
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
and
Japan have won the most titles with 3.
The hosts together with six highest-ranked teams from the previous edition are qualified directly for the tournament, they are joined by the top team from the
Women's AHF Cup or the top two teams if the host is already qualified.
Results
Summary
:
* = ''hosts''
Team appearances
Debut of teams
See also
*
Field hockey at the Asian Games
Field hockey is an Asian Games event since the 1958 Games in Tokyo, Japan. The women's competition has been held since the 1982 Games in New Delhi, India.
Men's tournament
Results
Summary
:* = ''hosts''
Team appearances
Women's tournamen ...
*
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 ...
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Women's AHF Cup
*
Women's Asian Champions Trophy
*
Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup
*
Women's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup
References
External links
Asian Hockey Federation
{{Asian Championships
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 ...
Field hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...
Hockey Asia Cup Hockey Asia Cup may refer to:
* Men's Hockey Asia Cup
* Women's Hockey Asia Cup
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