Field hockey at the 1970 Asian Games

Field hockey at the 1970 Asian Games
Venue	National Stadium, Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand
Dates	10 December 1970 (1970-12-10) – 19 December 1970 (1970-12-19)
Nations	8

Field hockey was contested for men only at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. The champions were decided in the final minutes of the 10-day event as Pakistan scored a solitary goal in extra time for a 1–0 win against India.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Pakistan Ashfaq Ahmed Riaz Ahmed Gulraiz Akhtar Saeed Anwar Muhammed Aslam Arayin Jahangir Butt Tanvir Dar Akhtar-ul-Islam Sami Khan Khalid Mahmood Muhammad Asad Malik Riazuddin Moghal Abdul Rashid Fazal-ur-Rehman Shahnaz Sheikh Zahid Sheikh Saleem Sherwani Islahuddin Siddiquee	India Charles Cornelius M. P. Ganesh B. P. Govinda Balbir Singh Grewal Ashok Kumar Vinod Kumar Cedric Pereira Krishnamurthy Perumal Ajit Pal Singh Baldev Singh Harbinder Singh Harcharan Singh Harmik Singh Kulwant Singh Major Singh Mukhbain Singh Mohinder Singh Uthiah	Japan Saburo Amemiya Susumu Chiba Masaji Fuji Shunji Furuta Toshiaki Ichinose Kazuo Kawamura Kyoichi Nagaya Hideji Okabe Satokazu Otsuka Haruo Satake Norio Takahashi Michinori Ueda Akihito Wada

Draw

Group A

• India
• Malaysia
• South Korea*
• Singapore
• Indonesia*

Group B

• Pakistan
• Japan
• Ceylon*
• Hong Kong
• Thailand

* South Korea and Indonesia withdrew, Ceylon moved to Group A to balance the number of teams in each group.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	6
Malaysia	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	4
Singapore	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8	1
Ceylon	3	0	1	2	0	13	−13	1

10 December

Ceylon 0–0 Singapore

National Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December

Malaysia 7–0 Ceylon

National Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December

India 7–0 Singapore

National Stadium, Bangkok

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13 December

India 6–0 Ceylon

National Stadium, Bangkok

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14 December

Malaysia 1–0 Singapore

National Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December

India 2–0 Malaysia

National Stadium, Bangkok

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	13	0	+13	5
Japan	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	4
Thailand	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2
Hong Kong	3	0	1	2	1	12	−11	1

10 December

Hong Kong 1–1 Thailand

National Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December

Japan 1–0 Hong Kong

National Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December

Pakistan 3–0 Japan

National Stadium, Bangkok

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13 December

Pakistan 10–0 Hong Kong

National Stadium, Bangkok

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14 December

Japan 3–0 Thailand

National Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December

Pakistan 0–0 Thailand

National Stadium, Bangkok

Consolation round

	Semifinals				5th place match
	16 December
	Singapore	3
					18 December
	Hong Kong	1
					Singapore	2
	16 December
					Ceylon	0
	Thailand	0
	Ceylon	1
					7th place match
					18 December
					Hong Kong (p)	0 (5)
					Thailand	0 (3)

Semifinals

16 December

Singapore 3–1 Hong Kong

National Stadium, Bangkok

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16 December

Thailand 0–1 Ceylon

National Stadium, Bangkok

7th place match

18 December

Hong Kong 0–0 (a.e.t.) Thailand Penalties   5–3  

National Stadium, Bangkok

5th place match

18 December

Singapore 2–0 Ceylon

National Stadium, Bangkok

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	17 December
	Pakistan	5
					19 December
	Malaysia	0
					Pakistan (a.e.t.)	1
	17 December
					India	0
	India	1
	Japan	0
					Bronze medal match
					19 December
					Malaysia	0
					Japan	1

Semifinals

17 December

Pakistan 5–0 Malaysia

National Stadium, Bangkok

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17 December

India 1–0 Japan

National Stadium, Bangkok

Bronze medal match

19 December

Malaysia 0–1 Japan

National Stadium, Bangkok

Final

19 December

Pakistan 1–0 (a.e.t.) India

National Stadium, Bangkok

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	Pakistan	5	4	1	0
	India	5	4	0	1
	Japan	5	3	0	2
4	Malaysia	5	2	0	3
5	Singapore	5	2	1	2
6	Ceylon	5	1	1	3
7	Hong Kong	5	0	2	3
8	Thailand	5	0	3	2

References

• Asian Games field hockey medalists