It's time for the Men’s Hockey Asia Cup 2025. India is hosting the Men’s Hockey Asia Cup 2025, as Bihar’s Rajgir city has been scheduled to host this tournament between August 29 and September 7, 2025. Bihar Sports University Hockey Stadium is set to host all 24 matches of this competition.
Men’s Hockey Asia Cup 2025 is the 12th edition of the tournament, where eight teams are participating, who are hosts India, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, and South Korea. Although Pakistan and Oman originally qualified for the tournament, they later withdrew from the tournament, and Bangladesh and Kazakhstan ultimately replaced them.
Before going through the complete fixture of the Men’s Hockey Asia Cup 2025, let’s check the importance of the tournament.
Champions will qualify for the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup 2026.
The 2nd to 6th teams will advance to the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers 2026.
Men’s Hockey Asia Cup 2025: Complete Schedule
Group Stage
Pool A | Pool B |
India (Hosts) | Bangladesh |
China | Chinese Taipei |
Japan | Malaysia |
Kazakhstan | South Korea |
There are two groups in the Men’s Hockey Asia Cup 2025, each comprising four teams. In the group stage, each team will face all three other teams in its group once.
At the end of the group stage, the top two teams from each group will advance to the Super 4s of the tournament. Meanwhile, the remaining two teams from each group will play the 5th to 8th-ranked playoffs.
Pool A
29 August: Japan vs Kazakhstan
29 August: India vs China
31 August: China vs Kazakhstan
31 August: Japan vs India
1 September: China vs Japan
1 September: India vs Kazakhstan
Pool B
29 August: Malaysia vs Bangladesh
29 August: South Korea vs Chinese Taipei
30 August: Bangladesh vs Chinese Taipei
30 August: South Korea vs Malaysia
1 September: Bangladesh vs South Korea
1 September: Malaysia vs Chinese Taipei
Super 4s
In the Super 4s, every team will face all three other teams, including the team with which they already competed in the group stage. At the end of the Super 4s, the top two teams will reach the Final, and the other two teams will battle for third place.
3 September: TBD vs TBD
3 September: TBD vs TBD
4 September: TBD vs TBD
4 September: TBD vs TBD
6 September: TBD vs TBD
6 September: TBD vs TBD
3rd-4th place
7 September: 3rd team in Super 4s vs 4th team in Super 4s
Final
7 September: 1st team in Super 4s vs 2nd team in Super 4s
5th to 8th Place Classifications
The fifth to eighth place classifications will run in the simple knockout stages, Semi-finals, and Final. While the Semi-finals losers will battle for seventh place, the Semi-finals winners will fight for the fifth position.
5th-8th place Semi-finals
(SF1) 3 September: A3 vs B4
(SF2) 4 September: B3 vs A4
7th-8th place
6 September: Losers of Semi-final 1 vs Losers of Semi-final 2
5th-6th place
7 September: Winners of Semi-final 1 vs Winners of Semi-final 2
