Rajgir (Bihar) [India], August 28 (ANI): The Indian Men’s Hockey Team will goal for his or her fourth Asia Cup title because it takes on prime Asian groups within the twelfth version of the Men’s Asia Cup Hockey Tournament, scheduled to be held in Rajgir from August 29 to September 7.
The event, a quadrennial occasion that started in 1982, additionally serves as a qualification occasion for the 2026 FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup, which might be co-hosted by the Netherlands and Belgium.
The winners of the Asia Cup will earn a direct berth to the World Cup, whereas the groups ending from second to sixth will advance to the FIH World Cup Qualifiers, scheduled to be held in February-March 2026.
Harmanpreet Singh will captain an 18-member Indian males’s hockey crew in Rajgir. The skilled squad options stalwarts equivalent to Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Mandeep Singh, and Amit Rohidas.
A complete of eight groups will contest for the title and have been divided into two teams of 4. After single-headed round-robin matches, the highest two from every pool will qualify for the Super 4s, with the highest two from that stage contesting the ultimate on September 7.
India, who’ve received the Asia Cup title thrice (2003, 2007, 2017) and completed as runners-up an astonishing 5 occasions, are in Pool A alongside Japan, the People’s Republic of China, and Kazakhstan.
Defending champions and document five-time winners, the Republic of Korea, headline Pool B.
Asia Cup 2025 hockey: Teams and teams
Pool A: India, Japan, China, Kazakhstan
Pool B: South Korea, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Chinese Taipei
Pakistan and Oman have withdrawn from the competitors, with Bangladesh and Kazakhstan named as replacements.
India will open their Asia Cup hockey marketing campaign in opposition to China on August 29. The closing might be performed on September 7.
Asia Cup 2025 hockey: India schedule:
August 29, Friday: Pool A: India vs China – 3:00 PM
August 31, Sunday: Pool A: Japan vs India – 3:00 PM
September 1, Monday: Pool A: India vs Kazakhstan – 7:30 PM
September 3, Wednesday: Super 4s / classification matches – 5:00 PM onwards (topic to qualification)
September 4, Thursday: Super 4s – 5:00 PM onwards (topic to qualification)
September 6, Saturday: Super 4s – 5:00 PM onwards (topic to qualification)
September 7, Sunday: Final (topic to qualification) – 7:30 PM
Asia Cup 2025: Indian males’s hockey squad:
Indian hockey crew: Krishan Pathak, Suraj Karkera, Sumit, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sanjay, Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Rajinder Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Mandeep Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Dilpreet Singh
Reserves: Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Selvam Karthi. (ANI)