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Field hockey at the 1966 Asian Games

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Field hockey
at the 1966 Asian Games
VenueThephasadin Stadium
LocationBangkok, Thailand
Dates12–19 December
Teams8
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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Field hockey was contested for men only at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

India won its first gold medal by defeating the two-time defending champions Pakistan 1–0 after extra time in the final. Japan won its first medal by defeating Malaysia 1–0 in the bronze medal match.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
 India
A. L. Frank
Balbir Singh Grewal
Haripal Kaushik
Balbir Singh Kular
Balbir Singh Kullar
Mohinder Lal
Shankar Lakshman
John Peter
Dharam Singh
Gurbux Singh
Harbinder Singh
Harmik Singh
Inder Singh
Jagdeep Singh
Jagjit Singh
Prithipal Singh
Tarsem Singh
Noel Toppo
 Pakistan
Muhammad Ashfaq
Laeeq Ahmed
Muhammad Akhtar
Saeed Anwar
Tariq Aziz
Khizer Nawaz Bajwa
Jahangir Butt
Munir Dar
Abdul Hamid
Jahangir Khan
Khalid Mahmood
Muhammad Asad Malik
Riazuddin Moghal
Tariq Niazi
Fazal-ur-Rehman
Muhammad Rashid
Abdul Waheed
Khwaja Zakauddin
 Japan
Hiroshi Fujishima
Seiji Hashimoto
Yukitoshi Hata
Nobuo Ide
Yukio Kamimura
Shigeo Kaoku
Akio Kudo
Norihiko Matsumoto
Shozo Nishimura
Satokazu Otsuka
Katsumi Shirato
Takashi Sugiura
Hiroyuki Takagi
Akio Takashima
Akihito Wada
Minoru Yoshimura
Katsuhiro Yuzaki
Tsuneya Yuzaki

Draw

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The draw for hockey competition was held on 5 December 1966.[1]

Results

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Pakistan 3 2 1 0 18 0 +18 5 Semi-finals
2  Japan 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 5
3  Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 2
4  Thailand (H) 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
12 December 1966
Pakistan  0–0  Japan
12 December 1966
Hong Kong  2–0  Thailand

13 December 1966
Pakistan  5–0  Hong Kong
13 December 1966
Japan  4–0  Thailand

15 December 1966
Pakistan  13–0  Thailand
15 December 1966
Japan  1–0  Hong Kong

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 6 Semi-finals
2  Malaysia 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 3
3  South Korea 3 1 0 2 1 7 −6 2
4  Ceylon 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
12 December 1966
South Korea  1–0  Ceylon
12 December 1966
India  1–0  Malaysia

13 December 1966
Malaysia  2–0  South Korea
13 December 1966
India  3–0  Ceylon

14 December 1966
India  5–0  South Korea
14 December 1966
Malaysia  0–0  Ceylon

Consolation round

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5–8th place semi-finals5th place
 
      
 
16 December
 
 
 Hong Kong1
 
17 December
 
 Ceylon3
 
 Ceylon1
 
16 December
 
 South Korea0
 
 South Korea1
 
 
 Thailand0
 

5–8th place semi-finals

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16 December 1966
Hong Kong  1–3  Ceylon

16 December 1966
South Korea  1–0  Thailand

5th place match

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17 December 1966
Ceylon  1–0  South Korea

Medal round

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
16 December
 
 
 Pakistan5
 
19 December
 
 Malaysia1
 
 Pakistan0
 
16 December
 
 India (a.e.t.)1
 
 India3
 
 
 Japan0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
19 December
 
 
 Malaysia0
 
 
 Japan1

Semi-finals

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16 December 1966
Pakistan  5–1  Malaysia

16 December 1966
India  3–0  Japan

Bronze medal match

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19 December 1966
Malaysia  0–1  Japan

Gold medal match

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19 December 1966
Pakistan  0–1 (a.e.t.)  India
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Final standings

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  1.  India
  2.  Pakistan
  3.  Japan
  4.  Malaysia
  5.  Ceylon
  6.  South Korea
  7.  Hong Kong
  8.  Thailand

References

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  1. ^ "Top-form Malaysia meet India in first tie". The Straits Times. 6 December 1966. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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