2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
| Asia Cup 2007 | |||
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| Tournament details | |||
| Host country | India | ||
| City | Chennai | ||
| Teams | 11 | ||
| Top three teams | |||
| Champions |
 India (2nd title)
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| Runner-up |
 South Korea
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| Third place |
 Malaysia
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| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 35 | ||
| Goals scored | 282 (8.06 per match) | ||
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The 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the seventh tournament of the Hockey Asia Cup for men. It was held from August 31 to September 9, 2007 in Chennai, India. India came in first, defeating Korea in the finals, with a score line of seven goals to two. Korea came in second, and Malaysia came in third.
India led 3-1 at halftime. In the early stages of the second half, Korea staged a walkout lead by their coach because of a decision by the umpire to disallow a goal scored by Korea. In response, India scored a goal through a counterattack in the very next minute. Two Korean forwards had continued to argue with the umpire on the disallowed goal. Korea never recovered from that after which, India's forward line scored 3 more goals to make it 7-1 before Korea reduced the margin to 7-2 in the penultimate minute. Baljit Singh, the Indian goalkeeper, was declared the man of the match for his excellent saves. The striking feature of India's win was that all the 7 goals were 'field' goals, and none of them came through 'penalty corners' or 'strokes'. India thus ended the tournament with 57 goals for and just 5 goals were conceded against them.
Malaysia got a medal in the Hockey Asia Cup for the first time. It was also the first time since 1982 that Pakistan did not qualify for the Semi Finals in the Hockey Asia Cup. Pakistan's bad performances cost them dearly. They lost to Japan 3–1 and drew their league match against Malaysia 3–3. Pakistan lost to China in the 5th/6th place playoff, and ended 6th in the tournament.
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