The 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the seventh tournament of the Hockey Asia Cup for men. It was held from 31 August – 9 September 2007 in Chennai, India. India won, defeating Korea in the finals, seven goals to two. Korea came in second and Malaysia came third.[1]
India led 3–1 at halftime. In the early stages of the second half, Korea staged a walkout led 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 next minute. Two Korean forwards had continued to argue with the umpire on the disallowed goal. Korea never recovered, while 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.[2]
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 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 against them.[3]
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 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.
All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC +5.30)
Japan 
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7–1
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 Hong Kong
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Takahiko Yamabori  2', 28', 46', 65', 67', 70'
Kazuo Yoshida 23'
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Arif Ali 53'
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| Hong Kong
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3–2
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 Singapore
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Gurvinder Dillon 24'
Ali 60'
Harinder Singh Bal 68'
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Saiful Nizam 7'
Hazmi Bin Mohd 54'
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| Japan
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8–0
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Singapore
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Takahiko Yamabori 6', 8', 12'
Kazuo Yoshida 26'
Kazuhiro Tsubouchi 33'
Mitsuru Ito 42'
A. Ito 54'
Sho Ota 58'
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Bangladesh 
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13–0
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 Thailand
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Md Jahid Bin Talib 4'
Mahmud 10', 19', 67', 69'
Khondokar Hasan 24'
Md Iqbal Nadir 39', 45'
Md Zahidul Islam 40', 59'
Md Kamun 52', 55'
Md Mamun 62'
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India 
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20–0
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 Sri Lanka
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D. Tirkey 2'
S. Singh 3', 63'
Khandekar 6', 23', 37'
P. Singh 10', 14', 38', 47', 49'
Raghunath 28', 61', 62'
Sunil 30', 34', 35'
I. Tirkey 57', 64'
R. Singh 69'
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Report
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| Thailand
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1–9
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Sri Lanka
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| Sadkorn Wimuttan 60'
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Gazally 10', 67'
Anju Hewage 15', 38'
Hettiarachchi 17', 63'
Karunarathne 27'
Pradeep Priyashantha 51'
Abeyrathne 70'
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| India
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16–0
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Thailand
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Raghunath 2', 7', 13', 18', 26', 56'
P. Singh 27', 29', 62'
Khandekar 28', 34'
Sunil 35'
G. Singh 38'
R. Singh 54', 57', 59'
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Report
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Ninth to eleventh place classification
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Ninth and tenth place
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| Sri Lanka
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6–0
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Singapore
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Summandarathne 14'
Hettiarachchi 27'
Abeyrathne 47'
Nimanka Srimal 55'
Jayasundara 65'
Anju Hewage 69'
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Fifth to eighth place classification
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Seventh and eighth place
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Fifth and sixth place
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First to fourth place classification
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Third and fourth place
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| 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup winners
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India
Second title
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India (2nd title)
South Korea
Malaysia