DHAKA: Indian Men’s Hockey Team were crowned as the Hero Asia Cup 2017 Champions after they beat Malaysia 2-1 in the final of the tournament here Sunday at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium.
This is the third time that India have won the Asia Cup title and after a gap of 10 years.
India, which won the Asia Cup in 2003 (Kuala Lumpur) and 2007 (Chennai), scored off field goals through Ramandeep Singh (third minute) and Lalit Upadhyay (29th).
India, ranked sixth in the world, was in for a nervous final 10 minutes but the defence did enough to hold on.
It was a perfect start for India’s new chief coach Marijne Sjoerd as this was his maiden tournament in charge of the senior national side.
Top-ranked India finished unbeaten in the tournament, having won all its matches except for the 1-1 draw against Korea in the Super 4 stage.
Pakistan won the Bronze after edging out Korea 6-3 in the third-fourth place play-off match earlier in the day.
