Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Women's Hockey Asia Cup | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
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| Founded | 1985; 40 years ago (1985) |
| First season | 1985 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Confederation | Asian Hockey Federation |
| Most recent champion |  China (3rd title)(2025) |
| Most titles | China South Korea Japan (3 titles) |
| Qualification | AHF Cup |
| Related competitions | Asian Games |
TheWomen's Hockey Asia Cup is a women's internationalfield hockey tournament organized by theAsian Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion ofAsia and qualifies for theFIH Hockey World Cup.[1]
Japan are the defending champions winning the2022 edition.[2]South Korea andJapan have won the most titles with three each.India andChina are the next with two titles won each.
The hosts together with six highest-ranked teams from the previous edition are qualified directly for the tournament, they are joined by the top team from theWomen's AHF Cup or the top two teams, if the host is already qualified.[3]
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
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| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1985 Details | Seoul, South Korea |  South Korea | Round-robin |  Japan |  Malaysia | Round-robin |  Singapore | 6 | |||
| 1989 Details | Hong Kong | China | Round-robin | Japan | South Korea | Round-robin |  India | 5 | |||
| 1993 Details | Hiroshima, Japan | South Korea | 3–0 | China | India | 1–0 | Japan | 7 | |||
| 1999 Details | New Delhi, India | South Korea | 3–2 | India | China | 1–0 | Japan | 6 | |||
| 2004 Details | New Delhi, India | India | 1–0 | Japan | China | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0p.s.o.) | South Korea | 8 | |||
| 2007 Details | Hong Kong | Japan | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6p.s.o.) | South Korea | China | 4–2 | India | 9 | |||
| 2009 Details | Bangkok, Thailand | China | 5–3 | India | South Korea | 4–3 | Japan | 11 | |||
| 2013 Details | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Japan | 2–1 | South Korea | India | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2p.s.o.) | China | 8 | |||
| 2017 Details | Kakamigahara, Japan | India | 1–1 (5–4p.s.o.) | China | South Korea | 1–0 | Japan | 8 | |||
| 2022 Details | Muscat, Oman | Japan | 4–2 | South Korea | India | 2–0 | China | 8 | |||
| 2025 Details | Hangzhou, China | China | 4–1 | India | Japan | 2–1 | South Korea | 8 | |||
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 3 (1985*, 1993, 1999) | 3 (2007, 2013, 2022) | 3 (1989, 2009, 2017) | 2 (2004, 2025) |
| Japan | 3 (2007, 2013, 2022) | 3 (1985, 1989, 2004) | 1 (2025) | 4 (1993*, 1999, 2009, 2017*) |
| China | 3 (1989, 2009, 2025*) | 2 (1993, 2017) | 3 (1999, 2004, 2007) | 2 (2013, 2022) |
| India | 2 (2004*, 2017) | 3 (1999*, 2009, 2025) | 3 (1993, 2013, 2022) | 2 (1989, 2007) |
| Malaysia | 1 (1985) | |||
| Singapore | 1 (1985) |
| Team | 1985 |  1989 | 1993 | 1999 | 2004 |  2007 |  2009 | 2013 | 2017 |  2022 | 2025 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | – | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 10 |
 Chinese Taipei | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 9th | 7th | – | – | 8th | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 6th | 5th | – | – | – | 8th | 7th | 8th | – | – | – | 5 |
| India | – | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 10 |
 Indonesia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 1 |
| Japan | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 11 |
 Kazakhstan | part of USSR | – | 5th | 5th | – | 6th | 6th | 7th | – | – | 5 | |
| Malaysia | 3rd | – | – | 6th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 9 |
| Singapore | 4th | – | 6th | – | 7th | 9th | 8th | – | 8th | 7th | 6th | 8 |
| South Korea | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 11 |
 Sri Lanka | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Thailand | 5th | – | 7th | – | – | 6th | 10th | – | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7 |
 Uzbekistan | part of USSR | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Total (13) | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| Year | Debutants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand | 6 |
| 1989 | China, India | 2 |
| 1993 | Uzbekistan | 1 |
| 1999 | Kazakhstan | 1 |
| 2004 | Sri Lanka | 1 |
| 2007 | Chinese Taipei | 1 |
| 2009 | — | 0 |
| 2013 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | Indonesia | 1 |
| 2025 | — | 0 |
| Total | 13 |
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