Asia Cup Hockey 2009 Schedule

I clearly remember that 25 years ago, Asia Cup Hockey was considered to be one the top 3 events in this sports. At that time, India and Pakistan were the two super powers of world hockey. Especially, Pakistan was the top country. India was also a strong country. Even Bangladesh used to play well. In the last 10 years, both India and Pakistan have lost their glory and Asia Cup has lost its value a lot in world stage.

Asia Cup Hockey 2009 is taking place in Malaysia this time. It was originally to be held in Dubai but because of economic recession, Dubai stated that they cannot arrange the event and Malaysia agreed to do so. Thus, the tournament is already underway and some matches have been played. Today, I noticed that many people came in this blog for Asia Cup 2009 schedule. Well, we should have given schedule earlier. Anyway, here is the schedule.

Stage	Date	Competing Teams	Time
Group Stage	9 May 2009 Saturday	Pakistan vs China	15:00 (Malaysian local time)
		South Korea vs Malaysia	17:00 (Malaysian local time)
		Japan vs Bangladesh	19:00 (Malaysian local time)
	10 May 2009 Sunday	India vs Pakistan	17:00 (Malaysian local time)
	11 May 2009 Monday	Japan vs South Korea	17:00 (Malaysian local time)
		Bangladesh vs Malaysia	19:00 (Malaysian local time)
	12 May 2009 Tuesday	China vs India	15:00 (Malaysian local time)
		South Korea vs Bangladesh	17:00 (Malaysian local time)
		Malaysia vs Japan	19:00 (Malaysian local time)
7th Place Decider	14 May 2009 Thursday	Pool A (4th) vs Pool B (3rd)	15:00 (Malaysian local time)
Semi Final	14 May 2009 Thursday	Pool A (1st) vs Pool B (2nd)	17:00 (Malaysian local time)
		Pool B (1st) vs Pool B (2nd)	19:00 (Malaysian local time)
5th and 6th Place Decider	15 May 2009 Friday	Winner of 7th Place Match vs Pool A (3rd)	17:00 (Malaysian local time)
3rd and 4th Place Decider	16 May 2009 Saturday	Losers of the Semi Final	17:00 (Malaysian local time)
Final	16 May 2009 Saturday	Winners of the Semi Final	19:30 (Malaysian local time)