Asian Hockey Federation

Asian Hockey Federation
Abbreviation	AHF
Formation	1958; 68 years ago
Founded at	Tokyo, Japan
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Region served	Asia
Members	37 member associations
Patron	Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah
President	Dato' Fumio Ogura
Parent organisation	International Hockey Federation
Website	asiahockey.org

The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF, formerly ASHF) is the governing body for the sport of field hockey in Asia. It now has 37 member associations in 2026. It is affiliated to the International Hockey Federation. The current president is Fumio Ogura and the patron is Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah.^[1]

Member associations

East (8)

Central (7)

South (5)

Bangladesh (1972)
India (1925)
Nepal (1954)
Pakistan (1948)
Sri Lanka

Southeast (10)

West (7)

Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia (2024)
United Arab Emirates (2024)
Jordan (2025)
Bahrain (2025)
Iraq (2026)

Tournaments

Outdoor

Senior

Junior

Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup (U21) (1988)
Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup (U21) (1992)
Men's Hockey U18 Asia Cup (AHF Youth Asia Cup) (2001)
Women's Hockey U18 Asia Cup (AHF Youth Asia Cup) (2000)
Boy's Hockey U16 Asia Cup (2000 - No Data) - Defunct
Girl's Hockey U16 Asia Cup (2013 - No Data) - Defunct

Lower Level

Others

Hockey Asian Champions Club Cup (1991-2010) - Defunct - Four Men Edition
AHF West Asia Cup (2014) - Defunct - One Men Edition
AHF Central Asia Cup - Men (2019)
AHF Central Asia Cup - Women (2024)
Indoor hockey at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games (2007)
Field hockey at the South Asian Games (1995)
Field hockey at the SEA Games (2007)
Indoor hockey at the SEA Games (2017)
Hockey5s at the 2025 SEA Games (2025)
Field hockey at the 2013 East Asian Games (2013)
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup (1983)
Sultan of Johor Cup (2011)
Field hockey at the ASEAN University Games
Field hockey at the ASEAN School Games

Hockey5's

Indoor

Current winners

Competition	Men's	Women's
Senior
Asian Games	India (2022)	China (2022)
Asia Cup	India (2025)	China (2025)
Asian Champions Trophy	India (2024)	India (2024)
AHF Cup	Oman (2025)	Singapore (2025)
Junior
Junior Asia Cup	India (2026)	India (2026)
Junior AHF Cup	South Korea (2026)	Bangladesh (2026)
U18
U18 Asia Cup	India (2026)	China (2026)
Hockey5's
Hockey5's Asia Cup	India (2023)	India (2023)
U18 Hockey5's Asia Cup	India (2026)	China (2026)
Others
AHF Central Asia Cup	Kazakhstan (2025)	Indonesia (2025)
Indoor Asia Cup	Iran (2024)	Thailand (2024)

World rankings

Field Hockey

Men's FIH Rankings as of 23 September 2026^[2]
AHF	FIH	Change	Team	Points
1	8		India	3072.69
2	12		Pakistan	2561.59
3	15		Malaysia	2346.77
4	17		Japan	2300.5
5	20		China	2131.52
6	24	1	South Korea	2070.58
7	25		Oman	2037.62
8	28		Bangladesh	1859.85
9	38		Sri Lanka	1648.96
10	46		Uzbekistan	1477.52
11	47		Chinese Taipei	1470.86
12	48		Thailand	1453.09
13	51	3	Singapore	1438.15
14	53	2	Hong Kong	1433.98
15	58		Indonesia	1400.71
16	67		Afghanistan	1365
17	68		Brunei	1364.44
18	71		Myanmar	1357.97
19	72		Kazakhstan	1355.46
20	75	1	Nepal	1325
21	76	1	Vietnam	1314.14
22	78	1	Qatar	1310
23	84		Macau	1263.21
24	92		Iran	1178.89
25	97		Cambodia	697.1
26	98		Tajikistan	651.63
27	99		Kyrgyzstan	541.85
Change from 31 August 2026

Women's FIH Rankings as of 23 September 2026^[3]
AHF	FIH	Change	Team	Points
1	4		China	3182.77
2	8		India	2938.36
3	11		Japan	2476.52
4	17		South Korea	2066.22
5	21		Malaysia	1912.09
6	27		Thailand	1655.15
7	34		Hong Kong	1426.06
8	38		Singapore	1315.22
9	40		Kazakhstan	1295.23
10	42		Chinese Taipei	1240.5
11	45	1	Indonesia	1211.78
12	56		Pakistan	1172
13	65		Uzbekistan	1122.78
14	67		Brunei	1094.7
15	70		Sri Lanka	1058.09
16	75		Cambodia	992.94
17	82		Tajikistan	668.53
18	85		Bangladesh	284.59
19	86		Kyrgyzstan	280.22
Change from 31 August 2026

Indoor Hockey

Hockey5's

References

↑ "Executive Board". Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
↑ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 23 September 2026. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
↑ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 23 September 2026. Retrieved 23 September 2026.

External links

Official website

[1] "Executive Board". Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

[FIH_World_Rankings-2] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 23 September 2026. Retrieved 23 September 2026.

[FIH_Women's_World_Rankings-3] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 23 September 2026. Retrieved 23 September 2026.

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v t e Men's national field hockey teams of Asia (AHF)
Men's Hockey Asia Cup - Men's Asian Champions Trophy
Central Asia (5)	Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan
East Asia (6)	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan Macau South Korea
South Asia (5)	Bangladesh India Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia (8)	Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Singapore Thailand Vietnam
West Asia (3)	Iran Oman Qatar
Men's AHF Cup

v t e Women's national field hockey teams of Asia (AHF)
Women's Hockey Asia Cup - Women's Asian Champions Trophy
Central Asia (4)	Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan
East Asia (6)	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan North Korea South Korea
South Asia (5)	Bangladesh India Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia (7)	Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Singapore Thailand
Women's AHF Cup

v t e Sports governing bodies in Asia
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing (ASBC/AB) Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon Roller Sports (Skateboard) Rowing Rugby Union Sailing Shooting Sport climbing Surfing Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Skating Sports Skiing Sports
Sports recognised by IOC	Air Sports American Football Auto Racing Bandy Baseball Basque Pelota Billiards Sports Carom Pocket Snooker Boules Bowling Bridge Cheer Chess Cricket Dancesport Floorball Flying Disc Ice Stock Sport Karate Kickboxing Korfball Lacrosse Life Saving Motorcycle Sport Mountaineering Muay Thai Netball Orienteering Polo Powerboating Racquetball Sambo Ski Mountaineering Softball Squash Sumo Surfing Tug-of-War Underwater Sports University Sports Waterski and Wakeboard Wushu
Others	Electronic Sports Radio-controlled car Silambam
Olympic Council of Asia Asian Paralympic Committee

v t e National members of the International Hockey Federation
AfHF (Africa)	Algeria Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Ivory Coast Egypt Eswatini The Gambia Ghana Kenya Libya Malawi Mauritius Morocco Namibia Nigeria Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
PAHF (Americas)	Argentina Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Jamaica Mexico Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
AsHF (Asia)	Afghanistan Bangladesh Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Singapore Sri Lanka Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
EHF (Europe)	Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Gibraltar Great Britain Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Former members: Soviet Union
OHF (Oceania)	Australia Fiji Papua New Guinea New Zealand Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu Former members: American Samoa

v t e International field hockey
FIH World Cup Men Women Men Junior Women Junior Pro League Men Women Nations Cup Men Women Men 2 Women 2 Olympics Hockey5s World Cup Men Women Youth Olympics World Rankings Men Women Achievements by nation FIH Player of the Year Awards
Africa	AfHF – Africa Cup of Nations Men Women Men Junior Women Junior
Americas	PAHF – Pan American Cup Men Women Men Junior Women Junior Pan American Challenge Men Women South American Championship Men Women
Asia	AHF – Asia Cup Men Women Men Junior Women Junior Asian Champions Trophy Men Women AHF Cup Men Women Men Junior Women Junior
Europe	EHF – EuroHockey Championships Men Women Men U21 Women U21 Boys U18 Girls U18 Men II Women II Men III Women III Men IV
Oceania	OHF – Oceania Cup Men Women Junior
Games	African Games Asian Games Central American and Caribbean Games Commonwealth Games Mediterranean Games Pacific Games Pan American Games South American Games South Asian Games SEA Games
Others	Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Sultan of Johor Cup
Defunct	Champions Trophy Hockey Series World League Men Women Champions Challenge Men I Women I Men II Women II