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  U-18 Mens Hockey Asia Cup: India clinch record 3rd title
06 Jun 2026
 

India were crowned champions for a record third time in the Mens U-18 Hockey Asia Cup 2026, trouncing hosts Japan 4-1 in the final at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Hockey Stadium in Kakamigahara, Japan today. Pakistan secured the bronze medal, defeating Malaysia 3-0 earlier in the day.

Ashish Tani Purti starred in the India win with a hat-trick, while captain Ketan Kushwaha found the back of the net once. With this win, the Indian U-18 men also avenged the 2-4 defeat they suffered against Japan earlier in their group league match. Defender Arman Soreng was the only Odisha player, who represented the Indian U-18 mens team.

India had won their earlier two titles in 2001 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and 2016 (Dhaka, Bangladesh). Hockey India announced a cash award of Rs 3 lakh for each player of the gold medal-winning Indian U-18 mens team and Rs 1.5 lakh for each member of the support staff.
 

Ashish Tani Purti was awarded Player of the Match for his stellar performance in the final. He was also recognised as the top scorer of the tournament with an impressive 13 goals. India further dominated the individual honours with goalkeeper Ayush Rajak being named the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament.

INDIA U-18 MENS TEAM (18): Goalkeepers: Ayush Rajak, Sawan Kumar. Defenders: Ansh Bahutra, Arman Soreng, Arshdip Singh, Ashish Tani Purti, Avi Manikpuri, Romit Pal. Mid-fielders: Karan Gautam, Premchad Soy, Rahul Yadav, Siddharth Ben, Varinder Singh. Forwards: Akash Deep, Gazee Khan, Ketan Kushwaha (C), Prahalad Rajbhar, Shahrukh Ali.
Coaches & Support Staff: Sardar Singh (Coach), Rajnish Kumar Mishra (Coach), Bhanu Uday Shandiliya (Physiotherapist), Daman Preet Singh (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Pawan Mandal (Masseur).

INDIA RESULTS:

29 May 2006 (League match): India (Shahrukh Ali 12-FG, 29-FG, Prahalad Rajbhar 14-FG, 51-FG, Ketan Kushwaha 18-FG, 45-PC, 45-FG, Gazee Khan 20-FG, Ashish Tani Purti 30-PC, 43-PC, Ansh Bahutra 31-PC, 44-PC, Akash Deep 47-FG) beat Kazakhstan 13-0. PoM: Prahalad Rajbhar.

31 May 2006 (League match): India (Ashish Tani Purti 25-PC, Ketan Kushwaha 32-FG) lost to Japan (Mahiro Yoshioka 15-PC, Yuma Fujiwara 20-FG, Kengo Yasui 34-PC, Aone Takahashi 42-FG) 2-4. PoM: Mahiro Yoshioka.

1 June 2026 (League match): India (Ketan Kushwaha 3-PC, 36-PC, Varinder Singh 5-FG, Shahrukh Ali 54-FG) beat Korea (Yun Jaehyeok 21-PC) 4-1. PoM: Arshdeep Singh (India).

3 June 2026 (League match): India (Karan Gautam 7-PC, Premchand Soy 11-FG, Ketan Kushwaha 13-FG, Rahul Yadav 20-FG, 54-FG, Ashish Tani Purti 27-PC, 35-PC, 42-PC, Siddharth Ben 30-FG, 52-FG, Gazee Khan 40-PC, 44-FG, Varinder Singh 50-PC) beat Chinese Taipei (Jhang Yong-Jyun 30+PC) 13-1. PoM: Ashish Tani Purti.

5 June 2026 (Semifinal): India (Ashish Tani Purti 12-PS, 49-PC, 53-PC, 56-PC, Shahrukh Ali 35-FG) beat Pakistan (Adeel 27-FG, Muhammad Farhan Aslam 37-FG, Uzair Ahmad Qureshi 42-PC) 5-3. PoM: Ashish Tani Purti.

6 June 2026 (Final): India (Ashish Tani Purti 2-PC, 28-PC, 34-PC, Ketan Kushwaha 30-FG) beat Japan (Gaku Numada 52-PC) 4-1. PoM: Ashish Tani Purti.
 
   
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