Japan men’s national team (world ranking 16th) won Malaysia (world ranking 12th) by 6-6 (SO 3-1)  in the final to finish their first champion in the 18th men’s Asian Games. 

Game Result

Game No.38 22:00 (JST) Japan – Malaysia Game Record (to be prepared)
	6	SO 3-1	6

Score

• 8th min – #5 MF Seren Tanaka (Gifu Asahi Club)
• 22th min – #9 FW Kenta Tanaka (Minoshima Club)
• 51th min – #17 FW Kentaro Fukuda (Gifu Asahi Club)
• 52th min – #9 FW Kenta Tanaka (Minoshima Club)
• 57th min – #1 FW Koshi Yamasaki (Shiga Club)
• 59th min – #6 MF Hiromasa Ochiai (LIEBE Tochigi)
• SO – #1 FW Koshi Yamasaki (Shiga Club)
• SO – #9 FW Kenta Tanaka (Minoshima Club)
• SO – #7 FW Kazuma Murata (Oyabe RED OX)

Final Result

	Team	World Ranking	Gr
Champion	Japan	16th	A
2nd	Malaysia	12th	B
3rd	India	5th	A
4th	Pakistan	13th	B
5th	Korea	14th	A
6th	Bangladesh	31th	B
7th	Oman	33th	B
8th	Sri Lanka	38th	A
9th	Thailand	47th	B
10th	Indonesia (Host)		A
11th	Kazakhstan	86th	B
12th	Hong Kong	45th	A

FIH World Ranking (at the date of August 30)