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India Defend Asian Games Hockey Gold, Qualify for LA 2028
India played Malaysia in the Asian Games men's hockey final.
India won the game 5-1 and earned the gold medal.
That victory also qualified India for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Harmanpreet Singh scored two goals for India.
Jugraj Singh and Hardik Singh also scored.
Reports name Shilanand Lakra as the scorer of India's fourth goal, though one account describes Vivek Sagar Prasad scoring it.
Malaysia scored once, but India moved ahead and kept scoring.
This was India's fifth men's hockey gold at the Asian Games.
India's women's team also won hockey gold at the same Games.
India defeated Malaysia 5-1 in the men's hockey final to win gold and qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Harmanpreet Singh scored twice, while Jugraj Singh and Hardik Singh also scored for India.
Reports credit Shilanand Lakra with India's fourth goal, though one account's play-by-play describes Vivek Sagar Prasad finishing the move.
Shello Silverius scored Malaysia's only goal, equalising in the 14th minute before India took the lead again.
India won its fifth Asian Games men's hockey gold and successfully defended its 2022 title; the Indian women also won gold at these Games.
- Who
- India's men's hockey team and Malaysia's men's hockey team.
- What
- India won the Asian Games men's hockey final 5-1, defended its gold medal and qualified for the 2028 Olympics.
- Where
- Japan; reports identify Kakamigahara, while others describe the venue as Aichi-Nagoya or Nagoya.
- When
- Saturday, October 3, 2026.
- Why
- The Asian Games gold-medal victory secured India a berth at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Key facts
- Final score
- India 5, Malaysia 1
- Indian scorers
- Harmanpreet Singh (2), Jugraj Singh, Hardik Singh and, in most accounts, Shilanand Lakra
- Malaysia scorer
- Shello Silverius, 14th minute
- Olympic qualification
- India qualified for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
- Asian Games men's hockey golds
- India's fifth, following wins in 1966, 1998, 2014 and 2022
- Consecutive titles
- India retained the title it won in 2022
- Women's hockey
- India's women also won gold at the same Games, beating China 1-0
- Fourth-goal discrepancy
- Most accounts name Shilanand Lakra; one play-by-play account describes Vivek Sagar Prasad scoring after an Abhishek cross
Sources
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