The 1982 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the first edition of the Asia Cup organized by Asian Hockey Federation (AHF). It was held in Karachi, Pakistan from the 12-20 March 1982 and saw seven teams compete with an eighth (Japan) not being to compete.

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1982 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Pakistan
City	Karachi
Dates	March 12-20
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan (1st title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	130 (6.19 per match)
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Initially the competition was going to be held in Lahore, but due to the persistent rain, the event was moved to Karachi.^[1] Once there, the competition was contested in a round-robin format with each team competing against one another. After 21 matches was played, Pakistan took out the tournament winning all six matches to become the first champions of the Asia Cup ahead of India and China who finished with the silver and bronze respectively.^[2]

Eight teams qualified through to the Asian Cup with the top three from the eastern qualifying group joining the remaining five teams in competing. After qualifying, Japan withdrew from the Asia Cup.

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Event	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host Nation	1	Pakistan
Automatic Qualification.	4	Bangladesh  India  Malaysia  Sri Lanka
Eastern Qualifying	3	China  Japan  Singapore

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1.  Pakistan
2.  India
3.  China
4.  Malaysia
5.  Bangladesh
6.  Singapore
7.  Sri Lanka