U-18 Hockey Asia Cup: India’s Under-18 men’s hockey team has created history by performing brilliantly and winning the title of Asia Cup 2026 after 9 years.
U-18 Hockey Asia Cup: India’s Under-18 men’s hockey team has created history by performing brilliantly and winning the Asia Cup 2026 title after 9 years. In the final, the Indian junior men’s hockey team defeated host Japan 4-1 and won the gold medal. The hero of this historic victory of Team India was Ashish Tani Purti, who gave India an important victory by scoring a hat-trick in the final match.
In the title match, the Indian team maintained pressure on host Japan from the very beginning. In the very second minute of the match, India got a penalty corner, in which Ashish Tani Purti scored the goal without any mistake and gave India a 1-0 lead. After this, Japan tried to make a comeback in the first quarter, but the Indian defense foiled every attack. At the same time, in the last minutes of the second quarter, India completely took control of the match.
After this, Ashish Tani Purti took a hat-trick by scoring goals in the 28th and 34th minutes of the game. At the same time, captain Ketan Kushwaha further strengthened India’s lead by scoring a goal in the 30th minute. In the 34th, India got another penalty corner and Purti converted it into a goal to complete her hat-trick and make the score 4-0. After this, in the fourth quarter, Japan’s Numada Gaku scored a goal through a penalty stroke, but he could not stop India’s victory and thus India won the gold medal by winning 4-1 in the final.
Let us tell you, this is the third time that India has won the Under-18 Hockey Asia Cup title. Earlier, India had won the Under-18 Men’s Hockey Asia Cup title in 2001 and 2016. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian junior team on this memorable victory.
