2023 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

2023 Men's Asian Champions Trophy
Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023
Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Chennai
Dates	3–12 August
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (4th title)
Runner-up	Malaysia
Third place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	94 (4.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Harmanpreet Singh (9 goals)
Best player	Mandeep Singh
Best young player	Hannan Shahid
Best goalkeeper	Kim Jae-hyeon
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The 2023 Men's Asian Champions Trophy (officially known as The Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy, a men's field hockey tournament for the six best Asian national teams organized by the Asian Hockey Federation.^[1]^[2] Chennai earlier hosted the 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup.^[3]

The hosts India won a record fourth title after defeating Malaysia 4–3 in the final.^[4] Japan won the bronze medal after beating the defending champions South Korea 5–3.

Teams

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
China^[5]	5th	2016	4th (2012, 2013)
India	7th	2021	1st (2011, 2016, 2018)
Japan^[6]	7th	2021	2nd (2013, 2021)
Malaysia^[6]	6th	2018	3rd (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018)
Pakistan^[7]	7th	2021	1st (2012, 2013, 2018)
South Korea^[6]	5th	2021	1st (2021)

Round robin

All times are in Indian standard time UTC (+05:30)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	5	4	1	0	20	5	+15	13	Semi-finals
2	Malaysia	5	4	0	1	12	8	+4	12
3	South Korea	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	5
4	Japan	5	1	2	2	8	10	−2	5
5	Pakistan	5	1	2	2	7	12	−5	5	Fifth place game
6	China	5	0	1	4	6	17	−11	1	Fifth place game

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[8]
(H) Hosts

Results

3 August 2023
16:00

South Korea	2–1	Japan
Park 26' Kim Ju. 35'	Report	Ooka 6'

Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Sourabh Rajput (IND)

3 August 2023
18:15

Malaysia	3–1	Pakistan
Firhan 28', 29' Silverius 44'	Report	Rehman 55'

Umpires:
Tao Zhinan (CHN)
Tim Meissner (GER)

3 August 2023
20:30

India	7–2	China
Harmanpreet 5', 8' Sukhjeet 15' Akashdeep 16' Varun 19', 30' Mandeep 40'	Report	E 18' Gao 25'

Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
You Hyo-sik (KOR)

4 August 2023
16:00

South Korea	1–1	Pakistan
Yang 53'	Report	Shahid 18'

Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Zhinan Tao (CHN)

4 August 2023
18:15

China	1–5	Malaysia
Chen 4'	Report	Faizal 11' Abu 15' Firhan 45', 49' Najmi 57'

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Balaji Kumar (IND)

4 August 2023
20:30

India	1–1	Japan
Harmanpreet 43'	Report	Nagayoshi 28'

Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Yaser Khurshid (PAK)

6 August 2023
16:00

China	1–1	South Korea
Chen 43'	Report	Jang 18'

Umpires:
Yaser Khurshid (PAK)
Rajput Sourabh (IND)

6 August 2023
18:15

Pakistan	3–3	Japan
Rana 9' Khan 25', 55'	Report	Yamashita 13' Kato 37' Ohashi 45+'

Umpires:
Balaji Kumar (IND)
You Hyo-sik (KOR)

6 August 2023
20:30

Malaysia	0–5	India
	Report	Karthi 15' Hardik 32' Harmanpreet 42' Gurjant 53' Jugraj 54'

Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Zhinan Tao (CHN)

7 August 2023
16:00

Japan	1–3	Malaysia
Niwa 59'	Report	Najmi 13' Azuan 37' Silverius 59'

Umpires:
Yaser Khurshid (PAK)
You Hyo-sik (KOR)

7 August 2023
18:15

Pakistan	2–1	China
Khan 20' Afraz 39'	Report	Gao 33'

Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Balaji Kumar (IND)

7 August 2023
20:30

South Korea	2–3	India
Kim S. 12' Yang 58'	Report	Nilakanta 6' Harmanpreet 23' Mandeep 33'

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Tao Zhinan (CHN)

9 August 2023
16:00

Japan	2–1	China
Yamada 8' Fukuda 54'	Report	Ao Suozhu 57'

Umpires:
Rajput Sourabh (IND)
Yaser Khurshid (PAK)

9 August 2023
18:15

Malaysia	1–0	South Korea
Abu 22'	Report

Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

9 August 2023
20:30

India	4–0	Pakistan
Harmanpreet 15', 23' Jugraj 36' Akashdeep 55'	Report

Umpires:
You Hyo-sik (KOR)
Tim Meissner (GER)

Fifth place game

11 August 2023
15:30

Pakistan	6–1	China
Ammad 10', 52' Khan 11', 12' Shahid 15'	Report	Chen Benhai 35'

Umpires:
Balaji Kumar (IND)
Rajput Sourabh (IND)

First to fourth place classification

All times are in Indian standard time UTC (+05:30)

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

11 August

Malaysia	6
		12 August
South Korea	2
		Malaysia	3
11 August
		India	4
India	5

Japan	0
		Third place

		12 August

		South Korea	3

		Japan	5

Semi-finals

11 August 2023
18:00

Malaysia	6–2	South Korea
Abu 3' Najmi 9', 21' Faizal 19' Silverius 47', 48'	Report	Ji 2' Jang 14'

Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Tim Meissner (GER)

11 August 2023
20:30

India	5–0	Japan
Akashdeep 19' Harmanpreet 23' Mandeep 30' Sumit 39' Karthi 51'	Report

Umpires:
You Hyo-sik (KOR)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

Third and fourth place

12 August 2023
18:00

South Korea	3–5	Japan
Jang 15', 33' Park 26'	Report	Ooka 3' Kato 9' Fukuda 28' Yamada 53' Nagayoshi 56'

Umpires:
Sourabh Rajput (IND)
Tim Meissner (GER)

Final

12 August 2023
20:30

Malaysia	3–4	India
Abu 14' Razie 18' Aminudin 28'	Report	Jugraj 9' Harmanpreet 45' Gurjant 45' Akashdeep 56'

Umpires:
You Hyo-sik (KOR)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)

Results

Pos	Team
1	India (H, C)
2	Malaysia
3	Japan
4	South Korea
5	Pakistan
6	China

Source: FIH
(C) Champion; (H) Host

Statistics

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Leading Goalscorer	Emerging Player of the Tournament
Mandeep Singh	Kim Jae-hyeon	Harmanpreet Singh	Abdul Shahid

Goalscorers

There were 94 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.7 goals per match.

9 goals

Harmanpreet Singh

5 goals

Muhammad Khan

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

^ "Chennai, Tamil Nadu to host Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023". Hockey India. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
^ "Chennai to host Men's Hockey Asian Champions Trophy in August". Deccan Herald. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
^ "2023 Men's Hockey Asian Champions Trophy to be Held in Chennai". News18. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
^ "India beat Malaysia in 7-goal thriller to win Asian Champions Trophy 2023".
^ "Pakistan, China to participate in Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Chennai". The Hindu. 2023-04-24. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Men's Asian Champions Trophy, 2023". hockeyindia.org. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
^ Sportstar, Team (2023-04-24). "Asian Champions Trophy 2023: Pakistan, China confirm participation". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
^ FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022

[1] "Chennai, Tamil Nadu to host Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023". Hockey India. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-24.

[2] "Chennai to host Men's Hockey Asian Champions Trophy in August". Deccan Herald. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-24.

[3] "2023 Men's Hockey Asian Champions Trophy to be Held in Chennai". News18. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-24.

[4] "India beat Malaysia in 7-goal thriller to win Asian Champions Trophy 2023".

[5] "Pakistan, China to participate in Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Chennai". The Hindu. 2023-04-24. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-04-24.

[act-6] "Men's Asian Champions Trophy, 2023". hockeyindia.org. Retrieved 2023-06-18.

[7] Sportstar, Team (2023-04-24). "Asian Champions Trophy 2023: Pakistan, China confirm participation". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2023-04-24.

[Regulations-8] FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022

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2023 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

Teams

Round robin

Standings

Results

Fifth place game

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Results

Statistics

Awards

Goalscorers

See also

References

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