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2023 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023
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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. Chennai earlier hosted the 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup.

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

Teams

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

Round robin

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

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

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

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

• Akashdeep Singh
• Firhan Ashar
• Abu Kamal Azrai
• Najmi Jazlan
• Shello Silverius
• Jang Jong-Hyun

3 goals

• Jugraj Singh
• Mandeep Singh

2 goals

• Chongong Chen
• Gao Jiesheng
• Gurjant Singh
• Varun Kumar
• Selvam Karthi
• Ryosei Kato
• Kentaro Fukuda
• Ken Nagayoshi
• Ryoma Ooka
• Shota Yamada
• Faizal Saari
• Abdul Rana
• Hannan Shahid
• Muhammad Ammad
• Park Cheo-Leon
• Yang Ji-Hun

1 goal

• Ao Suozhu
• Chen Benhai
• E Wenhui
• Nilakanta Sharma
• Hardik Singh
• Sukhjeet Singh
• Sumit Walmiki
• Takuma Niwa
• Masaki Ohashi
• Seren Tanaka
• Azuan Hasan
• Aminudin Zain
• Razie Rahim
• Ji Woo-Cheon
• Kim Jung-Hoo
• Kim Sung-Hyun
• Abdul Rehman
• Afraz Hakeem

Source: FIH

See also

• 2023 Women's Asian Champions Trophy
• Field hockey at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's tournament

References

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8. FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022

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