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
Standings
Source:
FIHRules 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
Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Sourabh Rajput (IND) | |
Umpires: Tao Zhinan (CHN) Tim Meissner (GER) | |
Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) You Hyo-sik (KOR) | |
Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Zhinan Tao (CHN) | |
Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Balaji Kumar (IND) | |
Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Yaser Khurshid (PAK) | |
Umpires: Yaser Khurshid (PAK) Rajput Sourabh (IND) | |
Umpires: Balaji Kumar (IND) You Hyo-sik (KOR) | |
Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Zhinan Tao (CHN) | |
Umpires: Yaser Khurshid (PAK) You Hyo-sik (KOR) | |
Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Balaji Kumar (IND) | |
Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Tao Zhinan (CHN) | |
Umpires: Rajput Sourabh (IND) Yaser Khurshid (PAK) | |
Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Sean Rapaport (RSA) | |
Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Tim Meissner (GER) | |
Fifth place game
Umpires: Balaji Kumar (IND) Rajput Sourabh (IND) | |
First to fourth place classification
Bracket
Semi-finals
Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Tim Meissner (GER) | |
Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Sean Rapaport (RSA) | |
Third and fourth place
Umpires: Sourabh Rajput (IND) Tim Meissner (GER) | |
Final
Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Sean Rapaport (RSA) | |
Results
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
5 goals
Muhammad Khan
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: FIH
See also
References