India clinched the Asian Champions 2023 title for the fourth title with the score India 4-3 Malaysia. After this victory, India became the team to have won Asian Champions Trophy most times, ahead of Pakistan who have won the champions title three-times.
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The final half-time score was 3-1 with Indian men’s hockey team in two goal deficit. but the fortune tables turned around with Malaysia losing the nearly won final.
For the bronze, the match was moreover a repeat of the 2021 final, in which Japan the reigning Asian Games champion continued their impressive performance and defeated Korea 5-3.
Teams
India: Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh.
Malaysia: Hafizuddin Othman, Mujahir Abdu, Marhan Jalil, Ashran Hamsami, Faizal Saari, Razie Rahim, Faiz Jali, Azuan Hasan, Abu Kamal Azrai, Najmi Jazlan, Amirul Azahar.
7th Asian Men’s Champions Trophy 2023: India & Malaysia Finalist
Malaysia and India are the finalists of 7th Asian Champions Trophy. They qualified for the final clash by defeating their respective teams on the semis played on Friday; 11th August with results as below. Pakistan had a consolation win to end up on 5th position.
Semifinal 1
Malaysia 6-2 Korea
Semifinal 2
India 5-0 Japan
5th place playoff
Pakistan 6-1 China
7th Asian Men’s Champions Trophy 2023: Day 5 | India; Malaysia; S Korea & Japan Into Semi’
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On Day 5, India continued its winning streak by beating Pakistan 4-0. This lead to Pakistan for first time not being able to qualify for Semi’s. Japan finished fourth ahead of Pakistan. The final league table was as follows:
2023 Asian Champions Trophy League Stage Results
Day 5 – Wednesday, 9th August
Japan 2-1 China
Malaysia 1-0 South Korea
India 4-0 Pakistan
2023 Asian Champions Trophy – Day 5 Points Table & Standing
| Team | Games | Won | Lost | Draw | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points |
| India (q) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 13 |
| Malaysia (q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 |
| Korea (q) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 5 |
| Japan (q) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 5 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 5 |
| China | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 1 |
7th Asian Men’s Champions Trophy 2023: Day 4 |
India & Malaysia Into Semi’s; Pakistan Moves To Fourth Position
Day 4 resulted in India and Malaysia booking semifinal berths. India and Malaysia continued their winning streak and defeated South Korea and Japan respectively.
Pakistan had their first win which moved them to fourth position. China exited as they have not won any of four match played.
Tuesday, 8th August is a rest day.
2023 Asian Champions Trophy League Stage Results
Day 4 – Monday, 7th August
Japan 1-3 Malaysia
Pakistan 2-1 China
India 3-2 South Korea
2023 Asian Champions Trophy – Day 4 Points Table & Standing
| Team | Games | Won | Lost | Draw | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points |
| India | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 10 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 |
| Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 5 |
| Japan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 2 |
| China | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 1 |
7th Asian Men’s Champions Trophy 2023: Day 3 | India Back On Top Position
The top position battle between Malaysia and India continues with India moving back to the top slot after Malaysia lost 5-0 to India. The remaining positions remained the same.
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2023 Asian Champions Trophy League Stage Results
Day 3 – Sunday, 6th August
China 1-1 S Korea
Pakistan 3-3 Japan
India 5-0 Malaysia
2023 Asian Champions Trophy – Day 3 Points Table & Standing
| Team | Games | Won | Lost | Draw | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points |
| India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 |
| Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 2 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 2 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 1 |
7th Asian Men’s Champions Trophy 2023: Day 2 | Malaysia Moves To Top Slot
Malaysia moved to the top position with a authoritative 5-1 win over China who remain in the last. India dropped a level after Japan held them to a disappointing 1-1 draw. Pakistan and Korea encounter was also a draw after many chances were wasted by the greens.
Saturday, 5th August is a rest day.
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2023 Asian Champions Trophy League Stage Results
Day 2 – Friday, 4th August
Korea 1-1 Pakistan
China 5-1 Malaysia
India 1-1 Japan
2023 Asian Champions Trophy – Day 2 Points Table & Standing
| Team | Games | Won | Lost | Draw | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points |
| Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 |
| India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 |
| Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| China | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 0 |
Day 1 – Thursday, 3rd August
On opening Day 1 of the 7th Asian Champions Trophy three matches were played with Malaysia, South Korea and India winning against Pakistan, Japan and China respectively and earning three points each. India the host are on top pf the points table and China at the end due to the goal differences.
Korea 2-1 Japan
Malaysia 3-1 Pakistan
India 7-2 China
2023 Asian Champions Trophy – Day 1 Points Table & Standing
| Team | Games | Won | Lost | Draw | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points |
| India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
7th Asian Men’s Champions Trophy 2023: Overview + Schedule
The 7th Asian Champions Trophy, is being held from 3rd to 12th August, in India’s Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai.
History-Asian Champions Trophy
Asian Hockey Men’s Champions Trophy started in 2011 with top six Asian teams in competition. The Trophy till 2013 was an annual affair. However, since 2016 it is being staged every two years.
Winner’s: Pakistan and India have lifted the trophy three times each and in 2018 shared it. South Korea won the 2021 edition.
5th Asian Champions Trophy ’18: Pakistan Beat Malaysia In Final
2023 Asian Champions Trophy Teams
1. China
2. India
3. Japan
4. Korea
5. Malaysia
6. Pakistan
Format–Asian Hockey Champions Trophy
League stage: 6 teams will compete with total of 15 matches being played.
Semifinals: Top four teams will qualify for the semifinals with winner of the two semifinals competing in the final.
Remaining positions: The losing sides in the semifinals will play for 3rd and 4th positions/ Whereas, the two teams at the bottom during league stages will play 5th and 6th place playoffs match.
Breaking 5th Asian Champions Hockey: Pak & Ind Declared Joint Winners
| Complete Schedule- 2023 Asian Hockey Champions Trophy | ||
| Matches | Date | Timing (India) |
| S Korea vs Japan – Played | 3rd August | 4:00 PM |
| Malaysia vs Pakistan – Played | 3rd August | 6:15 PM |
| India vs China – Played | 3rd August | 8:30 PM |
| S Korea vs Pakistan – Played | 4th August | 4:00 PM |
| China vs Malaysia – Played | 4th August | 6:15 PM |
| India vs Japan – Played | 4th August | 8:30 PM |
China vs S Korea | 6th August | 4:00 PM |
| Pakistan vs Japan | 6th August | 6:15 PM |
| Malaysia vs India | 6th August | 8:30 PM |
Japan vs Malaysia | 7th August | 4:00 PM |
| Pakistan vs China | 7th August | 6:15 PM |
| S Korea vs India | 7th August | 8:30 PM |
Japan vs China | 9th August | 4:00 PM |
| Malaysia vs S Korea | 9th August | 6:15 PM |
| India vs Pakistan | 9th August | 8:30 PM |
5th/6th place match – Pakistan vs China | 11th August | 3:30 PM |
| Semifinal 1 – Malaysia vs Korea | 11th August | 6:00 PM |
| Semifinal 2 – India vs Japan | 11th August | 8:30 PM |
3rd/4th place match | 12th August | 6:00 PM |
| Final | 11th August | 8:30 PM |
