2021 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

2021 Men's Asian Champions Trophy
Hero Men’s Asian Champions Trophy 2021
Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
City	Dhaka
Dates	14–22 December
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (1st title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	91 (6.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jang Jong-hyun (10 goals)
Best player	Kenta Tanaka
Best young player	Biplob Kujur
Best goalkeeper	Suraj Karkera
← 2018 (previous)	(next) 2023 →

Last updated October 09, 2023

The 2021 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the sixth 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.

It was originally scheduled to be held in from 17 to 27 November 2020 at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[1]^[2] In August 2020 the Asian Hockey Federation announced that the tournament would be postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia to 2021 to be held from 11 to 19 March 2021.^[3] In January 2021 the tournament was postponed again and it was planned to be held from 1 to 9 October 2021.^[4] The tournament was postponed again in September 2021 and was eventually held from 14 to 22 December 2021.^[5]

South Korea won their first Asian Champions Trophy title by defeating Japan 4–2 in a shoot-out after the match finished 3–3. The defending champions India and Pakistan played in the bronze medal match which India won 4–3.^[6]

Teams

Alongside the hosts, Bangladesh, the following five teams will be participating. Malaysia had to withdraw from the tournament citing restrictive Covid quarantine.^[7]

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	1st	None	Debut
India	6th	2018	1st (2011, 2016, 2018)
Japan	6th	2018	2nd (2013)
Malaysia	6th	2018	3rd (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018)
Pakistan	6th	2018	1st (2012, 2013, 2018)
South Korea	4th	2018	4th (2016)

Preliminary round

All times are in Bangladesh standard time UTC (+06:00)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	3	1	0	20	3	+17	10	Semi-finals
2	South Korea	4	1	3	0	11	10	+1	6
3	Pakistan	4	1	2	1	10	8	+2	5
4	Japan	4	1	2	1	8	9	−1	5
5	Bangladesh (H)	4	0	0	4	4	23	−19	0
6	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

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

14 December 2021
15:30

South Korea	2–2	India
Jang 42' Kim S. 46'	Report	Lalit 3' Harmanpreet 33'

Umpires:
Salim Lukcy (BAN)
Michiel Otten (NED)

14 December 2021
18:00

Japan	0–0	Pakistan
	Report

Umpires:
Federico Silva (ARG)
Rajput Sourabh (IND)

15 December 2021
15:30

India	9–0	Bangladesh
Dilpreet 12', 22', 44' Lalit 29' Jarmanpreet 31', 43' Akashdeep 54' Mandeep 55' Harmanpreet 57'	Report

Umpires:
You Hyo-sik (KOR)
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)

15 December 2021
18:00

South Korea	3–3	Japan
Jang 30' Kim H. 42' Kim S. 55'	Report	Kirishita 20' Murata 25' Ke. Tanaka 37'

Umpires:
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)
Gabriel Labate (ARG)

17 December 2021
15:30

India	3–1	Pakistan
Harmanpreet 9', 53' Akashdeep 42'	Report	Manzoor 45'

Umpires:
Federico Silva (ARG)
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

17 December 2021
18:00

Bangladesh	2–3	South Korea
Arshad 8' Deen 59'	Report	Jang 15' Ji 48' Park 54'

Umpires:
Rajput Sourabh (IND)
Gabriel Labate (ARG)

18 December 2021
15:30

Pakistan	3–3	South Korea
Afraz 24' Rana 33', 57'	Report	Kim K. 14' Ji 42' Jang 56'

Umpires:
Salim Lucky (BAN)
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)

18 December 2021
18:00

Japan	5–0	Bangladesh
Ke. Tanaka 21' Fujishima 24' Kato 36', 42' S. Tanaka 57'	Report

Umpires:
You Hyo-sik (KOR)
Michiel Otten (NED)

19 December 2021
15:30

India	6–0	Japan
Harmanpreet 10', 53' Dilpreet 23' Jarmanpreet 34' Sumit 46' Shamsher 54'	Report

Umpires:
Salim Lucky (BAN)
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

19 December 2021
18:00

Pakistan	6–2	Bangladesh
Nadeem 14', 26' Ahmad 18', 38' Afraz 24' Razzaq 34'	Report	Arshad 13', 35'

Umpires:
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Rajput Sourabh (IND)

First to fourth place classification

All times are in Bangladesh standard time UTC (+06:00)

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

21 December

South Korea	6
		22 December
Pakistan	5
		South Korea (s.o.)	3 (4)
21 December
		Japan	3 (2)
India	3

Japan	5
		Third place

		22 December

		Pakistan	3

		India	4

Semi-finals

21 December 2021
15:30

South Korea	6–5	Pakistan
Jang 11', 12', 25', 56' Yang 30+' Jeong 44'	Report	Umar Bhutta 3' Manzoor 22' Afraz 30' M. Ali 47', 51'

Umpires:
Gabriel Labate (ARG)
Federico Silva (ARG)

21 December 2021
18:00

India	3–5	Japan
Dilpreet 17' Harmanpreet 53' Hardik 59'	Report	Yamada 1' Fujishima 2' Kirishita 29' Kawabe 35' Ooka 41'

Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
You Hyo-sik (KOR)

Third and fourth place

22 December 2021
15:30

Pakistan	3–4	India
Afraz 10' Rana 33' Shakeel 57'	Report	Harmanpreet 2' Sumit 45' Varun 54' Akashdeep 57'

Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Gabriel Labate (ARG)

Final

22 December 2021
18:00

South Korea	3–3	Japan
Jeong 8' Jang 55', 60'	Report	Nagayoshi 24' Ooka 29' Kirishita 38'
Penalties
Lee Jun. Ji Hwang Lee H.	4–2	Fujishima Ooka Kawabe S. Tanaka

Umpires:
Rajput Sourabh (IND)
Salim Lucky (BAN)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team
1	South Korea
2	Japan
3	India
4	Pakistan
5	Bangladesh (H)

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Leading Goalscorer	Rising Player of the Tournament
Kenta Tanaka	Suraj Karkera	Jang Jong-hyun	Biplob Kujur

Goalscorers

There were 91 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 6.5 goals per match.

10 goals

Jang Jong-hyun

8 goals

Harmanpreet Singh

5 goals

Dilpreet Singh

4 goals

Afraz

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Men's Hockey World Cup</span> 2010 edition of the Mens Hockey World Cup

The 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 12th edition of Men's Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 28 February to 13 March 2010 in New Delhi, India.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy</span>

The 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, officially known as the Owen G Glenn FIH Men's Champions Trophy, was the 33rd edition of the Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) confirmed India as the host country, and announced New Delhi as the host city on February 4, 2011. The tournament dates were December 3 to December 11, 2011. However, on September 6, 2011, the FIH announced that India would no longer host the tournament due to a governance issue, and announced Auckland, New Zealand as the new host on September 13, 2011 with the same time schedule. The tournament was held at North Harbour Hockey Stadium.

The 2011 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the first edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy and it took place from 3 September to 11 September 2011 in Ordos, China.

The 2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the ninth edition of the Men's Hockey Asia Cup, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held from 24 August to 1 September 2013 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. The winner of this tournament qualified for the 2014 World Cup in The Hague, Netherlands.

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 24th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 24 July to 5 August 2021. All games were played at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

The Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1988 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup. Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.

The 2017 Men's Hockey Asia Cup, also known as the Hero Men's Asia Cup 2017 due to sponsorship reasons, was the tenth edition of the Men's Hockey Asia Cup. It was held from 11 to 22 October 2017 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The winner of this tournament qualified for the 2018 World Cup in India.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Women's Asian Champions Trophy</span>

The 2018 Women's Asian Champions Trophy was the fifth edition of the Women's Asian Champions Trophy, a field hockey tournament for the five best Asian women's national field hockey teams organized by the Asian Hockey Federation.

The Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2018 was held at Muscat, Oman between October 18–28, 2018. It was the fifth edition of the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy, a field hockey tournament for the six best Asian national teams. This was announced by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) on 29 January 2018. The Oman Hockey Association hosted the tournament.

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Gelora Bung Karno Hockey Field, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 20 August to 1 September 2018.

The 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup was the 15th edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and at the 20,000 seat Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, India from 13 to 29 January 2023.

The 2021 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was scheduled to be the eighth edition of the Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup. The tournament was scheduled to be held in Kakamigahara, Japan from 6 to 12 April 2020. In March 2020 it was announced that the tournament would be postponed due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. On 27 October 2020 it was announced the tournament would be held from 16 to 22 August 2021. On 13 August 2021, the tournament was officially cancelled.

The 2021 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was scheduled to be the 9th edition of the Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup, the men's international under-21 field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was originally scheduled to take place from 4 to 12 June 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The 2021 Women's Asian Champions Trophy was the sixth edition of the Women's Asian Champions Trophy, a biennial field hockey tournament for the six best Asian women's national teams organized by the Asian Hockey Federation.

The 2021 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup was the 12th edition of the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, the biennial men's under-21 field hockey world championship organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India from 24 November to 5 December 2021.

The 2022 Women's Hockey Asia Cup was the 10th edition of the Women's Hockey Asia Cup, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held from 21 to 28 January 2022 at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Oman.

The 2022 Men's Hockey Asia Cup marked the eleventh edition of the Men's Hockey Asia Cup, a quadrennial international men's field hockey championship in Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The tournament took place at the GBK Hockey Field in Jakarta, Indonesia, from May 23 to June 1, 2022.

The 2023 Men's Asian Champions Trophy 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 2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was the 10th edition of the Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup, the men's international under-21 field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It took place from 23 May to 1 June 2023 at the Salalah Sports Complex in Salalah, Oman.

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2022 Asian Games was the 17th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Asian Games. It was held alongside the women's tournament at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Field Hockey Field in Hangzhou, China from 24 September to 6 October 2023.

References

↑ "Dhaka to host Junior Asia Cup Hockey 2020". www.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
↑ "Asian Champions Trophy in Oct, 2020". www.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
↑ "Hockey is Back! Men's Asian Champions Trophy to Be Held in March 2021- Approved by the FIH". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation . Retrieved 24 August 2020.
↑ "Men's Asian Champions Trophy Dhaka 2021 & Women's Donghae Asian Champions Trophy 2021 to be postponed". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation . Retrieved 22 January 2021.
↑ "Hockey: Men's Asian Champions Trophy postponed to December". The Times of India . Retrieved 18 September 2021.
↑ "Asian Champions Trophy: India beat Pakistan 4-3 in thriller to win bronze, Korea lift title". indiatimes.com. Times of India. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
↑ "Covid forces Malaysia pull-out from Asian Champions Trophy". The Daily Star. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
↑ FIH General Tournament Regulations September 2021

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "Dhaka to host Junior Asia Cup Hockey 2020". www.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[2] "Asian Champions Trophy in Oct, 2020". www.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[3] "Hockey is Back! Men's Asian Champions Trophy to Be Held in March 2021- Approved by the FIH". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation . Retrieved 24 August 2020.

[4] "Men's Asian Champions Trophy Dhaka 2021 & Women's Donghae Asian Champions Trophy 2021 to be postponed". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation . Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[5] "Hockey: Men's Asian Champions Trophy postponed to December". The Times of India . Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[6] "Asian Champions Trophy: India beat Pakistan 4-3 in thriller to win bronze, Korea lift title". indiatimes.com. Times of India. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[7] "Covid forces Malaysia pull-out from Asian Champions Trophy". The Daily Star. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[Regulations-8] FIH General Tournament Regulations September 2021

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]