# 2024 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

The 2024 Men's Asian Champions Trophy (officially known as The Hero Asian Champions Trophy Moqi, China 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy. The hockey tournament consisted of the six best Asian national teams and was organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The tournament was held in Hulunbuir, China from 8 to 17 September 2024.
India were the defending champions. They defended their title by defeating the hosts China 1–0 in the final to win a record-extending fifth title. Pakistan won the bronze medal by defeating South Korea 5–2.

## Teams

| Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| China | 6th | 2023 | 4th (2012, 2013) |
| India | 8th | 2023 | 1st (2011, 2016, 2018, 2023) |
| Japan | 8th | 2023 | 2nd (2013, 2021) |
| Malaysia | 7th | 2023 | 2nd (2023) |
| Pakistan | 8th | 2023 | 1st (2012, 2013, 2018) |
| South Korea | 6th | 2023 | 1st (2021) |

## Round robin
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | China (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | Malaysia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 5 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 1 | Fifth place game |

### Matches

* 8 September 2024 13:30
| South Korea | 5–5 | Japan |
| Yang 3', 38', 53' Kim J. 31' Kim H. 58' | Report | Kimura 7' Matsumoto 18' Chiba 25' Kawamura 36' Kawabe 56' |
* Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Tao Zhinan Tao (CHN)
* 8 September 2024 15:45
| Malaysia | 2–2 | Pakistan |
| Faizal 37' Aiman 56' | Report | Sufyan 24' Zikriya 32' |
* Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Ben Grant (NZL)
* 8 September 2024 18:00
| India | 3–0 | China |
| Sukhjeet 14' Uttam 27' Abhishek 32' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) You Hyosik (KOR)
* 9 September 2024 13:30
| South Korea | 2–2 | Pakistan |
| Hyun 16' Kim S. 60' | Report | Hannan 60', 60' |
* Umpires: Yin Yongbo (CHN) James Unkles (AUS)
* 9 September 2024 15:45
| India | 5–1 | Japan |
| Sukhjeet 2', 60' Abhishek 3' Sanjay 17' Uttam 54' | Report | Matsumoto 41' |
* Umpires: You Hyosik (KOR) Haroon Rashid (PAK)
* 9 September 2024 18:00
| China | 4–2 | Malaysia |
| Gao 9', 32' Lin 40' Chao 56' | Report | Abu 14' Faizal 50' |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
* 11 September 2024 13:30
| Pakistan | 2–1 | Japan |
| Nadeem 10' Sufyan 21' | Report | Fujishima 28' |
* Umpires: Tao Zhinan Tao (CHN) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 11 September 2024 15:45
| Malaysia | 1–8 | India |
| Akhimullah 34' | Report | Raj 3', 25', 33' Araijeet 6', 39' Jugraj 7' Harmanpreet 22' Uttam 40' |
* Umpires: Ben Grant (NZL) Yin Yongbo (CHN)
* 11 September 2024 18:00
| China | 2–3 | South Korea |
| Gao 14' Huang 60' | Report | Kim H. 21' Kim J. 55' Yang 55' |
* Umpires: Haroon Rashid (PAK) Deepak Joshi (IND)
* 12 September 2024 13:30
| Japan | 4–5 | Malaysia |
| Nagayoshi 24', 48' T. Tanaka 36' Matsumoto 51' | Report | Syed 12', 40' Norsyafiq 21' Syarman 47' Abu 48' |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Yin Yongbo (CHN)
* 12 September 2024 15:45
| South Korea | 1–3 | India |
| Yang 30' | Report | Harmanpreet 9', 43' Araijeet 8' |
* Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 12 September 2024 18:00
| Pakistan | 5–1 | China |
| Rehman 23' Nadeem 36', 56' Hannan 46', 60' | Report | Gao 48' |
* Umpires: Ben Grant (NZL) You Hyosik (KOR)
* 14 September 2024 13:30
| Malaysia | 3–3 | South Korea |
| Abu 28' Norsyafiq 35' Faizal 55' | Report | Yang 4', 60' Park C. 42' |
* Umpires: Tao Zhinan (CHN) Deepak Joshi (IND)
* 14 September 2024 15:45
| India | 2–1 | Pakistan |
| Harmanpreet 13', 19' | Report | Nadeem 8' |
* Umpires: You Hyosik (KOR) James Unkles (AUS)
* 14 September 2024 18:00
| Japan | 0–2 | China |
| | Report | Chen 7' Chao 25' |
* Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Haroon Rashid (PAK)

## Fifth place game

* 16 September 2024 13:00
| Malaysia | 4–4 | Japan |
| Akhimullah 5' Faizal 21', 32' Fitri 47' | Report | Matsumoto 3', 37' Chiba 24' S. Tanaka 59' |
| Penalties |||
| Aiman Faizal Norsyafiq Abu | 2–4 | Kawabe Kawahara Matsumoto S. Tanaka T. Tanaka |
* Umpires: Haroon Rashid (PAK) Tao Zhinan (CHN)

## First to fourth place classification
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 16 September | 16 September |
| Pakistan | 1 (0) |
| Pakistan | 1 (0) | 17 September | 17 September |
| China (p.s.o.) | 1 (2) | 17 September | 17 September |
| China (p.s.o.) | 1 (2) | China | 0 |
| 16 September | 16 September | | China | 0 |
| 16 September | 16 September | India | 1 |
| India | 4 | India | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | | |
| South Korea | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 September | 17 September |
| | | Pakistan | 5 |
| | | South Korea | 2 |

### Semi-finals

* 16 September 2024 15:30
| Pakistan | 1–1 | China |
| Nadeem 37' | Report | Lu 18' |
| Penalties |||
| Liaqat Nadeem Ahmad Rehman | 0–2 | Chen Lin Lu E |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) You Hyosik (KOR)
* 16 September 2024 18:00
| India | 4–1 | South Korea |
| Uttam 13' Harmanpreet 19', 45' Jarmanpreet 32' | Report | Yang 33' |
* Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

### Third and fourth place

* 17 September 2024 15:30
| Pakistan | 5–2 | South Korea |
| Sufyan 38', 49' Hannan 39', 54' Rooman 45' | Report | Jungjun 16' Yang 40' |
* Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Ben Grant (NZL)

### Final

* 17 September 2024 18:00
| China | 0–1 | India |
| | Report | Jugraj 51' |
* Umpires: YOU Hyosik (KOR) UNKLES James (AUS)

## Final rankings

| Pos | Team |
| | India (C) |
| | China (H) |
| | Pakistan |
| 4 | South Korea |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Malaysia |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 103 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.15 goals per match.
9 goals
* Yang Ji-hun
7 goals
* Harmanpreet Singh
6 goals
* Hannan Shahid
* Sufyan Khan
5 goals
* Kazumasa Matsumoto
* Faizal Saari
* Ahmad Nadeem
4 goals
* Gao Jiesheng
* Uttam Singh
3 goals
* Raj Kumar Pal
* Araijeet Singh Hundal
* Sukhjeet Singh
* Jugraj Singh
* Abu Kamal Azrai
2 goals
* Chao Jieming
* Abhishek Nain
* Ken Nagayoshi
* Yuki Chiba
* Syed Cholan
* Norsyafiq Sumantri
* Akhimullah Anuar
* Kim Hyeonhong
* Kim Jung-hoo
1 goal
* Huang Ziyang
* Lin Changliang
* Chen Benhai
* Lu Yuanlin
* Sanjay Rana
* Jarmanpreet Singh
* Raiki Fujishima
* Kosei Kawabe
* Yusuke Kawamura
* Naru Kimura
* Tsubasa Tanaka
* Seren Tanaka
* Syarman Mat
* Aiman Rozemi
* Fitri Saari
* Abdul Rehman
* Zikriya Hayat
* Rooman
* Hyun Jig-wang
* Kim Sung-hyun
* Park Cheoleon
* Lee Jung-jun
Source: FIH