# 2023 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

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 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | Pakistan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 5 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | China | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 1 | Fifth place game |

### 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 | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 11 August | 11 August |
| Malaysia | 6 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 12 August | 12 August |
| South Korea | 2 | 12 August | 12 August |
| South Korea | 2 | Malaysia | 3 |
| 11 August | 11 August | | Malaysia | 3 |
| 11 August | 11 August | India | 4 |
| India | 5 | India | 4 |
| Japan | 0 | | |
| Japan | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 August | 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