# 2016 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

The 2016 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the fourth edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy. The tournament was held in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia from 20 to 30 October 2016.
India defeated the defending champions Pakistan 3–2 in the final to win the trophy for the second time.

## Teams

| Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| China | 4th | 2013 | 4th (2012, 2013) |
| India | 4th | 2013 | 1st (2011) |
| Japan | 4th | 2013 | 4th (2011) |
| Malaysia | 4th | 2013 | 3rd (2011, 2012, 2013) |
| Pakistan | 4th | 2013 | 1st (2012, 2013) |
| South Korea | 2nd | 2011 | 5th (2011) |

## Umpires

Eight umpires were selected to officiate at the tournament:

### Neutral Umpires

* Murray Grime (AUS)
* Peter Wright (RSA)

### National Umpires

* Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
* Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* Raghu Prasad (IND)
* Haider Rasool (PAK)
* Shin Dong-yoon (KOR)
* You Suolong (CHN)

## Results

All times are Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

### Round robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 13 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malaysia (H) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Pakistan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | China | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 24 | −18 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 0 | Fifth place game |
* 20 October 2016 18:30
| Malaysia | 4–2 | Pakistan |
| Firhan 13' Fitri 37', 60' Shahril 41' | Report | Bilal 18', 34' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) You Suolong (CHN)
* 20 October 2016 20:30
| India | 10–2 | Japan |
| Ramandeep 2' Rupinder 9', 12', 17', 22', 46', 47' Talwinder 19' Affan 50' | Report | K. Tanaka 23' Ochiai 38' |
* Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Haider Rasool (PAK)
* 21 October 2016 18:30
| Pakistan | 1–0 | South Korea |
| Khan 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
* 21 October 2016 20:30
| Malaysia | 5–1 | China |
| Haziq 6', 20' Fitri 22' Shahril 37' Firhan 54' | Report | Wang B. 33' |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Yoon Shin Dong (KOR)
* 22 October 2016 18:30
| India | 1–1 | South Korea |
| Lalit 33' | Report | Jeong 11' |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
* 22 October 2016 20:30
| China | 2–1 | Japan |
| Yu 19' Haung 37' | Report | Zendana 43' |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Shin Dong Yoon (KOR)
* 23 October 2016 18:30
| India | 3–2 | Pakistan |
| Pardeep 22' Rupinder 43' Ramandeep 44' | Report | Rizwan Sr. 31' Irfan 39' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 23 October 2016 20:30
| Malaysia | 7–2 | Japan |
| Amain 23' Rashid 27' Nabil 33' Faizal 37', 59' Firhan 44' Faizal 58' | Report | Kitazato 59' K. Tanaka 60' |
* Umpires: Suolong You (CHN) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 24 October 2016 18:30
| South Korea | 5–3 | China |
| Lee J. 1' Kim Se. 3' Kim H. 15' Yang 20' Kim J. 38' | Report | Yu 6' Meng 43' E Wenh. 55' |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 25 October 2016 18:30
| Pakistan | 4–3 | Japan |
| Irfan 5' Bilal 12', 52' Rizwan Sr. 36' | Report | S. Tanaka 10' K. Tanaka 30' Zendana 54' |
* Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Shin Dong-yun (KOR)
* 25 October 2016 20:30
| India | 9–0 | China |
| Akashdeep 9', 39' Affan 19', 40' Jasjit 22', 51' Rupinder 25' Nikkin 34' Lalit 37' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 26 October 2016 18:30
| South Korea | 4–3 | Japan |
| Kim J. 4' Jung 32', 49' Kim Se. 46' | Report | Murata 8' Hiroki 44' K. Tanaka 45' |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Rawi Anbanathan (MAS)
* 26 October 2016 20:30
| Malaysia | 1–2 | India |
| Razie 18' | Report | Rupinder Pal 12', 58' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Haider Rasool (PAK)
* 27 October 2016 18:30
| Pakistan | 4–0 | China |
| Kahan 21', 31' Shan 48' Irfan 48' | Report | |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 27 October 2016 20:30
| South Korea | 1–1 | Malaysia |
| Jeong 37' | Report | Razie 56' |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) You Suolong (CHN)

### Fifth to sixth place classification

* 29 October 2016 16:00
| China | 4–3 | Japan |
| Meng 17', 49' Yu 20' Zhong 23' | Report | Ochiai 8' K. Tanaka 24', 48' |
* Umpires: Shin Dong-yoon (KOR) Haider Rasool (PAK)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 29 October | 29 October |
| India (p.s.o.) | 2 (5) |
| India (p.s.o.) | 2 (5) | 30 October | 30 October |
| South Korea | 2 (4) | 30 October | 30 October |
| South Korea | 2 (4) | India | 3 |
| 29 October | 29 October | | India | 3 |
| 29 October | 29 October | Pakistan | 2 |
| Malaysia | 1 (2) | Pakistan | 2 |
| Pakistan (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | | |
| Pakistan (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 30 October | 30 October |
| | | South Korea | 1 (1) |
| | | Malaysia (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) |

#### Semi-finals

* 29 October 2016 18:15
| India | 2–2 | South Korea |
| Talwinder 15' Ramandeep 55' | Report | Seo In-woo 21' Yang Ji-hun 53' |
| Penalties |||
| Sardar Ramandeep Rupinder Akashdeep Birendra | 5–4 | Jung Man-jae Kim Hyeong-jin Lee Jung-jun Bae Jong-suk Lee Dae-yeol |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 29 October 2016 20:30
| Malaysia | 1–1 | Pakistan |
| Shahril 18' | Report | Khan 34' |
| Penalties |||
| Firhan Faizal Jali Shahril Fitri | 2–3 | Khan Rizwan Sr. Irfan Qadir |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Peter Wright (RSA)

#### Third place game

* 30 October 2016 18:15
| South Korea | 1–1 | Malaysia |
| Jung Man-jae 17' | Report | Shahril 14' |
| Penalties |||
| Jung Man-jae Kim Hyeong-jin Kang Moon-kyu Jeong Jun-woo | 1–3 | Firhan Faizal Nabil |
* Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Haider Rasool (PAK)

#### Final

* 30 October 2016 20:30
| India | 3–2 | Pakistan |
| Rupinder 18' Affan 23' Nikkin 51' | Report | Bilal 26' Shan 38' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Peter Wright (RSA)

## Final standings

* India
* Pakistan
* Malaysia
* South Korea
* China
* Japan