# 2021 Women's Asian Champions Trophy

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 tournament was held at the Donghae City Sunrise Stadium in Donghae, South Korea and it was originally scheduled from 14 to 21 June 2020. South Korea were the defending champions.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was postponed on 26 March 2020. In September 2020 the new dates were announced and the tournament would be held from 31 March to 6 April 2021. In January 2021 the tournament was postponed again and in October was postponed further to 5 to 12 December 2021.

## Teams

The following four teams will be participating in the tournament. Malaysia could not play their first two matches of the tournament and eventually had to withdraw due to Covid-related issues. On 9 December India also had to withdraw from the tournament due to the same reason.
| Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| China | 6th | 2018 | 2nd (2011, 2016) |
| Japan | 6th | 2018 | 1st (2013) |
| South Korea | 5th | 2018 | 1st (2010, 2011, 2018) |
| Thailand | 1st | None | Debut |

### Notes

* ↑ Due to non-compliance with conditions set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Thailand was not allowed to be represented by its national flag.

## Results

All times are local, KST (UTC+9).

### First round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Final |
| 2 | South Korea (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Final |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 3 | Third place game |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | Third place game |
| 5 | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| 6 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
* 5 December 2021 12:45
| India | 13–0 | Thailand |
| Gurjit 2', 14', 24', 25', 58' Vandana 7' Lilima 14', 24' Jyoti 15', 36' Rajwinder 16' Sonika 43' Monika 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lelia Sacre (CAN) Kim Jung-hee (KOR)
* 5 December 2021 15:00
| South Korea | 0–1 | Japan |
| | Report | Mori 50' |
* Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Rama Potnis (IND)
* 6 December 2021 12:45
| China | 2–3 | Japan |
| Ma 2' Zhang Y. 4' | Report | Mori 28', 60' Urata 53' |
* Umpires: Ayanna McClean (TTO) Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
* 6 December 2021 15:00
| Thailand | 0–3 | South Korea |
| | Report | Baek 8' Kim Ji. 29' Kim Je. 36' |
* Umpires: Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS) Ymkje van Slooten (NED)
* 8 December 2021 12:45
| Thailand | 0–8 | China |
| | Report | Fan 10' Gu 17' Zou 24' Zhong 30' Zhang Y. 35' Zhang X. 40' Liu 53', 60' |
* Umpires: Minami Inamoto (JPN) Lelia Sacre (CAN)
* 9 December 2021 11:00
| Japan | 6–0 | Thailand |
| Oikawa 13' Suzuki 16' Mori 31' Shimada 39' Y. Nagai 42' Toriyama 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Rama Potnis (IND) Kim Jung-hee (KOR)
* 9 December 2021 13:15
| South Korea | 3–2 | China |
| Kim Ji. 26' Cho 51' Kim S. 54' | Report | Liu 14' Zhang Y. 48' |
* Umpires: Ymkje van Slooten (NED) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

### Classification round
#### Third place game

* 11 December 2021 11:00
| China | 6–0 | Thailand |
| Zhong 3' Ma 7' Zou 15', 30', 34' Zhang X. 28' | Report | |
* Umpires: Minami Inamoto (JPN) Kang Hyun-young (KOR)

#### Final

* 11 December 2021 13:30
| Japan | 2–1 | South Korea |
| H. Nagai 27' K. Tanaka 27' | Report | Kang 1' |
* Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

## Statistics
### Final standings

* Japan
* South Korea
* China
* Thailand

### Goalscorers

There were 50 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 5.56 goals per match.
5 goals
* Gurjit Kaur
4 goals
* Zou Meirong
* Kanon Mori
3 goals
* Liu Hua
* Zhang Ying
2 goals
* Ma Ning
* Zhang Xindan
* Zhong Jiaqi
* Jyoti
* Lilima Minz
* Kim Ji-yun
1 goal
* Fan Yunxia
* Gu Yangyan
* Vandana Katariya
* Rajwinder Kaur
* Monika Malik
* Sonika
* Hazuka Nagai
* Yuri Nagai
* Shihori Oikawa
* Amiru Shimada
* Miyu Suzuki
* Kaho Tanaka
* Mai Toriyama
* Kana Urata
* Baek Ee-seul
* Cho Hye-jin
* Kang Ji-na
* Kim Jeong
* Kim Seo-na
Source: FIH