# 2021 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

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. 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. In January 2021 the tournament was postponed again and it was planned to be held from 1 to 9 October 2021. The tournament was postponed again in September 2021 and was eventually held from 14 to 22 December 2021.
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.

## Teams

Alongside the hosts, Bangladesh, the following five teams will be participating. Malaysia had to withdraw from the tournament citing restrictive Covid quarantine.
| 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
### 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 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | Bangladesh (H) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 23 | −19 | 0 | |
| 6 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### 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
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 21 December | 21 December |
| South Korea | 6 |
| South Korea | 6 | 22 December | 22 December |
| Pakistan | 5 | 22 December | 22 December |
| Pakistan | 5 | South Korea (s.o.) | 3 (4) |
| 21 December | 21 December | | South Korea (s.o.) | 3 (4) |
| 21 December | 21 December | Japan | 3 (2) |
| India | 3 | Japan | 3 (2) |
| Japan | 5 | | |
| Japan | 5 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 22 December | 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)

## Results

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

## Statistics
### 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
* Arshad Hossain
* Akashdeep Singh
* Jarmanpreet Singh
* Yoshiki Kirishita
* Waheed Rana
2 goals
* Lalit Upadhyay
* Sumit
* Raiki Fujishima
* Ryoma Ooka
* Ryosei Kato
* Kenta Tanaka
* Ajaz Ahmad
* Mubashar Ali
* Junaid Manzoor
* Ahmed Nadeem
* Jeong Jun-woo
* Ji Woo-cheon
* Kim Sung-hyun
1 goal
* Deen Emon
* Hardik Singh
* Mandeep Mor
* Shamsher Singh
* Varun Kumar
* Kosei Kawabe
* Kazuma Murata
* Ken Nagayoshi
* Seren Tanaka
* Shota Yamada
* Muhammad Umar Bhutta
* Muhammad Razzaq
* Moin Shakeel
* Kim Hyeong-jin
* Kim Kyu-beom
* Park Cheo-leon
* Yang Ji-hun
Source: FIH