# 2018 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

The Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2018 was held at Muscat, Oman between October 18–28, 2018. It was the fifth edition of the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy, a field hockey tournament for the six best Asian national teams. This was announced by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) on 29 January 2018. The Oman Hockey Association hosted the tournament.
The 5th edition of the biennial event took place at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The tournament featured host nation Oman, Pakistan, Malaysia, India, South Korea, and Japan.
Hero MotoCorp, a global partner of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and a long-term associate of the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF), were the title sponsor of the tournament.
India and Pakistan were declared joint winners by virtue of forfeiture of the final due to persistent rain. Malaysia finished at the 3rd place after defeating Japan 3-2 in the penalty shootouts in the bronze medal match. Malaysia's Faizal Saari was the top scorer of the tournament with 8 Goals. India remained the only undefeated team in the tournament.

## Umpires

A total of nine umpires were appointed by the FIH and National Association to officiate the tournament.
* Anand (IND)
* Bruce Bale (ENG)
* Dong Yoon Shin (KOR)
* Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
* Kamran Hussain (PAK)
* Khalil Al Balushi (OMA)
* Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)
* Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)
* Peter Wright (RSA)

## Results

All times are Gulf Standard Time (UTC+04:00)

### Round robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | +25 | 13 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Pakistan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Malaysia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Oman (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 0 | Fifth place game |
* 18 October 2018 18:55
| Malaysia | 3–0 | Japan |
| Faizal 3', 51' Tengku 9' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Kamran Hussain (PAK)
* 18 October 2018 21:10
| India | 11–0 | Oman |
| Lalit 17' Harmanpreet 22' Nilakanta 23' Mandeep 30' Gurjant 37' Dilpreet 41', 55', 57' Akashdeep 48' Varun 49' Chinglensana 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Shin Dong Yoon (KOR)
* 19 October 2018 18:55
| Pakistan | 3–1 | South Korea |
| Ahmad 12' Bhutta 18' Rizwan Jr. 42' | Report | Kim Hyeong-jin 51' |
* Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)
* 19 October 2018 21:10
| Oman | 1–3 | Malaysia |
| Al Fazari 34' | Report | Firhan 26' Tengku 46' Faizal 48' |
* Umpires: Michihiko Watanabe (JPN) Anand (IND)
* 20 October 2018 18:55
| South Korea | 0–2 | Japan |
| | Report | Yamada 18' Matsumoto 51' |
* Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Khalil Al Balushi (OMA)
* 20 October 2018 21:10
| Pakistan | 1–3 | India |
| Irfan Jr. 1' | Report | Manpreet 24' Mandeep 31' Dilpreet 42' |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Bruce Bale (ENG)
* 21 October 2018 21:10
| India | 9–0 | Japan |
| Mandeep 4', 49', 57' Gurjant 8' Harmanpreet 17', 21' Akashdeep 36' Sumit 42' Lalit 45' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
* 22 October 2018 18:55
| Malaysia | 4–2 | South Korea |
| Firhan 11' Shahril 22' Tengku 35' Faizal 57' | Report | Yang Ji-hun 15' Jang Jong-hyun 20' |
* Umpires: Khalil Al Balushi (OMA) Bruce Bale (ENG)
* 22 October 2018 21:10
| Oman | 1–8 | Pakistan |
| Al Lawati 60' | Report | Bilal 13', 18', 39' Irfan Jr. 22' Butt 26' Irfan 34' Mahmood 45' Atiq 52' |
* Umpires: Anand (IND) Shin Dong Yoon (KOR)
* 23 October 2018 18:55
| South Korea | 4–2 | Oman |
| Hwang Tae-il 7' Cho Suk-hoon 47' Yang Ji-hun 51' Jang Jong-hyun 59' | Report | Al Saadi 6' Al Lawati 36' |
* Umpires: Kamran Hussain (PAK) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)
* 23 October 2018 21:10
| Malaysia | 0–0 | India |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Michihiko Watanabe (JPN) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 24 October 2018 18:55
| Japan | 1–1 | Pakistan |
| Kitazato 12' | Report | Ali 25' |
* Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Bruce Bale (ENG)
* 24 October 2018 21:10
| India | 4–1 | South Korea |
| Harmanpreet 5', 47', 59' Gurjant 10' | Report | Lee Seung-il 20' |
* Umpires: Michihiko Watanabe (JPN) Khalil Al Balushi (OMA)
* 25 October 2018 18:55
| Pakistan | 1–0 | Malaysia |
| Irfan Jr. 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Michihiko Watanabe (JPN) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
* 25 October 2018 21:10
| Japan | 5–0 | Oman |
| Yamasaki 14' W. Matsumoto 33' K. Matsumoto 38' Ochiai 45' Zendana 45' | Report | |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Anand (IND)

### Fifth place game

* 27 October 2018 16:40
| South Korea | 3–1 | Oman |
| Hwang Tae-il 14' Cho Suk-hoon 53' Yang Ji-hun 55' | Report | Al Nofali 15' |
* Umpires: Anand (IND) Kamran Hussain (PAK)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 27 October | 27 October |
| Pakistan (p.s.o.) | 4 (3) |
| Pakistan (p.s.o.) | 4 (3) | 28 October | 28 October |
| Malaysia | 4 (1) | 28 October | 28 October |
| Malaysia | 4 (1) | Pakistan | 0 |
| 27 October | 27 October | | Pakistan | 0 |
| 27 October | 27 October | India | 0 |
| India | 3 | India | 0 |
| Japan | 2 | | |
| Japan | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 28 October | 28 October |
| | | Malaysia (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) |
| | | Japan | 2 (2) |

#### Semi-finals

* 27 October 2018 18:55
| Pakistan | 4–4 | Malaysia |
| Irfan Jr. 6' Bilal 12', 20' Mahmood 15' | Report | Faizal 2', 56' Tengku 43' Aiman 44' |
| Penalties |||
| Arshad Mahmood Ahmad Irfan Jr. A. Butt | 3–1 | Ashari Faizal Aiman Shahril |
* Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Bruce Bale (ENG)
* 27 October 2018 21:10
| India | 3–2 | Japan |
| Gurjant 19' Chinglensana 44' Dilpreet 55' | Report | H. Wakuri 22' Zendana 56' |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)

#### Third place game

* 28 October 2018 18:55
| Malaysia | 2–2 | Japan |
| Faizal 20', 51' | Report | Kitazato 18' H. Wakuri 48' |
| Penalties |||
| Aiman Sumantri Jalil Cholan Tengku | 3–2 | Yamasaki S. Tanaka Ochiai H. Wakuri Matsumoto |
* Umpires: Brace Bale(ENG) Peter Wright(RSA)

#### Final

* 28 October 2018 21:10
| India | match f.o. due to heavy rain | Pakistan |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | India |
| | Pakistan |
| | Malaysia |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | South Korea |
| 6 | Oman |

### Awards

The following individual awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Player of the tournament | Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Highest Scorer of the Tournament | Emerging Player of the Tournament |
| Akashdeep Singh | P. R. Sreejesh | Faizal Saari | Abu Bakkar Mahmood |

### Goalscorers

There were 92 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 4.84 goals per match.
8 goals
* Faizal Saari
6 goals
* Harmanpreet Singh
5 goals
* Dilpreet Singh
* Mandeep Singh
* Aleem Bilal
4 goals
* Gurjant Singh
* Tengku Ahmad Tajudin
* Muhammad Irfan Jr.
3 goals
* Yang Ji-hun
2 goals
* Akashdeep Singh
* Chinglensana Kangujam
* Lalit Upadhyay
* Hirotaka Wakuri
* Hirotaka Zendana
* Kenji Kitazato
* Wataru Matsumoto
* Firhan Ashaari
* Mohammed Al Lawati
* Abu Mahmood
* Cho Suk-hoon
* Hwang Tae-il
* Jang Jong-hyun
1 goal
* Manpreet Singh
* Nilakanta Sharma
* Sumit
* Varun Kumar
* Hiromasa Ochiai
* Kazumasa Matsumoto
* Koji Yamasaki
* Shota Yamada
* Aiman Nik Rozemi
* Shahril Saabah
* Ahmed Al Nofali
* Rashad Al Fazari
* Salah Al Saadi
* Ajaz Ahmad
* Ammad Butt
* Mubashar Ali
* Muhammad Atiq
* Muhammad Irfan
* Muhammad Rizwan Jr.
* Umar Bhutta
* Kim Hyeong-jin
* Lee Seung-Il
Source: FIH