# 2013 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

The 2013 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the third edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy. The tournament was held alongside the women's tournament in Kakamigara, Japan from 2 to 10 November 2013.
The Six Asian teams (Pakistan, China, India, Japan, Oman and Malaysia) participated in the tournament which involved round-robin league among all teams followed by play-offs for final positions.
The defending champions Pakistan won the tournament for the second time by defeating the hosts Japan 3–1 in the final.

## Teams

Below is the list of the participating teams for the tournament
| Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| China | 3rd | 2012 | 4th (2012) |
| India | 3rd | 2012 | 1st (2011) |
| Japan | 3rd | 2012 | 4th (2011) |
| Malaysia | 3rd | 2012 | 3rd (2011, 2012) |
| Oman | 2nd | 2012 | 5th (2012) |
| Pakistan | 3rd | 2012 | 1st (2012) |

## Fixtures

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

### Round robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 13 | Final |
| 2 | Japan (H) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Final |
| 3 | China | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 9 | Third place game |
| 4 | Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | Third place game |
| 5 | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Oman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 0 | Fifth place game |
* 2 November 2013 14:30
| Malaysia | 0–1 | Japan |
| | Report | Yamabe 70' |
* Umpires: Jang Jung-min (KOR) Thani Saheem (OMA)
* 2 November 2013 16:30
| Pakistan | 8–0 | Oman |
| Hussain 16', 52' Imran 31', 41', 64' Dilber 34', 53' Tousiq 46' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lingam Karupusamy (MAS) Shin Dong-yun (KOR)
* 2 November 2013 18:30
| India | 0–2 | China |
| | Report | Yu Xin 50' E Liguang 55' |
* Umpires: Kamran Hussain (PAK) Yuji Hosokawa (JPN)
* 3 November 2013 14:30
| Oman | 3–5 | Malaysia |
| Al-Shaaibi 12' Al-Shar 24' Awadh 48' | Report | Marhan 2' Faizal 29', 35', 62', 70' |
* Umpires: Li Songxin (CHN) Kamran Hussain (PAK)
* 3 November 2013 16:30
| Pakistan | 5–1 | China |
| Imran 21', 34' Khan 31' Rizwan Sr. 40' Dilber 42' | Report | Zhang Zhixuan 18' |
* Umpires: Ripudaman Sharma (IND) Thani Saheem (OMA)
* 3 November 2013 18:30
| India | 1–2 | Japan |
| Gurjinder 12' | Report | Yoshihara 23', 54' |
* Umpires: Jang Jung-min (KOR) Lingam Karupusamy (MAS)
* 5 November 2013 16:30
| Oman | 0–3 | India |
| | Report | Akashdeep 19' Talwinder 30' Amit 62' |
* Umpires: Shin Dong-yun (KOR) Yuji Hosokawa (JPN)
* 5 November 2013 16:30
| Malaysia | 0–1 | Pakistan |
| | Report | Rasool 70' |
* Umpires: Jang Jung-min (KOR) Li Songxin (CHN)
* 5 November 2013 18:30
| Japan | 1–3 | China |
| K. Kawakami 68' | Report | Sun Long 15', 50' E Liguang 45' |
* Umpires: Ripudaman Sharma (IND) Kamran Hussain (PAK)
* 7 November 2013 10:30
| China | 4–5 | Malaysia |
| Du Talake 6' Li Zecheng 23', 43' Wang Zipeng 64' | Report | Faizal 4' Razie 11', 47' Ismail 26' Amirullah 48' |
* Umpires: Ripudaman Sharma (IND) Thani Saheem (OMA)
* 7 November 2013 12:30
| India | 4–5 | Pakistan |
| Gurjinder 24' Amit 30' Manpreet 40' Malak 49' | Report | Khan 2' Imran 35' Rizwan Sr. 36', 44' Rizwan Jr. 53' |
* Umpires: Jang Jung-min (KOR) Yuji Hosokawa (JPN)
* 7 November 2013 14:30
| Japan | 4–0 | Oman |
| Tachibana 8', 43', 58' Hatakeyama 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lingam Karupusamy (MAS) Li Songxin (CHN)
* 8 November 2013 14:30
| Malaysia | 3–4 | India |
| Azreen 10' Faizal 12', 67' | Report | Ramandeep 4' Malak 41', 51' Mandeep 54' |
* Umpires: Kamran Hussain (PAK) Shin Dong-yun (KOR)
* 8 November 2013 16:30
| China | 6–0 | Oman |
| Li Zecheng 13' Du Talake 17', 58' Guo Xiaoping 19' Zhang Zhixuan 52', 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: Yuji Hosokawa (JPN) Ripudaman Sharma (IND)
* 8 November 2013 18:30
| Pakistan | 2–2 | Japan |
| Khan 34' Rizwan Jr. 40' | Report | Kayukawa 23' Yamabe 42' |
* Umpires: Lingam Karupusamy (MAS) Li Songxin (CHN)

### Classification round
#### Fifth place game

* 10 November 2013 10:00
| India | 6–1 | Oman |
| Kothajit 6' Gurjinder 11' Akashdeep 24', 40', 68' Malak 66' | Report | Al-Shar 58' |
* Umpires: Kamran Hussain (PAK) Shin Dong-yun (KOR)

#### Third place game

* 10 November 2013 12:30
| China | 0–3 | Malaysia |
| | Report | Faizal 2', 51' Adabi 46' |
* Umpires: Yuji Hosokawa (JPN) Ripudaman Sharma (IND)

#### Final

* 10 November 2013 15:00
| Pakistan | 3–1 | Japan |
| Rizwan Sr. 40' Khan 61' A. Butt 65' | Report | K. Kawakami 11' |
* Umpires: Lingam Karupusamy (MAS) Jang Jong-min (KOR)

## Statistics
### Final standings

* Pakistan
* Japan
* Malaysia
* China
* India
* Oman

### Goalscorers

There were 89 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.94 goals per match.
9 goals
* Faizal Saari
6 goals
* Muhammad Imran
4 goals
* Akashdeep Singh
* Malak Singh
* Abdul Haseem Khan
* Muhammad Rizwan Sr.
3 goals
* Du Talake
* Li Zecheng
* Zhang Zhixuan
* Gurjinder Singh
* Toshiro Tachibana
* Muhammad Dilber
2 goals
* E Liguang
* Sun Long
* Amit Rohidas
* Kei Kawakami
* Koshi Yamabe
* Heita Yoshihara
* Razie Rahim
* Mohamed Hubais Al-Shar
* Salman Hussain
* Muhammad Rizwan Jr.
1 goal
* Guo Xiaoping
* Wang Zipeng
* Yu Xin
* Manabu Hatakeyama
* Koji Kayukawa
* Kothajit Khadangbam
* Mandeep Singh
* Manpreet Singh
* Ramandeep Singh
* Talwinder Singh
* Ismail Abu
* Adabi Azammi
* Marhan Jalil
* Azreen Nasir
* Amirullah Zainol
* Khalid Al-Shaaibi
* Mohammed Abdullah Bait Awadh
* Ammad Butt
* Shafqat Rasool
* Muhammad Tousiq
Source: FIH