# 2012 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

The 2012 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the second edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy. The tournament was held from 20 to 27 December 2012 in Doha, Qatar. The top six Asian teams (India, Oman, Pakistan, China, Malaysia and Japan) participated in the tournament, which involved round-robin league among all teams followed by play-offs for final positions.
India entered the tournament as the defending champion, but lost to Pakistan in the final by a score of 5-4.

## Teams

| Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| China | 2nd | 2011 | 6th (2011) |
| India | 2nd | 2011 | 1st (2011) |
| Japan | 2nd | 2011 | 4th (2011) |
| Malaysia | 2nd | 2011 | 3rd (2011) |
| Oman | 1st | None | Debut |
| Pakistan | 2nd | 2011 | 2nd (2011) |

## Fixtures

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3)

### Round robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 12 | Final |
| 2 | Pakistan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 10 | Final |
| 3 | Malaysia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 10 | Third place game |
| 4 | China | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 9 | Third place game |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Oman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 37 | −31 | 0 | Fifth place game |
* 20 December 2012 15:00
| Malaysia | 4–1 | Japan |
| Tengku 3' Faizal 17' Hafifi 32' Razie 58' | Report | Tachibana 65' |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Shin Dong-yun (KOR)
* 20 December 2012 17:00
| India | 4–0 | China |
| Sunil 13' Raghunath 18', 53' 54' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jang Jung-min (KOR) Lingam Karupusamy (MAS)
* 20 December 2012 19:00
| Oman | 3–8 | Pakistan |
| Rajab 14', 57' Bait Jandal 20' | Report | Rizwan 2' Waqas 30', 63' Abbasi 39', 61', 68' Khan 51' Imran 54' |
* Umpires: Pankaj Tyagi (IND) You Suolong (CHN)
* 21 December 2012 15:00
| Japan | 1–3 | India |
| Kayukawa 50' | Report | Raghunath 22', 59' Gurwinder 51' |
* Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA)
* 21 December 2012 17:00
| Pakistan | 5–2 | China |
| Waqas 9', 33' Abbasi 23' Khan 53', 69' | Report | Yu Yang 10' Liu Yixian 25' |
* Umpires: Lingam Karupusamy (MAS) Shin Dong-yun (KOR)
* 21 December 2012 19:00
| Oman | 1–4 | Malaysia |
| Bait Jandal 16' | Report | Faizal 23' Razie 28', 63' Tengku 66' |
* Umpires: Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN) Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
* 23 December 2012 15:00
| China | 4–2 | Japan |
| Dong Yang 3' Song Yi 35', 40' Liu Yixian 62' | Report | K. Kawakami 28' Kayukawa 65' |
* Umpires: Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA) Lingam Karupusamy (MAS)
* 23 December 2012 17:00
| Oman | 0–11 | India |
| | Report | Sunil 3' Dharamvir 7', 56' Raghunath 29', 38' Rupinder 31', 43' Gurwinder 44' Akashdeep 52' Harbir 64' Danish 66' |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Jang Jung-min (KOR)
* 23 December 2012 19:00
| Pakistan | 3–3 | Malaysia |
| Rizwan 21' Waqas 55', 57' | Report | 20' Faizal 43' Tengku 68' |
* Umpires: Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN) Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
* 24 December 2012 15:00
| Oman | 1–7 | Japan |
| Rajab 7' | Report | 11' Kawauchi 21', 45' Ijima 22' K. Kawakami 32' Nagasawa 49', 54' |
* Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
* 24 December 2012 17:00
| China | 2–1 | Malaysia |
| Huang Yue 31' Song Yi 34' | Report | Faizal 63' |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Shin Dong-yun (KOR)
* 24 December 2012 19:00
| Pakistan | 1–2 | India |
| Waqas 56' | Report | Rupinder 36' Chinglensana 49' |
* Umpires: Lingam Karupusamy (MAS) Jang Jung-min (KOR)
* 26 December 2012 13:00
| China | 7–1 | Oman |
| Liu Yixian 4', 69' Song Yi 9', 46' Dong Yang 27' Guo Zhong Qiang 32' Sun Tianjun 56' | Report | 51' |
* Umpires: Shin Dong-yun (KOR) Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)
* 26 December 2012 15:00
| Pakistan | 5–2 | Japan |
| Waqas 1', 36' Abbasi 34' Khan 44', 63' | Report | Yoshihara 8' Tachibana 23' |
* Umpires: Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA) You Suolong (CHN)
* 26 December 2012 17:00
| Malaysia | 5–3 | India |
| Fitri 18', 27' Azlan 20' Faizal 38' Adabi 68' | Report | Birendra 48' Sunil 61' Raghunath 63' |
* Umpires: Jang Jung-min (KOR) Haider Rasool (PAK)

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

* 27 December 2012 14:30
| Japan | 1–2 | Oman |
| Kawauchi 29' | Report | Saad Jumaan 33' Al-Shibli 70' |
* Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Lingam Karupusamy (MAS)

#### Third place game

* 27 December 2012 17:00
| Malaysia | 3–1 | China |
| Marhan 40' Razie 60' 61' | Report | Liu Yixian 19' |
* Umpires: Pankaj Tyagi (IND) Haider Rasool (PAK)

#### Final

* 27 December 2012 19:30
| India | 4–5 | Pakistan |
| Sunil 8' Raghunath 21' Gurwinder 55' Rupinder 59' | Report | Waqas 7', 56' Rasool 42' Mehmood 48' Ateeq 64' |
* Umpires: Jang Jung-min (KOR) Shin Dong-yun (KOR)

## Statistics
### Final standings

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

### Goalscorers

There were 112 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 6.22 goals per match.
11 goals
* Muhammad Waqas
8 goals
* V. R. Raghunath
5 goals
* Liu Yixian
* Song Yi
* Faizal Saari
* Shakeel Abbasi
* Abdul Haseem Kham
4 goals
* Rupinder Pal Singh
* S. V. Sunil
* Razie Rahim
3 goals
* Gurwinder Singh Chandi
* Shinji Kawauchi
* Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
* Basim Khatar Rajab
2 goals
* Dong Yang
* Dharamvir Singh
* Kei Kawakami
* Koji Kayukawa
* Katsuyoshi Nagasawa
* Toshiro Tachibana
* Fitri Saari
* Mohammed Bait Jandal
* Muhammad Rizwan Sr.
1 goal
* Guo Zhong Qiang
* Huang Yue
* Sun Tianjun
* Yu Yang
* Chinglensana Kangujam
* Birendra Lakra
* Danish Mujtaba
* Harbir Singh Sandhu
* Akashdeep Singh
* Hiroki Ijima
* Heita Yoshihara
* Adabi Azammi
* Hafifi Hanafi
* Marhan Jalil
* Azlan Misron
* Samir Al-Shibli
* Anwar Saad Jumaan
* Muhammad Ateeq
* Muhammad Imran
* Rashid Mehmood
* Shafqat Rasool
1 own goal
* Oman (against Japan)
* Pakistan (against Malaysia)
3 own goals
* China (against India, Malaysia & Oman)
Source: FIH