Game Outline

   Asian Champions Challenge hostd by Asian Hockey Federation is an international competition to decide Asian champion and has been held since 2011. After the league games among the 6 participating countries in the group stage, the 1st to 6th place match will be held. Japan is qualified for this competition 5 times in row, following Kuantan 2016.

Name	The 5th Asian Champions Trophy (2013/Kakamigahara)
Host	AHF Asian Hockey Federation
Administrator	Japan Hockey Association, Gifu-ken Hockey Association
Host City	Gifu-ken Kakamigahara City
Date	From October 18 to 28, 2018 Game Schedule
Place	Muscat / Oman
Participating Countries	6 countries(Japn, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Korea, Oman(Host))
Game Management	After group leagues among all the teams, consolation finals will be held based on the ranking of the group leagues. (Final, 3rd to 5th place match)

Candidates to represent Japan in Asian Champions Trophy

• Men’s National Team (Staffs and Players) for Asian Champions Trophy (2018/Muscat) (at the date of October 16, 2018)

Final Ranking and Participating Countries

	Team	World Ranking
Champion	India	5th
	Pakistan	13th
3rd	Malaysia	12th
4th	Japan	16th
5th	Korea	14th
6th	Oman (Host)	33h

FIH World Ranking at the date of October 16, 2018

Game Schedule and Results

※ WR = FIH World Ranking

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
1	1st day	Oman	Japan WR16th	0-3	Malaysia WR12th
	10/18 23:55
2	1st day	Oman	India WR5th	11-0	Oman WR33th
	10/19 02:10
3	2nd day	Oman	Pakistan WR13th	3-1	Korea WR14th
	10/19 23:55
4	2nd day	Oman	Oman WR33th	1-3	Malaysia WR12th
	10/20 02:10
5	3rd day	Oman	Japan WR16th	2-0	Korea WR14th
	10/20 23:55
6	3rd day	Oman	Pakistan WR13th	1-3	India WR5th
	10/21 02:10
7	4th day	Oman	Japan WR16th	0-9	India WR5th
	10/22 02:10
8	5th day	Oman	Malaysia WR12th	4-2	Korea WR14th
	10/22 23:55
9	5th day	Oman	Oman WR33th	1-8	Pakistan WR13th
	10/23 02:10
10	6th day	Oman	Korea WR14th	4-2	Oman WR33th
	10/23 23:55
11	6th day	Oman	Malaysia WR12th	0-0	India WR5th
	10/24 02:10
12	7th day	Oman	Japan WR16th	1-1	Pakistan WR13th
	10/24 23:55
13	7th day	Oman	India WR5th	4-1	Korea WR14th
	10/25 02:10
14	8th day	Oman	Pakistan WR13th	1-0	Malaysia WR12th
	10/25 23:55
15	8th day	Oman	Japan WR16th	5-0	Oman WR33th
	10/26 02:10

Final and Consolation Finals

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
16	9th day 5th place match	Oman	Korea WR14th	3-1	Oman WR33th
	10/27 21:40
17	9th day Semifinal	Oman	Pakistan WR13th	4-4 SO3-1	Malaysia WR12th
	10/27 23:55
18	9th day Semifinal	Oman	Japan WR16th	2-3	India WR5th
	10/28 02:10
19	Final day 3rd place match	Oman	Japan WR16th	2-2 SO2-3	Malaysia WR12th
	10/28 23:55
20	Final day Final	Oman	Pakistan WR13th	-:–	India WR5th
	10/29 02:10

※ Final (India (WR5th) vs Pakistan (WR13th) ) on October 29 was canceled due to hard rain.

Group League – Ranking and Standings

Team		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	India	–	○ 3:1	△ 0:0	○ 9:0	○ 4:1	○ 11:0
2	Pakistan	● 1:3	–	○ 1:0	△ 1:1	○ 3:1	○ 8:1
3	Malaysia	△ 0:0	● 0:1	–	○ 3:0	○ 4:2	○ 3:1
4	Japan	● 0:9	△ 1:1	● 0:3	–	○ 2:0	○ 5:0
5	Korea	● 1:4	● 1:3	● 2:4	● 0:2	–	○ 4:2
6	Oman	● 0:11	● 1:8	● 1:3	● 0:5	● 2:4	–

Ranking	Team		Played	W	D	L	TG	GD	Pts
1 [•]		India	5	4	1	0	27	25	13
2 [↑]		Pakistan	5	3	1	1	14	8	10
3 [↓]		Malaysia	5	3	1	1	10	6	10
4 [•]		Japan	5	2	1	2	8	-5	7
5 [•]		Korea	5	1	0	4	8	-7	3
6 [•]		Oman	5	0	0	5	4	-27	0

Map

Sultan Oaboos Sports Complex

Game Video

【FIH Official YouTube】

• 1st game Japan vs Malaysia
• 2nd game Japan vs Korea
• 3rd game Japan vs India
• 4th game Japan vs Pakistan
• 5th game Japan vs Oman
• Semifinal Japan vs India
• 3rd place match Japan vs Malaysia

Related Information

• AHF Asia Hockey Federation [Official Site]
• AHF Asia Hockey Federation [Official Facebook]
• FIH – 5th Asian Champions Trophy (2018/Muscat) – Official YouTube – Live Broadcast