Game Outline
The Asian Champions Trophy, organized by the Asian Hockey Confederation, is an international tournament held since 2011 to determine the Asian field hockey champion of the year. 6 countries compete in a league-style group stage, followed by the 1st to 6th rounds. Japan will be participating in the tournament for the seventh consecutive time, following its appearance in the previous edition in Dhaka.
| Name | 7th Men’s Asian Champions Trophy (2023/Chennai) |
|---|---|
| Host | AHF Asian Hockey Federation |
| Date | August 3 – 12, 2023 (10 days) Game Schedule Game Schedule (FIH- TMS Official Site) |
| Host City | Chennai, India UTC+5:30 (Time difference from Japan – 3 hours 30 minutes)) |
| Place | Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium |
| Participating Countries | Japan, India (Host), Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, China |
| Match System | After the group stage, in which all teams compete in a league format, a ranking match will be held to determine the winner based on the standings. |
Japan Men’s National Team
- Candidates for 7th Asian Champions Trophy (2023/Chennai)(at the date of July 27, 2023)
Final Results and Participating Countries
| Team | World Ranking | World Ranking After Tournament |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |  India (Host) |
4th | 4th |
| 2nd |  Malaysia |
10th | 9th |
| 3rd |  Japan |
19th | 19th |
| 4th |  Korea |
9th | 10th |
| 5th |  Pakistan |
16th | 16th |
| 6th |  China |
25th | 28th |
FIH World Ranking as of August 2 (before the tournament) and as of August 13 (after the tournament)
*Current FIH World Ranking (Please select Men) [FIH Official Website]
Game Schedule and Results
※ WR ＝ FIH World Ranking
| № | Date | Match-up | Game Record |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1st day | Chennai | Japan WR 19th |
1-2 | Korea WR 9th |
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| 8/3 19:30 | ||||||
| 2 | 1st day | Chennai | Malaysia WR 10th |
3-1 | Pakistan WR 16th |
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| 8/3 21:45 | ||||||
| 3 | 1st day | Chennai | India WR 5th |
7-2 | China WR 24th |
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| 8/4 00:00 | ||||||
| 4 | 2nd day | Chennai | Korea WR 9th |
1-1 | Pakistan WR 16th |
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| 8/4 19:30 | ||||||
| 5 | 2nd day | Chennai | China WR 24th |
1-5 | Malaysia WR 10th |
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| 8/4 21:45 | ||||||
| 6 | 2nd day | Chennai | Japan WR 19th |
1-1 | India WR 5th |
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| 8/5 00:00 | ||||||
| 7 | 3rd day | Chennai | China WR 24th |
1-1 | Korea WR 9th |
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| 8/6 19:30 | ||||||
| 8 | 3rd day | Chennai | Japan WR 19th |
3-3 | Pakistan WR 16th |
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| 8/6 21:45 | ||||||
| 9 | 3rd day | Chennai | Malaysia WR 10th |
0-5 | India WR 5th |
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| 8/7 00:00 | ||||||
| 10 | 4th day | Chennai | Japan WR 19th |
1-3 | Malaysia WR 10th |
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| 8/7 19:30 | ||||||
| 11 | 4th day | Chennai | Pakistan WR 16th |
2-1 | China WR 24th |
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| 8/7 21:45 | ||||||
| 12 | 4th day | Chennai | Korea WR 9th |
2-3 | India WR 5th |
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| 8/8 00:00 | ||||||
| 13 | 5th day | Chennai | Japan WR 19th |
2-1 | China WR 24th |
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| 8/9 19:30 | ||||||
| 14 | 5th day | Chennai | Malaysia WR 10th |
1-0 | Korea WR 9th |
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| 8/9 21:45 | ||||||
| 15 | 5th day | Chennai | India WR 5th |
4-0 | Pakistan WR 16th |
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| 8/10 00:00 | ||||||
Final and Consolation Finals
| № | Date | Match-up | Game Record |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 6th day 5th place match | Chennai | Pakistan WR 16th |
6-1 | China WR 25th |
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| 8/11 19:00 | ||||||
| 17 | 6th day Semifinal | Chennai | Malaysia WR 10th |
6-2 | Korea WR 9th |
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| 8/11 21:30 | ||||||
| 18 | 6th day Semifinal | Chennai | Japan WR 19th |
0-5 | India WR 5th |
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| 8/12 00:00 | ||||||
| 19 | Final day 3rd place match |
Chennai | Japan WR 19th |
5-3 | Korea WR 9th |
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| 8/12 21:30 | ||||||
| 20 | Final day Final |
Chennai | Malaysia WR 10th |
3-4 | India WR 5th |
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| 8/13 00:00 | ||||||
Group League Ranking and Standings
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | – | ○ 5:0 |
○ 3:2 |
-:- | △ 1:1 |
○ 7:2 |
| 2 | Malaysia | ● 0:5 |
– | -:- | ○ 3:1 |
○ 3:1 |
○ 5:1 |
| 3 | Korea | ● 2:3 |
-:- | – | △ 1:1 |
○ 2:1 |
△ 1:1 |
| 4 | Pakistan | -:- | ● 1:3 |
△ 1:1 |
– | △ 3:3 |
○ 2:1 |
| 5 | Japan | △ 1:1 |
● 1:3 |
● 1:2 |
△ 3:3 |
– | -:- |
| 6 | China | ● 2:7 |
● 1:5 |
△ 1:1 |
● 1:2 |
-:- | – |
| Ranking | Team | Played | W | D | L | TG | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 [↑] |  |
India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 [↓] |  |
Malaysia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 [•] |  |
Korea | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 [•] |  |
Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 5 |
| 5 [•] |  |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 2 | |
| 6 [•] |  |
China | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -10 | 1 |
Map
Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium
Related Information
- AHF Asian Hockey Federation [Official Site]
- AHF Asian Hockey Federation [Official Facebook]
- FIH Official Social Media [Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube]
- FIH – TMS [Official Site]
- Watch.Hockey [Hockey Broadcasting Site]
- Japan Men’s National Team “Samurai Japan
