The Asian Champions Trophy 2023 hockey tournament was held at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai from August 3 to August 12.
Six of Asia’s top-ranked hockey teams - India, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Japan and the People’s Republic of China - played in the 2023 Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament.
Asian Champions Trophy 2023 format
The Asian Champions Trophy 2023 was conducted in two phases - a group stage where all six teams played each other in a single-legged round-robin format followed by the knockout/classification stage.
After the group stage, the top four teams made the semi-finals while the bottom two played in the fifth-place classification match. The two losing semi-finalists, meanwhile, played each other in the third-place playoff match.
The Indian men’s hockey team won the tournament after defeating Malaysia 4-3 in the final to claim a record fourth title.
Japan beat Korea 5-3 for to finish third while Pakistan beat China 6-1 to finish fifth.
Asian Champions Trophy 2023 hockey: Results, scores and points table
* Qualifed for semi-finals
Glossary: GF - Goals For (Goals Scored), GA - Goals Against (Goals Conceded), GD - Goal Difference
Asian Champions Trophy 2023 hockey group stage results and scores
August 3, Thursday
Korea 2-1 Japan
Malaysia 3-1 Pakistan
India 7-2 China
August 4, Friday
Korea 1-1 Pakistan
China 1-5 Malaysia
India 1-1 Japan
August 6, Sunday
China 1-1 Korea
Pakistan 3-3 Japan
Malaysia 0-5 India
August 7, Monday
Japan 1-3 Malaysia
Pakistan 2-1 China
Korea 2-3 India
August 9, Wednesday
Japan 2-1 China
Malaysia 1-0 Korea
India 4-0 Pakistan
Asian Champions Trophy 2023 hockey semi-finals / classification results and scores
August 11, Friday
Fifth place game: Pakistan 6-1 China
Semi-final 1: Malaysia 6-2 Korea
Semi-final 2: India 5-0 Japan
Asian Champions Trophy 2023 hockey final / classification results and scores
August 12, Saturday
Third place game: Korea 3-5 Japan
Final: India 4-3 Malaysia