{{Short description|Field hockey championship}} {{Infobox sports league | title = Men's Asian Champions Trophy | current_season = | Upcoming_season = 2026 Men's Asian Champions Trophy | upcoming_season = 2026 Men's Asian Champions Trophy | logo = | logo_size = <!-- use a format of ##px, such as 120px --> | caption = | sport = Field hockey | founded = {{Start date and age|2011}} | inaugural = 2011 | teams = 6 | confed = Asian Hockey Federation | champion = {{fh|IND}} (5th title) | champ_season = 2024 | most_champs = {{fh|IND}} (5 titles) }}
The '''Men's Asian Champions Trophy''' is an event held annually by the Asian Hockey Federation since 2011. It features Asia's six top field hockey teams in the hockey season competing in a round robin format. India is the most successful team in the tournament history, winning the trophy five times. The next most frequent champion has been Pakistan, winning the trophy thrice.
India won the 2024 edition against China 1–0 in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/hockey/india-vs-china-live-hockey-score-mens-asian-champions-trophy-2024-ind-vs-chn-final-match-updates-september-17-101726555802228.html|title=India vs China, Asian Champions Trophy Final Highlights: IND beat CHN 1-0, defend Asian crown}}</ref> At the 2018 edition, the final between India and Pakistan was abandoned due to heavy rainfall and the two nations were declared joint winners.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/hockey/asian-champions-trophy-2018-India-vs-pakistan-mens-hockey-final-match-live-updates-1938949|title=India vs Pakistan, Asian Champions Trophy Final Highlights: India, Pakistan Declared Joint Winners After Final Abandoned Due To Rain – NDTV Sports|last=NDTVSports.com|work=NDTVSports.com|access-date=2018-10-28|language=en}}</ref>
==Results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:100%; font-size:90%;" !rowspan=2 width=5%|Year !rowspan=2 width=10%|Host !width=1% rowspan=10| !colspan=3|Final !width=1% rowspan=10| !colspan=3|Third place match !width=1% rowspan=10| !width=6% rowspan=2|Number of teams |- !width=14%|Winner !width=10%|Score !width=14%|Runner-up !width=14%|Third place !width=10%|Score !width=14%|Fourth place |- |2011 <br /> ''Details'' |Ordos, China |'''{{Fh-big|India}}''' |'''0–0''' <br />(4–2 S.O.) |{{Fh-big|Pakistan}} |{{Fh-big|Malaysia}} |'''1–0''' |{{Fh-big|Japan}} |6 |- |2012 <br /> ''Details'' |Doha, Qatar |'''{{Fh-big|Pakistan}}''' |'''5–4''' ||{{Fh-big|India}} |{{Fh-big|Malaysia}} |'''3–1''' |{{Fh-big|China}} |6 |- |2013<br />''Details'' |Kakamigahara, Japan |'''{{Fh-big|Pakistan}}''' |'''3–1''' ||{{Fh-big|Japan}} |{{Fh-big|Malaysia}} |'''3–0''' |{{Fh-big|China}} |6 |- |2016 <br /> ''Details'' |Kuantan, Malaysia |'''{{Fh-big|India}}''' |'''3–2''' |{{Fh-big|Pakistan}} |{{Fh-big|Malaysia}} |'''1–1'''<br />(3–1 S.O.) |{{Fh-big|South Korea}} |6 |- |2018 <br /> ''Details'' |Muscat, Oman |colspan=3|'''{{fh|India|size=30px}}''' and '''{{fh|Pakistan|size=30px}}'''<br />(Joint winners) |{{Fh-big|Malaysia}} |'''2–2'''<br />(3–2 S.O.) |{{Fh-big|Japan}} |6 |- |2021<br/>''Details'' |Dhaka, Bangladesh |'''{{Fh-big|South Korea}}''' |'''3–3'''<br />(4–2 S.O.) |{{Fh-big|Japan}} |{{fh-big|IND}} |'''4–3''' |{{fh-big|PAK}} |5 |- |2023<br/>''Details'' |Chennai, India |'''{{Fh-big|India}}''' |'''4–3''' |{{Fh-big|Malaysia}} |{{fh-big|JPN}} |'''5–3''' |{{fh-big|KOR}} |6 |- |2024<br />''Details'' |Hulunbuir, China |'''{{Fh-big|IND}}''' |'''1–0''' |{{Fh-big|CHN}} |{{Fh-big|PAK}} |'''5–2''' |{{Fh-big|KOR}} |6 |}
===Summary=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Team !Winners !Runners-up !Third place !Fourth place |- |style=background:#FFF68F|{{Fh|India}} |style=background:#FFF68F|5 (2011, 2016, 2018^, 2023*, 2024) |1 (2012) |1 (2021) | |- |style=background:#FFF68F|{{Fh|Pakistan}} |style=background:#FFF68F|3 (2012, 2013, 2018^) |2 (2011, 2016) |1 (2024) |1 (2021) |- |style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|KOR}} |style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2021) | | |3 (2016, 2023, 2024) |- |style=background:|{{fh|Japan}} |style=background:| |2 (2013*, 2021) |1 (2023) |2 (2011, 2018) |- |style=background:|{{Fh|Malaysia}} |style=background:| |1 (2023) |5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016*, 2018) | |- |style=background:|{{fh|China}} |style=background:| |1 (2024*) | |2 (2012, 2013) |} :<nowiki>*</nowiki> = ''host nation'' :<nowiki>^</nowiki> = ''title shared''
===Team appearances=== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" !Team !{{flagicon|China}}<br />2011 !{{flagicon|Qatar}}<br />2012 !{{flagicon|Japan}}<br />2013 !{{flagicon|Malaysia}}<br />2016 !{{flagicon|Oman}}<br />2018 !{{flagicon|BAN}}<br/>2021 !{{Flagicon|India}}<br />2023 !{{flagicon|China}}<br />2024 !Total |- |align=left|{{fh|Bangladesh}} |–||–||–||–||–||5th||–||–||'''1''' |- |align=left|{{fh|China}} |6th||4th||4th||5th||–||–||6th||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||'''6''' |- |align=left|{{fh|India}} |bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||5th||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||'''8''' |- |align=left|{{fh|Japan}} |4th||6th||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||6th||4th||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||5th||'''8''' |- |align=left|{{fh|Malaysia}} |bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||WD||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||6th||'''7''' |- |align=left|{{fh|Oman}} |–||5th||6th||–||6th ||–||–||–||'''3''' |- |align=left|{{fh|Pakistan}} |bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' ||4th||5th||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||'''8''' |- |align=left|{{fh|South Korea}} |5th||–||–||4th||5th ||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||4th||4th||'''6''' |- !Total||6||6||6||6||6||5||6||6|| |}
==See also== * Men's Hockey Asia Cup * Women's Asian Champions Trophy
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.asiahockey.org/ Asian Hockey Federation]
{{Men's Asian Champions Trophy}} {{Men's AHF Asian Champions Trophy winners}} {{International field hockey}}
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