India wins its 4th Men’s Asian Champions Hockey Trophy defeating Malaysia 4-2
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The Indian men’s hockey team defeated Malaysia by 4-3 goals in the final of the 7th Asian Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy to win its record 4th title . The final was played at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on 12th August 2023.
Indian team led by captain Harmanpreet Singh has become the most successful team in the Asian Champions Trophy. Pakistan has won it three times .
Jugraj Singh , Harmanpreet Singh ,Gurjant Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored the goals for India while Abu Kamal Azrai, Razie Rahim , Aminudin Muhamad scored for Malaysia.
Earlier India defeated Japan 5-0 and Malaysia defeated South Korea 6-2 in the semi-final.
The 7th Asian men’s hockey championship 2023 was held in Chennai from 5-12 August 2023.
The mascot of the 7th Asian Champions Trophy 2023 hockey tournament for men’s was Bomman. Bomman is an Asian Elephant.
Six countries -India, South Korea,China, Malaysia,Japan and Pakistan participated in the 7th Asian Champions Trophy.
Asian Men’s Hockey Championship
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Edition |
Place |
Winner (Gold) |
Runners up(Silver) |
Third Place (Bronze ) |
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2011 |
Ordo(China) |
India |
Pakistan |
Malaysia |
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2012 |
Doha (Qatar) |
Pakistan |
India |
Malaysia |
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2013 |
Kakamigahara(Japan) |
Pakistan |
Japan |
Malaysia |
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2016 |
Kuantan(Malaysia) |
India |
Pakistan |
Malaysia |
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2018 |
Muscat(Oman) |
India and Pakistan Join winner |
NA |
Malaysia |
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2021 |
Dhaka (Bangladesh) |
South Korea |
Japan |
India |
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2023 |
Chennai |
India |
Malaysia |
Japan |
Asian Hockey Federation
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The Asian Hockey Federation was founded during the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan in 1958.
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India is the founding member of the Asian Hockey Federation and currently 31 countries of Asia are its members.
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It is the governing body of international hockey in the Asian region.
Headquarters : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
