Rajgir, Bihar to host 8th Women’s Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2024

Rajgir, Bihar, will host the 8th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament 2024. This is the second consecutive time that India will host the tournament. India hosted the 7th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Ranchi, Jharkhand, from 27 October to 5 November 2023, which the Indian team won. 

Host of the 8th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament 2024

The Asian Hockey Federation President, Dato Fumio Ogura, announced India as the host of the 8th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament 2024 on 29th August 2024.

The 8th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament 2024 will be hosted by Hockey India and the Bihar government from November 11 to 20, 2024. The tournament will be played at the newly developed Rajgir Hockey Stadium in Rajgir.

Teams in the 8th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament

The top six Asian women's hockey teams participate in the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament.

Defending champion and host India,2024 Paris Olympics silver medallist China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand are expected to participate in the tournament. 

The Women’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament is played in a round-robin format where the teams play with each other. The top four teams qualify for the semi-finals, and the winners of the semi-finals will play the final on 20th November 2024.

Women’s Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 

Since 2010, the Asian Hockey Federation has organised the Women’s Asian Hockey Champions Trophy in association with a member Hockey Federation. 

The first Women’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament was held in 2010, and the second in 2011. 

After that, the Asian Hockey Federation decided to hold both the men’s and women’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournaments in the same year.

South Korea is the most successful team, having won it three times, followed by India and Japan, which have each won twice.

For details about the men’s  Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2024, click here 

Asian Hockey Federation

Members: 31 Countries  

Headquarters: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

President: Dato Fumio Ogura