Asian Hockey Champions Trophy

Asian Hockey Champions Trophy

Sport	Field hockey
Founded	2011
No. of teams	M: 6 W: 5
Continent	Asia (ASHF)
Most recent champion(s)	M:  India (2nd title) W:  South Korea (3rd title)
Most titles	M:  Pakistan,  India (2 titles each) W:  South Korea (3 titles)
Official website	asiahockey.org

The Asian Hockey Champions Trophy is an event held annually by the Asian Hockey Federation (since 2011). It features the Asian Games top six field hockey teams competing in a round robin format. Pakistan and India are the most successful teams in Asian Hockey Champions Trophy; Pakistan and India have won the trophy twice.

India is the defending champion of the Men's Trophy.^[1] They won their second title in 2016 by beating Pakistan 3-2 in the final. India is the defending champion of the Women's Trophy.

Summary

Men

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth place
2011 Details	Ordos, China		India	0–0 Penalties (4–2)	Pakistan		Malaysia	1-0	Japan
2012 Details	Doha, Qatar		Pakistan	5–4	India		Malaysia	3-1	China
2013 Details	Kakamigahara, Japan		Pakistan	3–1	Japan		Malaysia	3-0	China
2016 Details	Kuantan, Malaysia		India	3–2	Pakistan		Malaysia	1-1 (3–1)	South Korea
2018 Details	Muscat, Oman

Most successful teams

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third Places	Fourth Places
Pakistan	2 (2012, 2013)	2 (2011, 2016)
India	2 (2011, 2016)	1 (2012)
Japan		1 (2013)		1 (2011)
Malaysia			4 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016)
China				2 (2012, 2013)

Team appearances

Team	2011	2012	2013	2016	2018	Total
China	6th	4th	4th	5th	-	4
India	1st	2nd	5th	1st		4
Japan	4th	6th	2nd	6th		4
Malaysia	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd		4
Oman	-	5th	6th	-		2
Pakistan	2nd	1st	1st	2nd		4
South Korea	5th	-	-	4th		2

Women

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth place
2010 Details	Busan, South Korea		South Korea	2–1	Japan		India	2–1	China
2011 Details	Ordos, China		South Korea	5–3	China		Japan	3–2	India
2013 Details	Kakamigahara, Japan		Japan	1–0	India		Malaysia	3-1	China
2016 Details	Singapore		India	2–1	China		Japan	2–1	South Korea
2018 Details	Donghae City, South Korea		South Korea	1–0	India		China	2–0	Malaysia

Team appearances

Team	2010	2011	2013	2016	2018	Total
China	4th	2nd	4th	2nd	3rd	5
India	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	2nd	5
Japan	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	5th	5
Malaysia	-	-	3rd	5th	4th	3
South Korea	1st	1st	-	4th	1st	4

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