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2016 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuantan
Dates	20–30 October
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	104 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer	Rupinder Pal Singh (11 goals)
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The 2016 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the fourth edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy. The tournament was held in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia from 20 to 30 October 2016.

India defeated the defending champions Pakistan 3–2 in the final to win the trophy for the second time.

Teams

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
China	4th	2013	4th (2012, 2013)
India	4th	2013	1st (2011)
Japan	4th	2013	4th (2011)
Malaysia	4th	2013	3rd (2011, 2012, 2013)
Pakistan	4th	2013	1st (2012, 2013)
South Korea	2nd	2011	5th (2011)

Umpires

Eight umpires were selected to officiate at the tournament:

Neutral Umpires

• Murray Grime (AUS)
• Peter Wright (RSA)

National Umpires

• Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
• Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
• Raghu Prasad (IND)
• Haider Rasool (PAK)
• Shin Dong-yoon (KOR)
• You Suolong (CHN)

Results

All times are Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	5	4	1	0	25	6	+19	13	Semi-finals
2	Malaysia (H)	5	3	1	1	18	8	+10	10
3	Pakistan	5	3	0	2	13	10	+3	9
4	South Korea	5	2	2	1	11	9	+2	8
5	China	5	1	0	4	6	24	−18	3	Fifth place game
6	Japan	5	0	0	5	11	27	−16	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

20 October 2016
18:30

Malaysia 4–2 Pakistan Firhan  13'
Fitri  37', 60'
Shahril  41' Report Bilal  18', 34'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
You Suolong (CHN)

20 October 2016
20:30

India 10–2 Japan Ramandeep  2'
Rupinder  9', 12', 17', 22', 46', 47'
Talwinder  19'
Affan  50' Report K. Tanaka  23'
Ochiai  38'

Umpires:
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

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21 October 2016
18:30

Pakistan 1–0 South Korea Khan  60' Report

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

21 October 2016
20:30

Malaysia 5–1 China Haziq  6', 20'
Fitri  22'
Shahril  37'
Firhan  54' Report Wang B.  33'

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Yoon Shin Dong (KOR)

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22 October 2016
18:30

India 1–1 South Korea Lalit  33' Report Jeong  11'

Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

22 October 2016
20:30

China 2–1 Japan Yu  19'
Haung  37' Report Zendana  43'

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Shin Dong Yoon (KOR)

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23 October 2016
18:30

India 3–2 Pakistan Pardeep  22'
Rupinder  43'
Ramandeep  44' Report Rizwan Sr.  31'
Irfan  39'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Peter Wright (RSA)

23 October 2016
20:30

Malaysia 7–2 Japan Amain  23'
Rashid  27'
Nabil  33'
Faizal  37', 59'
Firhan  44'
Faizal  58' Report Kitazato  59'
K. Tanaka  60'

Umpires:
Suolong You (CHN)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

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24 October 2016
18:30

South Korea 5–3 China Lee J.  1'
Kim Se.  3'
Kim H.  15'
Yang  20'
Kim J.  38' Report Yu  6'
Meng  43'
E Wenh.  55'

Umpires:
Haider Rasool (PAK)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

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25 October 2016
18:30

Pakistan 4–3 Japan Irfan  5'
Bilal  12', 52'
Rizwan Sr.  36' Report S. Tanaka  10'
K. Tanaka  30'
Zendana  54'

Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
Shin Dong-yun (KOR)

25 October 2016
20:30

India 9–0 China Akashdeep  9', 39'
Affan  19', 40'
Jasjit  22', 51'
Rupinder  25'
Nikkin  34'
Lalit  37' Report

Umpires:
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
Peter Wright (RSA)

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26 October 2016
18:30

South Korea 4–3 Japan Kim J.  4'
Jung  32', 49'
Kim Se.  46' Report Murata  8'
Hiroki  44'
K. Tanaka  45'

Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Rawi Anbanathan (MAS)

26 October 2016
20:30

Malaysia 1–2 India Razie  18' Report Rupinder Pal  12', 58'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

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27 October 2016
18:30

Pakistan 4–0 China Kahan  21', 31'
Shan  48'
Irfan  48' Report

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

27 October 2016
20:30

South Korea 1–1 Malaysia Jeong  37' Report Razie  56'

Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
You Suolong (CHN)

Fifth to sixth place classification

29 October 2016
16:00

China 4–3 Japan Meng  17', 49'
Yu  20'
Zhong  23' Report Ochiai  8'
K. Tanaka  24', 48'

Umpires:
Shin Dong-yoon (KOR)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 October
	India (p.s.o.)	2 (5)
					30 October
	South Korea	2 (4)
					India	3
	29 October
					Pakistan	2
	Malaysia	1 (2)
	Pakistan (p.s.o.)	1 (3)
					Third Place
					30 October
					South Korea	1 (1)
					Malaysia (p.s.o.)	1 (3)

Semi-finals

29 October 2016
18:15

India 2–2 South Korea Talwinder  15'
Ramandeep  55' Report Seo In-woo  21'
Yang Ji-hun  53' Penalties Sardar
Ramandeep
Rupinder
Akashdeep
Birendra 5–4 Jung Man-jae
Kim Hyeong-jin
Lee Jung-jun
Bae Jong-suk
Lee Dae-yeol

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

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29 October 2016
20:30

Malaysia 1–1 Pakistan Shahril  18' Report Khan  34' Penalties Firhan
Faizal
Jali
Shahril
Fitri 2–3 Khan
Rizwan Sr.
Irfan
Qadir

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Peter Wright (RSA)

Third place game

30 October 2016
18:15

South Korea 1–1 Malaysia Jung Man-jae  17' Report Shahril  14' Penalties Jung Man-jae
Kim Hyeong-jin
Kang Moon-kyu
Jeong Jun-woo 1–3 Firhan
Faizal
Nabil

Umpires:
You Suolong (CHN)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

Final

30 October 2016
20:30

India 3–2 Pakistan Rupinder  18'
Affan  23'
Nikkin  51' Report Bilal  26'
Shan  38'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Peter Wright (RSA)

Final standings

1. India
2. Pakistan
3. Malaysia
4. South Korea
5. China
6. Japan

See also

• 2016 Women's Asian Champions Trophy