The 2021 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the sixth edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy, a men's field hockey tournament for the six best Asian national teams organized by the Asian Hockey Federation.
It was originally scheduled to be held in from 17 to 27 November 2020 at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In August 2020 the Asian Hockey Federation announced that the tournament would be postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia to 2021 to be held from 11 to 19 March 2021. In January 2021 the tournament was postponed again and it was planned to be held from 1 to 9 October 2021. The tournament was postponed again in September 2021 and was eventually held from 14 to 22 December 2021.
South Korea won their first Asian Champions Trophy title by defeating Japan 4–2 in a shoot-out after the match finished 3–3. The defending champions India and Pakistan played in the bronze medal match which India won 4–3.
Teams Alongside the hosts, Bangladesh, the following five teams will be participating. Malaysia had to withdraw from the tournament citing restrictive Covid quarantine.
TeamAppearanceLast appearancePrevious 1stNoneDebut6th20181st (2011, 2016, 2018)6th20182nd (2013)6th20183rd (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018)6th20181st (2012, 2013, 2018)4th20184th (2016)
Preliminary round
Standings
Results
First to fourth place classification
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
Results
Statistics Awards Player of the TournamentGoalkeeper of the TournamentLeading GoalscorerRising Player of the Tournament Kenta Tanaka Suraj Karkera Jang Jong-hyun Biplob Kujur
Goalscorers
See also 2021 Women's Asian Champions Trophy
References