The 2021 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the sixth edition of the

Men's Asian Champions Trophy The Men's Asian Champions Trophy is an event held annually by the Asian Hockey Federation (since 2011). It features Asia's top six field hockey teams during that hockey season competing in a round robin format. India and Pakistan are the joint mos ...

, a men's

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tournament for the six best Asian national teams organized by the

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. It was originally scheduled to be held in from 17 to 27 November 2020 at the

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, Bangladesh. In August 2020 the Asian Hockey Federation announced that the tournament would be postponed because of the

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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.

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won their first Asian Champions Trophy title by defeating

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4–2 in a shoot-out after the match finished 3–3. The defending champions

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and

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played in the bronze medal match which India won 4–3.

Teams

Alongside the hosts,

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, the following five teams will be participating. Malaysia had to withdraw from the tournament citing restrictive Covid quarantine.

Preliminary round

Standings

Results

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First to fourth place classification

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

Awards

Goalscorers

References

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