The Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2018 was held at

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, Oman between October 18–28, 2018. It was the fifth edition of the

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tournament for the six best Asian national teams. This was announced by the

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(AHF) on 29 January 2018. The Oman Hockey Association hosted the tournament. The 5th edition of the biennial event took place at the

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, Sultanate of Oman. The tournament featured host nation

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, a global partner of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and a long-term associate of the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF), were the title sponsor of the tournament. India and Pakistan were declared joint winners by virtue of forfeiture of the final due to persistent rain. Malaysia finished at the 3rd place after defeating Japan 3-2 in the penalty shootouts in the bronze medal match. Malaysia's

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was the top scorer of the tournament with 8 Goals. India remained the only undefeated team in the tournament.

Umpires

A total of nine umpires were appointed by the FIH and National Association to officiate the tournament.Officials
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) *Dong Yoon Shin ( KOR) *Jakub Mejzlik ( CZE) *Kamran Hussain ( PAK) *Khalil Al Balushi ( OMA) *Michihiko Watanabe ( JPN) *Nazmi Kamaruddin ( MAS) *Peter Wright ( RSA)

Results

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Round robin

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Fifth place game

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

Third place game

Final

Statistics

Final standings

Awards

The following individual awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Goalscorers

References

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