The Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2018 was held at Muscat, Oman between October 18–28, 2018. It was the fifth edition of the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy, a field hockey tournament for the six best

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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 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The tournament featured host nation Oman, Pakistan, Malaysia, India, South Korea, and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

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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 Faizal Saari 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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) *Bruce Bale ( ENG) *Dong Yoon Shin ( KOR) *Jakub Mejzlik ( CZE) *Kamran Hussain (

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) *Khalil Al Balushi ( OMA) *Michihiko Watanabe (

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) *Nazmi Kamaruddin (

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) *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

{{Men's Asian Champions Trophy Asian Champions Trophy Asian Champions Trophy Sport in Muscat, Oman Asian Champions Trophy Men's Asian Champions Trophy International field hockey competitions hosted by Oman 21st century in Muscat, Oman