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The 2021 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the sixth edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy, 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 Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium in
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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

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Standings


Results

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First to fourth place classification

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Bracket


Semi-finals

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Third and fourth place


Final


Results


Statistics


Awards


Goalscorers


See also

* 2021 Women's Asian Champions Trophy


References

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Asian Champions Trophy 2021 in Dhaka