By Tariq Ali
Indian men's hockey team retained The Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2024 at Moqi, Hulunbuir, China, defeating the host nation China by a solitary goal. India won the Asian Champions Trophy for the fifth time, last time in Chennai in 2023.
Pakistan won the silver medal after defeating South Korea by 5-2.
Japan got the fifth place defeated Malaysia in the penalty shootout by 4-2, after the scheduled full time score ended with 4-4.
The gold medalist teams
India (5 times)
2011 - Ordos - INDIA 0-0 (PS 4-2) PAKISTAN
2016 - Kuantan - INDIA 3-2 PAKISTAN
2018 - Muscat - No final match (joint winners with Pakistan)
2023 - Chennai - INDIA 4-3 MALAYSIA
2024 - Hulunbuir - INDIA 1-0 CHINA
Pakistan (3 times)
2012 - Doha - PAKISTAN 5-4 INDIA
2013 - Kakamigahara - PAKISTAN 3-1 JAPAN
2018 - Muscat - No final match (joint winners with India)
South Korea (once)
2021 - Dhaka - SOUTH KOREA 3-3 (PSO 4-2) JAPAN
The final standings of the Asian Champions Trophy 2024
1 India
2 China
3 Pakistan
4 South Korea
5 Japan
6 Malaysia
Highest match scores
India 8-1 Malaysia
South Korea 5-5 Japan
Malaysia 5-4 Japan
Pakistan 5-2 South Korea (for bronze medal)
India 5-1 Japan
Pakistan 5-1 China
The hat trick scorers
3 goals - Yang Ji-hun - South Korea 5-5 Japan
3 goals - Raj Kumar Pal - India 8-1 Malaysia
The top goal scorers
9 goals - Yang Ji-hun (South Korea)
7 goals - Harmanpreet Singh (India)
6 goals - Hannan Shahid (Pakistan)
5 goals - Kazumasa Matsumoto (Japan), Faizal Saari (Malaysia), Ahmad Nadeem (Pakistan)