2012 Men's Asian Champions Trophy

2012 Men's Asian Champions Trophy
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
CityDoha
Dates20–27 December
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Al-Rayyan Stadium
Final positions
Champions Pakistan (1st title)
Runner-up India
Third place Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored111 (6.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)Pakistan Muhammad Waqas (11 goals)
Best playerPakistan Muhammad Waqas
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The 2012 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the second edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy. The tournament was held from 20 to 27 December 2012 in Doha, Qatar. The top six Asian teams (India, Oman, Pakistan, China, Malaysia and Japan) participated in the tournament, which involved round-robin league among all teams followed by play-offs for final positions.

India entered the tournament as the defending champion, but lost to Pakistan in the final by a score of 5-4.[1]

Teams

Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 China 2nd 2011 6th (2011)
 India 2nd 2011 1st (2011)
 Japan 2nd 2011 4th (2011)
 Malaysia 2nd 2011 3rd (2011)
 Oman 1st None Debut
 Pakistan 2nd 2011 2nd (2011)

Fixtures

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3)

Round robin

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 5 4 0 1 23 7 +16 12 Final
2  Pakistan 5 3 1 1 22 12 +10 10
3  Malaysia 5 3 1 1 17 10 +7 10 Third place game
4  China 5 3 0 2 15 13 +2 9
5  Japan 5 1 0 4 13 17 −4 3 Fifth place game
6  Oman 5 0 0 5 6 37 −31 0
Source: FIH
20 December 2012
15:00
Malaysia  4–1  Japan
Tengku field hockey ball 3'
Faizal field hockey ball 17'
Hafifi field hockey ball 32'
Razie field hockey ball 58' 		Report Tachibana field hockey ball 65'
Umpires:
Haider Rasool (PAK)
Shin Dong-yun (KOR)
20 December 2012
17:00
India  4–0  China
Sunil field hockey ball 13'
Raghunath field hockey ball 18', 53'
field hockey ball 54' 		Report
Umpires:
Jang Jung-min (KOR)
Lingam Karupusamy (MAS)
20 December 2012
19:00
Oman  3–8  Pakistan
Rajab field hockey ball 14', 57'
Bait Jandal field hockey ball 20' 		Report Rizwan field hockey ball 2'
Waqas field hockey ball 30', 63'
Abbasi field hockey ball 39', 61', 68'
Khan field hockey ball 51'
Imran field hockey ball 54'
Umpires:
Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
You Suolong (CHN)
21 December 2012
15:00
Japan  1–3  India
Kayukawa field hockey ball 50' Report Raghunath field hockey ball 22', 59'
Gurwinder field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
You Suolong (CHN)
Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA)
21 December 2012
17:00
Pakistan  5–2  China
Waqas field hockey ball 9', 33'
Abbasi field hockey ball 23'
Khan field hockey ball 53', 69' 		Report Yu Yang field hockey ball 10'
Liu Yixian field hockey ball 25'
Umpires:
Lingam Karupusamy (MAS)
Shin Dong-yun (KOR)
21 December 2012
19:00
Oman  1–4  Malaysia
Bait Jandal field hockey ball 16' Report Faizal field hockey ball 23'
Razie field hockey ball 28', 63'
Tengku field hockey ball 66'
Umpires:
Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)
Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
23 December 2012
15:00
China  4–2  Japan
Dong Yang field hockey ball 3'
Song Yi field hockey ball 35', 40'
Liu Yixian field hockey ball 62' 		Report K. Kawakami field hockey ball 28'
Kayukawa field hockey ball 65'
Umpires:
Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA)
Lingam Karupusamy (MAS)
23 December 2012
17:00
Oman  0–11  India
Report Sunil field hockey ball 3'
Dharamvir field hockey ball 7', 56'
Raghunath field hockey ball 29', 38'
Rupinder field hockey ball 31', 43'
Gurwinder field hockey ball 44'
Akashdeep field hockey ball 52'
Harbir field hockey ball 64'
Danish field hockey ball 66'
Umpires:
Haider Rasool (PAK)
Jang Jung-min (KOR)
23 December 2012
19:00
Pakistan  3–3  Malaysia
Rizwan field hockey ball 21'
Waqas field hockey ball 55', 57' 		Report field hockey ball 20'
Faizal field hockey ball 43'
Tengku field hockey ball 68'
Umpires:
Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)
Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
24 December 2012
15:00
Oman  1–7  Japan
Rajab field hockey ball 7' Report field hockey ball 11'
Kawauchi field hockey ball 21', 45'
Ijima field hockey ball 22'
K. Kawakami field hockey ball 32'
Nagasawa field hockey ball 49', 54'
Umpires:
You Suolong (CHN)
Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
24 December 2012
17:00
China  2–1  Malaysia
Huang Yue field hockey ball 31'
Song Yi field hockey ball 34' 		Report Faizal field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Haider Rasool (PAK)
Shin Dong-yun (KOR)
24 December 2012
19:00
Pakistan  1–2  India
Waqas field hockey ball 56' Report Rupinder field hockey ball 36'
Chinglensana field hockey ball 49'
Umpires:
Lingam Karupusamy (MAS)
Jang Jung-min (KOR)
26 December 2012
13:00
China  7–1  Oman
Liu Yixian field hockey ball 4', 69'
Song Yi field hockey ball 9', 46'
Dong Yang field hockey ball 27'
Guo Zhong Qiang field hockey ball 32'
Sun Tianjun field hockey ball 56' 		Report field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Shin Dong-yun (KOR)
Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)
26 December 2012
15:00
Pakistan  5–2  Japan
Waqas field hockey ball 1', 36'
Abbasi field hockey ball 34'
Khan field hockey ball 44', 63' 		Report Yoshihara field hockey ball 8'
Tachibana field hockey ball 23'
Umpires:
Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA)
You Suolong (CHN)
26 December 2012
17:00
Malaysia  5–3  India
Fitri field hockey ball 18', 27'
Azlan field hockey ball 20'
Faizal field hockey ball 38'
Adabi field hockey ball 68' 		Report Birendra field hockey ball 48'
Sunil field hockey ball 61'
Raghunath field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Jang Jung-min (KOR)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

Classification round

Fifth place game

27 December 2012
14:30
Japan  1–2  Oman
Kawauchi field hockey ball 29' Report Saad Jumaan field hockey ball 33'
Al-Shibli field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
You Suolong (CHN)
Lingam Karupusamy (MAS)

Third place game

27 December 2012
17:00
Malaysia  3–1  China
Marhan field hockey ball 40'
Razie field hockey ball 60'
field hockey ball 61' 		Report Liu Yixian field hockey ball 19'
Umpires:
Pankaj Tyagi (IND)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

Final

27 December 2012
19:30
India  4–5  Pakistan
Sunil field hockey ball 8'
Raghunath field hockey ball 21'
Gurwinder field hockey ball 55'
Rupinder field hockey ball 59' 		Report Waqas field hockey ball 7', 56'
Rasool field hockey ball 42'
Mehmood field hockey ball 48'
Ateeq field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Jang Jung-min (KOR)
Shin Dong-yun (KOR)

Statistics

Final standings

  1.  Pakistan
  2.  India
  3.  Malaysia
  4.  China
  5.  Oman
  6.  Japan

Goalscorers

There were 112 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 6.22 goals per match.

11 goals

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

3 own goals

  •  China (against India, Malaysia & Oman)

Source: FIH

References

  1. ^ "Asian Hockey Champions Trophy final: Pakistan beat India 5-4 to clinch title | the News Tribe". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-12-28.