2021 Women's Asian Champions Trophy

2021 Women's Asian Champions Trophy
Donghae Women's Asian Champions Trophy 2021
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
CityDonghae
Dates5–11 December
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Donghae City Sunrise Stadium
Final positions
Champions Japan (2nd title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place China
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored50 (5.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Gurjit Kaur (5 goals)
Best playerSouth Korea Cheon Eun-bi
Best young playerSouth Korea Kim Seo-na
Best goalkeeperThailand Siraya Yimkrajang
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The 2021 Women's Asian Champions Trophy was the sixth edition of the Women's Asian Champions Trophy, a biennial field hockey tournament for the six best Asian women's national teams organized by the Asian Hockey Federation.

The tournament was held at the Donghae City Sunrise Stadium in Donghae, South Korea and it was originally scheduled from 14 to 21 June 2020.[1] South Korea were the defending champions.[1]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was postponed on 26 March 2020.[2] In September 2020 the new dates were announced and the tournament would be held from 31 March to 6 April 2021.[3] In January 2021 the tournament was postponed again [4] and in October was postponed further to 5 to 12 December 2021.[5]

Teams

The following four teams will be participating in the tournament. Malaysia could not play their first two matches of the tournament and eventually had to withdraw due to Covid-related issues.[6][7] On 9 December India also had to withdraw from the tournament due to the same reason.[8]

Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 China 6th 2018 2nd (2011, 2016)
 Japan 6th 2018 1st (2013)
 South Korea 5th 2018 1st (2010, 2011, 2018)
Thailand[a] 1st None Debut
Notes
  1. ^ Due to non-compliance with conditions set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Thailand was not allowed to be represented by its national flag.[9][10]

Results

All times are local, KST (UTC+9).

First round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Final
2  South Korea (H) 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  China 3 1 0 2 12 6 +6 3 Third place game
4 Thailand 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
5  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
6  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[11]
(H) Hosts
5 December 2021
12:45
India  13–0 Thailand
Gurjit field hockey ball 2', 14', 24', 25', 58'
Vandana field hockey ball 7'
Lilima field hockey ball 14', 24'
Jyoti field hockey ball 15', 36'
Rajwinder field hockey ball 16'
Sonika field hockey ball 43'
Monika field hockey ball 55' 		Report
Umpires:
Lelia Sacre (CAN)
Kim Jung-hee (KOR)
5 December 2021
15:00
South Korea  0–1  Japan
Report Mori field hockey ball 50'
Umpires:
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Rama Potnis (IND)
6 December 2021
12:45
China  2–3  Japan
Ma field hockey ball 2'
Zhang Y. field hockey ball 4' 		Report Mori field hockey ball 28', 60'
Urata field hockey ball 53'
Umpires:
Ayanna McClean (TTO)
Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
6 December 2021
15:00
Thailand 0–3  South Korea
Report Baek field hockey ball 8'
Kim Ji. field hockey ball 29'
Kim Je. field hockey ball 36'
Umpires:
Norasyikin Shariudin (MAS)
Ymkje van Slooten (NED)
8 December 2021
12:45
Thailand 0–8  China
Report Fan field hockey ball 10'
Gu field hockey ball 17'
Zou field hockey ball 24'
Zhong field hockey ball 30'
Zhang Y. field hockey ball 35'
Zhang X. field hockey ball 40'
Liu field hockey ball 53', 60'
Umpires:
Minami Inamoto (JPN)
Lelia Sacre (CAN)
9 December 2021
11:00
Japan  6–0 Thailand
Oikawa field hockey ball 13'
Suzuki field hockey ball 16'
Mori field hockey ball 31'
Shimada field hockey ball 39'
Y. Nagai field hockey ball 42'
Toriyama field hockey ball 57' 		Report
Umpires:
Rama Potnis (IND)
Kim Jung-hee (KOR)
9 December 2021
13:15
South Korea  3–2  China
Kim Ji. field hockey ball 26'
Cho field hockey ball 51'
Kim S. field hockey ball 54' 		Report Liu field hockey ball 14'
Zhang Y. field hockey ball 48'
Umpires:
Ymkje van Slooten (NED)
Ayanna McClean (TTO)

Classification round

Third place game

11 December 2021
11:00
China  6–0  Thailand
Zhong field hockey ball 3'
Ma field hockey ball 7'
Zou field hockey ball 15', 30', 34'
Zhang X. field hockey ball 28' 		Report
Umpires:
Minami Inamoto (JPN)
Kang Hyun-young (KOR)

Final

11 December 2021
13:30
Japan  2–1  South Korea
H. Nagai field hockey ball 27'
K. Tanaka field hockey ball 27' 		Report Kang field hockey ball 1'
Umpires:
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Ayanna McClean (TTO)

Statistics

Final standings

  1.  Japan
  2.  South Korea
  3.  China
  4.  Thailand

Goalscorers

There were 50 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 5.56 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Ikram, Ali (3 February 2020). "AHF 2020 Road map". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Announcement: Postponement of the Bangabandhu Al-Arafah Islami Bank Junior Asia Cup Dhaka 2020 & the Women's Asian Champions Trophy Donghae 2020". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. ^ "AHF Announces Dates for 6th Edition of Women's Asian Champions Trophy Donghae 2020. (Dates Approved by FIH)". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Men's Asian Champions Trophy Dhaka 2021 & Women's Donghae Asian Champions Trophy 2021 to be postponed". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's Asian Champions Trophy 2021 hockey to start in December". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  6. ^ "Schedule Updated – Donghae Women's Asian Champions Trophy". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Update: Donghae Women's Asian Champions Trophy". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Indian women's hockey team's ACT campaign ends due to COVID case in squad". indiatimes.com. The Times of India. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Thailand loses right to host tournaments". Bangkok Post. Bangkok Post Public Co. Ltd. Retrieved 25 November 2021. The country has also been denied the right to display its national flag at any such events (international football events).
  10. ^ "WADA confirms non-compliance of five Anti-Doping Organizations (7 October 2021)". World Anti-Doping Agency. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  11. ^ FIH General Tournament Regulations September 2021