Men’s Asian Champions Trophy 2021: India Schedule, Results & Highlights

The tournament is finally taking place on December 14 after multiple postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Indian hockey team will be participating in the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy 2021, hosted in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 14 December onwards. Manpreet Singh will lead the outfit after their historic bronze medal-winning campaign at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The team has a lot of fresh faces without the likes of veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, giving them an opportunity to impress.

India and Pakistan are joint defending champions of the tournament, after they were declared joint-winners of the 2018 edition due to rainy conditions. The tournament will involve the six best Asian countries competing in a round-robin format. In recent times, India has won the Champions Trophy in 2011, 2016 and 2018. 

Graham Reid's men will face the likes of South Korea, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Japan. Malaysia was also set to take part but have withdrawn from the tournament.

Indian Squad

Here is the team the Indian squad will participate in the Asian Champions Trophy and aim to win the title:

Goalkeepers: Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Suraj Karkera 

Defenders: Gurinder Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Mandeep Mor, Harmanpreet Singh, Dipsan Tirkey

Midfielders: Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sumit, Rajkumar Pal, Akashdeep Singh, Shamsher Singh, Jaskaran Singh

Forwards: Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Gursahibjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Dilpreet Singh

Team India’s full schedule, fixtures and live match times for Asian Men’s Champions Trophy 2021

India start their Asian Champions Trophy campaign against South Korea on 14 December at 3 PM IST. The top four teams at the round-robin stage will progress to the semi-final matches which will take place on 21 December. Following that, 22 December will have the final and the third-place playoff.

14 December - India 2-2 South Korea, Match Report

15 December - India 9-0 Bangladesh, Match Report

17 December- India 3-1 Pakistan, Match Report

19 December- India 6-0 Japan, Match Report

21 December 15:00 - Pakistan 5-6 South Korea

21 December 17:30 - India 3-5 Japan, Match Report

22 December Bronze Medal Match - Pakistan 3-4 India, Report

22 December 17:30, Final - South Korea 3-3 (4-2) Japan

All times are in IST

Where to Watch?

The Men's Asian Champions Trophy will be telecast live on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports Select 2, and Star Sports Select 2 HD. Disney+ Hotstar will exclusively stream all the matches of the tournament.

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