Hockey Asian Champions Trophy Schedule: The seventh edition of the Hockey Asian Champions Trophy will get underway on 3rd August 2023. Six best teams in Asia will be in action in the tournament that will be played in Chennai till August 12. Chennai is gearing up to host an International Hockey event after 16 years. Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium will host all the matches. Check Out the Complete Schedule of the tournament.
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Six teams – India, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, China and Pakistan – will battle for supremacy in the tournament. All the six teams will be facing each other in the round robin stage that will begin on 3rd August 2023, Thursday.
Every match day in the round robin stage is set to feature three games. The matches will begin at 4 PM, 6.15 PM and 8.30 PM respectively. The tournament will kickstart with defending champion South Korea taking on Japan in the opening match. India will get their campaign underway later in the day. The hosts will face China in their first game.
India then faces Japan and Malaysia on 4th and 6th August respectively. The Men in Blue are set to take on defending champion South Korea on 7th August. The round robin stage will end on 9th August with the much awaited clash between Indian and Pakistan. All of India’s matches will begin at 8.30 PM.
Schedule – Round Robin Stage
3rd August
- South Korea vs Japan – 4.00 PM
- Malaysia vs Pakistan – 6.15 PM
- India vs China – 8.30 PM
4th August
- South Korea vs Pakistan – 4.00 PM
- China vs Malaysia – 6.15 PM
- India vs Japan – 8.30 PM
6th August
- China vs South Korea – 4.00 PM
- Japan vs Pakistan – 6.15 PM
- India vs Malaysia – 8.30 PM
7th August
- Japan vs Malaysia – 4.00 PM
- Pakistan vs China – 6.15 PM
- India vs South Korea – 8.30 PM
9th August
- Japan vs China – 4.00 PM
- Malaysia vs South Korea – 6.15 PM
- India vs Pakistan – 8.30 PM
Schedule – Knockouts
11th August
- Fifth place play-off – 3.30 PM
- Semifinal 1 (Qualifier 2 vs Qualifier 3) – 6.00 PM
- Semifinal 2 (Qualifier 1 vs Qualifier 4) – 8.30 PM
12th August
- Third place play-off – 6.00 PM
- Final – 8.30 PM
After the round robin stage, the teams finishing in the top 4 spots will advance to the semifinals. Both the semifinal matches will be played on 11th August, Saturday. The teams finishing at the bottom two spots will also play in a fifth place play-off match on the same day. The final will be played the following day.
The ticket sale for the tournament is already underway. Fans can get the tickets online using the following link. https://in.ticketgenie.in/Tickets/Hero-Asian-Champions-Trophy-2023
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