All You Want To Know About Men’s Asian Champions Trophy

• All You Want To Know About Men’s Asian Champions Trophy

• Chinese city of Ordos hosted the inaugural Men’s Asian Champions Trophy in 2011

• Total Goals Scored in the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy Across all 7 Editions: 648 Goals

• Oman is the only winless team in the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy

• Jang Jong-Hyun (South Korea) scored the first goal of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy vs Japan

• Australia’s Michael Nobbs was the only one to be Indian coach twice in the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – 2011 & 2012 editions

• Malaysia’s Faizal Saari & Jang Jong-Hyun (South Korea) are only 2 players to be top goal-scorers of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy twice – Faizal Saari 8 Goals in the 2018 edition & 9 Goals in the 2013 edition & Jang – 4 goals (joint top-scorer alongside Japan’s Kenta Tanaka and Malaysia’s Amin Rahim) in the 2011 edition & 10 goals in the 2021 edition

• Only Indian to score two hat-tricks in the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy: Dilpreet Singh vs Oman in 2018 & vs Bangladesh in 2021

• Indian skipper Manpreet Singh have featured in all 7 editions of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy

• Jang Jong-Hyun (South Korea) scored the first brace of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy vs Japan

• PR Sreejesh pulled off two crucial saves when India beat Pakistan 4-2 in shootout to win the inaugural 2011 edition at Ordos

• Harmanpreet Singh (India) scored in every match of the 2023 Men’s Asian Champions Trophy at Chennai

• Lee Jung-Jun (South Korea) scored the fastest goal of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – 1st minute vs China in 2016 edition

• India’s Rupinder Pal Singh was the top goal scorer (11 Goals) in the 2016 edition (only Indian to be the top goal-scorer so far)

• First Come-From-Behind Win of the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – Pakistan Beat Malaysia 3-2 after conceding a 4th minute goal in the 2011 edition

• India-Japan playing out a 1-1 draw was the first drawn game of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy in the 2011 edition

• Only umpire to officiate in two finals of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – Jang Jung Min (South Korea) in 2012 & 2013 editions

• India have scored most goals in Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – 149 Goals

• Most Goals Scored as Tournament’s Top Goal-Scorer – Pakistan’s Muhammad Waqas  in the 2012 edition & India’s Rupinder Pal Singh in the 2016 edition – 11 Goals

• India Beating Oman 11-0 twice in the 2012 & 2018 editions are the biggest winning margins in Men’s Asian Champions Trophy

• Only player from South Korea to score a hat-trick in the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – Jang Jong-Hyun vs Pakistan in the 2021 edition

• Only Four Teams – India, Pakistan, Malaysia and Japan have featured in all editions of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy

• Most Goals Scored in any edition of the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy: 112 Goals in the 2012 edition at Doha

• Only two Pakistan players have scored hat-tricks in the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – Shakeel Abassi & Muhammed Imran both vs Oman in the 2011 & 2012 editions respectively

• South Korea gave the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy a miss on two occasions – in 2012 & 2013

• 7 Indian umpires have officiated in Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – Javed Shaikh (2011), Pankaj Tyagi (2012), Ripudaman Sharma (2013), Raghu Prasad (2016) & Anand (2018), Rajput Sourabh (2021 & 2023), & Balaji Kumar (2023)

• Sohail Abbas (Pakistan) scored the first hat-trick of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy vs in 2012 edition

• Most goals scored in any match: Rupinder Pal Singh (6 Goals) vs Japan in India’s 10-2 win in the 2016 edition

• Oman team have conceded the most number of goals – 104 Goals

• Only Occasion of Three players Being Top Goal-Scorers: Kenta Tanaka (Japan), Amin Rahim (Malaysia) & Jang Jong-hyun (South Korea) – 4 goals each

• Only final of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy where winners were declared Joint Winners owing to bad weather – 2018 edition final between India & Pakistan

• Most Intriguing Match of the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy: South Korea rallying to beat Pakistan 6-5 in the 2021 edition semifinals

• Rupinder Pal Singh (India) has scored the only double hat-trick of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – vs Japan (Won 10-2) in 2016 edition

• Oman has conceded most goals by any team in one edition of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – 37 Goals in the 2012 edition

• 6 occasions when Indian players have scored hat-tricks in the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – Akashdeep Singh vs Oman in 2013, Rupinder Pal Singh vs Japan in 2016, Dilpreet Singh vs Oman in 2018 & vs Bangladesh in 2021), Mandeep Singh vs Japan in 2018) & Harmanpreet Singh vs South Korea in 2018

• Oman have finished last in the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy on three occasions – 2012, 2013 & 2018

• Rajpal Singh captained India in the inaugural edition in 2011

• Pakistan Beating Japan 3-1 is the biggest winning margin in any final of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy

• Malaysia have finished 3rd on all 5 editions of the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy

• India & Pakistan have won the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy on most occasions – 3 times each

• China gave the 2018 edition a miss after playing in all first four editions

• India fielded a junior side at the 2013 edition as it was preparing for the 2013 Junior World Cup – 13 members of the 18-member squad had played in the 2013 Sultan of Johor Cup

• Faizal Saari (Malaysia) has scored most goals in Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – 24 Goals

• Harmanpreet Singh scored most goals for India in Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – 23 Goals

• The 2011 edition India-Pakistan final was the only final to end in a shootout where India won 4-2

• 2013 edition was the only final any other team besides India and Pakistan have reached the final ever – Japan

• India missed key players owing to injuries for the inaugural 2011 edition – Arjun Halappa, Shivendra Singh, Tushar Khandekar, Bharat Chikara, Dharamvir Singh and Dhananjay Mahadik

• First three editions (2011, 2012, 2013) of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy did not have any semifinals – semifinals were introduced from the 2016 edition

• Manpreet Singh is the only one to captain India thrice in the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – 2013, 2018 & 2021 editions

• Only Indian Coach in the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy – Harendra Singh (2018 edition)