The Men’s Asian Champions Trophy in 2021 will be the sixth edition of the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy, know its full schedule, live stream, teams, Indian squad and more
The Indian men’s hockey team will compete in the 2021 Men’s Asian Champions Trophy in Dhaka, following their historic achievement at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. India, the defending champion, will commence the tournament on December 14 when they face South Korea in the first game.
The Blue Tigers will face a difficult battle in the event, as they will be without experienced goalie PR Sreejesh, who has been rested. Eight players from the bronze-medal winning Tokyo Olympics team will be absent from the competition.
Teams In Men’s Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2021
| Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| Bangladesh | 1st | None | Debut |
| India | 6th | 2018 | 1st (2011, 2016, 2018) |
| Japan | 6th | 2018 | 2nd (2013) |
| Malaysia | 6th | 2018 | 3rd (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018) |
| Pakistan | 6th | 2018 | 1st (2012, 2013, 2018) |
| South Korea | 4th | 2018 | 4th (2016) |
India squad
The Indian squad will see a lot of new faces since eight of the bronze medal winning players will not be present.
Jaskaran Singh, Sumit, Rajkumar Pal, Akashdeep Singh, Shamsher Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Dilpreet Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Suraj Karkera, Harmanpreet Singh, Gurinder Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Dipsan Tirkey, Varun Kumar, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Mandeep Mor, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh.
Men’s Asian Champions Trophy 2021 India’s Schedule, Date, Time, Matches
14 December – India vs South Korea – 15:00
15 December – India vs Bangladesh – 15:00
17 December – India vs Pakistan – 15:00
18 December – India vs Malaysia – 15:00 ( Match Cancelled)
19 December – India vs Japan – 15:00
Full schedule Of Men’s Asian Champions Trophy
14 December
15:30 – South Korea vs India
18:00 – Bangladesh vs Malaysia
20:30 – Japan vs Pakistan
15 December
15:30 – India vs Bangladesh
18:00 – Malaysia vs Pakistan
20:30 – South Korea vs Japan
17 December
15:30- India vs Pakistan
18:00 – Malaysia vs Japan
20:30 – Bangladesh vs South Korea
18 December
15:30 – Malaysia vs India (Match cancelled)
18:00 – Japan vs Bangladesh
20:30 – Pakistan vs South Korea
19 December
15:30 – India vs Japan
18:00 – South Korea vs Malaysia
20:30 – Pakistan vs Bangladesh
21 December
Semifinal 1 – 17:30
Semifinal 2 – 20:00
22 December
Bronze Playoff – 17:30
Final – 20:00
Live Streaming and telecast of Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2021
Star Sports will broadcast the 2021 Men’s Asian Champions Trophy, which will also be live streamed on Hotstar.