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India beat Malaysia 4-2 in Asian Champions Trophy as Harmanpreet scores hat-trick

India stays unbeaten in the Asian Champions Trophy after a fourth straight win at the Olympian Surjeet Stadium.

By , Sports writer

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India defeated Malaysia 4-2 in the Asian Champions Trophy, recording a fourth consecutive win. Harmanpreet Singh scored a hat-trick while Sukhjeet Singh added the fourth goal.

Key takeaways

  • India beat Malaysia 4-2 in the Asian Champions Trophy
  • Harmanpreet Singh scored a hat-trick with two penalty corners and a penalty stroke
  • India remains unbeaten and is through to the semifinals
  • Japan and Korea completed the semifinal line-up

India defeated Malaysia 4-2 at the Olympian Surjeet Stadium on Sunday, registering its fourth consecutive win at the Asian Champions Trophy and remaining the only unbeaten side in the tournament.

Harmanpreet Singh scored a hat-trick, converting penalty corners in the third and 33rd minutes and a penalty stroke in the 58th minute, while Sukhjeet Singh scored in the 43rd minute.

Malaysia’s goals came from Akhimullah Anuar’s penalty corner in the 25th minute and Shello Silverius’ goal in the 60th minute.

Match context

The match was a rematch between the Asian Games finalists and featured the two highest-ranked sides in the competition.

Malaysia was more compact than in the final in Nagoya and read India’s play better, anticipating overlapping runs and passes while using short passes to break the flow.

India pressed harder off the ball and was inventive with passing, but both teams missed chances, with coach Craig Fulton and captain Harmanpreet Singh saying finishing needed to be more clinical. " Harmanpreet tops the tournament scoring charts with six goals.

Semifinalists confirmed

The penultimate day of league competition at the Olympian Surjeet Stadium confirmed the semifinalists, with Japan and Korea completing the line-up alongside India.

Korea beat Bangladesh 5-0, with Son Dain scoring in the 17th, 32nd, and 51st minutes and Park Geunwoo scoring penalty corners in the 7th and 34th minutes.

Japan and China drew 2-2, with Raiki Fujishima scoring a penalty corner and Yuma Nagai scoring in the 48th minute for Japan, while Jialiang Zhang scored in the 8th minute and Chen Benhai scored a penalty corner in the 60th minute for China.

About the tournament

The Asian Champions Trophy is an international field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation and has been held annually since 2011. It features Asia’s six top field hockey teams competing in a round-robin format.

India is the most successful team in the tournament’s history, having won the trophy five times, while Pakistan has won it three times.

The 2026 edition is the 9th Men’s Asian Champions Trophy and is being held from 27 October to 5 November 2026 across two cities in Punjab, India.

India’s men’s national field hockey team is governed by Hockey India and is the reigning Asian Games champion and an Olympic bronze medallist.

What happens next

India will play in the semifinals after finishing the league stage unbeaten. The sources do not state the date, opponent, or venue for the semifinal.

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