On September 17, 2024, in Hulunbuir, China, the Indian men’s hockey team emerged victorious with its 5th Men’s Asian Champions Trophy.
On that day of victory, Indians won against the host country China with a slender victory 1-0 and took the trophy home.
Hockey India took to X, celebrating the win with the message:
“India wins their 5th Men’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024! Congratulations to the Men in Blue for an outstanding performance and bringing the trophy home! Full Time: India 1-0 China.”
𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎!!!🏆
India wins their 5th Men's Asian Champions Trophy 2024!
Congratulations to the Men in Blue for an outstanding performance and bringing the trophy home! 🇮🇳💙Full Time:
India 🇮🇳 1-0 🇨🇳 China
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.#HockeyIndia #IndiaKaGame #INDvCHN #ACT24 #Final— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) September 17, 2024
Another tweet added, “Congratulations to the Indian Men’s Hockey Team on winning their record-breaking 5th Asian Champions Trophy! ???????? With a grueling 1-0 win over China, India have not only defended their crown from 2023 but also created history as the most successful team in the history of the tournament. This back-to-back success is reminiscent of their golden stint in 2016-2018, testifying to India’s consistent supremacy in Asian hockey.
Defender Jugraj Singh broke the deadlock with a rare field goal in the 51st minute.
Pakistan earlier won their third-place match against Korea 5-2.
**Semi-finals**: India took a dominant 4-1 semi-final victory over Korea, as Uttam Singh scored in the 13th minute and Harmanpreet Singh did so in both the 19th and 45th minutes. Jarmanpreet Singh added his score in the 32nd minute.
Before this, India had gone through the group stages unbeaten, defeating arch-rivals Pakistan 2-1 in their last group match to send them into a semifinal. Harmanpreet Singh scored twice and Ahmad Nadeem found the Pakistanians’ lone goal in the 8th minute.
