Asian Hockey Federation announces the schedule of the 5th men's Asian Champions Trophy

The Asian Hockey Federation today announced the schedule of the fifth men's Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament to be held in Muscat, Oman from October 18 to 28. 

Defending champions  India will begin its campaign against hosts Oman on the opening day. 

India will take on arch-rivals Pakistan on October 20 followed by game against Japan, Malaysia and South Korea. India will look to win its third men's Asian Champions Trophy title after having



defeated Pakistan in 2011 and 2016 editions of the tournament. 

Each of the six teams in the tournament will play a total of five round-robin matches. Four teams will qualify for the semi-finals that will take place on October 27.

The remaining two teams will play each other in a qualification match for the fifth spot on the same day. The final and bronze medal matches will take place on October 28.