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Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2018: India-Pakistan joint winner
India and Pakistan were declared joint winners in the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy
India and Pakistan were declared joint winners in the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy.
The match was not due to rain, so both teams were declared joint winners.
Earlier Malaysia defeated Japan 3-2 in the shootout to win the bronze medal.
Both India and Pakistan have now won the title three times in this tournament. Harmanpreet Singh of India was the second highest goal scorer (6) this time.
According to Indian time in Muscat of Oman this match was to start at 10.40 pm on October 28, 2018, but due to the rain, it could not happen. After this, the director of the tournament decided to cancel the final after discussions with the coach of both India and Pakistan teams.
India had entered the finals of Asian Champions Trophy Hockey on October 27, 2018, defeating Japan's team 3-2.
On the other hand, Pakistan had defeated Malaysia in the other semifinal 3-1 in the shootout and entered the final.
In this match, both teams were at par with 4-4 for the scheduled time.
The Indian team defeated Oman 11-0 in the first match of the tournament, Pakistan 3-1 in the second match, followed by Japan 9-0 and Korea 4-1.
India and Pakistan are the two strongest hockey teams in Asia.
Earlier, India and Pakistan have won the title of Asian Hockey champions twice. India won the title of Asian Champions Trophy hockey in 2011 and 2016.
At the same time, Pakistan won the title twice in the consecutive year 2012 and 2013.
Earlier, India and Pakistan had fought in the round-robin match of the tournament where India had won 3-1 against Pakistan.
The Asian champion trophy hockey tournament started in 2011.
