India beat Korea 8-0 to end Asian Champions Trophy league phase

India defeated Korea 8-0 in Jalandhar on Monday, November 2, 2026, to conclude the league phase of the Asian Champions Trophy and maintain their winning run. Seven different Indian players scored in the match as the hosts completed a dominant group-stage performance.

The home side recorded eight goals, earned eight penalty corners and held 60% possession across the game. Hardik Singh was rested ahead of the knockout games, while Abhishek's participation remained uncertain after he twisted his ankle during warm-up before Sunday's match.

Dilpreet Singh opened the scoring with a reverse hit in the eighth minute and added a second goal in the 40th minute; Jugraj Singh converted a penalty corner in the 11th, Harmanpreet Singh scored from a 15th-minute penalty corner, Shilanand Lakra struck from a 33rd-minute penalty corner, Sukhjeet Singh scored in the 34th, Sanjay in the 36th, and Angad Bir Singh finished the scoring in the 60th.

India began the match on the front foot, maintained a high tempo and limited Korea to brief spells of pressure in the first half. Korea's only four shots at goal arrived as four penalty corners in the second quarter; India registered 19 attempts overall and the defence was rarely called upon.

Elsewhere in the final round of league fixtures, Japan beat Malaysia 2-1 and climbed to second on the table. Jun Watanabe missed a penalty stroke in the seventh minute before Abu Kamal Azrai put Malaysia ahead in the 10th; Kentaro Fukuda then scored in the 24th and again in the 54th. China and Bangladesh played out a 1-1 draw, Chen Benhai converting from a second-minute penalty corner and Ashraful Islam equalising with a 38th-minute penalty stroke.

The competition now moves into the knockout phase, with India and Korea scheduled to meet in a semifinal in a day's time and Japan facing Malaysia in the other last-four clash as the tournament shifts to Mohali.