India beat Japan 4-1 in final to win ACT hockey tournament title for sixth time

Mohali: India beat Japan 4-1 in the final to win the men's Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament title for the sixth time here on Thursday.

Shilanand Lakra (42nd minute), Dilpreet Singh (48th), Jugraj Singh (53rd), and Vivek Sagar Prasad (54th) scored for India after Japan had taken the lead through Kazumasa Matsumoto in the third minute.

India, the reigning Asian Games gold winners, had also beaten Japan 4-1 in the round-robin league match earlier in the tournament.