Pakistan Men’s Hockey team arrived at Chennai on August 01 to participate in the Asian Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy 2023 which will begin on August 03. Pakistan team received a traditional welcome at the airport. Pakistan Hockey team on July 31 arrived in India via the Attari-Wagah border. Earlier in the day, Indian Men’s Hockey team arrived at Chennai Airport.The Men’s Asian Champions Trophy is an event held annually by the Asian Hockey Federation (since 2011).

It features Asia’s top six field hockey teams during that hockey season competing in a round-robin format.

India and Pakistan are the joint most successful teams in this tournament's history. Both were declared joint winners of the 2018 Men's Asian Champions Trophy.