2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Johannesburg
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1
Final positions
Champions	Belgium (1st title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	133 (5.54 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tom Boon Justin Reid-Ross (8 goals)
Best player	Sandeep Singh
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The 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 26 November to 4 December 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Belgium won the tournament for the first time after defeating India 4–3 in the final.[1]

Teams

The FIH announced the eight participating teams on 16 December 2010.[2]

•  Argentina
•  Belgium
•  Canada
•  India
•  Japan
•  Malaysia
•  Poland
•  South Africa

Results

First round

All times are South African Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	India	3	2	1	0	17	7	+10	7
2	Belgium	3	2	1	0	12	7	+5	7
3	South Africa (H)	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	3
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	4	17	−13	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[3]
(H) Hosts

26 November 2011 15:00 India  3–3  Belgium Rupinder Pal  45' Chinglensana  48' Raghunath  57' Report de Paeuw  31' Boon  55' Reckinger  69' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Chen Dekang (CHN)

26 November 2011 17:00 South Africa  3–1  Poland Reid-Ross  3', 60' Norris-Jones  31' Report Juszczak  43' Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Francisco Vasquez (ESP)

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27 November 2011 15:00 Belgium  7–3  Poland Boon  2', 22', 39', 56' Gougnard  18' Briels  23' Truyens  68' Report Poltaszewski  32' Rataj  40', 61' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

27 November 2011 17:00 South Africa  4–7  India Reid-Ross  7' Harper  38' da Graca  45' Drummond  49' Report Sandeep  13', 35' Saravanjit  29' Khandker  41' Sunil  55', 57' Rupinder Pal  56' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

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29 November 2011 15:00 India  7–0  Poland Walmiki  18' Shivendra  24', 33' Sunil  43' Lakra  53' Khandker  55', 70' Report Umpires: Fernando Gomez (ARG) Francisco Vasquez (ESP)

29 November 2011 17:00 Belgium  2–1  South Africa Boon  4' Dekeyser  30' Report Reid-Ross  39' Umpires: Ged Curran (SCP) Roel van Eert (NED)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7
2	Japan	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
4	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	5	10	−5	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[3]

26 November 2011 11:00 Canada  3–1  Malaysia Tupper  8' Singh  49' Smythe  63' Report Amin  33' Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

26 November 2011 13:00 Argentina  2–2  Japan Cammareri  13' Argento  65' Report Nagasawa  54' Tachibana  63' Umpires: Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

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27 November 2011 11:00 Argentina  3–2  Canada Cammareri  26' Vila  39' Ibarra  54' Report Pereira  20' Wright  31' Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

27 November 2011 13:00 Malaysia  2–2  Japan Tengku  53' Amin  68' Report Sakamoto  6' Nagasawa  9' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Fernando Gomez (ARG)

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29 November 2011 11:00 Canada  1–2  Japan Smythe  3' Report Kayukawa  30' Sakamoto  41' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

29 November 2011 13:00 Malaysia  2–5  Argentina Azian  19' Amin  64' Report Ibarra  44', 64', 70' Mazzilli  51', 58' Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Tim Pullman (AUS)

Second round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 December
	India (a.e.t.)	5
					3 December
	Malaysia	4
					India	4
	1 December
					South Africa	2
	Japan	2
									4 December
	South Africa	3
									India	3
	1 December
									Belgium	4
	Belgium	4
					3 December
	Canada	0
					Belgium (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
	1 December
					Argentina	2 (2)			Third place
	Argentina	5
									4 December
	Poland	1
									South Africa	3
									Argentina	1

Quarterfinals

1 December 2011 10:00 Belgium  4–0  Canada van Aubel  23' Briels  49' Dekeyser  52' Boon  59' Report Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

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1 December 2011 12:30 Argentina  5–1  Poland Argento  13' Ibarra  22' R. Vila  23' Rossi  56' L. Vila  68' Report Zywiczka  4' Umpires: Francisco Vasquez (ESP) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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1 December 2011 15:00 India  5–4 (a.e.t.)  Malaysia Sandeep  7', 24' Walmiki  64' Sunil  67' Raghunath  85' Report Izwan  33' Azlan  42', 58' Tengku  46' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Chen Dekang (CHN)

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1 December 2011 17:30 Japan  2–3  South Africa Nagasawa  54' Shiokawa  57' Report Reid-Ross  9', 26', 45' Umpires: Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Ged Curran (SCO)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	2 December
	Malaysia	2
					4 December
	Japan	1
					Malaysia	3
	2 December
					Poland	0
	Canada	2
	Poland (a.e.t.)	3
					Seventh place
					4 December
					Japan	7
					Canada	2

Cross-overs

2 December 2011 14:30 Malaysia  2–1  Japan Faizal  53', 58' Report Ozawa  24' Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Francisco Vazquez (ESP)

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2 December 2011 17:00 Canada  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Poland Smythe  13' Gill  30' Report Mikula  26' Rataj  33' Dutkiewicz  73' Umpires: Fernando Gomez (ARG) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

Seventh and eighth place

4 December 2011 09:00 Japan  7–2  Canada Kayukawa  7' Tachibana  23', 49' Tanaka  26' Nagasawa  53' Mitani  59', 60' Report Tupper  35' Wright  67' Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

Fifth and sixth place

4 December 2011 11:30 Malaysia  3–0  Poland Tengku  17', 47' Faizal  29' Report Umpires: Fernando Gomez (ARG) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

3 December 2011 13:30 Belgium  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Argentina Thys  33' van Aubel  49' Report Ibarra  24' Mazzilli  32' Penalties Gougnard van Aubel Dohmen Briels Dekeyser 3–2 Ibarra Cammareri Rey Brunet L. Vila Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Roel van Eert (NED)

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3 December 2011 16:00 India  4–2  South Africa Raghunath  14' Saravanjit  40' Sandeep  45', 50' Report Drummond  8' McDade  22' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

Third and fourth place

4 December 2011 14:00 South Africa  3–1  Argentina Reid-Ross  18' Paton  25' Norris-Jones  68' Report Cammareri  22' Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Raghu Prasad (IND)

Final

4 December 2011 16:30 India  3–4  Belgium Raghunath  23' Sandeep  41' Shivendra  54' Report Dekeyser  44', 57' Boccard  55' Boon  70' Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Tim Pullman (AUS)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Best Player	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Trophy
Tom Boon Justin Reid-Ross	Sandeep Singh	David van Rysselberghe	South Africa

Statistics

Final ranking

1.  Belgium
2.  India
3.  South Africa
4.  Argentina
5.  Malaysia
6.  Poland
7.  Japan
8.  Canada

References

1. "CC1: Belgium claim gold in thrilling final against India". FIH.com. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
2. "FIH confirms participating teams for 2011 tournaments". FIH.com. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
3. FIH Top Tier Tournament Regulations February 2019

External links

• Official website