2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

The 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 25th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Amstelveen, Netherlands from August 16–24, 2003.

2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Amstelveen
Dates	16–24 August
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Wagener Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (7th title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	125 (6.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jorge Lombi (10 goals)
← 2002 (previous) (next) 2004 →

Netherlands won their fifth title after defeated Australia 4–2 in the final.

Squads

 Argentina

Head Coach: Jorge Ruiz

1. Pablo Moreira (GK / C)
2. Juan Pablo Hourquebie
3. Lucas Cammareri
4. Matías Vila
5. Ezequiel Paulón
7. Mario Almada
8. Carlos Retegui
10. Tomás MacCormik
11. Diego Avila
12. Marcos Riccardi
13. Jorge Lombi
14. Fernando Zylberberg
15. Germán Orozco
16. Juan Manuel Esparis
17. Matías Paredes
18. Lucas Rey
19. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
20. Juan Garreta

 Australia

Head Coach: Barry Dancer

1. Jamie Dwyer
3. Adam Commens
4. Michael McCann
5. Troy Elder
6. Robert Hammond
7. Nathan Eglington
8. Craig Victory
10. Paul Gaudoin (C)
12. Tristram Woodhouse
14. Grant Schubert
15. Bevan George
18. Stephen Lambert (GK)
19. Mark Hickman (GK)
21. Aaron Hopkins
23. Matthew Wells
25. Brent Livermore
26. Dean Butler
27. Zain Wright

 Germany

Head Coach: Uli Forstner

2. Christian Schulte (GK)
3. Alexander Sahmel
4. Jan-Marco Montag
5. Till Kriwet
6. Maik Günther
7. Christoph Menke
8. Ulrich Klaus
9. Benedikt Sperling
10. Max Jesse
11. Sebastian Draguhn
12. Niklas Meinert
14. Bastian Timm
15. Nicolas Emmerling
16. Eike Duckwitz
17. Oliver Markowsky
20. Benjamin Köpp
21. Ulrich Bubolz (GK)
26. Justus Scharowsky

 India

Head Coach: Rajinder Singh

1. Devesh Chauhan (GK)
2. Kanwalpreet Singh
3. Dilip Tirkey
4. Baljit Singh Saini
5. Bimal Lakra
6. Ignace Tirkey
7. Vikram Pillay
8. Deepak Thakur
9. Dhanraj Pillay (C)
10. Baljit Singh Dhillon
11. Gagan Ajit Singh
12. VS Vinay
14. Prabhjot Singh
15. Tejbir Singh
16. Kamaldeep Singh (GK)
18. Viren Rasquinha
21. Didar Singh
22. Jugraj Singh

 Netherlands

Head Coach: Joost Bellaart

1. Guus Vogels (GK)
2. Bram Lomans
3. Geert-Jan Derikx
4. Erik Jazet
5. Rob Derikx
6. Floris Evers
7. Sander van der Weide
8. Ronald Brouwer
9. Piet-Hein Geeris
10. Taeke Taekema
12. Jeroen Delmee (C)
14. Teun de Nooijer
15. Karel Klaver
16. Jan Jörn van 't Land
17. Klaas Veering (GK)
18. Rob Reckers
19. Matthijs Brouwer
21. Nick Meijer

 Pakistan

Head Coach: Tahir Zaman

1. Ahmed Alam (GK)
2. Kashif Jawad
3. Mohammad Asim
4. Adnan Maqsood
5. Waseem Ahmad
6. Sameer Hussain
7. Ghazanar Ali
8. Mudassar Ali Khan
9. Sohail Abbas
10. Ali Raza
11. Muhammad Saqlain
12. Salman Akbar (GK)
13. Rehan Butt
14. Dilawar Hussain
15. Salim Khalid
16. Zeeshan Ashraf
17. Muhammad Shabbir
18. Muhammad Nadeem

Umpires

Below is the list of umpires appointed by International Hockey Federation (FIH) for this tournament:^[1]

• Amarjit Singh (MAS)
• Stephen Brooks (ENG)
• Mohammad Faiz (PAK)
• Jason McCracken (NZL)
• Ray O'Connor (IRL)
• Tim Pullman (AUS)
• Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
• Rob ten Cate (NED)
• Virendra Singh (IND)

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	23	11	+12	13
2	Australia	5	3	1	1	25	14	+11	10
3	Pakistan	5	2	2	1	21	20	+1	8
4	India	5	2	0	3	16	18	−2	6
5	Argentina	5	2	0	3	18	23	−5	6
6	Germany	5	0	0	5	6	23	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

16 August 2003 12:30 Pakistan  4–4  Australia M. Ali  6' Abbas  11', 31' Khalid  63' Report Schubert  14', 70' Elder  32' Butler  64' Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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16 August 2003 15:00 Netherlands  4–3  India Reckers  63' Taekema  64' Evers  68' R. Brouwer  70' Report J. Singh  44' Thakur  51' GS Singh  62' Umpires: Stephen Brooks (ENG) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)

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17 August 2003 12:30 Argentina  5–6  Pakistan Vila  33' Almada  36' Cammareri  45' Lombi  56', 61' Report Abbas  7', 11' Shabbir  14', 25' Jawad  39' Butt  69' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Virendra Singh (IND)

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17 August 2003 15:00 Australia  3–5  Netherlands Eglington  30' Wells  53' Butler  65' Report M. Brouwer  10' Klaver  22' Reckers  40' Taekema  47' Lomans  51' Umpires: Muhammad Faiz (PAK) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

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17 August 2003 17:00 India  3–2  Germany GS Singh  42', 68' P. Singh  61' Report Sperling  15' Sahmel  46' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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18 August 2003 16:30 Germany  1–3  Argentina Meinert  65' Report Lombi  5', 58' Almada  40' Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Mohammad Faiz (PAK)

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19 August 2003 17:00 India  1–4  Australia D. Tirkey  49' Report Schubert  33', 44', 60' Elder  46' Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

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19 August 2003 19:30 Netherlands  2–2  Pakistan de Nooijer  5' Taekema  59' Report Abbas  27' Jawad  64' Umpires: Edmundo Saladino (ARG) Jason McCracken (NZL)

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20 August 2003 15:00 Australia  6–1  Germany McCann  9', 20' Commens  15' Schubert  16', 56' Hopkins  54' Report Sahmel  66' Umpires: Virendra Singh (IND) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)

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20 August 2003 17:00 Argentina  4–2  India Lombi  18', 44' Vila  24' Almada  37' Report Thakur  30' Dhillon  48' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Tim Pullman (AUS)

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21 August 2003 17:00 Pakistan  5–2  Germany Jawad  5', 25' Butt  15' Abbas  65' Khalid  68' Report Sperling  42' Köpp  46' Umpires: Stephen Brooks (ENG) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

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21 August 2003 19:30 Netherlands  6–3  Argentina R. Brouwer  15', 47' Taekema  19' M. Brouwer  30' Klaver  44' Reckers  59' Report Paredes  7' Lombi  28', 33' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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22 August 2003 17:00 India  7–4  Pakistan J. Singh  24', 35' Thakur  50', 65' P. Singh  54' GS Singh  60', 62' Report Butt  18' Nadeem  20' M. Ali  28' Abbas  42' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Rob ten Cate (NED)

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23 August 2003 12:30 Argentina  3–8  Australia Lombi  45', 69' Retegui  57' Report McCann  12', 53' Victory  28' Schubert  38', 58' Elder  55' Hammond  60' Woodhouse  63' Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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23 August 2003 15:00 Germany  0–6  Netherlands Report Lomans  21', 29' Klaver  24' de Nooijer  44', 56' Evers  70' Umpires: Edmundo Saladino (ARG) Muhammad Faiz (PAK)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

24 August 2003 10:00 Argentina  2–1  Germany Almada  37' Vila  61' Report Köpp  64' Umpires: Virendra Singh (IND) Tim Pullman (AUS)

Third and fourth place

24 August 2003 12:30 Pakistan  4–3  India Abbas  31', 61' Jawad  42' Butt  68' Report J. Singh  26' P. Singh  35' Thakur  48' Umpires: Edmundo Saladino (ARG) Rob ten Cate (NED)

Final

24 August 2003 15:00 Netherlands  4–2  Australia M. Brouwer  24' Geeris  30' de Nooijer  60' Klaver  67' Report Victory  28' Elder  59' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

Final standings

1.  Netherlands
2.  Australia
3.  Pakistan
4.  India
5.  Argentina
6.  Germany