2004 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters

The 2004 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters was the tenth edition of the Hamburg Masters, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Hamburg, Germany, from 18 to 20 June 2004, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.^[1]

2004 Men's Hockey
Hamburg Masters

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Hamburg
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Uhlenhorster HC
Final positions
Champions	Germany (8th title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	36 (6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Muhammad Nadeem Lee Jeong-Seon (4 goals)
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Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Argentina, Pakistan, South Korea, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country	2004 FIH Ranking[2]	Best World Cup Finish	Best Olympic Games Finish
Argentina	10	Sixth Place (1986, 2002)	Fifth Place (1948)
Germany	1	Champions (2002)	Champions (1992)
Pakistan	4	Champions (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994)	Champions (1960, 1968, 1984)
South Korea	7	Fourth Place (2002)	Runners-Up (2000)

Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:^[3]

• Iftikar Ahmed (PAK)
• Christian Bläsch (GER)
• Enzo Caravetta (ARG)
• Kim Kyung-Soo (KOR)
• Raymond O'Connor (IRE)

Results

All times are local (Central European Summer Time).

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Germany (H)	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	6	Tournament Champion
2	Pakistan	3	1	1	1	9	7	+2	4
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	11	13	−2	4
4	South Korea	3	0	2	1	8	9	−1	2

Source: Deutscher Hockey-Bund
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

18 June 2004 16:30 Pakistan  1–1  South Korea Abbas  39' Report Lee J.  67' Umpires: Christian Bläsch (GER) Enzo Caravetta (ARG)

18 June 2004 18:45 Germany  2–3  Argentina Bechmann  2' Reinelt  6' Report Almada  8', 69' R. Vila  39' Umpires: Raymond O'Connor (IRE) Iftikar Ahmed (PAK)

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19 June 2004 13:00 Pakistan  6–3  Argentina Nadeem  16', 57', 59' Ahmed  28' Butt  34' Abbas  50' Report Cammareri  11' Lombi  47' Retegui  63' Umpires: Kim Kyung-Soo (KOR) Christian Bläsch (GER)

19 June 2004 15:30 South Korea  2–3  Germany Lim  27' Seo  66' Report Wein  15' Kunz  56' Bechmann  56' Umpires: Enzo Caravetta (ARG) Raymond O'Connor (IRE)

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20 June 2004 12:00 South Korea  5–5  Argentina Lee J.  2', 26', 30' Seo  44', 62' Report M. Vila  21', 40' Ferrara  33', 38' R. Vila  60' Umpires: Christian Bläsch (GER) Iftikar Ahmed (PAK)

20 June 2004 14:30 Germany  3–2  Pakistan Bechmann  30' Emmerling  62' Kunz  70' Report Nadeem  35' Abbas  46' Umpires: Raymond O'Connor (IRE) Kim Kyung-Soo (KOR)

Statistics

Final standings

1.  Germany
2.  Pakistan
3.  Argentina
4.  South Korea

Goalscorers

There were 36 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 6 goals per match.

4 goals

• Muhammad Nadeem
• Lee Jeong-Seon

3 goals

• Christoph Bechmann
• Sohail Abbas
• Seo Jong-Ho

2 goals

• Mario Almada
• Fernando Ferrara
• Matías Vila
• Rodrigo Vila
• Florian Kunz

1 goal

• Lucas Cammareri
• Jorge Lombi
• Carlos Retegui
• Björn Emmerling
• Sascha Reinelt
• Christian Wein
• Waseem Ahmed
• Rehan Butt
• Lim Jung-Woo