2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from December 6 to December 13, 2009 in Salta, Argentina. The competitors were 8 teams ranked from 7th to 15th in the world.^[1]

2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
City	Salta
Dates	6–13 December
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	104 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pedro Ibarra (8 goals)
Best player	Sardar Singh
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This was the fifth edition of the tournament created by the International Hockey Federation in 2001 to broaden hockey's competitive base globally and featured the 8 teams just behind the top six teams in the world.^[1]

New Zealand defeated Pakistan to take the title, and qualify for the Champions Trophy tournament in 2010 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.^[2]

Preliminary round

All times are Argentina Time (UTC−04:00)

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	2	1	0	10	5	+5	7	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	3	1	2	0	8	5	+3	5
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	3
4	China	3	0	1	2	6	10	−4	1

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

6 December 2009 14:05 Belgium  4–3  China Pangrazio  10', 65' Thys  42' Gougnard  53' Report Na  14' Hu  38' Song  43' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Deon Nel (RSA)

6 December 2009 16:05 New Zealand  2–2  India Couzins  47' Hayward  58' Report Khandker  30' Shivendra  51' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

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8 December 2009 12:05 India  4–1  China Prabhjot  7' Rajpal  35' Sarwanjit  56' Shivendra  70' Report Song  41' Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

8 December 2009 14:05 Belgium  1–4  New Zealand Charlier  30' Report Couzins  25' Archibald  49' Child  64' Inglis  65' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Haider Rasool (PAK)

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10 December 2009 14:05 New Zealand  2–2  China Wilson  42' Inglis  44' Report Liu X.  4' Liu Y.  57' Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Thomas Dumon (BEL)

10 December 2009 16:05 India  4–2  Belgium Mahadik  19' Shivendra  30' Khandker  48' Prabhjot  70' Report Dekeyser  24' Pangrazio  25' Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Diego Barbas (ARG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina (H)	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Pakistan	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	South Africa	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	3

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

6 December 2009 12:05 Pakistan  2–1  Canada Abbas  14', 31' Report Fernandes  47' Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Thomas Dumon (BEL)

6 December 2009 18:05 Argentina  6–2  South Africa Ibarra  9', 12', 31' Mazzilli  24' L. Vila  53', 55' Report Harper  15' Norris-Jones  69' Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

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8 December 2009 16:05 Canada  1–4  South Africa Tupper  59' Report Paton  30' Haley  41' Reid-Ross  46' Carr  65' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Diego Barbas (ARG)

8 December 2009 18:05 Argentina  3–1  Pakistan Callioni  1' Ibarra  31', 52' Report Abbas  66' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

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10 December 2009 12:05 Pakistan  4–1  South Africa Abbas  20' Abbasi  49' Khan  53' Ali  63' Report Norris-Jones  33' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

10 December 2009 18:05 Canada  3–2  Argentina Tupper  50' Wright  62' Fernandes  70+' Report Ibarra  54', 69' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Francisco Vazquez (ESP)

Classification round

Bracket

	Crossover				Fifth place
	12 December
	Belgium	3
					13 December
	South Africa	4
					South Africa	5
	12 December
					China	0
	Canada	1
	China	3
					Seventh place
					13 December
					Belgium	2
					Canada	0

Crossovers

12 December 2009 09:05 Belgium  3–4  South Africa Dekeyser  8', 14' Charlier  51' Report Paton  17' Robinson  25' Reid-Ross  65' Madsen  70' Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

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12 December 2009 11:35 Canada  1–3  China Pearson  7' Report Song  11', 28' Lu  39' Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Haider Rasool (PAK)

Seventh and eighth place

13 December 2009 09:05 Belgium  2–0  Canada De Paeuw  24' Pangrazio  50' Report Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

Fifth and sixth place

13 December 2009 11:35 South Africa  5–0  China McDade  8' Hykes  26' Reid-Ross  38' Carr  42' Smith  68' Report Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

Medal round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 December
	Argentina	2
					13 December
	New Zealand	3
					New Zealand	4
	12 December
					Pakistan	2
	India	3
	Pakistan	6
					Third place
					13 December
					Argentina	2
					India	3

Semi-finals

12 December 2009 14:05 Argentina  2–3  New Zealand Ibarra  18' L. Vila  66' Report Hayward  2' Burrows  32' McAleese  45' Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Deon Nel (RSA)

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12 December 2009 16:35 India  3–6  Pakistan Mahadik  8', 62' Ram  67' Report Butt  2', 29', 64' Abbas  32', 70' Khan  58' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Roel van Eert (NED)

Third and fourth place

13 December 2009 14:05 Argentina  2–3  India Callioni  22', 29' Report Raghunath  35+' Gurbaj  54' Mahadik  69' Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Deon Nel (RSA)

Final

13 December 2009 16:35 New Zealand  4–2  Pakistan Archibald  15' Burrows  20', 66' Edwards  65' Report Abbas  7' Butt  35' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Pedro Ibarra	Sardar Singh	Kyle Pontifex	Argentina

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	New Zealand	5	3	2	0	15	9	+6	11	Qualified for 2011 FIH Champions Trophy
	Pakistan	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3	9
	India	5	3	1	1	16	13	+3	10
4	Argentina (H)	5	2	0	3	15	12	+3	6
5	South Africa	5	3	0	2	16	14	+2	9
6	China	5	1	1	3	9	16	−7	4
7	Belgium	5	2	0	3	12	15	−3	6
8	Canada	5	1	0	4	6	13	−7	3

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.2 goals per match.

8 goals

• Pedro Ibarra

7 goals

• Sohail Abbas

4 goals

• Renaud Pangrazio
• Song Yi
• Dhananjay Mahadik
• Rehan Butt

3 goals

• Facundo Callioni
• Lucas Vila
• Jérôme Dekeyser
• Shivendra Singh
• Phillip Burrows
• Justin Reid-Ross

2 goals

• Cédric Charlier
• Wayne Fernandes
• Scott Tupper
• Tushar Khandker
• Prabhjot Singh
• Ryan Archibald
• Dean Couzins
• Andrew Hayward
• Hugo Inglis
• Abdul Haseem Khan
• Gareth Carr
• Lloyd Norris-Jones
• Wade Paton

1 goal

• Agustín Mazzilli
• Simon Gougnard
• Alexandre de Paeuw
• Jeffrey Thys
• Mark Pearson
• Phillip Wright
• Hu Huiren
• Liu Xiantang
• Liu Yixian
• Lu Fenghui
• Na Yubo
• Vokkaliga Raghunath
• Diwakar Ram
• Gurbaj Singh
• Rajpal Singh
• Sarwanjit Singh
• Simon Child
• Steven Edwards
• Shea McAleese
• Nicholas Wilson
• Shakeel Abbasi
• Akhtar Ali
• Ian Haley
• Marvin Harper
• Julian Hykes
• Lloyd Madsen
• Thornton McDade
• Jonathan Robinson
• Austin Smith

Source: FIH