2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers

The 2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers were the 12th edition of the Hockey World Cup qualification tournament. Three events were held between October and November 2009 in France, New Zealand and Argentina and only the winner of each would earn a berth to play in the 2010 World Cup, to be held in New Delhi, India.^[1]

2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers

Tournament details
Dates	31 October – 22 November
Teams	18 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	253 (4.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pedro Ibarra (11 goals)
← 2006 (previous) (next) 2026 →

Pakistan, New Zealand and Argentina each won one of the three tournaments.^[2][3][4]

Qualification

All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition.^[5]

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
7–15 March 2009	2009 Pan American Cup	Santiago, Chile	United States  Argentina  Chile
9–16 May 2009	2009 Hockey Asia Cup	Kuantan, Malaysia	Pakistan  China  Malaysia  Japan
10–18 July 2009	2009 Hockey African Cup for Nations	Accra, Ghana	—1
1–8 August 2009	2009 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Wrexham, Wales	Ireland  Russia  Wales  Czech Republic  Scotland
22–30 August 2009	2009 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Belgium  France  Austria  Poland
25–29 August 2009	2009 Oceania Cup	Invercargill, New Zealand	New Zealand
Invitational			Italy1

^1 –Egypt withdrew from participating. Italy was called to participate instead.^[6]

Qualifier 1

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Lille
Dates	31 October – 8 November
Teams	6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	Lille Hockey Club
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	86 (4.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sohail Abbas (9 goals)
Best player	Matthieu Durchon
← 2006 (previous)

Umpires

Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

• Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
• Diego Barbas (ARG)
• Will Drury (WAL)
• Murray Grime (AUS)
• Jang Jung-min (KOR)
• Vincent Loos (BEL)
• Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
• Amarjit Singh (IND)
• Gus Soteriades (USA)

Pool

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	5	4	0	1	22	6	+16	12	Final
2	Japan	5	4	0	1	14	10	+4	12
3	Poland	5	3	1	1	13	9	+4	10	Third place game
4	France (H)	5	2	1	2	13	12	+1	7
5	Russia	5	0	1	4	6	17	−11	1	Fifth place game
6	Italy	5	0	1	4	3	17	−14	1

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

31 October 2009 11:30 Japan  4–0  Russia Tanaka  6', 52', 67' Tsubouchi  44' Report Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Diego Barbas (ARG)

31 October 2009 13:30 Pakistan  5–0  Italy Abbas  31', 47' Imran  43' Zubair  52' Khan  68' Report Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Will Drury (WAL)

31 October 2009 15:30 France  2–2  Poland Durchon  35' Soyez  45' Report Strykowski  17', 58' Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Jang Jung-min (KOR)

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1 November 2009 11:30 Pakistan  5–0  Russia Butt  23' Abbasi  31' Abbas  33' Imran  37' Khan  43' Report Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) Diego Barbas (ARG)

1 November 2009 13:30 Japan  3–2  Poland Tanaka  2' Ono  14' Nagasawa  34' Report Dutkiewicz  9' Janiszewski  35' Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) Jang Jung-min (KOR)

1 November 2009 15:30 Italy  0–3  France Report M. Genestet  9' Soyez  50', 58' Umpires: Vincent Loos (BEL) Will Drury (WAL)

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3 November 2009 11:30 Italy  0–3  Japan Report Hatakeyama  17' Sakamoto  61' Anai  65' Umpires: Jang Jung-min (KOR) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

3 November 2009 13:30 Poland  2–1  Russia Zywiczka  2' Mikula  5' Report Likov  46' Umpires: Vincent Loos (BEL) Gus Soteriades (USA)

3 November 2009 15:30 France  2–4  Pakistan Soyez  23' Becuwe  67' Report Ali  8' Abbas  26', 37' Butt  55' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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5 November 2009 11:30 Poland  4–1  Italy Mikula  33' Kunklewski  46' Makowski  61' Marcinkowski  68' Report Lunetta  66' Umpires: Will Drury (WAL) Jang Jung-min (KOR)

5 November 2009 13:30 Japan  1–6  Pakistan Nagasawa  42' Report Abbas  19', 52' Butt  30', 56' Zubair  54' Abbasi  61' Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

5 November 2009 15:30 Russia  3–4  France Likov  11' Yankun  49' Zhirkov  68' Report Jansen  4' M. Genestet  16' Soyez  55' T. Genestet  56' Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) Vincent Loos (BEL)

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7 November 2009 11:30 Pakistan  2–3  Poland Waqas  29' Zubair  42' Report Mikula  45' Zywiczka  58' Kmiec  60' Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) Diego Barbas (ARG)

7 November 2009 15:30 Russia  2–2  Italy Mokrousov  48' Kolorev  60' Report Lanzano  11', 17' Umpires: Vincent Loos (BEL) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

7 November 2009 17:30 France  2–3  Japan T. Genestet  21' Soyez  67' Report Hatakeyama  6', 28' Sakamoto  65' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

8 November 2009 11:05 Russia  2–0  Italy Platonov  12' Zhirkov  19' Report Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Third and fourth place

8 November 2009 13:35 Poland  5–4  France Janiszewski  16' Rachwalski  38', 59' Mikula  40' Szyplik  57' Report M. Genestet  5' Lanos  29' T. Genestet  30' Sanchez  41' Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Will Drury (WAL)

Final

8 November 2009 16:05 Pakistan  3–1  Japan Khan  12' Abbas  24', 41' Report Tsubouchi  27' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Pakistan
2	Japan
3	Poland
4	France
5	Russia
6	Italy

  Qualified for the 2010 World Cup

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Sohail Abbas	Matthieu Durchon	Mariusz Chyla	Russia

Qualifier 2

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Invercargill
Dates	7–15 November
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	ILT Hockey Turf
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	Malaysia
Third place	Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	79 (4.39 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andrew Hayward (7 goals)
Best player	Ryan Archibald
← 2006 (previous)

Umpires

Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

• Saleem Aaron (USA)
• Stewart Dearing (AUS)
• Marcin Grochal (POL)
• Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
• Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
• Satinder Kumar (IND)
• Warren McCully (IRL)
• Tim Pullman (AUS)
• Peter Wright (RSA)

Pool

All times are New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand (H)	5	5	0	0	28	5	+23	15	Final
2	Malaysia	5	3	1	1	12	9	+3	10
3	China	5	3	0	2	7	12	−5	9	Third place game
4	Scotland	5	2	0	3	8	16	−8	6
5	Austria	5	1	1	3	7	11	−4	4	Fifth place game
6	Wales	5	0	0	5	5	14	−9	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

7 November 2009 12:05 China  2–1  Scotland Liu Yixian  45' Na Yubo  60' Report S. Dick  4' Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Stewart Dearing (AUS)

7 November 2009 14:05 New Zealand  6–2  Wales Wilson  17', 60' Hayward  33', 35', 65' Burrows  63' Report Gay  37', 49' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Marcin Grochal (POL)

7 November 2009 16:05 Malaysia  2–2  Austria Amin  6' Azlan  8' Report Grandits  54' Korper  67' Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Peter Wright (RSA)

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8 November 2009 13:05 Scotland  0–8  New Zealand Report Inglis  16' Child  26' Burrows  34', 46' Wilson  48', 50', 58', 60' Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Peter Wright (RSA)

8 November 2009 15:05 Wales  1–2  Malaysia Gay  51' Report Ahmad  4', 32' Umpires: Saleem Aaron (USA) Stewart Dearing (AUS)

8 November 2009 17:05 Austria  1–2  China Jelinek  64' Report Liu Yixian  35+' Sun Long  61' Umpires: Warren McCully (IRL) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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10 November 2009 14:05 Austria  2–3  Scotland Proksch  27' Korper  59' Report Stott  37' Bain  61' Ralph  66' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

10 November 2009 16:05 Wales  1–2  China Cornick  44' Report Liu Yixian  47' Na Yubo  57' Umpires: Warren McCully (IRL) Saleem Aaron (USA)

10 November 2009 18:05 New Zealand  4–2  Malaysia Archibald  6' Burrows  10' Shaw  52' Child  62' Report Azlan  30' Faizal  44' Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Marcin Grochal (POL)

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12 November 2009 14:05 Malaysia  3–2  Scotland Faizal  7', 27' Amin  35' Report Bain  37' Dick  49' Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Saleem Aaron (USA)

12 November 2009 16:05 Austria  2–0  Wales Korper  18' Stanzl  50' Report Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

12 November 2009 18:05 China  1–6  New Zealand Dong Yang  69' Report Hayward  9', 14' Burrows  29' Child  46', 52' Shaw  56' Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Stewart Dearing (AUS)

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14 November 2009 10:05 Scotland  2–1  Wales Dick  37' Ralph  51' Report Barrington  56' Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Warren McCully (IRL)

14 November 2009 12:05 New Zealand  4–0  Austria Burrows  8' Child  24', 67' Bhana  29' Report Umpires: Saleem Aaron (USA) Marcin Grochal (POL)

14 November 2009 14:05 China  0–3  Malaysia Report Kevinder Singh  37' Ahmad  38' Nabil  51' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Satinder Kumar (IND)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

15 November 2009 10:05 Austria  3–2  Wales Jelinek  42', 52' Korper  61' Report Croxall  39' Ruxton  41' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Marcin Grochal (POL)

Third and fourth place

15 November 2009 12:35 China  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Scotland Liu Yixian  20' Lu Fenghui  38' Report Dick  18' Bain  24' Penalties Liu Yixian De Yunze Sun Tianjun Wo Wei 3–5 Ralph Dick Marwaha Christie Stott Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Stewart Dearing (AUS)

Final

15 November 2009 15:05 New Zealand  2–1  Malaysia Hayward  57', 60' Report Razie  18' Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Tim Pullman (AUS)

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	New Zealand
2	Malaysia
3	Scotland
4	China
5	Austria
6	Wales

  Qualified for the 2010 World Cup

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Andrew Hayward	Ryan Archibald	Kumar Subramaniam	Scotland

Qualifier 3

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
City	Quilmes
Dates	14–22 November
Teams	6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	Estadio Nacional de Hockey
Final positions
Champions	Argentina
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	88 (4.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pedro Ibarra (11 goals)
Best player	Félix Denayer
← 2006 (previous)

Umpires

Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

• Michiel Bruning (NED)
• Nigel Iggo (NZL)
• Adam Kearns (AUS)
• Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
• Marc Knulle (FRA)
• Martin Madden (SCO)
• Francesco Parisi (ITA)
• Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
• Gary Simmonds (RSA)

Pool

All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina (H)	5	4	1	0	20	6	+14	13	Final
2	Belgium	5	3	2	0	21	6	+15	11
3	Ireland	5	2	1	2	12	11	+1	7	Third place game
4	Czech Republic	5	2	1	2	7	14	−7	7
5	Chile	5	1	0	4	8	18	−10	3	Fifth place game
6	United States	5	0	1	4	7	20	−13	1

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

14 November 2009 11:05 Belgium  4–1  Chile Luycx  15' Denayer  19' Truyens  57' Dekeyser  60' Report C. Rodríguez  2' Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Michiel Bruning (NED)

14 November 2009 13:05 Ireland  6–1  United States Watt  4', 7', 13' Butler  18', 34' Darling  55' Report Coolidge  53' Umpires: Marc Knulle (FRA) Nigel Iggo (NZL)

14 November 2009 15:05 Argentina  1–0  Czech Republic Almada  10' Report Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

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15 November 2009 11:05 Chile  1–4  Ireland Kannegiesser  16' Report Sothern  37', 67', 69' Jermyn  61' Umpires: Francesco Parisi (ITA) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

15 November 2009 13:05 Belgium  9–0  Czech Republic Truyens  7', 25' Dekeyser  12' Lucyx  40' Boon  49', 69', 70' Thys  62' Vandeweghe  64' Report Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Nigel Iggo (NZL)

15 November 2009 15:05 United States  1–6  Argentina P. Harris  16' Report Vila  9' L. Rey  13' Ibarra  16' Rossi  33' Brunet  53' Almada  68' Umpires: Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

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17 November 2009 14:35 United States  1–3  Czech Republic Ginolfi  65' Report Piterak  12' Bernatek  38' Jahoda  42' Umpires: Marc Knulle (FRA) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

17 November 2009 16:45 Ireland  0–3  Belgium Report Truyens  5' Dekeyser  10' Van Hove  36' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Francesco Parisi (ITA)

17 November 2009 17:05 Chile  3–7  Argentina Zarhi  38' M. Rodríguez  55', 62' Report Ibarra  9', 10', 31', 36', 65' Almada  52' M. Vila  54' Umpires: Michiel Bruning (NED) Martin Madden (SCO)

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19 November 2009 14:35 United States  1–2  Chile Reyatt  69' Report M. Rodríguez  24' Kannegiesser  55' Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) Martin Madden (SCO)

19 November 2009 16:45 Czech Republic  2–2  Ireland Babicky  54', 66' Report Jermyn  12', 22' Umpires: Francesco Parisi (ITA) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

19 November 2009 17:05 Argentina  2–2  Belgium Ibarra  48' Argento  55' Report Dekeyser  57' Lucyx  64' Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Adam Kearns (AUS)

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21 November 2009 11:05 Czech Republic  2–1  Chile Babicky  10' Kyndl  17' Report Berzcely  63' Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Francesco Parisi (ITA)

21 November 2009 13:05 Belgium  3–3  United States Charlier  5', 52' Boon  60' Report P. Harris  44' Kundi  59' Martin  70' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

21 November 2009 15:05 Ireland  0–4  Argentina Report Almada  12' Ibarra  19', 49' Cammareri  24' Umpires: Marc Knulle (FRA) Michiel Brunning (NED)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

22 November 2009 09:35 Chile  1–2  United States Thiermann  70' Report P. Harris  48' Holt  64' Umpires: Marc Knulle (FRA) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

Third and fourth place

22 November 2009 12:05 Ireland  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Czech Republic Ames  25' Cockram  77' Report Bernatek  53' Umpires: Michiel Bruning (NED) Nigel Iggo (NZL)

Final

22 November 2009 14:35 Argentina  4–3  Belgium Ibarra  39', 53' L. Vila  57' Almada  62' Report Charlier  14' Thys  25' Dekeyser  48' Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Argentina
2	Belgium
3	Ireland
4	Czech Republic
5	United States
6	Chile

  Qualified for the 2010 World Cup

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Pedro Ibarra	Félix Denayer	Filip Neusser	Argentina