2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

The 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 26 November to 4 December 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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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This was the sixth edition of the competition initiated 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][2]

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

Teams

The FIH announced the eight participating teams on 16 December 2010.^[4]

•  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.^[5]
(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.^[5]

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