2014 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 31 May to 15 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands.^[1] Simultaneously with the women's tournament. It was the third time that the Netherlands hosted the World Cup after 1973 and 1998.

2014 Men's Hockey World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	The Hague
Dates	31 May – 15 June
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Kyocera Stadion
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	162 (4.26 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gonzalo Peillat (10 goals)
Best player	Mark Knowles
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Kyocera Stadion

Location of the World Cup venue

Defending champions Australia won the tournament for the third time after defeating the Netherlands 6–1 in the final.^[2] A capacity crowd of 14,472 attended the final.^[3]

Argentina won the third place match by defeating England 2–0 to claim their first ever World Cup medal.^[4]

Bidding

The host was announced on 11 November 2010 during the FIH Congress and Forum in Montreux, Switzerland after FIH received bids from The Hague and London.^[5]

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. In addition to the six highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2012–13 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament.^[6][7]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
11 November 2010	Host nation		1	Netherlands (3)
13–23 June 2013	2012–13 Hockey World League Semifinals	Rotterdam, Netherlands	4	Belgium (5)  New Zealand (6)  Spain (10)  India (8)
29 June–7 July 2013		Johor Bahru, Malaysia	2	England (4)  Malaysia (13)
10–17 August 2013	2013 Pan American Cup	Brampton, Canada	1	Argentina (11)
17–25 August 2013	2013 EuroHockey Championship	Boom, Belgium	1	Germany (2)
24 August–1 September 2013	2013 Asia Cup	Ipoh, Malaysia	1	South Korea (7)
28 October–3 November 2013	2013 Oceania Cup	Stratford, New Zealand	1	Australia (1)
18–23 November 2013	2013 Africa Cup of Nations	Nairobi, Kenya	1	South Africa (12)
Total			12

Squads

Further information: 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup squads

Umpires

17 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament.^[8]

• Christian Blasch (GER)
• Marcin Grochal (POL)
• Hamish Jamson (ENG)
• Adam Kearns (AUS)
• Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
• Martin Madden (SCO)
• Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
• Tim Pullman (AUS)
• Raghu Prasad (IND)
• Javed Shaikh (IND)
• Gary Simmonds (RSA)
• Nathan Stagno (GIB)
• Simon Taylor (NZL)
• Roel van Eert (NED)
• Paco Vázquez (ESP)
• Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
• John Wright (RSA)

First round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)^[9]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	19	1	+18	15	Semi-finals
2	England	5	3	1	1	8	9	−1	10
3	Belgium	5	3	0	2	17	12	+5	9	Fifth place game
4	Spain	5	1	2	2	9	12	−3	5	Seventh place game
5	India	5	1	1	3	7	12	−5	4	Ninth place game
6	Malaysia	5	0	0	5	6	20	−14	0	Eleventh place game

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[10]

31 May 2014 10:30 Australia  4–0  Malaysia Turner  25', 54' Ockenden  50' Dwyer  52' Report Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

31 May 2014 16:00 Belgium  3–2  India van Aubel  34' Gougnard  56' Dohmen  70' Report Mandeep  45' Akashdeep  50' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

31 May 2014 17:30 England  1–1  Spain Brogdon  6' Report Tubau  37' GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

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2 June 2014 13:00 Australia  3–0  Spain Deavin  2' Knowles  10' Govers  33' Report Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Marcin Grochal (POL)

2 June 2014 16:00 England  2–1  India Gleghorne  27' Mantell  70' Report Dharamvir  30' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

2 June 2014 17:30 Malaysia  2–6  Belgium Razie  5', 15' Report Boon  14', 23', 31', 45' Cosyns  37' Dohmen  56' GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)

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5 June 2014 13:00 Malaysia  0–2  England Report Gleghorne  4' Jackson  67' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

5 June 2014 16:00 Belgium  1–3  Australia Dockier  46' Report Ciriello  7' Whetton  9' Ockenden  36' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

5 June 2014 17:30 India  1–1  Spain Rupinder  28' Report Ruiz  34' GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Simon Taylor (NZL)

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7 June 2014 13:00 Spain  2–5  Belgium Tubau  58' Freixa  66' Report Cosyns  13', 38' de Saedeleer  16' Stockbroekx  34' Dohmen  47' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

7 June 2014 14:30 India  3–2  Malaysia Jasjit  14' Akashdeep  49', 51' Report Razie  46' Marhan  61' GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Roderick Wijsmuller (NED) Simon Taylor (NZL)

7 June 2014 16:00 England  0–5  Australia Report Gohdes  1' de Young  13' Dwyer  29' Govers  35' Zalewski  38' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Gary Simmond0s (RSA) Roel van Eert (NED)

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9 June 2014 13:00 Australia  4–0  India Govers  3' Ciriello  16', 22' Hayward  20' Report Kyocera Stadion Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)

9 June 2014 14:30 Spain  5–2  Malaysia Dabanch  13', 46' Salles  33' Freixa  37' Enrique  69' Report Ahmad  24' Fitri  51' GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

9 June 2014 19:45 Belgium  2–3  England Briels  13' Cosyns  63' Report Catlin  19' Jackson  39' Lewers  66' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Simon Taylor (NZL)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	5	4	1	0	14	4	+10	13	Semi-finals
2	Argentina	5	4	0	1	15	5	+10	12
3	Germany	5	3	0	2	15	6	+9	9	Fifth place game
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	12	10	+2	7	Seventh place game
5	South Korea	5	0	1	4	3	15	−12	1	Ninth place game
6	South Africa	5	0	1	4	2	21	−19	1	Eleventh place game

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[10]
(H) Hosts

1 June 2014 10:30 Germany  4–0  South Africa Zeller  27' Stralkowski  35' Grambusch  56' Korn  59' Report Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Raghu Prasad (IND)

1 June 2014 16:00 Netherlands  3–1  Argentina Verga  26' van der Weerden  40' Hofman  50' Report Peillat  33' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Adam Kearns (AUS)

1 June 2014 17:30 New Zealand  2–1  South Korea Edwards  1' Burrows  69' Report Kim Seong-kyu  64' GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

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3 June 2014 14:30 South Africa  0–5  New Zealand Report S. Child  4' Hayward  15', 17', 54' McAleese  52' GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

3 June 2014 16:00 Germany  0–1  Argentina Report Brunet  31' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Tim Pullman (AUS)

3 June 2014 19:45 Netherlands  2–1  South Korea Hertzberger  21' Kemperman  69' Report Nam Hyun-woo  5' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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6 June 2014 13:00 New Zealand  1–3  Argentina Jenness  49' Report Peillat  44', 51', 63' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Marcin Grochal (POL)

6 June 2014 17:30 South Korea  0–0  South Africa Report GreenFields Stadium Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Adam Kearns (AUS)

6 June 2014 19:45 Germany  0–1  Netherlands Report Hertzberger  19' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) John Wright (RSA)

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8 June 2014 10:30 New Zealand  3–5  Germany Hayward  34', 67', 70' Report Fuchs  2' Zwicker  31', 40' Zeller  35' Fürk  57' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

8 June 2014 13:00 South Korea  0–5  Argentina Report Peillat  4', 7', 20' L. Vila  12' Schickendantz  54' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Martin Madden (SCO)

8 June 2014 19:45 South Africa  1–7  Netherlands Reid-Ross  62' Report van Ass  4' Verga  10' Hertzberger  23' Kemperman  33', 38' Bakker  41' Baart  66' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Paco Vázquez (ESP) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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10 June 2014 10:30 Argentina  5–1  South Africa Menini  20' Peillat  25', 61' L. Vila  49', 63' Report Panther  57' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

10 June 2014 13:00 Germany  6–1  South Korea Wesley  19' Fürk  22' Zwicker  32' Fuchs  60' Korn  65' Zeller  70' Report Nam Hyun-woo  51' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Adam Kearns (AUS)

10 June 2014 19:45 New Zealand  1–1  Netherlands S. Child  63' Report Verga  8' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

Fifth to twelfth place classification

Eleventh and twelfth place

12 June 2014 13:30 Malaysia  2–6  South Africa Firhan  26' Shahrun  70' Report Reid-Ross  43', 45', 48' Norris-Jones  50' Smith  64' de Voux  69' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)

Ninth and tenth place

14 June 2014 08:30 India  3–0  South Korea Akashdeep  6', 50' Rupinder  42' Report Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Roel van Eert (NED)

Seventh and eighth place

15 June 2014 08:00 Spain  1–1  New Zealand Lleonart  55' Report Russell  31' Penalties Freixa Alegre Oliva 1–4 Inglis Hilton Edwards Child Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

Fifth and sixth place

15 June 2014 10:15 Belgium  4–2  Germany Boon  25' Cosyns  40' van Aubel  59' Dockier  65' Report Zeller  18' Fuchs  56' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 June
	Australia	5
					15 June
	Argentina	1
					Australia	6
	13 June
					Netherlands	1
	Netherlands	1
	England	0
					Third place
					15 June
					Argentina	2
					England	0

Semi-finals

13 June 2014 15:15 Netherlands  1–0  England van der Weerden  31' Report Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Simon Taylor (NZL)

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13 June 2014 18:00 Australia  5–1  Argentina Govers  4' Hayward  22', 55' Whetton  33' Ciriello  49' Report Peillat  58' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

Third and fourth place

15 June 2014 12:30 Argentina  2–0  England Paredes  55', 56' Report Kyocera Stadion Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Martin Madden (SCO)

Final

15 June 2014 15:15 Australia  6–1  Netherlands Ciriello  20', 47', 53' Govers  24' Turner  37' Dwyer  64' Report Hertzberger  14' Kyocera Stadion Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final standing
1	A	Australia	7	7	0	0	30	3	+27	21	Gold medal
2	B	Netherlands (H)	7	5	1	1	16	10	+6	16	Silver medal
3	B	Argentina	7	5	0	2	18	10	+8	15	Bronze medal
4	A	England	7	3	1	3	8	12	−4	10	Fourth place
5	A	Belgium	6	4	0	2	21	14	+7	12	Eliminated in group stage
6	B	Germany	6	3	0	3	17	10	+7	9
7	B	New Zealand	6	2	2	2	13	11	+2	8
8	A	Spain	6	1	3	2	10	13	−3	6
9	A	India	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7
10	B	South Korea	6	0	1	5	3	18	−15	1
11	B	South Africa	6	1	1	4	8	23	−15	4
12	A	Malaysia	6	0	0	6	8	26	−18	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goal of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Gonzalo Peillat	Mark Knowles	Sébastien Dockier	Jaap Stockmann	Jeremy Hayward

Goalscorers

There were 162 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 4.26 goals per match.

10 goals

• Gonzalo Peillat

7 goals

• Chris Ciriello

6 goals

• Andy Hayward

5 goals

• Kieran Govers
• Tom Boon
• Tanguy Cosyns
• Akashdeep Singh

4 goals

• Christopher Zeller
• Jeroen Hertzberger
• Justin Reid-Ross

3 goals

• Lucas Vila
• Jamie Dwyer
• Jeremy Hayward
• Glenn Turner
• John-John Dohmen
• Florian Fuchs
• Martin Zwicker
• Razie Rahim
• Robbert Kempermann
• Valentin Verga

2 goals

• Matias Paredes
• Eddie Ockenden
• Jake Whetton
• Sébastien Dockier
• Florent van Aubel
• Mark Gleghorne
• Ashley Jackson
• Benedikt Fürk
• Oliver Korn
• Rupinder Pal Singh
• Mink van der Weerden
• Simon Child
• Nam Hyun-woo
• Gabriel Dabanch
• Santi Freixa
• Eduard Tubau

1 goal

• Manuel Brunet
• Joaquín Menini
• Guillermo Schickendantz
• Liam de Young
• Tim Deavin
• Matt Gohdes
• Mark Knowles
• Aran Zalewski
• Thomas Briels
• Alexandre de Saedeleer
• Simon Gougnard
• Emmanuel Stockbroekx
• Alastair Brogdon
• Nicholas Catlin
• Iain Lewers
• Simon Mantell
• Mats Grambusch
• Thilo Stralkowski
• Christopher Wesley
• Jasjit Singh Kular
• Dharamvir Singh
• Mandeep Singh
• Shahrun Abdullah
• Firhan Ashaari
• Marhan Jalil
• Fitri Saari
• Tengku Tajuddin
• Seve van Ass
• Sander Baart
• Billy Bakker
• Rogier Hofman
• Phil Burrows
• Steve Edwards
• Stephen Jenness
• Shea McAleese
• Kane Russell
• Jean-Pierre de Voux
• Lloyd Norris-Jones
• Clinton Panther
• Austin Smith
• Kim Seong-kyu
• Sergi Enrique
• Xavi Lleonart
• Roc Oliva
• Marc Salles

Source: FIH