2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

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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The 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I was the sixth tournament of the Hockey Champions Challenge field hockey championship for men. It was held from November 26 to December 4, 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Belgium won the tournament for the first time after defeating India 4–3 in the final.^[1]

Teams

The FIH announced the eight participating teams on December 16, 2010.^[2]

Results

First round

All times are South African Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	3	2	1	0	17	7	+10	7
Belgium	3	2	1	0	12	7	+5	7
South Africa	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	3
Poland	3	0	0	3	4	17	−13	0

26 November 2011
15:00

India	3 – 3	Belgium
Singh 45' Kangujam 48' Vokkaliga Ramachandra 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)

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	San. Singh 13', 35' Sar. Singh 29' Khandker 41' Sowmarpetvitalacharya 55', 57' Singh 56'

Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

29 November 2011
15:00

India	7 – 0	Poland
Walmiki 18' Singh 24', 33' Sowmarpetvitalacharya 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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7
Japan	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
Canada	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
Malaysia	3	0	1	2	5	10	−5	1

26 November 2011
11:00

Canada	3 – 1	Malaysia
Tupper 8' Gabbar Singh 49' Smythe 63'	Report	Rahim 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)

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' Rahim 68'	Report	Sakamoto 6' Nagasawa 9'

Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Fernando Gomez (ARG)

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
Misron 19' Rahim 64'	Report	Ibarra 44', 64', 70' Mazzilli 51', 58'

Umpires:
Chen Dekang (CHN)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

Second round

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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)

1 December 2011
12:30

Argentina	5 – 1	Poland
Argento Innocente 13' Ibarra 22' R. Vila 23' Rossi 56' M. Vila 68'	Report	Zywiczka 4'

Umpires:
Francisco Vasquez (ESP)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

1 December 2011
15:00

India	5 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Malaysia
Singh 7', 24' Walmiki 64' Vitalacharya 67' Ramachandra 85'	Report	Tajuddin 33' Misron 42', 58' Tengku 46'

Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

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

Crossover

2 December 2011
14:30

Malaysia	2 – 1	Japan
Saari 53', 58'	Report	Ozawa 24'

Umpires:
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)

2 December 2011
17:00

Canada	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Poland
Smythe 13' Jagdish 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' Saari 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)

3 December 2011
16:00

India	4 – 2	South Africa
Raghunath 14' Sar. Singh 40' San. Singh 45', 50'	Report	Drummond 8' McDade 22'

Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

Third and fourth place

4 December 2011
14:00

Argentina	1 – 3	South Africa
Cammareri 22'	Report	Reid-Ross 18' Paton 25' Norris-Jones 68'

Umpires:
Chen Dekang (CHN)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

Final

4 December 2011
16:30

Belgium	4 – 3	India
Dekeyser 44', 57' Boccard 55' Boon 70'	Report	Ramachandra 23' Sa. Singh 41' Si. Singh 54'

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

References

^ "CC1: Belgium claim gold in thrilling final against India". FIH.com. 2011-12-04. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
^ "FIH confirms participating teams for 2011 tournaments". FIH.com. 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-12-16.

External links

Official website

[1] "CC1: Belgium claim gold in thrilling final against India". FIH.com. 2011-12-04. Retrieved 2011-12-04.

[2] "FIH confirms participating teams for 2011 tournaments". FIH.com. 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-12-16.

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