2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Melbourne
Teams	8
Venue(s)	State Netball and Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Australia (13th title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	103 (4.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nick Wilson (5 goals)
Best player	Shakeel Abbasi
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The 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 34th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 1–9 December 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.

Australia won the tournament for the thirteenth time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final, extending their record winning streak to five consecutive titles.

Teams

Even though Spain was automatically qualified as the runner-up of the previous edition, they withdrew from participating due to financial issues. In addition to the three teams nominated by the FIH Executive Board to compete, the following eight teams, competed in this tournament.

• Australia (Host nation and defending champions)
• Netherlands (Third in 2011 Champions Trophy)
• New Zealand (Fourth in 2011 Champions Trophy)
• Germany (Fifth in 2011 Champions Trophy)
• Belgium (Winner of 2011 Champions Challenge I)
• England (Nominated by FIH Executive Board)
• India (Nominated by FIH Executive Board)
• Pakistan (Nominated by FIH Executive Board)

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

• Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
• Diego Barbas (ARG)
• David Gentles (AUS)
• Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
• Martin Madden (SCO)
• Deon Nel (RSA)
• Raghu Prasad (IND)
• Haider Rasool (PAK)
• Simon Taylor (NZL)
• Paco Vázquez (ESP)

Results

All times are Australia Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11)

First round

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
Germany	3	2	0	1	7	8	−1	6
England	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1

1 December 2012 12:30 Germany 3–2 New Zealand Matania  2' Ruehr  21' Korn  26' Report L'Huilier  56' Wilson  66' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Haider Rasool (PAK)

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1 December 2012 16:30 England 1–3 India Smith  15' Report Mujtaba  22' Walmiki  38' Chandi  66' Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

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2 December 2012 14:30 England 4–1 Germany Dixon  6' Martin  10'  33' Cheesman  61' Report  14' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Haider Rasool (PAK)

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2 December 2012 18:30 New Zealand 2–4 India  4' Wilson  38' Report  10' Chandi  14' Raghunath  25' Mujtaba  65' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Diego Barbas (ARG)

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4 December 2012 13:30 New Zealand 1–1 England Burrows  63' Report Gleghorne  11' Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Martin Madden (SCO)

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4 December 2012 17:30 Germany 3–2 India Korn  13' Matania  56', 58' Report Chandi  5' Thimmaiah  40' Umpires: Paco Vázquez (ESP) Diego Barbas (ARG)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
Australia	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Pakistan	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
Belgium	3	0	0	3	6	11	−5	0

1 December 2012 10:30 Netherlands 3–1 Pakistan De Wijn  31', 45' Hertzberger  56' Report Waqas  17' Umpires: Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Diego Barbas (ARG)

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1 December 2012 14:30 Australia 4–2 Belgium Simpson  4' Whetton  29' Ford  37' Ciriello  62' Report Dockier  38', 40' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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2 December 2012 12:30 Belgium 0–2 Pakistan Report Khan  56' Rasool  69' Umpires: Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

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2 December 2012 16:30 Netherlands 0–0 Australia Report Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

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4 December 2012 15:30 Belgium 4–5 Netherlands Boon  36', 39' Hendrickx  42' Reckinger  70+' Report Hertzberger  25' Caspers  29' Jenniskens  35+' Kempermann  41' Verga  69' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

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4 December 2012 19:30 Australia 1−0 Pakistan Govers  51' Report Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

Second round

Quarter-finals

6 December 2012 12:30 Germany 1−2 Pakistan Fürste  9' Report Abbasi  39', 50' Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

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6 December 2012 15:00 Netherlands 2–0 New Zealand Hertzberger  13' Bakker  45' Report Umpires: Haider Rassol (PAK) Martin Madden (SCO)

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6 December 2012 17:30 India 1–0 Belgium Thimmaiah  13' Report Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Deon Nel (RSA)

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6 December 2012 20:00 Australia 2–0 England Dwyer  16' Ciriello  53' Report Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Raghu Prasad (IND)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

8 December 2012 08:30 Belgium 4–0 England Truyens  27', 60' Charlier  57' Luypaert  70+' Report Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Diego Barbas (ARG)

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8 December 2012 11:00 Germany 6–4 New Zealand Miltkau  40', 60' Grambusch  43' Matania  52' Ruehr  61', 68' Report Burrows  7' Wilson  20' Jenness  51' Haig  64' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

Seventh and eighth place

9 December 2012 08:30 England 2–3 (a.e.t.) New Zealand Cheesman  32' Middleton  56' Report Jenness  19' Wilson  61', 77' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

Fifth and sixth place

9 December 2012 11:00 Belgium 5–4 (a.e.t.) Germany Boon  10' Dohmen  29' Dockier  37', 74' De Saedeleer  68' Report Schmidt  45' Fürk  54' Grambusch  60' Polk  66' Umpires: Haider Rassol (PAK) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

8 December 2012 13:30 Pakistan 2–5 Netherlands  23' Abbasi  70+' Report Bakker  2', 32' Van Ass  20' Verga  46' Kempermann  61' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

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8 December 2012 16:00 India 0–3 Australia Report Dwyer  6', 18' Govers  44' Umpires: Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Martin Madden (SCO)

Third and fourth place

9 December 2012 13:30 Pakistan 3–2 India Rizwan Sr.  21' Rasool  41' Ateeq  67' Report Raghunath  7' R. Singh  70+' Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) David Gentles (AUS)

Final

9 December 2012 16:00 Australia 2–1 (a.e.t.) Netherlands Ford  31' Govers  75' Report Baart  18' Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Nick Wilson	Shakeel Abbasi	Jaap Stockmann	Netherlands

Final standings

1. Australia
2. Netherlands
3. Pakistan
4. India
5. Belgium
6. Germany
7. New Zealand
8. England

External links

• Official FIH website