2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

2014 Men's Hockey
Champions Trophy
	Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Bhubaneswar
Dates	6–14 December
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Kalinga Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Germany (10th title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	107 (4.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Chris Ciriello; Florian Fuchs; Jeroen Hertzberger; Mink van der Weerden; Muhammad Irfan (4 goals)
Best player	Moritz Fürste
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The 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 35th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held between 6–14 December 2014 in Bhubaneswar, India.^[1] From this year on the tournament began to be held biennially due to the introduction of the Hockey World League, returning to its original format changed in 1980.

Germany won the tournament for the tenth time after defeating Pakistan 2–0 in the final.^[2] Australia won the third place match by defeating India 2–1.^[3]

Qualification

Alongside the host nation, the top five finishers from the previous edition and the winner of the 2012 Champions Challenge I qualified automatically. The remaining spots were nominated by the FIH Executive Board, making a total of 8 competing teams.^[4]

India (Host nation, and fourth in the 2012 Champions Trophy)
Australia (Defending champions)
Netherlands (Second in 2012 Champions Trophy)
Pakistan (Third in 2012 Champions Trophy)
Belgium (Fifth in 2012 Champions Trophy)
Argentina (Winner of 2012 Champions Challenge I)
England (Nominated by FIH Executive Board)^[5]
Germany (Nominated by FIH Executive Board)^[5]

Umpires

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

Chen Dekang (CHN)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Fernando Gómez (ARG)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Deon Nel (RSA)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Paco Vázquez (ESP)
Peter Wright (RSA)

Results

All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)^[6]

First round

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7
Belgium	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	5
Australia	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	4
Pakistan	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

6 December 2014
12:00

Australia	1–3	England
Ciriello 54'	Report	Brogdon 6' Ward 27', 56'

Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

6 December 2014
14:00

Belgium	2–1	Pakistan
Cosyns 12' Briels 44'	Report	Imran 36'

Umpires:
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Paco Vázquez (ESP)

7 December 2014
12:00

Belgium	4–4	Australia
Dockier 25' Van Aubel 30' Dohmen 38' Boon 60'	Report	Ciriello 16' Ockenden 19' Whetton 21' Ogilvie 37'

Umpires:
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

7 December 2014
14:00

England	8–2	Pakistan
Gleghorne 15' Catlin 17' Condon 19' Middleton 24' Jackson 26' Ward 45' Brogdon 48' Griffiths 59'	Report	Qadir 57' Irfan 60'

Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Coen van Bunge (NED)

9 December 2014
14:00

England	1–1	Belgium
Lewers 48'	Report	Keusters 9'

Umpires:
Paco Vázquez (ESP)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

9 December 2014
17:30

Australia	3–0	Pakistan
Hayward 23', 54' Whetton 59'	Report

Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Fernando Gómez (ARG)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	2	1	9	4	+5	6
Argentina	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6
India	3	1	2	5	7	−2	3
Germany	3	1	2	2	7	−5	3

6 December 2014
17:30

Netherlands	3–0	Argentina
Van der Weerden 13' Kemperman 19' Van Puffelen 51'	Report

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Peter Wright (RSA)

6 December 2014
19:30

Germany	1–0	India
Fuchs 60'	Report

Umpires:
Fernando Gómez (ARG)
Coen van Bunge (NED)

7 December 2014
17:30

Germany	1–4	Netherlands
Fuchs 56'	Report	Jonker 11' Van Puffelen 25' Hofman 29' Van Ass 51'

Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

7 December 2014
19:30

Argentina	4–2	India
Vila 30' López 37' Mazzilli 49' Menini 59'	Report	A. Singh 30' Gurj. Singh 37'

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Paco Vázquez (ESP)

9 December 2014
12:00

Argentina	3–0	Germany
Paredes 18' Menini 25' Ortiz 49'	Report

Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

9 December 2014
19:30

Netherlands	2–3	India
Van der Weerden 36', 58'	Report	Sowmarpet 33' M. Singh 47' Rup. Singh 49'

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

Second round

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Quarter-finals

11 December 2014
11:30

Netherlands	2–4	Pakistan
Hertzberger 6' Jonker 39'	Report	Bhutta 16' Imran 30' Irfan 51', 52'

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

11 December 2014
13:45

Argentina	2–4	Australia
Paredes 16' Brunet 35'	Report	Orchard 6' Hayward 37' Beale 42' Ciriello 49'

Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Peter Wright (RSA)

11 December 2014
17:15

England	0–2	Germany
	Report	Fürste 30' Rühr 58'

Umpires:
Paco Vázquez (ESP)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

11 December 2014
19:30

Belgium	2–4	India
Denayer 12' Dockier 18'	Report	Rup. Singh 18' Sannuvanda 27' A. Singh 41' D. Singh 49'

Umpires:
Chen Dekang (CHN)
Coen van Bunge (NED)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

13 December 2014
11:30

Belgium	2–2	Netherlands
Boon 49' Cosyns 60'	Report	Hertzberger 11' Baart 30'
Penalties
Denayer Cosyns Van Doren Van Aubel	2–4	Hertzberger Kemperman Van Ass Baart

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Fernando Gómez (ARG)

13 December 2014
13:45

England	1–2	Argentina
Jackson 12'	Report	Peillat 25', 48'

Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

Seventh and eighth place

14 December 2014
11:30

England	3–2	Belgium
Condon 14', 19' Griffiths 30'	Report	Van Aubel 10', 39'

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Fernando Gómez (ARG)

Fifth and sixth place

14 December 2014
13:45

Argentina	1–4	Netherlands
Paredes 19'	Report	Van der Weerden 47' Hertzberger 55', 58' Jonker 56'

Umpires:
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

13 December 2014
17:15

Germany	3–2	Australia
Oruz 5' Grambusch 9' Fuchs 31'	Report	Ciriello 34' Budgeon 42'

Umpires:
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

13 December 2014
19:30

India	3–4	Pakistan
Gurj. Singh 12' D. Singh 38' Thimmaiah 44'	Report	Qadir 17', 59' Waqas 32' Irfan 44'

Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Third and fourth place

14 December 2014
17:15

Australia	2–1	India
Ockenden 18' Gohdes 52'	Report	Upadhyay 42'

Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

Final

14 December 2014
19:30

Germany	2–0	Pakistan
Wesley 18' Fuchs 58'	Report

Umpires:
Paco Vázquez (ESP)
Coen van Bunge (NED)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Jeroen Hertzberger	Moritz Fürste	Sreejesh Ravindran	Akashdeep Singh

Final standings

References

^ "Bhubaneswar, not Delhi to host 2014 Men's Champions Trophy". The Times Of India. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
^ "Wesley & Fuchs give Germany 10th Champions Trophy Gold medal". FIH. 2014-12-14. Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2014-12-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Kookaburras grab Bronze in Bhubaneswar". FIH. 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Champions Trophy and FIH Champions Challenges from 2012 onwards" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
^ ^a ^b "Executive Board makes key decisions at latest meeting". FIH.ch. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
^ "Schedule released for the men's Hero Hockey Champions Trophy 2014, Bhubaneswar, India". FIH. 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2014-09-16.

External links

Official website

[1] "Bhubaneswar, not Delhi to host 2014 Men's Champions Trophy". The Times Of India. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-03-03.

[2] "Wesley & Fuchs give Germany 10th Champions Trophy Gold medal". FIH. 2014-12-14. Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2014-12-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] "Kookaburras grab Bronze in Bhubaneswar". FIH. 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2014-12-17.

[4] "Qualification Criteria for FIH Champions Trophy and FIH Champions Challenges from 2012 onwards" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2013-03-17.

[EB-5] "Executive Board makes key decisions at latest meeting". FIH.ch. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

[6] "Schedule released for the men's Hero Hockey Champions Trophy 2014, Bhubaneswar, India". FIH. 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2014-09-16.

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