2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Terrassa
Dates	22 July – 30 July
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Club Atlètic Terrassa
Top three teams
Champions	Netherlands (8th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	91 (5.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Santi Freixa Taeke Taekema (8 goals)
Best player	Teun de Nooijer
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The 2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy is the 28th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Terrassa (within Barcelona metropolitan area), Catalonia, Spain from July 22–30, 2006. Netherlands emerged tournament champion after beating Germany 2–1 in the final.

Squads

Argentina

Head Coach: Sergio Vigil

1. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
3. Juan Martín López
4. Matías Vila
5. Ezequiel Paulón
6. Mariano Chao (GK)
7. Mario Almada
9. Rodrigo Vila
10. Tomás MacCormik
11. Lucas Cammareri

12. Marcos Riccardi
14. Fernando Zylberberg
15. Germán Orozco (C)
17. Matías Paredes
19. Matias Cammareri
20. Tomás Argento
21. Lucas Vila
22. Matias Rey
26. Pedro Ibarra

Australia

Head Coach: Colin Batch

1. Jamie Dwyer (C)
2. Liam de Young
3. Michael Boyce
4. Michael McCann
5. Troy Elder
6. Robert Hammond
7. Nathan Eglington
9. Mark Knowles
13. Luke Doerner

14. Grant Schubert
15. Bevan George
18. Stephen Lambert (GK)
20. Matt Naylor
21. Aaron Hopkins
24. Travis Brooks
25. Brent Livermore
26. Dean Butler
30. Stephen Mowlam (GK)

Germany

Head Coach: Bernhard Peters

1. Christian Schulte (GK)
3. Philip Witte
4. Philipp Crone
7. Carlos Nevado
9. Moritz Fürste
10. Jan-Marco Montag
11. Björn Emmerling
12. Sebastian Biederlack
13. Justus Scharowsky

14. Tibor Weißenborn
16. Niklas Meinert
17. Timo Weß (C)
19. Christopher Zeller
22. Matthias Witthaus
25. Philipp Zeller
29. Sebastian Draguhn
30. Nicolas Emmerling
31. Tim Jessulat (GK)

Netherlands

Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans

1. Guus Vogels (GK)
3. Geert-Jan Derikx
4. Karel Klaver
6. Thomas Boerma
7. Sander van der Weide)
8. Ronald Brouwer
10. Taeke Taekema
12. Jeroen Delmee (C)
13. Klaas Veering (GK)

14. Teun de Nooijer
15. Eby Kessing
16. Floris Evers
18. Rob Reckers
19. Matthijs Brouwer
21. Nick Meijer
22. Roderick Weusthof
23. Timme Hoyng
24. Robert van der Horst

Pakistan

Head Coach: Asif Bajwa

1. Rehan Butt
2. Ehsan Ullah
4. Ali Ghazanfar (C)
5. Muhammad Saqlain
7. Dilawar Hussain
8. Adnan Maqsood
9. Sohail Abbas
10. Salman Akbar (GK)
11. Zubair Muhammad

12. Nasir Ahmed (GK)
15. Shakeel Abbasi
16. Adnan Zakir
17. Akhtar Ali
19. Muhammad Imran
20. Waseem Ahmad
22. Zeeshan Ashraf
23. Waqas Sharif
31. Saleem Khalid

Spain

Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks

1. Bernardino Herrera (GK)
2. Santi Freixa
3. Miguel Delas
4. Oriol Freixa
5. Francisco "Kiko" Fábregas (C)
8. Alex Fàbregas
9. Pol Amat
10. Eduard Tubau
13. Ramón Alegre

14. Héctor González
15. Víctor Sojo
16. Xavier Ribas
17. Albert Sala
18. Rodrigo Garza
19. Pau Quemada
20. Sergi Enrique
22. Francisco Cortés (GK)
23. David Alegre

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	3	2	0	21	11	+10	11
Germany	5	2	3	0	14	11	+3	9
Spain	5	2	2	1	13	11	+2	8
Australia	5	2	1	2	16	12	+4	7
Pakistan	5	1	1	3	11	19	–8	4
Argentina	5	0	1	4	5	16	–11	1

22 July 2006 15:30 Australia 3 – 2 Pakistan McCann Template:Fhgoal Elder Template:Fhgoal Report Abbas Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)

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22 July 2006 17:45 Spain 1 – 1 Germany Freixa Template:Fhgoal Report Weißenborn Template:Fhgoal Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Tim Pullman (AUS)

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22 July 2006 20:00 Netherlands 4 – 2 Argentina Taekema Template:Fhgoal de Nooijer Template:Fhgoal Report Rey Template:Fhgoal L. Cammareri Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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23 July 2006 16:00 Pakistan 3 – 3 Germany Abbas Template:Fhgoal Abbasi Template:Fhgoal Report Zeller Template:Fhgoal Witthaus Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Daniel Santi (ARG)

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23 July 2006 18:00 Argentina 1 – 1 Spain Argento Template:Fhgoal Report Freixa Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Syad Zulfiqar (PAK)

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23 July 2006 20:00 Australia 1 – 1 Netherlands Elder Template:Fhgoal Report Taekema Template:Fhgoal Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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25 July 2006 16:00 Netherlands 9 – 2 Pakistan M. Brouwer Template:Fhgoal Evers Template:Fhgoal Reckers Template:Fhgoal R. Brouwer Template:Fhgoal de Nooijer Template:Fhgoal Taekema Template:Fhgoal Report Abbasi Template:Fhgoal Zakir Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Daniel Santi (ARG)

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25 July 2006 18:00 Spain 5 – 3 Australia Freixa Template:Fhgoal Tubau Template:Fhgoal Amat Template:Fhgoal Report Eglington Template:Fhgoal McCann Template:Fhgoal Schubert Template:Fhgoal Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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25 July 2006 20:00 Germany 3 – 1 Argentina Witthaus Template:Fhgoal Montag Template:Fhgoal Nevado Template:Fhgoal Report Orozco Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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27 July 2006 16:00 Germany 3 – 3 Netherlands Witthaus Template:Fhgoal Zeller Template:Fhgoal Report Reckers Template:Fhgoal Klaver Template:Fhgoal Taekema Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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27 July 2006 18:00 Pakistan 2 – 3 Spain Ali Template:Fhgoal Abbas Template:Fhgoal Report Freixa Template:Fhgoal Enrique Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED) Tim Pullman (AUS)

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27 July 2006 20:00 Argentina 0 – 6 Australia Report Schubert Template:Fhgoal Doerner Template:Fhgoal Boyce Template:Fhgoal McCann Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Syad Zulfiqar (PAK) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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29 July 2006 16:00 Pakistan 2 – 1 Argentina Butt Template:Fhgoal Abbasi Template:Fhgoal Report M. Cammareri Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)

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29 July 2006 18:00 Spain 3 – 4 Netherlands Sala Template:Fhgoal Freixa Template:Fhgoal Amat Template:Fhgoal Report Reckers Template:Fhgoal Weusthof Template:Fhgoal Taekema Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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29 July 2006 20:00 Australia 3 – 4 Germany Elder Template:Fhgoal Report Witthaus Template:Fhgoal Zeller Template:Fhgoal Füerste Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Daniel Santi (ARG)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

30 July 2006 13:00 Pakistan 3 – 1 Argentina Butt Template:Fhgoal Abbas Template:Fhgoal Report Almada Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)

Third and fourth place

30 July 2006 15:30 Spain 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Australia Tubau Template:Fhgoal Amat Template:Fhgoal Report Doerner Template:Fhgoal Eglington Template:Fhgoal Penalties Freixa Sala Tubau Amat Ribas 5 – 4 Dwyer Elder Schubert Hammond Doerner Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Syad Zulfiqar (PAK)

Final

30 July 2006 18:00 Netherlands 2 – 1 Germany Taekema Template:Fhgoal de Nooijer Template:Fhgoal Report Weß Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Satinder Kumar (IND)

Awards

Top scorers	Best Player	Best Young Player	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Trophy
Santi Freixa Taeke Taekema	Teun de Nooijer	Sergi Enrique	Stephen Mowlam	Australia

Statistics

Final ranking

1. Netherlands
2. Germany
3. Spain
4. Australia
5. Pakistan
6. Argentina

External links

• Official FIH website
• Official website