2001 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge

2001 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Dates	7 December 2001 (2001-12-07) – 15 December 2001 (2001-12-15)
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Malaysia National Hockey Stadium, Bukit Jalil
Top three teams
Champions	India (1st title)
Runner-up	South Africa
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	64 (3.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jorge Lombi (7 goals)
Best player	Mike Cullen
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The 2001 Champions Challenge for men was the inaugural tournament of the Champions Challenge field hockey championship. It took place in the in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 7 to December 15, 2001.

Participating nations were Argentina, Belgium, host Malaysia, India, Japan, and South Africa. The winner earned a spot at the 2002 Champions Trophy in Cologne, Germany.

India defeated South Africa 2–1 in the final to win the competition.

Squads

Argentina

Head Coach: Jorge Ruiz

1. Pablo Moreira (GK / C)
2. Juan Pablo Hourquebie
3. Maximiliano Caldas
4. Matias Vila
5. Ezequiel Paulón
7. Mario Almada
10. Tomás MacCormik
11. Santiago Capurro

12. Marcos Riccardi
13. Jorge Lombi
14. Fernando Zylberberg
15. Germán Orozco
16. Fernando Oscaris
17. Matias Paredes
19. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
23. Leonardo Deambarsi

Belgium

1. Vincent Deneumostier (GK)
2. Maxime Luycx
3. Jean-Philippe Brulé
4. Thierry Renaer
5. Xavier-Charles Letier
6. Xavier de Scheemaeker
7. Joeri Beunen
8. Thomas van den Balck

9. Xavier Brooke
10. Robin Geens
12. Christophe Moraux (GK)
15. Marc Coudron (C)
17. Fabian Bueger
20. Xavier Reckinger
22. Charles Vandeweghe
23. Phillippe Goldberg

India

Head Coach: Cedric d'Souza

1. Devesh Chauhan (GK)
5. Lazarus Barla
6. Thirumal Valavan
8. Sukhbir Singh Gill
9. Dhanraj Pillay
10. Baljit Singh Dhillon (C)
11. Prabjoth Singh
12. Jude Menezes (GK)

14. Jugraj Singh
15. Daljit Singh Dhillon
20. Kanwalpreet Singh
21. Arjun Halappa
22. Deepak Thakur
24. Bipin Fernandez
27. Vikram Pillay
32. Gagan Ajit Singh

Japan

1. Takahiko Yamabori (C)
2. Naoya Iwadate
5. Ryuji Furasato
6. Akira Takahashi
7. Kenichi Katayama
8. Naohiko Tobita
9. Kazuyuki Ozawa
10. Atsushi Takehara

11. Daisuke Hokaze
12. Akihiko Hirata
14. Mitsuru Ito
15. Jun Takahashi (GK)
16. Yasuhiro Nobui (GK)
18. Ryuhie Harada
20. Fumihiro Matsui
22. Toshiai Fukuda

Malaysia

Head Coach: Paul Lissek

1. Roslan Jamaluddin (GK)
2. Singh Maninderijt
3. Chua Boon Huat
4. Gobinathan Krishnamurthy
5. Kuhan Shanmuganathan
6. Nor Azlan Bakar
7. Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
9. Mohammed Madzli Ikmar

10. Tajol Rosli Mohamed
11. Mohamed Rodhanizam Radzi
12. Keevan Raj Kalikavandan
13. Mirnawan Nawawi
14. Logan Kali Kavandan
16. Ibrahim Mohd Nasihin Nubli
18. Shankar Shanmugam

South Africa

Head Coach: Rob Pullen

1. Chris Hibbert (GK)
3. Warren Bond
4. Craig Jackson (C)
5. Craig Fulton
6. Bruce Jacobs
8. Gareth Murray
10. Mike Cullen
11. Clyde Abrahams

12. Justin King
14. Ken Forbes
15. Kevin Chree
16. Brenton Key
17. Darryn Gallagher
22. David Staniforth (GK)
26. Denzil Dolley
27. Marvin Bam

Results

Pool

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	5	3	1	1	9	5	+4	10
South Africa	5	3	1	1	9	7	+2	10
Argentina	5	3	0	2	10	8	+2	9
Malaysia	5	3	0	2	6	5	+1	9
Japan	5	2	0	3	10	10	0	6
Belgium	5	0	0	5	3	13	–10	0

7 December 2001 16:05 South Africa 3 – 2 Argentina King Template:Fhgoal Cullen Template:Fhgoal Report Lombi Template:Fhgoal Almada Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Antonio Bustos (ESP) Jason McCracken (NZL)

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7 December 2001 18:05 India 1 – 0 Belgium Pillay Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Steve Graham (WAL) Singh Ravinderpal (MAS)

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7 December 2001 20:05 Malaysia 1 – 0 Japan Raj Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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8 December 2001 18:05 South Africa 2 – 2 India King Template:Fhgoal Fulton Template:Fhgoal Report J. Singh Template:Fhgoal Thakur Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Singh Paramjit (MAS)

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8 December 2001 20:05 Belgium 0 – 2 Malaysia

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9 December 2001 18:05 Japan 1 – 2 Argentina

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10 December 2001 16:05 Japan 3 – 2 South Africa Furasato Template:Fhgoal Yamabori Template:Fhgoal Tobita Template:Fhgoal Report Cullen Template:Fhgoal King Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Antonio Bustos (ESP) Singh Ravinderpal (MAS)

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10 December 2001 18:05 Argentina 3 – 1 Belgium Almada Template:Fhgoal Capurro Template:Fhgoal Report Bueger Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Singh Paramjit (MAS) Toschimichi Fujimura (JPN)

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10 December 2001 20:05 Malaysia 2 – 1 India Chua Boon Huat Template:Fhgoal Raj Template:Fhgoal Report P. Singh Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Steve Graham (WAL)

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11 December 2001 18:05 Belgium 0 – 1 South Africa Report Jacobs Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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12 December 2001 18:05 India 3 – 0 Japan Thakur Template:Fhgoal P. Singh Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Singh Paramjit (MAS) Antonio Bustos (ESP)

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12 December 2001 20:05 Malaysia 1 – 2 Argentina L. Raj Template:Fhgoal Report Lombi Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Steve Graham (WAL) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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13 December 2001 16:05 Japan 6 – 2 Belgium Katayama Template:Fhgoal Matsui Template:Fhgoal Tobita Template:Fhgoal Furasato Template:Fhgoal Iwadate Template:Fhgoal Report Brulé Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Blalse Monteiro (IND) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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13 December 2001 18:05 India 2 – 1 Argentina J. Singh Template:Fhgoal G. Singh Template:Fhgoal Report MacCormik Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Steve Graham (WAL) Singh Ravinderpal (MAS)

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13 December 2001 20:05 South Africa 1 – 0 Malaysia Cullen Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

15 December 2001 08:05 Japan 5 – 3 Belgium Katayama Template:Fhgoal Matsui Template:Fhgoal Yamabori Template:Fhgoal Furasato Template:Fhgoal Report Reckinger Template:Fhgoal Beunen Template:Fhgoal Geens Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Blalse Monteiro (IND) Singh Ravinderpal (MAS)

Third and fourth place

15 December 2001 08:05 Argentina 4 – 2 Malaysia Lombi Template:Fhgoal Report Chairil Template:Fhgoal Mohd Madzli Ikmar Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Toschimichi Fujimura (JPN) Jason McCracken (NZL)

Final

15 December 2001 20:05 India 2 – 1 South Africa Thakur Template:Fhgoal Dillon Template:Fhgoal Report Dolley Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Steve Graham (WAL) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

Awards

Topscorer	Best Player	Fair Play Trophy
Jorge Lombi	Mike Cullen	Japan

Statistics

Final ranking

1. India
2. South Africa
3. Argentina
4. Malaysia
5. Japan
6. Belgium

External links

• 1st Men's Challenge Hockey from Rediff.com
• Official FIH Reports