2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
City	Salta
Dates	6–13 December
Teams	8
Top three teams
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	104 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pedro Ibarra (8 goals)
Best player	Sardar Singh
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The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I was the fifth tournament of the Hockey Champions Challenge field hockey championshipfor men. It was held from December 6 to December 13, 2009 in Salta, Argentina. New Zealand defeated Pakistan to take the title, and promoted to the Champions Trophy tournament in 2010.

Results

All times are Argentina Time (UTC−04:00)

Pools

Pool A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
India	7	3	2	1	0	10	5	+5
New Zealand	5	3	1	2	0	8	5	+3
Belgium	3	3	1	0	2	7	11	–4
China	1	3	0	1	2	6	10	–4

6 December 2009 14:05 Belgium 4 – 3 China Pangrazio Template:Fhgoal Thys Template:Fhgoal Gougnard Template:Fhgoal Report Na Yubo Template:Fhgoal Hu Huiren Template:Fhgoal Song Yi Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Deon Nel (RSA)

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6 December 2009 16:05 New Zealand 2 – 2 India Couzins Template:Fhgoal Hayward Template:Fhgoal Report Khandker Template:Fhgoal Shivendra Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

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8 December 2009 12:05 India 4 – 1 China Prabhjot Template:Fhgoal Rajpal Template:Fhgoal Sarwanjit Template:Fhgoal Shivendra Template:Fhgoal Report Song Yi Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

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8 December 2009 14:05 Belgium 1 – 4 New Zealand Charlier Template:Fhgoal Report Couzins Template:Fhgoal Archibald Template:Fhgoal Child Template:Fhgoal Inglis Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Haider Rasool (PAK)

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10 December 2009 14:05 New Zealand 2 – 2 China Wilson Template:Fhgoal Inglis Template:Fhgoal Report Liu Xiantang Template:Fhgoal Liu Yixian Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Thomas Dumon (BEL)

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10 December 2009 16:05 India 4 – 2 Belgium Mahadik Template:Fhgoal Shivendra Template:Fhgoal Khandker Template:Fhgoal Prabhjot Template:Fhgoal Report Dekeyser Template:Fhgoal Pangrazio Template:Fhgoal Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Diego Barbas (ARG)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
Pakistan	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
Canada	3	1	0	2	5	8	–3	3
South Africa	3	1	0	2	7	11	–4	3

6 December 2009 12:05 Pakistan 2 – 1 Canada Abbas Template:Fhgoal Report Fernandes Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Thomas Dumon (BEL)

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6 December 2009 18:05 Argentina 6 – 2 South Africa Ibarra Template:Fhgoal Mazzilli Template:Fhgoal L. Vila Template:Fhgoal Report Harper Template:Fhgoal Norris-Jones Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

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8 December 2009 16:05 Canada 1 – 4 South Africa Tupper Template:Fhgoal Report Paton Template:Fhgoal Haley Template:Fhgoal Reid-Ross Template:Fhgoal Carr Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Diego Barbas (ARG)

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8 December 2009 18:05 Argentina 3 – 1 Pakistan Callioni Template:Fhgoal Ibarra Template:Fhgoal Report Abbas Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

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10 December 2009 12:05 Pakistan 4 – 1 South Africa Abbas Template:Fhgoal Abbasi Template:Fhgoal Khan Template:Fhgoal Ali Template:Fhgoal Report Norris-Jones Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

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10 December 2009 18:05 Canada 3 – 2 Argentina Tupper Template:Fhgoal Wright Template:Fhgoal Fernandes Template:Fhgoal Report Ibarra Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Francisco Vazquez (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	12 December 2009
	Belgium	3
	South Africa	4
					13 December 2009
					South Africa	5
					China	0
					Seventh place
	12 December 2009			13 December 2009
	Canada	1		Belgium	2
	China	3			Canada	0

Crossover

12 December 2009 09:05 Belgium 3 – 4 South Africa Dekeyser Template:Fhgoal Charlier Template:Fhgoal Report Paton Template:Fhgoal Robinson Template:Fhgoal Reid-Ross Template:Fhgoal Madsen Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

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12 December 2009 11:35 Canada 1 – 3 China Pearson Template:Fhgoal Report Song Yi Template:Fhgoal Lu Fenghui Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Haider Rasool (PAK)

Seventh and eighth place

13 December 2009 09:05 Belgium 2 – 0 Canada Depaeuw Template:Fhgoal Pangrazio Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

Fifth and sixth place

13 December 2009 11:35 South Africa 5 – 0 China McDade Template:Fhgoal Hykes Template:Fhgoal Reid-Ross Template:Fhgoal Carr Template:Fhgoal Smith Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

First to fourth place classfication

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 December 2009
	Argentina	2
	New Zealand	3
					13 December 2009
					New Zealand	4
					Pakistan	2
					Third place
	12 December 2009			13 December 2009
	India	3		Argentina	2
	Pakistan	6			India	3

Semifinals

12 December 2009 14:05 Argentina 2 – 3 New Zealand Ibarra Template:Fhgoal L. Vila Template:Fhgoal Report Hayward Template:Fhgoal Burrows Template:Fhgoal McAleese Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Deon Nel (RSA)

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12 December 2009 16:35 India 3 – 6 Pakistan Mahadik Template:Fhgoal Ram Template:Fhgoal Report Butt Template:Fhgoal Abbas Template:Fhgoal Khan Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Roel van Eert (NED)

Third and fourth place

13 December 2009 14:05 Argentina 2 – 3 India Callioni Template:Fhgoal Report Raghunath Template:Fhgoal Gurbaj Template:Fhgoal Mahadik Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Deon Nel (RSA)

Final

13 December 2009 16:35 New Zealand 4 – 2 Pakistan Archibald Template:Fhgoal Burrows Template:Fhgoal Edwards Template:Fhgoal Report Abbas Template:Fhgoal Butt Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Pedro Ibarra	Sardar Singh	Kyle Pontifex	Argentina

Statistics

Final ranking

1. New Zealand
2. Pakistan
3. India
4. Argentina
5. South Africa
6. China
7. Belgium
8. Canada

External links

• Official FIH website
• Official website