2001 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge

The 2001 Champions Challenge for men is the inaugural tournament of Champions Challenge, 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.

Contents

Venue

Squads

 Argentina

Head Coach: Jorge Ruiz

  1. Pablo Moreira (GK / C)
  2. Juan Pablo Hourquebie
  3. Maximiliano Caldas
  4. Matias Vila
  5. Ezequiel Paulón
  6. Mario Almada
  7. Tomás MacCormik
  8. Santiago Capurro
  1. Marcos Riccardi
  2. Jorge Lombi
  3. Fernando Zylberberg
  4. Germán Orozco
  5. Fernando Oscaris
  6. Matias Paredes
  7. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
  8. 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
  1. Xavier Brooke
  2. Robin Geens
  3. Christophe Moraux (GK)
  4. Marc Coudron (C)
  5. Fabian Bueger
  6. Xavier Reckinger
  7. Charles Vandeweghe
  8. Phillippe Goldberg

 India

Head Coach: Cedric d'Souza

  1. Devesh Chauhan (GK)
  2. Lazarus Barla
  3. Thirumal Valavan
  4. Sukhbir Singh Gill
  5. Dhanraj Pillay
  6. Baljit Singh Dhillon (C)
  7. Prabjoth Singh
  8. Jude Menezes (GK)
  1. Jugraj Singh
  2. Daljit Singh Dhillon
  3. Kanwalpreet Singh
  4. Arjun Halappa
  5. Deepak Thakur
  6. Bipin Fernandez
  7. Vikram Pillay
  8. Gagan Ajit Singh

 Japan

  1. Takahiko Yamabori (C)
  2. Naoya Iwadate
  3. Ryuji Furasato
  4. Akira Takahashi
  5. Kenichi Katayama
  6. Naohiko Tobita
  7. Kazuyuki Ozawa
  8. Atsushi Takehara
  1. Daisuke Hokaze
  2. Akihiko Hirata
  3. Mitsuru Ito
  4. Jun Takahashi (GK)
  5. Yasuhiro Nobui (GK)
  6. Ryuhie Harada
  7. Fumihiro Matsui
  8. 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
  8. Mohammed Madzli Ikmar
  1. Tajol Rosli Mohamed
  2. Mohamed Rodhanizam Radzi
  3. Keevan Raj Kalikavandan
  4. Mirnawan Nawawi
  5. Logan Kali Kavandan
  6. Ibrahim Mohd Nasihin Nubli
  7. Shankar Shanmugam

 South Africa

Head Coach: Rob Pullen

  1. Chris Hibbert (GK)
  2. Warren Bond
  3. Craig Jackson (C)
  4. Craig Fulton
  5. Bruce Jacobs
  6. Gareth Murray
  7. Mike Cullen
  8. Clyde Abrahams
  1. Justin King
  2. Ken Forbes
  3. Kevin Chree
  4. Brenton Key
  5. Darryn Gallagher
  6. David Staniforth (GK)
  7. Denzil Dolley
  8. Marvin Bam

Results

Pool

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

All times local (UTC +8)

December 7, 2001
16:05
South Africa  3 – 2  Argentina Umpires:
Antonio Bustos (ESP)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
King 16'
Cullen 69', 70'		 Lombi 11'
Almada 59'
December 7, 2001
18:05
India  1 – 0  Belgium Umpires:
Steve Graham (WAL)
Singh Ravinderpal (MAS)
Pillay 47'
December 7, 2001
20:05
Malaysia  1 – 0  Japan Umpires:
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Keevan Raj 40'
December 8, 2001
18:05
South Africa  2 – 2  India Umpires:
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Singh Paramjit (MAS)
King 11'
Fulton 60'		 J. Singh 9'
Thakur 17'
December 8, 2001
20:05
Belgium  0 – 2  Malaysia
December 9, 2001
18:05
Japan  1 – 2  Argentina
December 10, 2001
16:05
Japan  3 – 2  South Africa Umpires:
Antonio Bustos (ESP)
Singh Ravinderpal (MAS)
Furasato 25'
Yamabori 51'
Tobita 58'		 Cullen 8'
King 43'
December 10, 2001
18:05
Argentina  3 – 1  Belgium Umpires:
Singh Paramjit (MAS)
Toschimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Almada 5', 51'
Capurro 11'		 Bueger 18'
December 10, 2001
20:05
Malaysia  2 – 1  India Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Steve Graham (WAL)
Chua Boon Huat 47'
Rodhanizarn 55'		 P. Singh 23'
December 11, 2001
18:05
Belgium  0 – 1  South Africa Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Jacobs 51'
December 12, 2001
18:05
India  3 – 0  Japan Umpires:
Singh Paramjit (MAS)
Antonio Bustos (ESP)
Halappa 35', 62'
P. Singh 41'
December 12, 2001
20:05
Malaysia  1 – 2  Argentina Umpires:
Steve Graham (WAL)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Nawawi 19' Lombi 46', 69'
December 13, 2001
16:05
Japan  6 – 2  Belgium Umpires:
Blalse Monteiro (IND)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Katayama 6'
Matsui 41'
Tobita 44' (PS), 60'
Furasato 49'
Iwadate 62'		 Brulé 8', 40'
December 13, 2001
18:05
India  2 – 1  Argentina Umpires:
Steve Graham (WAL)
Singh Ravinderpal (MAS)
J. Singh 27'
G. Singh 32'		 MacCormik 15'
December 13, 2001
20:05
South Africa  1 – 0  Malaysia Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Samesh Putra (CAN)
Cullen 41'

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

All times local (UTC +8)

December 15, 2001
08:05
Japan  5 – 3  Belgium Umpires:
Blalse Monteiro (IND)
Singh Ravinderpal (MAS)
Katayama 1'
Matsui 8', 37'
Yamabori 53'
Furasato 61'		 Reckinger 28' (PS)
Beunen 39'
Geens 42'

Third and fourth place

All times local (UTC +8)

December 15, 2001
08:05
Argentina  4 – 2  Malaysia Umpires:
Toschimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Lombi 7', 24', 31' (PS), 59' Chairil 45'
Mohd Madzli Ikmar 50'

Final

All times local (UTC +8)

December 15, 2001
20:05
India  2 – 1  South Africa Umpires:
Steve Graham (WAL)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Thakur 9'
Dillon 55'		 Dolley 58'


 2001 Men's Champions Challenge Winners 

India
First title

Awards

Top Scorer Best Player Fair Play Trophy
Jorge Lombi Mike Cullen  Japan

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