2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

The 28th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for men held in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain from July 22 to July 30, 2006. Six nations participating in this annual elite tournament, they are Argentina (winner of 2005 Champions Challenge), reigning champions Australia, Germany, Pakistan, Netherlands, and hosts Spain.

Netherlands emerged tournament champion after beating Germany 2–1 in the final.

Contents

Venue

Squads

 Argentina

Head Coach: Sergio Vigil

  1. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
  2. Juan Martín Lopez
  3. Matias Vila
  4. Ezequiel Paulón
  5. Mariano Chao (GK)
  6. Mario Almada
  7. Rodrigo Vila
  8. Tomás MacCormik
  9. Lucas Cammareri
  1. Marcos Riccardi
  2. Fernando Zylberberg
  3. Germán Orozco (C)
  4. Matias Paredes
  5. Matias Cammareri
  6. Tomás Argento
  7. Lucas Vila
  8. Matias Rey
  9. 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
  8. Mark Knowles
  9. Luke Doerner
  1. Grant Schubert
  2. Bevan George
  3. Stephen Lambert (GK)
  4. Matt Naylor
  5. Aaron Hopkins
  6. Travis Brooks
  7. Brent Livermore
  8. Dean Butler
  9. Stephen Mowlam (GK)

 Germany

Head Coach: Bernhard Peters

  1. Christian Schulte (GK)
  2. Philip Witte
  3. Philipp Crone
  4. Carlos Nevado
  5. Moritz Fürste
  6. Jan-Marco Montag
  7. Björn Emmerling
  8. Sebastian Biederlack
  9. Justus Scharowsky
  1. Tibor Weißenborn
  2. Niklas Meinert
  3. Timo Weß (C)
  4. Christopher Zeller
  5. Matthias Witthaus
  6. Philipp Zeller
  7. Sebastian Draguhn
  8. Nicolas Emmerling
  9. Tim Jessulat (GK)

 Netherlands

Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans

  1. Guus Vogels (GK)
  2. Geert-Jan Derikx
  3. Karel Klaver
  4. Thomas Boerma
  5. Sander van der Weide)
  6. Ronald Brouwer
  7. Taeke Taekema
  8. Jeroen Delmee (C)
  9. Klaas Veering (GK)
  1. Teun de Nooijer
  2. Eby Kessing
  3. Floris Evers
  4. Rob Reckers
  5. Matthijs Brouwer
  6. Nick Meijer
  7. Roderick Weusthof
  8. Timme Hoyng
  9. Robert van der Horst

 Pakistan

Head Coach: Asif Bajwa

  1. Rehan Butt
  2. Ehsan Ullah
  3. Ali Ghazanfar (C)
  4. Muhammad Saqlain
  5. Dilawar Hussain
  6. Adnan Maqsood
  7. Sohail Abbas
  8. Salman Akbar (GK)
  9. Zubair Muhammad
  1. Nasir Ahmed (GK)
  2. Shakeel Abbasi
  3. Adnan Zakir
  4. Akhtar Ali
  5. Muhammad Imran
  6. Waseem Ahmad
  7. Zeeshan Ashraf
  8. Waqas Sharif
  9. 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)
  6. Alex Fábregas
  7. Pablo Amat
  8. Eduardo Tubau
  9. Ramón Alegre
  1. Héctor González
  2. Víctor Sojo
  3. Xavier Ribas
  4. Albert Sala
  5. Rodrigo Garza
  6. Pau Quemada
  7. Sergi Enrique
  8. Francisco Cortes (GK)
  9. David Alegre

Results

Pool

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

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

July 22, 2006
15:30
Australia  3 – 2  Pakistan Umpires:
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)
McCann 2'
Elder 41', 56'
Abbas 32' (PS), 53'

July 22, 2006
17:45
Spain  1 – 1  Germany Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Freixa 65' Weißenborn 4'

July 22, 2006
20:00
Netherlands  4 – 2  Argentina Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Taekema 25', 57', 63'
De Nooijer 55'
Rey 42'
L. Cammareri 59'

July 23, 2006
16:00
Pakistan  3 – 3  Germany Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Daniel Santi (ARG)
Abbas 27', 38'
Abbasi 57'
Zeller 2', 22'
Witthaus 68'

July 23, 2006
18:00
Argentina  1 – 1  Spain Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Syad Zulfiqar (PAK)
Argento 70' Freixa 18'

July 23, 2006
20:00
Australia  1 – 1  Netherlands Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Elder 29' Taekema 35'

July 25, 2006
16:00
Netherlands  9 – 2  Pakistan Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Daniel Santi (ARG)
M. Brouwer 1'
Evers 14'
Reckers 26'
R. Brouwer 30', 44', 65', 70'
De Nooijer 42'
Taekema 58'
Abbasi 43'
Maqsood 53'

July 25, 2006
18:00
Spain  5 – 3  Australia Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Freixa 29', 44', 55'
Tubau 52'
Amat 61'
Eglington 8'
McCann 18'
Schubert 22'

July 25, 2006
20:00
Germany  3 – 1  Argentina Umpires:
Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Witthaus 6'
Montag 21'
Nevado 59'
Orozco 68'

July 27, 2006
16:00
Germany  3 – 3  Netherlands Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Witthaus 3', 31'
Zeller 42'
Reckers 10'
Klaver 18'
Taekema 55'

July 27, 2006
18:00
Pakistan  2 – 3  Spain Umpires:
Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Ali 29'
Abbas 68'
Freixa 10', 60'
Enrique 70'

July 27, 2006
20:00
Argentina  0 – 6  Australia Umpires:
Syad Zulfiqar (PAK)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Schubert 19'
Doerner 28', 32', 60'
Boyce 44'
McCann 66'

July 29, 2006
16:00
Pakistan  2 – 1  Argentina Umpires:
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)
Butt 6'
Abbasi 29'
M. Cammareri 69'

July 29, 2006
18:00
Spain  3 – 4  Netherlands Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Sala 49'
Freixa 55'
Amat 58'
Reckers 29', 70'
Weusthof 44'
Taekema 69'

July 29, 2006
20:00
Australia  3 – 4  Germany Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Daniel Santi (ARG)
Elder 12', 49', 54' Witthaus 8'
Zeller 45', 70'+
Füerste 55'

Classification

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

Fifth and sixth place

July 30, 2006
13:00
Pakistan  3 – 1  Argentina Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)
Butt 24', 34'
Abbas 40'
Almada 51'

Third and fourth place

July 30, 2006
15:30
Spain  2 – 2 (AET)
5 – 4 (PSO)
 Australia Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Syad Zulfiqar (PAK)
Tubau 45'
Amat 62'
Doerner 38'
Eglington 50'

Final

July 30, 2006
18:00
Netherlands  2 – 1  Germany Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Taekema 20'
De Nooijer 32'
Weß 41'
 2006 Men's Champions Trophy Winners 

Netherlands
Eighth title

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

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