2006 Men's Hockey World Cup

2006 Hockey World Cup
Hockey Weltmeisterschaften 2006
Tournament details
Host country  Germany
City Mönchengladbach
Teams 12
Venue(s) Warsteiner HockeyPark
Top three teams
Champions   Germany (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 42
Goals scored 174 (4.14 per match)
Top scorer(s) Taeke Taekema (11 goals)
Best player Jamie Dwyer
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The 2006 Hockey World Cup for men is the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup. It held from September 6 to September 17, 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

Germany won for second consecutive time after beating Australia 4–3 while Spain emerged as third place winner after defeating Korea.

Contents

Venue

Qualification

Main article: 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier

The qualification round took place in Changzhou, China from April 12 to April 23, 2006. The final rankings in the tournament are as listed below, with qualifying teams emboldened.

  1.  New Zealand
  2.  Korea
  3.  England
  4.  Pakistan
  5.  Japan
  6.  France
  7.  Belgium
  8.  Ireland
  9.  Malaysia
  10.  Canada
  11.  Egypt
  12.  China

Participating nations

The five continental champions, the European vice-champion and the host country are starting entitled, and make up the final line-up alongside the five nations from the qualifying tournament.

All twelve teams are listed in seeded order below:

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup squads.

Preliminaries

Pool A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 12 5 4 0 1 18 5 +13
 Spain 11 5 3 2 0 13 7 +6
 New Zealand 7 5 2 1 2 10 14 −4
 Pakistan 5 5 1 2 2 10 10 0
 Argentina 4 5 1 1 3 5 12 −7
 Japan 3 5 1 0 4 7 15 −8

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

September 6, 2006
18:30
Argentina  0 – 3  New Zealand Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Shaw 17', 23'
Child 37'
September 7, 2006
16:00
Pakistan  4 – 0  Japan Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Abbas 9', 64'
Butt 12'
Abbasi 68'
September 7, 2006
18:00
Australia  1 – 3  Spain Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
John Wright (RSA)
Elder 47' Tubau 8'
Amat 21'
Ribas 41'
September 8, 2006
16:00
New Zealand  4 – 4  Pakistan Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Couzins 14' (PS), 36' (PS)
Hopping 18'
Shaw 53'		 Abbasi 9' (PS)
Zubair 21', 65'
Butt 42'
September 8, 2006
20:15
Spain  1 – 1  Argentina Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Tubau 39' Cammareri 50'
September 9, 2006
17:30
Japan  0 – 1  New Zealand Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
Child 43'
September 9, 2006
19:30
Argentina  0 – 4  Australia Umpires:
Andy Mair (SCO)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Doerner 23'
Ford 24'
McCann 30'
Hammond 55'
September 10, 2006
12:30
Pakistan  2 – 2  Spain Umpires:
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Butt 10'
Abbas 52'		 Freixa 27'
Amat 41' (PS)
September 10, 2006
19:00
Australia  3 – 1  Japan Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Rob ten Cate (NED)
McCann 6'
Elder 8'
Ford 54'		 Fukuda 16'
September 11, 2006
14:00
Spain  3 – 1  New Zealand Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Christian Blasch (GER)
Alegre 10'
Freixa 19'
Tubau 36'		 Shaw 40'
September 11, 2006
18:00
Argentina  1 – 0  Pakistan Umpires:
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
Vila 41' (PS)
September 12, 2006
14:00
New Zealand  1 – 7  Australia Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Patel 20' Dwyer 2', 64'
McCann 26'
Elder 32'
Naylor 48'
Brooks 55'
Doerner 66'
September 12, 2006
16:00
Japan  4 – 3  Argentina Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Ito 7', 69'
Ozawa 44'
Sakamoto 61'		 Vila 32', 35'
Cammareri 47'
September 13, 2006
14:00
Japan  2 – 4  Spain Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Andy Mair (SCO)
Katayama 15', 49' Amat 22'
Freixa 44', 58', 66'
September 13, 2006
20:30
Australia  3 – 0  Pakistan Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
George 14', 51'
Dwyer 32'

Pool B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Germany 11 5 3 2 0 12 5 +7
 Korea 11 5 3 2 0 8 5 +3
 Netherlands 10 5 3 1 1 16 9 +7
 England 6 5 2 0 3 10 10 0
 South Africa 2 5 0 2 3 4 13 −9
 India 1 5 0 1 4 7 15 −8

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

September 6, 2006
15:30
Germany  3 – 2  India Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Zeller 27', 70'
Hentschel 59'		 Singh 57', 64'
September 6, 2006
20:30
Korea  3 – 2  Netherlands Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
You Hyo-Sik 12', 15'
Seo Jong-Ho 59'		 Brouwer 48'
Taekema 53'
September 7, 2006
14:00
India  2 – 3  England Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
Singh 28'
D. Tirkey 66'		 Tindall 53'
Mantell 57', 61'
September 7, 2006
20:15
Netherlands  2 – 0  South Africa Umpires:
Andy Mair (SCO)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Taekema 16'
Derikx 65'
September 8, 2006
18:00
England  0 – 1  Korea Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Yoon Sung-Hoon 59'
September 9, 2006
13:00
South Africa  1 – 1  India Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Symons 64' I. Tirkey 14'
September 9, 2006
15:15
Germany  2 – 2  Netherlands Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Zeller 48'
Fürste 54'		 Brouwer 37'
Reckers 42'
September 10, 2006
14:45
England  1 – 2  Germany Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
John Wright (RSA)
Mantell 34' (PS) Zeller 24', 42' (PS)
September 10, 2006
17:00
Korea  2 – 2  South Africa Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Christian Blasch (GER)
Jang Jong-Hyun 21'
You Hyo-Sik 50'		 Tsolekile 49'
Madsen 59'
September 11, 2006
16:00
India  1 – 2  Korea Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Singh 46' Jang Jong-Hyun 63', 69'
September 11, 2006
20:15
Netherlands  4 – 3  England Umpires:
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
De Nooijer 19'
Brouwer 21'
Taekema 45', 63'		 Daly 10'
R. Mantell 14'
Tindall 39'
September 12, 2006
18:00
Germany  5 – 0  South Africa Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Zeller 5'
Witthaus 32', 66'
Hentschel 64'
Biederlack 69'
September 12, 2006
20:00
India  1 – 6  Netherlands Umpires:
Andy Mair (SCO)
David Gentles (AUS)
D. Tirkey 14' Taekema 13' (PS), 15', 26', 30', 65'
Weusthof 59'
September 13, 2006
16:20
Korea  0 – 0  Germany Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
September 13, 2006
18:30
South Africa  1 – 3  England Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Symons 10' Tindall 21'
R. Mantell 42', 50'

Ninth to twelfth place classification

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

September 16, 2006
10:00
South Africa  2 – 5  Japan Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Symons 37', 58' Yoshida 7'
Ito 25'
Fukuda 47', 67'
M. Ito 61'
September 16, 2006
12:30
Argentina  3 – 2  India Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
M. Vila 41', 62'
Paredes 51'		 Halappa 3'
R. Singh 54'

Eleventh and twelfth place

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

September 17, 2006
08:00
South Africa  0 – 1  India Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
R. Singh 54'

Ninth and tenth place

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

September 17, 2006
10:30
Japan  2 – 1  Argentina Umpires:
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Christian Blasch (GER)
Yoshida 37' (PS)
Ito 69'		 R. Vila 56'

Fifth to eighth place classification

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

September 15, 2006
12:30
New Zealand  3 – 4  England Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Xavier Adell (ESP)+
Replaced Amarjit Singh after 35 minutes
Shaw 29'
Archibald 33'
Child 54'		 Mantell 35'+, 60'
Kirkham 46'
Tindall 70'
September 15, 2006
15:00
Netherlands  2 – 3  Pakistan Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
Reckers 42'
Taekema 47'		 Abbasi 10'
Abbas 33'
Zubair 36'

Seventh and eighth place

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

September 16, 2006
15:00
New Zealand  0 – 3  Netherlands Umpires:
Andy Mair (SCO)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Weusthof 34', 49'
Taekema 40'

Fifth and sixth place

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

September 16, 2006
17:30
England  1 – 0  Pakistan Umpires:
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
Jones 67'

First to fourth place classification

  Semi-finals Final
September 15, 2006
  Australia  4  
  Korea  2  
 
September 17, 2006
      Australia  3
    Germany  4
Third place
September 15, 2006 September 17, 2006
  Germany (PS)  2 (3)   Korea  2
  Spain  2 (1)     Spain (AET)  3

Semi finals

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

September 15, 2006
17:30
Australia  4 – 2  Korea Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
George 38'
Brooks 51'
Dwyer 60'
McCann 70'		 Jang Jong-Hyun 31'
Kang Seong-Jung 41'
September 15, 2006
20:15
Germany  2 – 2 (AET)
(3 – 1 PSO)		  Spain Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
John Wright (RSA)
Emmerling 19'
Fürste 46'		 Freixa 27'
Fabregas 47'
    Penalty strokes  
C. Zeller Y
Wess Y
Fürste N
P. Zeller Y		 3 – 1 N Freixa
N Quemada
Y Tubau
N Amat		  

Third and fourth place

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

September 17, 2006
13:00
Korea  2 – 3 (AET)  Spain Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
David Leiper (SCO)
Jang Jong-Hyun 42'
Seo Jong-Ho 60'		 Tubau 9'
Freixa 40'
Amat 71'

Final

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

September 17, 2006
15:30
Australia  3 – 4  Germany Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Knowles 19'
Naylor 25'
Elder 38'		 Zeller 18', 54'
Fürste 46'
Emmerling 49'
 2006 Hockey World Cup Winner 

Germany
Second title

Awards

Topscorer Player of the tournament Most Promising Player Best Goalkeeper Fair Play
Taeke Taekema Jamie Dwyer Christopher Zeller Ulrich Bubolz  New Zealand

All Star team

The 20 man squad, including two coaches, are selected as the World Cup All Star team:[1]

Coaches Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Barry Dancer
Bernhard Peters		 Stephen Mowlam
Ulrich Bubolz		 Taeke Taekema
Philipp Crone
Bevan George
Hayden Shaw
Richard Mantell
Dilip Tirkey		 Teun de Nooijer
Brent Livermore
Kim Yong-bae
Jeroen Delmee
Tibor Weißenborn		 Jamie Dwyer
Santi Freixa
Christopher Zeller
Pablo Amat
Shakeel Abbasi

Umpires

The International Hockey Federation has appointed 14 umpires for this tournament:

  • Xavier Adell
  • Christian Blasch
  • Henrik Ehlers
  • David Gentles
  • Murray Grime
  • Hamish Jamson
  • Kim Hong-lae
  • Satinder Kumar
  • David Leiper
  • Andy Mair
  • Sumesh Putra
  • Amarjit Singh
  • Rob ten Cate
  • John Wright

References

  1. ^ "FIH announce WorldHockey All Star Teams 2006". http://worldhockey.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,1181-18543-19728-28355-263938-9199-5039-layout75-19693-news-item,00.html. Retrieved 2007-11-03. 

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