2006 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held 6–17 September 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

2006 Hockey World Cup

Hockey Weltmeisterschaften 2006
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Mönchengladbach
Dates	6 – 17 September 2006
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue	Warsteiner HockeyPark
Final positions
Champions	Germany (2nd title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	174 (4.14 per match)
Top scorer	Taeke Taekema (11 goals)
Best player	Jamie Dwyer
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Germany won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating Australia 4–3 in the final. Spain won the third place match by defeating Korea 3–2 with a golden goal.

Qualification

Participating nations

The venue which hosted the second semi-final match between Germany and Spain

Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European confederation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings. Alongside the five teams qualifying through the Qualifier, twelve teams competed in this tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			1	Germany
21–28 September 2003	2003 Hockey Asia Cup	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1	India
12–23 May 2004	2004 Pan American Cup	London, Canada	1	Argentina
28 August–4 September 2005	2005 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Leipzig, Germany	2	Spain Netherlands
1–8 October 2005	2005 Hockey African Cup for Nations	Pretoria, South Africa	1	South Africa
15–19 November 2005	2005 Oceania Cup	Suva, Fiji	1	Australia
12–23 April 2006	Intercontinental Cup	Changzhou, China	5	New Zealand South Korea England Pakistan Japan
Total			12

Umpires

The International Hockey Federation appointed 14 umpires for this tournament:

• Xavier Adell (ESP)
• Christian Blasch (GER)
• Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
• David Gentles (AUS)
• Murray Grime (AUS)
• Hamish Jamson (ENG)
• Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
• Satinder Kumar (IND)
• David Leiper (SCO)
• Andy Mair (SCO)
• Sumesh Putra (CAN)
• Amarjit Singh (MAS)
• Rob ten Cate (NED)
• John Wright (RSA)

Squads

Further information: 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup squads

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool A

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

Source: FIH

6 September 2006
18:30

Argentina 0–3 New Zealand Report Shaw  17', 23'
Child  37'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Rob ten Cate (NED)

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7 September 2006
16:00

Pakistan 4–0 Japan Abbas  9', 64'
Butt  12'
Abbasi  68' Report

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)

7 September 2006
18:00

Australia 1–3 Spain Elder  47' Report Tubau  8'
Amat  21'
Ribas  41'

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
John Wright (RSA)

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8 September 2006
16:00

New Zealand 4–4 Pakistan Couzins  14', 36'
Hopping  18'
Shaw  53' Report Abbasi  9'
Zubair  21', 65'
Butt  42'

Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

8 September 2006
20:15

Spain 1–1 Argentina Tubau  39' Report Cammareri  50'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Rob ten Cate (NED)

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9 September 2006
17:30

Japan 0–1 New Zealand Report Child  43'

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

9 September 2006
19:30

Argentina 0–4 Australia Report Doerner  23'
Ford  24'
McCann  30'
Hammond  55'

Umpires:
Andy Mair (SCO)
Satinder Kumar (IND)

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10 September 2006
12:30

Pakistan 2–2 Spain Butt  10'
Abbas  52' Report Freixa  27'
Amat  41'

Umpires:
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

10 September 2006
19:00

Australia 3–1 Japan McCann  6'
Elder  8'
Ford  54' Report Fukuda  16'

Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Rob ten Cate (NED)

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11 September 2006
14:00

Spain 3–1 New Zealand Alegre  10'
Freixa  19'
Tubau  36' Report Shaw  40'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Christian Blasch (GER)

11 September 2006
18:00

Argentina 1–0 Pakistan M. Vila  41' Report

Umpires:
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

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12 September 2006
14:00

New Zealand 1–7 Australia Patel  20' Report Dwyer  2', 64'
McCann  26'
Elder  32'
Naylor  48'
Brooks  55'
Doerner  66'

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

12 September 2006
16:00

Japan 4–3 Argentina A. Ito  7', 69'
Ozawa  44'
Sakamoto  61' Report R. Vila  32', 35'
Cammareri  47'

Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Satinder Kumar (IND)

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13 September 2006
14:00

Japan 2–4 Spain Katayama  15', 49' Report Amat  22'
Freixa  44', 58', 66'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Andy Mair (SCO)

13 September 2006
20:30

Australia 3–0 Pakistan George  14', 51'
Dwyer  32' Report

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

Pool B

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

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

6 September 2006
15:30

Germany 3–2 India C. Zeller  27', 70'
Hentschel  59' Report S. Singh  57', 64'

Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)

6 September 2006
20:30

South Korea 3–2 Netherlands You  12', 15'
Seo  59' Report R. Brouwer  48'
Taekema  53'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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7 September 2006
14:00

India 2–3 England S. Singh  28'
D. Tirkey  66' Report Tindall  53'
S. Mantell  57', 61'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

7 September 2006
20:15

Netherlands 2–0 South Africa Taekema  16'
Derikx  65' Report

Umpires:
Andy Mair (SCO)
Satinder Kumar (IND)

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8 September 2006
18:00

England 0–1 South Korea Report Yoon  59'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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9 September 2006
13:00

South Africa 1–1 India Symons  64' Report I. Tirkey  14'

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)

9 September 2006
15:15

Germany 2–2 Netherlands C. Zeller  48'
Fürste  54' Report M. Brouwer  37'
Reckers  42'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

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10 September 2006
14:45

England 1–2 Germany S. Mantell  34' Report C. Zeller  24', 42'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
John Wright (RSA)

10 September 2006
17:00

South Korea 2–2 South Africa Jang  21'
You  50' Report Tsolekile  49'
Madsen  59'

Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Christian Blasch (GER)

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11 September 2006
16:00

India 1–2 South Korea S. Singh  46' Report Jang  63', 69'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)

11 September 2006
20:15

Netherlands 4–3 England De Nooijer  19'
R. Brouwer  21'
Taekema  45', 63' Report Daly  10'
R. Mantell  14'
Tindall  39'

Umpires:
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

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12 September 2006
18:00

Germany 5–0 South Africa C. Zeller  5'
Witthaus  32', 66'
Hentschel  64'
Biederlack  69' Report

Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Rob ten Cate (NED)

12 September 2006
20:00

India 1–6 Netherlands D. Tirkey  14' Report Taekema  13', 15', 26', 30', 65'
Weusthof  59'

Umpires:
Andy Mair (SCO)
David Gentles (AUS)

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13 September 2006
16:20

South Korea 0–0 Germany Report

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

13 September 2006
18:30

South Africa 1–3 England Symons  10' Report Tindall  21'
R. Mantell  42', 50'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Crossover				Ninth place
	16 September
	South Africa	2
					17 September
	Japan	5
					Japan	2
	16 September
					Argentina	1
	Argentina	3
	India	2
					Eleventh place
					17 September
					South Africa	0
					India	1

Crossover

16 September 2006
10:00

South Africa 2–5 Japan Symons  37', 58' Report Yoshida  7'
A. Ito  25'
Fukuda  47', 67'
M. Ito  61'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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16 September 2006
12:30

Argentina 3–2 India M. Vila  41', 62'
Paredes  51' Report Halappa  3'
R. Singh  54'

Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)

Eleventh and twelfth place

17 September 2006
08:00

South Africa 0–1 India Report R. Singh  54'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)

Ninth and tenth place

17 September 2006
10:30

Japan 2–1 Argentina Yoshida  37'
A. Ito  69' Report R. Vila  56'

Umpires:
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Christian Blasch (GER)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	15 September
	New Zealand	3
					16 September
	England	4
					England	1
	15 September
					Pakistan	0
	Netherlands	2
	Pakistan	3
					Seventh place
					16 September
					New Zealand	0
					Netherlands	3

Crossover

15 September 2006
12:30

New Zealand 3–4 England Shaw  29'
Archibald  33'
Child  54' Report S. Mantell  35+', 60'
Kirkham  46'
Tindall  70'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Xavier Adell (ESP)+
Replaced Amarjit Singh after 35 minutes

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15 September 2006
15:00

Netherlands 2–3 Pakistan Reckers  42'
Taekema  47' Report Abbasi  10'
Abbas  33'
Zubair  36'

Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

Seventh and eighth place

16 September 2006
15:00

New Zealand 0–3 Netherlands Report Weusthof  34', 49'
Taekema  40'

Umpires:
Andy Mair (SCO)
Satinder Kumar (IND)

Fifth and sixth place

16 September 2006
17:30

England 1–0 Pakistan Jones  67' Report

Umpires:
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 September
	Australia	4
					17 September
	South Korea	2
					Australia	3
	15 September
					Germany	4
	Germany (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
	Spain	2 (1)
					Third place
					17 September
					South Korea	2
					Spain (a.e.t.)	3

Semi-finals

15 September 2006
17:30

Australia 4–2 South Korea George  38'
Brooks  51'
Dwyer  60'
McCann  70' Report Jang  31'
Kang  41'

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

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15 September 2006
20:15

Germany 2–2 (a.e.t.) Spain Emmerling  19'
Fürste  46' Report Freixa  27'
Fàbregas  47' Penalties C. Zeller
Weß
Fürste
P. Zeller 3–1 Freixa
Quemada
Tubau
Amat

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
John Wright (RSA)

Third and fourth place

17 September 2006
13:00

South Korea 2–3 (a.e.t.) Spain Jang  42'
Seo  60' Report Tubau  9'
Freixa  40'
Amat  71'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
David Leiper (SCO)

Final

17 September 2006
15:30

Australia 3–4 Germany Knowles  19'
Naylor  25'
Elder  38' Report C. Zeller  18', 54'
Fürste  46'
Emmerling  49'

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Jamie Dwyer	Taeke Taekema	Ulrich Bubolz	Christopher Zeller	New Zealand

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Germany (H)	7	4	3	0	18	10	+8	15	Gold medal
2	A	Australia	7	5	0	2	25	11	+14	15	Silver medal
3	A	Spain	7	4	3	0	18	11	+7	15	Bronze medal
4	B	South Korea	7	3	2	2	12	12	0	11	Fourth place
5	B	England	7	4	0	3	15	13	+2	12	Eliminated in group stage
6	A	Pakistan	7	2	2	3	13	13	0	8
7	B	Netherlands	7	4	1	2	21	12	+9	13
8	A	New Zealand	7	2	1	4	13	21	−8	7
9	A	Japan	7	3	0	4	14	18	−4	9
10	A	Argentina	7	2	1	4	9	16	−7	7
11	B	India	7	1	1	5	10	18	−8	4
12	B	South Africa	7	0	2	5	6	19	−13	2

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 174 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 4.14 goals per match.

11 goals

• Taeke Taekema

8 goals

• Christopher Zeller

7 goals

• Santiago Freixa

5 goals

• Simon Mantell
• Hayden Shaw
• Jang Jong-hyun

4 goals

• Jamie Dwyer
• Troy Elder
• Michael McCann
• James Tindall
• Shivendra Singh
• Akira Ito
• Sohail Abbas
• Ian Symons
• Pol Amat
• Eduard Tubau

3 goals

• Matías Vila
• Rodrigo Vila
• Bevan George
• Richard Mantell
• Moritz Fürste
• Toshiaki Fukuda
• Roderick Weusthof
• Simon Child
• Shakeel Abbasi
• Rehan Butt
• Muhammad Zubair
• You Hyo-sik

2 goals

• Lucas Cammareri
• Travis Brooks
• Luke Doerner
• Russell Ford
• Matthew Naylor
• Björn Emmerling
• Oliver Hentschel
• Matthias Witthaus
• Dilip Tirkey
• Rajpal Singh
• Kenichi Katayama
• Kazuo Yoshida
• Ronald Brouwer
• Rob Reckers
• Dean Couzins
• Seo Jong-ho

1 goal

• Matías Paredes
• Robert Hammond
• Mark Knowles
• Matthew Daly
• Martin Jones
• Glenn Kirkham
• Sebastian Biederlack
• Arjun Halappa
• Ignace Tirkey
• Mitsuru Ito
• Kazuyuki Ozawa
• Hiroki Sakamoto
• Matthijs Brouwer
• Geert-Jan Derikx
• Teun de Nooijer
• Ryan Archibald
• Blair Hopping
• Mitesh Patel
• Wayne Madsen
• Lungile Tsolekile
• Kang Seong-jung
• Yoon Sung-hoon
• David Alegre
• Alex Fàbregas
• Xavier Ribas

Source: FIH

External links

• Official FIH website