2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
	Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Melbourne
Teams	8
Venue(s)	State Netball and Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Australia (13th title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	103 (4.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nick Wilson (5 goals)
Best player	Shakeel Abbasi
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The 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 34th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 1–9 December 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.^[1]

Australia won the tournament for the thirteenth time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final, extending their record winning streak to five consecutive titles.^[2]

Teams

Even though Spain was automatically qualified as the runner-up of the previous edition, they withdrew from participating due to financial issues. In addition to the three teams nominated by the FIH Executive Board to compete, the following eight teams, competed in this tournament.

Australia (Host nation and defending champions)
Netherlands (Third in 2011 Champions Trophy)
New Zealand (Fourth in 2011 Champions Trophy)
Germany (Fifth in 2011 Champions Trophy)
Belgium (Winner of 2011 Champions Challenge I)
England (Nominated by FIH Executive Board)^[3]
India (Nominated by FIH Executive Board)^[4]
Pakistan (Nominated by FIH Executive Board)^[4]

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
Diego Barbas (ARG)
David Gentles (AUS)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Martin Madden (SCO)
Deon Nel (RSA)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Haider Rasool (PAK)
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Paco Vázquez (ESP)

Results

All times are Australia Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11)^[5]

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	7	8	−1	6
3	England	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[6]

1 December 2012
12:30

Germany	3–2	New Zealand
Matania 2' Ruehr 21' Korn 26'	Report	L'Huilier 56' Wilson 66'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

1 December 2012
16:30

England	1–3	India
Smith 15'	Report	Mujtaba 22' Walmiki 38' Chandi 66'

Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

2 December 2012
14:30

England	4–1	Germany
Dixon 6' Martin 10' 33' Cheesman 61'	Report	14'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

2 December 2012
18:30

New Zealand	2–4	India
4' Wilson 38'	Report	10' Chandi 14' Raghunath 25' Mujtaba 65'

Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Diego Barbas (ARG)

4 December 2012
13:30

New Zealand	1–1	England
Burrows 63'	Report	Gleghorne 11'

Umpires:
Haider Rasool (PAK)
Martin Madden (SCO)

4 December 2012
17:30

Germany	3–2	India
Korn 13' Matania 56', 58'	Report	Chandi 5' Thimmaiah 40'

Umpires:
Paco Vázquez (ESP)
Diego Barbas (ARG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	Pakistan	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	6	11	−5	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[7]

1 December 2012
10:30

Netherlands	3–1	Pakistan
De Wijn 31', 45' Hertzberger 56'	Report	Waqas 17'

Umpires:
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Diego Barbas (ARG)

1 December 2012
14:30

Australia	4–2	Belgium
Simpson 4' Whetton 29' Ford 37' Ciriello 62'	Report	Dockier 38', 40'

Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

2 December 2012
12:30

Belgium	0–2	Pakistan
	Report	Khan 56' Rasool 69'

Umpires:
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

2 December 2012
16:30

Netherlands	0–0	Australia
	Report

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Paco Vázquez (ESP)

4 December 2012
15:30

Belgium	4–5	Netherlands
Boon 36', 39' Hendrickx 42' Reckinger 70+'	Report	Hertzberger 25' Caspers 29' Jenniskens 35+' Kempermann 41' Verga 69'

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

4 December 2012
19:30

Australia	1−0	Pakistan
Govers 51'	Report

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

Second round

Quarterfinals		Semi-finals		Final

6 December 2012

India	1
		8 December 2012
Belgium	0
		India	0
6 December 2012
		Australia	3
Australia	2
				9 December 2012
England	0
				Australia (a.e.t)	2
6 December 2012
				Netherlands	1
Germany	1
		8 December 2012
Pakistan	2
		Pakistan	2
6 December 2012
		Netherlands	5	Third place match
Netherlands	2
				9 December 2012
New Zealand	0
				India	2

				Pakistan	3

Quarterfinals

6 December 2012
12:30

Germany	1−2	Pakistan
Fürste 9'	Report	Abbasi 39', 50'

Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Paco Vázquez (ESP)

6 December 2012
15:00

Netherlands	2–0	New Zealand
Hertzberger 13' Bakker 45'	Report

Umpires:
Haider Rassol (PAK)
Martin Madden (SCO)

6 December 2012
17:30

India	1–0	Belgium
Thimmaiah 13'	Report

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Deon Nel (RSA)

6 December 2012
20:00

Australia	2–0	England
Dwyer 16' Ciriello 53'	Report

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover		Fifth place match

8 December 2012

Belgium	4
		9 December 2012
England	0
		Belgium (a.e.t)	5
8 December 2012
		Germany	4
Germany	6

New Zealand	4
		Seventh place match

		9 December 2012

		England	2

		New Zealand (a.e.t)	3

Crossover

8 December 2012
08:30

Belgium	4–0	England
Truyens 27', 60' Charlier 57' Luypaert 70+'	Report

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Diego Barbas (ARG)

8 December 2012
11:00

Germany	6–4	New Zealand
Miltkau 40', 60' Grambusch 43' Matania 52' Ruehr 61', 68'	Report	Burrows 7' Wilson 20' Jenness 51' Haig 64'

Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

Seventh and eighth place

9 December 2012
08:30

England	2–3 (a.e.t.)	New Zealand
Cheesman 32' Middleton 56'	Report	Jenness 19' Wilson 61', 77'

Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

Fifth and sixth place

9 December 2012
11:00

Belgium	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Germany
Boon 10' Dohmen 29' Dockier 37', 74' De Saedeleer 68'	Report	Schmidt 45' Fürk 54' Grambusch 60' Polk 66'

Umpires:
Haider Rassol (PAK)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

8 December 2012
13:30

Pakistan	2–5	Netherlands
23' Abbasi 70+'	Report	Bakker 2', 32' Van Ass 20' Verga 46' Kempermann 61'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Paco Vázquez (ESP)

8 December 2012
16:00

India	0–3	Australia
	Report	Dwyer 6', 18' Govers 44'

Umpires:
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Martin Madden (SCO)

Third and fourth place

9 December 2012
13:30

India	2–3	Pakistan
Raghunath 7' Rupinder Pal 70+'	Report	Rizwan Sr. 21' Rasool 41' Ateeq 67'

Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
David Gentles (AUS)

Final

9 December 2012
16:00

Australia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
Ford 31' Govers 75'	Report	Baart 18'

Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Paco Vázquez (ESP)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Nick Wilson	Shakeel Abbasi	Jaap Stockmann	Netherlands

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

There were 103 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.29 goals per match.

5 goals

Nick Wilson

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

England (against Germany)
Germany (against England)
India (against New Zealand)
New Zealand (against India)
Pakistan (against the Netherlands)

Source: FIH

References

^ "Men's FIH Champions Trophy 2012 to be held in Melbourne". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
^ "High five for Australia at Champions Trophy". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
^ "England added to Champions Trophy". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
^ ^a ^b "Pakistan joins 2012 Champions Trophy". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
^ "2012 Men's Champions Trophy Schedule Announced". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
^ "FIH Tournament Regulations - January 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2016.
^ "FIH Tournament Regulations - January 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2016.

External links

Official FIH website

[1] "Men's FIH Champions Trophy 2012 to be held in Melbourne". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-05-12.

[2] "High five for Australia at Champions Trophy". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2012-12-09.

[3] "England added to Champions Trophy". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-07-25.

[Pakistan-4] "Pakistan joins 2012 Champions Trophy". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-08-12.

[5] "2012 Men's Champions Trophy Schedule Announced". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-08-27.

[6] "FIH Tournament Regulations - January 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[7] "FIH Tournament Regulations - January 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2016.

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