2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge

The 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge took place in Boom, Belgium from June 23 to July 1, 2007.

2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge

Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
City	Boom
Dates	23 June – 1 July
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (2nd title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	93 (5.17 per match)
Top scorer	Hayden Shaw (9 goals)
Best player	Ryan Archibald
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This was the fourth edition of the tournament introduced in 2001 by the International Hockey Federation to broaden hockey's competitive base globally.

Argentina earned a spot at the 2008 Champions Trophy in Rotterdam, Netherlands after having defeated New Zealand in the final.

Squads

Argentina

Head Coach: Sergio Vigil

1. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
2. Juan Gilardi
6. Mariano Chao (GK)
7. Mario Almada (c)
8. Lucas Rey
9. Rodrigo Vila
11. Lucas Cammareri
12. Lucas Vila
13. Jorge Lombi
14. Fernando Zylberberg
18. Juan Garreta
20. Tomás Argento
22. Matias Rey
24. Lucas Argento
26. Pedro Ibarra
27. Lucas Rossi
29. Agustin Corradini
31. Ignacio Bergner

Belgium

Head Coach: Giles Bonnet

1. Cédric Degreve (GK)
2. Xavier Reckinger
5. Jérôme Dekeyser
6. Loïc Vandeweghe
7. John-John Dohmen
8. Thomas van den Balck
9. Maxime Luycx
11. Charles Vandeweghe
14. Phillippe Goldberg
15. Gregory Gucassoff
16. Fabrice Bourdeaud'hui
17. Thomas Briels
18. Patrice Houssein
21. David van Rysselberghe (GK)
22. Simon Gougnard
26. Benjamin van Hove
27. Amaury de Cock
28. Jérôme Truyens

England

Head Coach: Jason Lee

3. Nick Brothers (GK)
4. Glenn Kirkham (c)
5. Richard Alexander
6. Richard Mantell
7. Ashley Jackson
8. Simon Mantell
9. Martin Jones
10. Matt Daly
11. Brett Garrard
12. Jonty Clarke
13. Rob Moore
14. Ben Hawes
15. Scott Cordon
18. Barry Middleton
20. James Tindall
21. Jon Bleby
24. Ben Marsden
25. James Fair (GK)

India

Head Coach: Joaquim Carvalho

1. Adrian D'Souza (GK)
2. Dilip Tirkey
3. Sandeep Singh
4. Shivendra Singh
5. Rajpal Singh
6. Prabodh Tirkey (c)
7. Bimal Lakra
8. Damandeep Singh
9. William Xalxo
10. Sunil Yadav
11. Sardara Singh
12. Prabhjot Singh
13. Gurbaj Singh
14. Bharat Chikkara
15. Tushar Khandker
16. Baljit Singh (GK)
17. Roshan Minz
18. Vickram Kanth

Japan

Head Coach: Akira Takahashi

2. Shunsuke Nagaoka (GK)
3. Kazuo Yoshida
4. Mitsuru Ito
5. Yutaka Bito
7. Kei Kawakami
8. Kenichi Katayama
9. Kazuyuki Ozawa (c)
10. Kazuhiro Tsubouchi
11. Hiroto Noda
12. Takahiko Yamabori
13. Ryuji Furusato
15. Akira Ito
17. Yuji Chaki
18. Keiji Maeda
19. Takayasu Mizawa
20. Katsuyoshi Nagasawa
21. Yoshihiro Anai
23. Katsuya Takase (GK)

New Zealand

Head Coach: Shane McLeod

3. David Kosoof
4. Nicholas Haig
5. Andrew Hayward
6. Simon Child
7. Blair Hopping
8. Dean Couzins
9. Casey Henwood
10. Ryan Archibald (c)
12. Bradley Shaw
14. Bevan Hari
16. Paul Woolford (GK)
17. Kyle Pontifex (GK)
18. Phil Burrows
19. Hayden Shaw
21. Bryce Collins
22. Lloyd Stephenson
30. Benjamin Collier
31. Steven Edwards

Umpires

Below is the eight umpires appointed by International Hockey Federation (FIH):

• Chen Dekang (CHN)
• Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
• Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
• Deon Nel (RSA)
• James Pilgrim (ENG)
• Raghu Prasad (IND)
• Simon Taylor (NZL)
• Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

Results

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

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	5	3	2	0	15	7	+8	11	Final
2	Argentina	5	3	1	1	13	10	+3	10
3	India	5	3	0	2	12	10	+2	9	Third Place Match
4	England	5	2	0	3	16	15	+1	6
5	Belgium (H)	5	1	1	3	10	17	−7	4	Fifth Place Match
6	Japan	5	1	0	4	8	15	−7	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

23 June 2007
13:45

India 0–2 New Zealand Report H. Shaw  63'
Kosoof  69'

Umpires:
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
Deon Nel (RSA)

23 June 2007
16:00

Belgium 1–2 Japan C. Vandeweghe  12' Report Furusato  16'
Yamabori  58'

Umpires:
James Pilgrim (ENG)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

23 June 2007
18:30

England 3–4 Argentina Alexander  13'
S. Mantell  52'
Hawes  58' Report Lombi  40', 45'
L. Rey  45'
R. Vila  51'

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

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24 June 2007
14:00

New Zealand 4–0 Japan H. Shaw  31', 38'
Archibald  33'
Burrows  49' Report

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

24 June 2007
16:15

Argentina 2–3 Belgium Gilardi  40'
Lombi  68' Report Gucassoff  6', 32'
Briels  54'

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Deon Nel (RSA)

24 June 2007
18:45

India 3–2 England Rajpal  28'
Dilip  41'
Prabhjot  54' Report R. Mantell  33'
Clarke  48'

Umpires:
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

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26 June 2007
14:30

Japan 0–2 Argentina Report Ibarra  10'
R. Vila  15'

Umpires:
Chen Dekang (CHN)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

26 June 2007
16:45

England 1–3 New Zealand Moore  43' Report H. Shaw  10', 48'
Couzins  62'

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

26 June 2007
19:00

Belgium 1–4 India Gucassoff  26' Report Sandeep  13'
Prabhjot  18'
Shivendra  31'
Dilip  68'

Umpires:
James Pilgrim (ENG)
Simon Taylor (NZL)

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28 June 2007
14:30

England 4–3 Japan R. Mantell  29'
Alexander  50'
Clarke  61'
Moore  66' Report Yamabori  10', 70+'
Anai  59'

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

28 June 2007
16:45

Argentina 2–1 India Lombi  39'
Almada  60' Report Sandeep  64'

Umpires:
Chen Dekang (CHN)
James Pilgrim (ENG)

28 June 2007
19:00

New Zealand 3–3 Belgium Child  14', 27'
Couzins  19' Report Briels  8'
Reckinger  17'
C. Vandeweghe  38'

Umpires:
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

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30 June 2007
11:30

New Zealand 3–3 Argentina Burrows  15'
H. Shaw  46', 70' Report L. Vila  16', 69'
Garreta  27'

Umpires:
Chen Dekang (CHN)
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)

30 June 2007
13:45

India 4–3 Japan Sandeep  7'
Prabhjot  22', 34'
Dilip  48' Report Katayama  11'
Yamabori  47'
Tsubouchi  65'

Umpires:
James Pilgrim (ENG)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

30 June 2007
16:00

Belgium 2–6 England Dekeyser  47'
Gucassoff  60' Report Jones  26'
Daly  28', 58'
S. Mantell  53', 70'
Clarke  65'

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

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

1 July 2007
12:30

Belgium 3–4 Japan Dekeyser  17', 21'
de Cock  62' Report Nagasawa  25'
Yamabori  27'
Yoshida  57'
Anai  68'

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

Third and fourth place

1 July 2007
15:00

India 4–3 England Khandker  3', 6'
Sandeep  14'
Minz  22' Report Moore  34'
Tindall  55'
S. Mantell  63'

Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Final

1 July 2007
17:30

New Zealand 2–3 (a.e.t.) Argentina H. Shaw  44', 49' Report Lombi  66', 67', 75'

Umpires:
James Pilgrim (ENG)
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)

Awards

Top scorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Hayden Shaw	Ryan Archibald	Cédric Degreve	New Zealand

Final rankings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	Argentina	6	4	1	1	16	12	+4	13	Qualified for 2008 FIH Champions Trophy
	New Zealand	6	3	2	1	17	10	+7	11
	India	6	4	0	2	16	13	+3	12
4	England	6	2	0	4	19	19	0	6
5	Japan	6	2	0	4	12	18	−6	6
6	Belgium (H)	6	1	1	4	13	21	−8	4

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 93 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 5.17 goals per match.

9 goals

• Hayden Shaw

7 goals

• Jorge Lombi

5 goals

• Takahiko Yamabori

4 goals

• Gregory Gucassoff
• Simon Mantell
• Prabhjot Singh
• Sandeep Singh

3 goals

• Jérôme Dekeyser
• Jonathan Clarke
• Robert Moore
• Dilip Tirkey

2 goals

• Lucas Vila
• Rodrigo Vila
• Thomas Briels
• Charles Vandeweghe
• Richard Alexander
• Matthew Daly
• Richard Mantell
• Tushar Khandker
• Yoshihiro Anai
• Phillip Burrows
• Simon Child
• Dean Couzins

1 goal

• Mario Almada
• Juan Garreta
• Juan Gilardi
• Pedro Ibarra
• Lucas Rey
• Amaury de Cock
• Xavier Reckinger
• Benjamin Hawes
• Martin Jones
• James Tindall
• Roshan Minz
• Rajpal Singh
• Shivendra Singh
• Ryuji Furusato
• Kenichi Katayama
• Katsuyoshi Nagasawa
• Kazuhiro Tsubouchi
• Kazuo Yoshida
• Ryan Archibald
• David Kosoof

External links

• Official FIH website
• Official website