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The 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 26 November to 4 December 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

Tournament details

Host country

South Africa

City

Teams

8

Venue

1

Final positions

Champions

Belgium (1st title)

Runner-up

Third place

Tournament statistics

Matches played

24

Goals scored

133 (5.54 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Justin Reid-Ross (8 goals)

Best player

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This was the sixth edition of the competition initiated by the International Hockey Federation in 2001 to broaden hockey's competitive base globally and featured the 8 teams just behind the top six teams in the world.^[1]^[2]

Belgium won the tournament for the first time after defeating India 4–3 in the final.^[3]

Teams

The FIH announced the eight participating teams on 16 December 2010.^[4]

Results

First round

All times are South African Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	India	3	2	1	0	17	7	+10	7
2	Belgium	3	2	1	0	12	7	+5	7
3	South Africa (H)	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	3
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	4	17	−13	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[5]
(H) Hosts

26 November 2011
15:00

3–3

45'
Chinglensana

57'

31'
Boon

69'

Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

26 November 2011
17:00

3–1

3', 60'
Norris-Jones

31'

43'

Umpires:
Ged Curran (SCO)
Francisco Vasquez (ESP)

27 November 2011
15:00

7–3

2', 22', 39', 56'
Gougnard

18'
Briels

23'
Truyens

68'

32'
Rataj

40', 61'

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)

27 November 2011
17:00

4–7

7'
Harper

49'

13', 35'
Saravanjit

41'
Sunil

55', 57'
Rupinder Pal

56'

Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

29 November 2011
15:00

7–0

24', 33'
Sunil

43'
Lakra

55', 70'

Umpires:
Fernando Gomez (ARG)
Francisco Vasquez (ESP)

29 November 2011
17:00

2–1

30'

39'

Umpires:
Ged Curran (SCP)
Roel van Eert (NED)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7
2	Japan	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
4	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	5	10	−5	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[5]

26 November 2011
11:00

3–1

8'
Singh

49'
Smythe

63'

33'

Umpires:
Ged Curran (SCO)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

26 November 2011
13:00

2–2

13'
Argento

65'

63'

Umpires:
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)

27 November 2011
11:00

3–2

26'
Vila

39'
Ibarra

54'

20'
Wright

31'

Umpires:
Ged Curran (SCO)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

27 November 2011
13:00

2–2

53'
Amin

68'

9'

Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Fernando Gomez (ARG)

29 November 2011
11:00

1–2

3'

41'

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

29 November 2011
13:00

2–5

19'
Amin

64'

44', 64', 70'
Mazzilli

51', 58'

Umpires:
Chen Dekang (CHN)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

Second round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	1 December

	India (a.e.t.)	5
					3 December
	Malaysia	4
					India	4
	1 December
					South Africa	2
	Japan	2
									4 December
	South Africa	3
									India	3
	1 December
									Belgium	4
	Belgium	4
					3 December
	Canada	0
					Belgium (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
	1 December
					Argentina	2 (2)			Third place
	Argentina	5
									4 December
	Poland	1
									South Africa	3

									Argentina	1

Quarterfinals

1 December 2011
10:00

4–0

23'
Briels

52'
Boon

59'

Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)

1 December 2011
12:30

5–1

13'
Ibarra

22'
R. Vila

23'
Rossi

56'
L. Vila

68'

4'

Umpires:
Francisco Vasquez (ESP)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

1 December 2011
15:00

5–4 (a.e.t.)

7', 24'
Walmiki

64'
Sunil

85'

33'
Azlan

42', 58'
Tengku

46'

Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

1 December 2011
17:30

2–3

57'

9', 26', 45'

Umpires:
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Ged Curran (SCO)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Cross-overs				Fifth place

	2 December

	Malaysia	2
					4 December
	Japan	1
					Malaysia	3
	2 December
					Poland	0
	Canada	2

	Poland (a.e.t.)	3
					Seventh place

					4 December

					Japan	7

					Canada	2

Cross-overs

2 December 2011
14:30

2–1

53', 58'

24'

Umpires:
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)

2 December 2011
17:00

2–3 (a.e.t.)

13'
Gill

30'

26'
Rataj

73'

Umpires:
Fernando Gomez (ARG)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)

Seventh and eighth place

4 December 2011
09:00

7–2

23', 49'
Tanaka

53'
Mitani

59', 60'

35'
Wright

67'

Umpires:
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

Fifth and sixth place

4 December 2011
11:30

3–0

17', 47'
Faizal

29'

Umpires:
Fernando Gomez (ARG)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

3 December 2011
13:30

2–2 (a.e.t.)

49'

32'

3–2

Umpires:
Ged Curran (SCO)
Roel van Eert (NED)

3 December 2011
16:00

4–2

40'
Sandeep

45', 50'

8'
McDade

22'

Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

Third and fourth place

4 December 2011
14:00

3–1

18'
Paton

25'
Norris-Jones

68'

22'

Umpires:
Chen Dekang (CHN)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

Final

4 December 2011
16:30

3–4

23'
Sandeep

54'

44', 57'
Boccard

55'
Boon

70'

Umpires:
Ged Curran (SCO)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Best Player	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Trophy
Tom Boon Justin Reid-Ross	Sandeep Singh	David van Rysselberghe	South Africa

Statistics

Final ranking

References

↑ "Stage is set in Salta for BDO Champions Challenge I". International Hockey Federation. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
↑ "India lose hockey Champions Challenge to Belgium". BBC News. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
↑ "CC1: Belgium claim gold in thrilling final against India". FIH.com. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
↑ "FIH confirms participating teams for 2011 tournaments". FIH.com. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
1 2 FIH Top Tier Tournament Regulations February 2019

External links

Official website

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