2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

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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]

2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

Official logo

Tournament details

Host country

Australia

City

Teams

8

Venue

State Netball and Hockey Centre

Final positions

Champions

Australia (13th title)

Runner-up

Third place

Tournament statistics

Matches played

24

Goals scored

103 (4.29 per match)

Top scorer

Nick Wilson (5 goals)

Best player

← 2011 (previous)

(next) 2014 →

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

3–2

2'
Ruehr

21'
Korn

26'

56'
Wilson

66'

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

1 December 2012
16:30

1–3

15'

22'
Walmiki

38'
Chandi

66'

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

2 December 2012
14:30

4–1

6'
Martin

10'

61'

14'

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

2 December 2012
18:30

2–4

4'
Wilson

38'

10'
Chandi

25'
Mujtaba

65'

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

4 December 2012
13:30

1–1

63'

11'

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

4 December 2012
17:30

3–2

13'
Matania

56', 58'

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

3–1

31', 45'
Hertzberger

56'

17'

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

1 December 2012
14:30

4–2

29'
Ford

62'

38', 40'

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

2 December 2012
12:30

0–2

56'
Rasool

69'

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

2 December 2012
16:30

0–0

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

4 December 2012
15:30

4–5

36', 39'
Hendrickx

70+'

25'
Caspers

35+'
Kempermann

41'
Verga

69'

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

4 December 2012
19:30

1−0

51'

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

1−2

9'

39', 50'

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

6 December 2012
15:00

2–0

13'
Bakker

45'

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

6 December 2012
17:30

1–0

13'

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

6 December 2012
20:00

2–0

53'

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

4–0

27', 60'
Charlier

70+'

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

8 December 2012
11:00

6–4

40', 60'
Grambusch

43'
Matania

52'
Ruehr

61', 68'

7'
Wilson

20'
Jenness

51'
Haig

64'

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

Seventh and eighth place

9 December 2012
08:30

2–3 (a.e.t.)

56'

19'
Wilson

61', 77'

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

Fifth and sixth place

9 December 2012
11:00

5–4 (a.e.t.)

10'
Dohmen

29'
Dockier

37', 74'
De Saedeleer

68'

45'
Fürk

60'
Polk

66'

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

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

8 December 2012
13:30

2–5

23'
Abbasi

70+'

2', 32'
Van Ass

20'
Verga

61'

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

8 December 2012
16:00

0–3

6', 18'
Govers

44'

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

Third and fourth place

9 December 2012
13:30

2–3

7'
Rupinder Pal

70+'

21'
Rasool

41'
Ateeq

67'

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

Final

9 December 2012
16:00

2–1 (a.e.t.)

31'
Govers

75'

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.
1 2 "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

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