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 countryGermany
CityMönchengladbach
Dates6 – 17 September 2006
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Warsteiner HockeyPark
Final positions
Champions Germany (2nd title)
Runner-up Australia
Third place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored174 (4.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Taeke Taekema (11 goals)
Best playerAustralia Jamie Dwyer
2002 (previous) (next) 2010

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.[1]

Qualification edit

 
Participating nations
 
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.[2]

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 edit

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 edit

Results edit

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

Pool A edit

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 edit

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)

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)

8 September 2006
18:00
England   0–1   South Korea
Report Yoon   59'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 edit

 
CrossoverNinth place
 
      
 
16 September
 
 
  South Africa2
 
17 September
 
  Japan5
 
  Japan2
 
16 September
 
  Argentina1
 
  Argentina3
 
 
  India2
 
Eleventh place
 
 
17 September
 
 
  South Africa0
 
 
  India1

Crossover edit

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)

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

 
CrossoverFifth place
 
      
 
15 September
 
 
  New Zealand3
 
16 September
 
  England4
 
  England1
 
15 September
 
  Pakistan0
 
  Netherlands2
 
 
  Pakistan3
 
Seventh place
 
 
16 September
 
 
  New Zealand0
 
 
  Netherlands3

Crossover edit

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

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 September
 
 
  Australia4
 
17 September
 
  South Korea2
 
  Australia3
 
15 September
 
  Germany4
 
  Germany (p.s.o.)2 (3)
 
 
  Spain2 (1)
 
Third place
 
 
17 September
 
 
  South Korea2
 
 
  Spain (a.e.t.)3

Semi-finals edit

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)

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Final standings edit

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 edit

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

11 goals

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References edit

  1. ^ "Germany storm to World Cup win". 2006-09-17. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  2. ^ "Men's World Cup field confirmed". 2006-04-24. Retrieved 2012-11-06.

External links edit