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 countryBelgium
CityBoom
Dates23 June – 1 July
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Argentina (2nd title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored93 (5.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hayden Shaw (9 goals)
Best player Ryan Archibald
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Argentina earned a spot at the 2008 Champions Trophy in Rotterdam, Netherlands after having defeated New Zealand in the final.

Squads

Head Coach: Sergio Vigil

Head Coach: Giles Bonnet

Head Coach: Jason Lee

Head Coach: Joaquim Carvalho

Head Coach: Akira Takahashi

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

Head Coach: Shane McLeod

Umpires

Below is the eight umpires appointed by International Hockey Federation (FIH):[1]

  •  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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 5320157+811
 Argentina 53111310+310
 India 53021210+29
 England 52031615+16
 Belgium 51131017–74
 Japan 5104815–73
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)
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 Gucasoff  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)
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
Gucasoff  26' Report Sandeep  13'
Prabhjot  18'
Shivendra  31'
Dilip  68'
Umpires:
James Pilgrim (ENG)
Simon Taylor (NZL)
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)
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'
Gucasoff  60'		 Report Jones  26'
Daly  28', 58'
S. Mantell  53', 70'
Clarke  65'
Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

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
Topscorer Best Player Best Goalkeeper Fair Play Trophy
Hayden Shaw Ryan Archibald Cédric Degreve  New Zealand

Statistics

Final ranking
  1.  Argentina
  2.  New Zealand
  3.  India
  4.  England
  5.  Japan
  6.  Belgium

References
  1. "Officials". International Hockey Federation. Sportcentric. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
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