2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from December 6 to December 13, 2009 in Salta, Argentina. New Zealand defeated Pakistan to take the title, and promoted to the Champions Trophy tournament in 2010.

2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
CitySalta
Dates6–13 December
Teams8
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up Pakistan
Third place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored104 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Pedro Ibarra (8 goals)
Best player Sardar Singh
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Results

All times are Argentina Time (UTC−04:00)

Pool A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 India 3210105+57
 New Zealand 312085+35
 Belgium 3102711–43
 China 3012610–41
6 December 2009
14:05
Belgium  4–3  China
Pangrazio  10', 65'
Thys  42'
Gougnard  53'		 Report Na  14'
Hu  38'
Song  43'
Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Deon Nel (RSA)
6 December 2009
16:05
New Zealand  2–2  India
Couzins  47'
Hayward  58'		 Report Khandker  30'
Shivendra  51'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
German Montes de Oca (ARG)
8 December 2009
12:05
India  4–1  China
Prabhjot  7'
Rajpal  35'
Sarwanjit  56'
Shivendra  70'		 Report Song  41'
Umpires:
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)
8 December 2009
14:05
Belgium  1–4  New Zealand
Charlier  30' Report Couzins  25'
Archibald  49'
Child  64'
Inglis  65'
Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Haider Rasool (PAK)
10 December 2009
14:05
New Zealand  2–2  China
Wilson  42'
Inglis  44'		 Report Liu X.  4'
Liu Y.  57'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Thomas Dumon (BEL)
10 December 2009
16:05
India  4–2  Belgium
Mahadik  19'
Shivendra  30'
Khandker  48'
Prabhjot  70'		 Report Dekeyser  24'
Pangrazio  25'
Umpires:
German Montes de Oca (ARG)
Diego Barbas (ARG)

Pool B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 3201116+56
 Pakistan 320175+26
 Canada 310258–33
 South Africa 3102711–43
6 December 2009
12:05
Pakistan  2 – 1  Canada
Abbas  14', 31' Report Fernandes  47'
Umpires:
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
Thomas Dumon (BEL)
6 December 2009
18:05
Argentina  6 – 2  South Africa
Ibarra  9', 12', 31'
Mazzilli  24'
L. Vila  53', 55'		 Report Harper  15'
Norris-Jones  69'
Umpires:
Haider Rasool (PAK)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
8 December 2009
16:05
Canada  1 – 4  South Africa
Tupper  59' Report Paton  30'
Haley  41'
Reid-Ross  46'
Carr  65'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Diego Barbas (ARG)
8 December 2009
18:05
Argentina  3 – 1  Pakistan
Callioni  1'
Ibarra  31', 52'		 Report Abbas  66'
Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
10 December 2009
12:05
Pakistan  4 – 1  South Africa
Abbas  20'
Abbasi  49'
Khan  53'
Ali  63'		 Report Norris-Jones  33'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)
10 December 2009
18:05
Canada  3 – 2  Argentina
Tupper  50'
Wright  62'
Fernandes  70+'		 Report Ibarra  54', 69'
Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification
 
CrossoverFifth place
 
      
 
12 December 2009
 
 
 Belgium3
 
13 December 2009
 
 South Africa4
 
 South Africa5
 
12 December 2009
 
 China0
 
 Canada1
 
 
 China3
 
Seventh place
 
 
13 December 2009
 
 
 Belgium2
 
 
 Canada0

Crossover
12 December 2009
09:05
Belgium  3 – 4  South Africa
Dekeyser  8', 14'
Charlier  51'		 Report Paton  17'
Robinson  25'
Reid-Ross  65'
Madsen  70'
Umpires:
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
German Montes de Oca (ARG)
12 December 2009
11:35
Canada  1 – 3  China
Pearson  7' Report Song Yi  11', 28'
Lu Fenghui  39'
Umpires:
Thomas Dumon (BEL)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

Seventh and eighth place
13 December 2009
09:05
Belgium  2 – 0  Canada
Depaeuw  24'
Pangrazio  50'		 Report
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
German Montes de Oca (ARG)

Fifth and sixth place
13 December 2009
11:35
South Africa  5 – 0  China
McDade  8'
Hykes  26'
Reid-Ross  38'
Carr  42'
Smith  68'		 Report
Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

First to fourth place classification
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 December 2009
 
 
 Argentina2
 
13 December 2009
 
 New Zealand3
 
 New Zealand4
 
12 December 2009
 
 Pakistan2
 
 India3
 
 
 Pakistan6
 
Third place
 
 
13 December 2009
 
 
 Argentina2
 
 
 India3

Semifinals
12 December 2009
14:05
Argentina  2 – 3  New Zealand
Ibarra  18'
L. Vila  66'		 Report Hayward  2'
Burrows  32'
McAleese  45'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Deon Nel (RSA)
12 December 2009
16:35
India  3 – 6  Pakistan
Mahadik  8', 62'
Ram  67'		 Report Butt  2', 29', 64'
Abbas  32', 70'
Khan  58'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Roel van Eert (NED)

Third and fourth place
13 December 2009
14:05
Argentina  2 – 3  India
Callioni  22', 29' Report Raghunath  35+'
Gurbaj  54'
Mahadik  69'
Umpires:
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
Deon Nel (RSA)

Final
13 December 2009
16:35
New Zealand  4 – 2  Pakistan
Archibald  15'
Burrows  20', 66'
Edwards  65'		 Report Abbas  7'
Butt  35'
Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Awards
Top Goalscorer Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament Fair Play Trophy
Pedro Ibarra Sardar Singh Kyle Pontifex  Argentina

Statistics

Final ranking
  1.  New Zealand
  2.  Pakistan
  3.  India
  4.  Argentina
  5.  South Africa
  6.  China
  7.  Belgium
  8.  Canada
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