2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityJohannesburg
Teams8
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Belgium (1st title)
Runner-up India
Third place South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored133 (5.54 per match)
Top scorer(s) Tom Boon
Justin Reid-Ross (8 goals)
Best player Sandeep Singh
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The 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 26 November to 4 December 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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
India  3–3  Belgium
Rupinder Pal  45'
Chinglensana  48'
Raghunath  57' 		Report de Paeuw  31'
Boon  55'
Reckinger  69'
Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Chen Dekang (CHN)
26 November 2011
17:00
South Africa  3–1  Poland
Reid-Ross  3', 60'
Norris-Jones  31' 		Report Juszczak  43'
Umpires:
Ged Curran (SCO)
Francisco Vasquez (ESP)
27 November 2011
15:00
Belgium  7–3  Poland
Boon  2', 22', 39', 56'
Gougnard  18'
Briels  23'
Truyens  68' 		Report Poltaszewski  32'
Rataj  40', 61'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
27 November 2011
17:00
South Africa  4–7  India
Reid-Ross  7'
Harper  38'
da Graca  45'
Drummond  49' 		Report Sandeep  13', 35'
Saravanjit  29'
Khandker  41'
Sunil  55', 57'
Rupinder Pal  56'
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
29 November 2011
15:00
India  7–0  Poland
Walmiki  18'
Shivendra  24', 33'
Sunil  43'
Lakra  53'
Khandker  55', 70' 		Report
Umpires:
Fernando Gomez (ARG)
Francisco Vasquez (ESP)
29 November 2011
17:00
Belgium  2–1  South Africa
Boon  4'
Dekeyser  30' 		Report Reid-Ross  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
Canada  3–1  Malaysia
Tupper  8'
Singh  49'
Smythe  63' 		Report Amin  33'
Umpires:
Ged Curran (SCO)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
26 November 2011
13:00
Argentina  2–2  Japan
Cammareri  13'
Argento  65' 		Report Nagasawa  54'
Tachibana  63'
Umpires:
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
27 November 2011
11:00
Argentina  3–2  Canada
Cammareri  26'
Vila  39'
Ibarra  54' 		Report Pereira  20'
Wright  31'
Umpires:
Ged Curran (SCO)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
27 November 2011
13:00
Malaysia  2–2  Japan
Tengku  53'
Amin  68' 		Report Sakamoto  6'
Nagasawa  9'
Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Fernando Gomez (ARG)
29 November 2011
11:00
Canada  1–2  Japan
Smythe  3' Report Kayukawa  30'
Sakamoto  41'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
29 November 2011
13:00
Malaysia  2–5  Argentina
Azian  19'
Amin  64' 		Report Ibarra  44', 64', 70'
Mazzilli  51', 58'
Umpires:
Chen Dekang (CHN)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

Second round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 December
 
 
 India (a.e.t.)5
 
3 December
 
 Malaysia4
 
 India4
 
1 December
 
 South Africa2
 
 Japan2
 
4 December
 
 South Africa3
 
 India3
 
1 December
 
 Belgium4
 
 Belgium4
 
3 December
 
 Canada0
 
 Belgium (p.s.o.)2 (3)
 
1 December
 
 Argentina2 (2) Third place
 
 Argentina5
 
4 December
 
 Poland1
 
 South Africa3
 
 
 Argentina1
 

Quarterfinals

1 December 2011
10:00
Belgium  4–0  Canada
van Aubel  23'
Briels  49'
Dekeyser  52'
Boon  59' 		Report
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
1 December 2011
12:30
Argentina  5–1  Poland
Argento  13'
Ibarra  22'
R. Vila  23'
Rossi  56'
L. Vila  68' 		Report Zywiczka  4'
Umpires:
Francisco Vasquez (ESP)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
1 December 2011
15:00
India  5–4 (a.e.t.)  Malaysia
Sandeep  7', 24'
Walmiki  64'
Sunil  67'
Raghunath  85' 		Report Izwan  33'
Azlan  42', 58'
Tengku  46'
Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Chen Dekang (CHN)
1 December 2011
17:30
Japan  2–3  South Africa
Nagasawa  54'
Shiokawa  57' 		Report Reid-Ross  9', 26', 45'
Umpires:
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Ged Curran (SCO)

Fifth to eighth place classification

 
Cross-oversFifth place
 
      
 
2 December
 
 
 Malaysia2
 
4 December
 
 Japan1
 
 Malaysia3
 
2 December
 
 Poland0
 
 Canada2
 
 
 Poland (a.e.t.)3
 
Seventh place
 
 
4 December
 
 
 Japan7
 
 
 Canada2
Cross-overs
2 December 2011
14:30
Malaysia  2–1  Japan
Faizal  53', 58' Report Ozawa  24'
Umpires:
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
2 December 2011
17:00
Canada  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Poland
Smythe  13'
Gill  30' 		Report Mikula  26'
Rataj  33'
Dutkiewicz  73'
Umpires:
Fernando Gomez (ARG)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
Seventh and eighth place
4 December 2011
09:00
Japan  7–2  Canada
Kayukawa  7'
Tachibana  23', 49'
Tanaka  26'
Nagasawa  53'
Mitani  59', 60' 		Report Tupper  35'
Wright  67'
Umpires:
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Fifth and sixth place
4 December 2011
11:30
Malaysia  3–0  Poland
Tengku  17', 47'
Faizal  29' 		Report
Umpires:
Fernando Gomez (ARG)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals
3 December 2011
13:30
Belgium  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Argentina
Thys  33'
van Aubel  49' 		Report Ibarra  24'
Mazzilli  32'
Penalties
Gougnard
van Aubel
Dohmen
Briels
Dekeyser 		3–2 Ibarra
Cammareri
Rey
Brunet
L. Vila
Umpires:
Ged Curran (SCO)
Roel van Eert (NED)
3 December 2011
16:00
India  4–2  South Africa
Raghunath  14'
Saravanjit  40'
Sandeep  45', 50' 		Report Drummond  8'
McDade  22'
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
Third and fourth place
4 December 2011
14:00
South Africa  3–1  Argentina
Reid-Ross  18'
Paton  25'
Norris-Jones  68' 		Report Cammareri  22'
Umpires:
Chen Dekang (CHN)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Final
4 December 2011
16:30
India  3–4  Belgium
Raghunath  23'
Sandeep  41'
Shivendra  54' 		Report Dekeyser  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

  1.  Belgium
  2.  India
  3.  South Africa
  4.  Argentina
  5.  Malaysia
  6.  Poland
  7.  Japan
  8.  Canada

References

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