2006 Men's Hockey World Cup
11th edition of the Hockey World Cup
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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.
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| Tournament details | |||
| Host country | Germany | ||
| City | Mönchengladbach | ||
| Dates | 6 – 17 September 2006 | ||
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Venue | Warsteiner HockeyPark | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Germany (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Australia | ||
| Third place |  Spain | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 42 | ||
| Goals scored | 174 (4.14 per match) | ||
| Top scorer |  Taeke Taekema (11 goals) | ||
| Best player | Jamie Dwyer | ||
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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
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) |
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| 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
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
Results
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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Ninth to twelfth place classification
| Crossover | Ninth place | |||||
| 16 September | ||||||
| South Africa | 2 | |||||
| 17 September | ||||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||
| 16 September | ||||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||
| India | 2 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| 17 September | ||||||
| South Africa | 0 | |||||
| India | 1 | |||||
Crossover
Eleventh and twelfth place
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Ninth and tenth place
Fifth to eighth place classification
| Crossover | Fifth place | |||||
| 15 September | ||||||
| New Zealand | 3 | |||||
| 16 September | ||||||
| England | 4 | |||||
| England | 1 | |||||
| 15 September | ||||||
| Pakistan | 0 | |||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||
| Pakistan | 3 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 16 September | ||||||
| New Zealand | 0 | |||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||
Crossover
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Seventh and eighth place
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Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 15 September | ||||||
| Australia | 4 | |||||
| 17 September | ||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||
| 15 September | ||||||
| Germany | 4 | |||||
| Germany (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||
| Spain | 2 (1) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 17 September | ||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||
| Spain (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards
| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Young Player of the Tournament | Fair Play Trophy |
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| Jamie Dwyer |
Taeke Taekema |
Ulrich Bubolz |
Christopher Zeller |
New Zealand |
Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 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 |
Goalscorers
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
Lucas Cammareri
Travis Brooks- Luke Doerner
- Russell Ford
- Matthew Naylor
Björn Emmerling- Oliver Hentschel
- Matthias Witthaus
Dilip Tirkey- Rajpal Singh
Kenichi Katayama- Kazuo Yoshida
Ronald Brouwer- Rob Reckers
Dean Couzins
Seo Jong-ho
1 goal
- Matías Paredes
- Robert Hammond
- Mark Knowles
Matthew Daly- Martin Jones
- Glenn Kirkham
- Sebastian Biederlack
- Arjun Halappa
- Ignace Tirkey
- Mitsuru Ito
- Kazuyuki Ozawa
- Hiroki Sakamoto
- Matthijs Brouwer
- Geert-Jan Derikx
- Teun de Nooijer
- Ryan Archibald
- Blair Hopping
- Mitesh Patel
Wayne Madsen- Lungile Tsolekile
- Kang Seong-jung
- Yoon Sung-hoon
David Alegre- Alex Fàbregas
- Xavier Ribas
Source: FIH