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1998 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup was the ninth edition of the Men's Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Utrecht, Netherlands from 20 June to 1 July 1998. The trophy was won by the Netherlands national field hockey team. Spain came second and Germany came third. The Dutch made history by being the only country to win a tournament at its home ground not only once, but twice. It was the second time The Netherlands had hosted the competition. Location The 9th Hockey World Cup was held in Galgenwaard Stadium at Utrecht, Netherlands. The stadium was opened in 1982, and was mainly used for football, and was the home of the football club FC Utrecht. The stadium has a capacity of around 24,500 spectators, and at the time it was one of the most modern stadiums in the world. The stadium was the host of two World Cup finals: the first, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utrecht
Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The municipality of Utrecht is located in the eastern part of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Netherlands, and includes Haarzuilens, Vleuten and De Meern. It has a population of 376,435 as of . Utrecht's ancient city centre features many buildings and structures, several dating as far back as the High Middle Ages. It has been the religious centre of the Netherlands since the 8th century. In 1579, the Union of Utrecht was signed in the city to lay the foundations for the Dutch Republic. Utrecht was the most important city in the Netherlands until the Dutch Golden Age, when it was surpassed by Amsterdam as the country's cultural centre and most populous city. Utrecht is home to Utrecht University, the largest university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph Bechmann
Christoph Bechmann (born 23 November 1971 in Speyer am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz) is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The striker from Club an der Alster (Hamburg), whose nicknamed ''Duffi'' or ''Bechi'', played in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He has captained the German National Team and was a member of the Team of the Year in Mönchengladbach, Germany. International senior tournaments He played from 1994 until 2004, 124 matches for the Germany national team in outdoor competitions. * 1994 – 8th World Cup, Sydney (4th place) * 1995 – European Nations Cup, Dublin (1st place) * 1995 – Champions Trophy, Berlin (1st place) * 1996 – Summer Olympics, Atlanta (4th place) * 1996 – Champions Trophy, Madras (3rd place) * 1997 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Lievin (1st place) * 1997 – Champions Trophy, Adelaide (1st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sohail Abbas
Sohail Abbas, (born 9 June 1977) is a former professional field hockey player from Pakistan who played as a full-back for the Pakistan men's national field hockey team. Regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he is the all-time second highest goal scorer in international field hockey and highest goal scorer in modern field hockey (artificial turf) with 348 international goals. A drag-flick specialist noted for his lethal flicks with great accuracy and speed in front of goal from penalty corners, he is widely regarded as the 'King of the drag flick'. Abbas started his professional career in Pakistan and played professional hockey in Malaysia, Netherlands, Germany and India in his career most notably for Dutch side HC Rotterdam. After representing Pakistan at junior levels Abbas made his international debut in the Test series against India in February 1998. He scored his first senior international goal in the second match of the series in a 2–1 win. Abbas has 315 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semi-finals
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion(s). Some match-ups may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in North American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progresses to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sameer Dad
Mohammad Sameer Dad (born 25 November 1978 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) is a former field hockey forward who played for India. International appearances Dad made his international senior debut for the Indian Men's National Team in January 1998, during the test series against Germany. Prior to his entry into the senior team, also he was played India v/s Pakistan test series in Pakistan he scored 3 vital goal to level the series 2-2 and achieve best player in this series.. he was a member of India's Hockey Junior World Cup team in 1997 in England. He was a member of the Indian team at the 1998 Asian Games, where India won the gold medal after 32 years at Bangkok, and at the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup in Holland. He was part of India's team at the Men's Hockey Asia Cup at Malaysia in 1999 and represented India at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajesh Chauhan (field Hockey)
Rajesh Chauhan (; born 19 December 1966) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 21 Tests and 35 One Day Internationals from 1993 to 1998. He was part of the Indian spin trio of Kumble-Raju-Chauhan, in the 1990s. Although his own contributions were only of limited value, India lost none of the 21 Tests in which he played. The feat for which he is perhaps remembered most is his last-over six off Saqlain Mushtaq at Karachi in 1997, which sealed a four-wicket win for India against Pakistan. Early life His father Govind Raja Chauhan, who lived in Ranchi, was also a cricketer and played Ranji Trophy in 1957 & Duleep Trophy in 1964. Their ancestral village is Vidi in Kutch and he belongs to a small community known as Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya. Chauhan also served as Chairman of All-India Youth Wing of Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya community for years 1993–96 and is an active social member of the community.Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya Samaj : A brief History & Glory by Raja Pawan Jethwa. (2007) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Keon-wook
Kang Keon-Wook (born 21 May 1971) is a South Korean field hockey coach and former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... References External links * 1971 births Living people South Korean male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for South Korea Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in field hockey 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup players 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Seok-kyo
Sin Seok-gyo (born 20 September 1971) is a South Korean field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References External links * 1971 births Living people South Korean male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for South Korea Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Seoul Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup players 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players 20th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Seung-tae
Song Seung-tae (born January 3, 1972) is a retired field hockey striker from South Korea, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the final the South Koreans were beaten by the Dutch title holders after penalty strokes. Song played club hockey in Malaysia with Sapura HC after playing in Germany. His Olympic debut was at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and he also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe .... References Profile on Athens 2004 Web Site* External links * 1972 births Living people South Korean male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for South Korea Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeong Yong-gyun
Jeong Yong-gyun (born 13 August 1971) is a South Korean field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References External links * 1971 births Living people South Korean male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for South Korea Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in field hockey Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1998 Asian Games 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remco Van Wijk
Remco van Wijk (born 7 October 1972 in Breda) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 242 international matches for the Netherlands, in which he scored 63 goals. The striker made his debut for the Dutch on 5 May 1993 in a friendly match against Ireland (5-1). He retired from international tophockey after the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population of 2,075,600 . Greater Kuala Lum ..., and became a hockey coach in the summer of 2005, as an assistant at HC Den Bosch. External links * Dutch Hockey Federation 1972 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Dutch field hockey coaches Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1994 Men's Hockey W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teun De Nooijer
Teun Floris de Nooijer (born 22 March 1976) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who twice became Olympic champion with the Dutch national squad, in 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 and in 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000, and was on the team in 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012. He currently plays for Dutch side HC Bloemendaal and in Hockey India League for Uttar Pradesh Wizards. Career Dutch Hockey Sides (1994-Present) Born in Egmond aan den Hoef, he made his debut on 4 June 1994 in a friendly match against New Zealand. Since then the midfielder played over three hundred international matches for the Dutch. On 4 April 2007 he earned his 350th cap for the Netherlands men's national field hockey team, Netherlands national field hockey team, when the team defeated Belgium (7–3) in a friendly in Boxtel, North Brabant. De Nooijer started playing hockey at the age of nine, with his brothers in the backyard of their house. He joined HC Alkmaar at the age of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
