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2006 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier
The 2006 Men's Intercontinental Cup was a qualifier for the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup. It was held between 12 and 23 April 2006 in Changzhou, China. New Zealand men's national field hockey team, New Zealand won the tournament after defeating South Korea men's national field hockey team, Korea 4–1 in the final. Alongside England men's national field hockey team, England, Pakistan men's national field hockey team, Pakistan and Japan men's national field hockey team, Japan, these five teams qualified for the World Cup. Qualification All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition. Umpires Below are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: *C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changzhou
Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the northwest, Wuxi to the east, and the province of Zhejiang to the south. The population of the Changzhou Municipality was 5,278,121 at the 2020 census.Linked from the OEChere The city is the birthplace of Zhou Youguang who created the pinyin romanization system. History As approved by State Council on June 8, 1995, Wujin County was promoted to Wujin City, with the government set in Hutang Town. In 1999, as approved by the provincial government, Taixiang Town of Jiaoqu District was revoked and incorporated into Xueyan Town of Wujin City. Changcheu.jpg, Changcheu Prefecture between the Yangtze and Lake Tai, from Martino Martini's 1655 '' Novus Atlas Sinensis''. ChangzhouOldCityDistrict.jpg, The parks and pagodas of the ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hawes
Benjamin Robert Hawes (born 28 July 1980) is a former English field hockey player who played for the England and the Great Britain national team in midfield or as a halfback. He represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2004, 2008 (as captain) and 2012 Summer Olympics. Biography Hawes played club hockey for Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League and while at Surbiton represented Great Britain at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He moved to play in Amsterdam and represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He returned to Surbiton and at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he represented Great Britain again and was the captain of the team during the tournament. Hawes left Surbiton at the end of 2010 season and joined Wimbledon and while at the club represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Hawes earned 132 caps representing England and 99 caps representing Great Britain (231 international caps) before he announced his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Mohamed (field Hockey)
Mohamed Mohamed is the name of: Politics * Mohamed Abdi Mohamed or Mohamed Gandhi, Somali geologist, anthropologist, historian and politician * Mohamed Abdoulkader Mohamed (born 1951), Djiboutian FRUD politician * Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (born 1962), President of Somalia * Mohamed Ali Mohamed (born 1952), Djiboutian PDP politician * Mohamed Ali Ould Sidi Mohamed, Mauritanian politician * Mohamed Haniffa Mohamed (1921–2016), Sri Lankan politician * Mohamed Mahdi Marboua (1944-2020), Central African military officer and politician. Sports * Mohamed Abdel Mohamed (born 1968), Egyptian handball player * Mohamed Ben Mohamed (born 1938), Moroccan Olympic cyclist * Mohamed Daud Mohamed (born 1996), Somali long-distance runner * Mohamed Hassan Mohamed (born 1993), Somali middle-distance runner * Mohamed Hassan A Mohamed or Mizo Amin (born 1991), Qatari basketball player * Mohamed Samir Mohamed (born 1971), Egyptian Olympic hockey player * Mohamed Mohamed (handballer), Bahraini handb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Goldberg
Philippe Goldberg (born 10 May 1979) is a Belgian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro .... References External links * 1979 births Living people Belgian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Belgium Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Etterbeek Field hockey players from Brussels {{Belgium-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Truyens
Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the translation that became known as the Vulgate) and his commentaries on the whole Bible. Jerome attempted to create a translation of the Old Testament based on a Hebrew version, rather than the Septuagint, as prior Latin Bible translations had done. His list of writings is extensive. In addition to his biblical works, he wrote polemical and historical essays, always from a theologian's perspective. Jerome was known for his teachings on Christian moral life, especially those in cosmopolitan centers such as Rome. He often focused on women's lives and identified how a woman devoted to Jesus should live her life. This focus stemmed from his close patron relationships with several prominent female ascetics who were members of aff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Philippe Brulé
Jean-Philippe Brulé (born May 13, 1981) is a field hockey player from Belgium, who was a member of the national squad that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Belgium finished in 8th place at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Madrid, in March 2004, after losing on penalty strokes against South Africa. Brulé, a defender from a club called Pingouin, is famous for his penalty corner In field hockey, a penalty corner, sometimes known as a short corner, is a penalty given against the defending team. It is predominantly awarded for a defensive infringement in the ''Field hockey pitch#Penalty circle, penalty circle'' or for a de .... His nickname is ''Zoulou''. References Tophockey Belgium 1981 births Living people Belgian male field hockey players 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakeel Abbasi
Shakeel Abbasi (born 5 January 1984, Quetta, Pakistan) is a former international field hockey player from Pakistan. He played as a forward mainly as an inside right or center forward. A skillful forward, Abbasi was regarded as one of the finest players for Pakistan and made over 300 appearances for the national team. He also played for various club sides around the world and was reputed as a world class player of his era. Early life Abbasi was born in Quetta, Pakistan on 5 January 1984. A good sportsman Abbasi played various sports during his school and college days, influenced by his peers specially his elder brother who recommended him to continue in hockey seeing his promising prospect in it. Abbasi then started giving hockey his full-time attention joining hockey academies in his hometown. Career 2006 He was part of the team which won the silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia and the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games in D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First To Fourth Place Classification
First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared and Sub-millimetre Telescope, of the Herschel Space Observatory * For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, an international youth organization * Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, a global forum Arts and entertainment Albums * ''1st'' (album), by Streets, 1983 * ''1ST'' (SixTones album), 2021 * ''First'' (David Gates album), 1973 * ''First'', by Denise Ho, 2001 * ''First'' (O'Bryan album), 2007 * ''First'' (Raymond Lam album), 2011 Extended plays * ''1st'', by The Rasmus, 1995 * ''First'' (Baroness EP), 2004 * ''First'' (Ferlyn G EP), 2015 Songs * "First" (Lindsay Lohan song), 2005 * "First" (Cold War Kids song), 2014 * "First", by Lauren Daigle from the album '' How Can It Be'', 2015 * "First", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time In China
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00, where Beijing is located, even though the country spans five geographical time zones. It is the largest sovereign nation in the world that officially observes only one time zone. The nationwide standardized time is named Beijing Time (BJT; ) domestically and China Standard Time (CST) internationally. Daylight saving time has not been observed since 1991. China Standard Time (UTC+8) is consistent across Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. It is also equivalent with Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, most of Mongolia, Malaysia, Irkutsk Time of Russia, Western Australia, and Central Indonesia. History In the 1870s, the Shanghai Xujiahui Observatory was constructed by a French Catholic missionary. In 1880s officials in Shanghai French Concession started to provide a time announcement service using the Shanghai Mean Solar Time provided by the aforementioned observatory for ships into and out of Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suva
Suva (, ) is the Capital city, capital and the most populous city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Division, Fiji, Central Division. In 1877, the capital of Fiji was moved to Suva from Levuka, the main European colonial settlement at the time, due to the restrictive geography and environs of the latter. The administration of the colony was transferred from Levuka to Suva in 1882. As of the 2017 census, the city of Suva had a Demographics of Fiji, population of 93,970, and Suva's metropolitan area, which includes its independent suburbs, had a population of 185,913. The combined urban population of Suva and the towns of Lami, Fiji, Lami, Nasinu, and Nausori that border it was around 330,000: over a third of the nation's population (This urban complex, excluding Lami, is also known as the Suva-Nausori corridor). Suva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
