|
2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 29th men's field hockey tournament for the Hockey Champions Trophy. It was held from November 29 to December 9, 2007, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, having moved away from Lahore, Pakistan. Teams The teams are determined after the 2006 World Cup in Germany, based on the criteria set: * (Hockey competition champion in 2004 Summer Olympics) * (2006 Hockey World Cup Champion) * (Fourth in 2006 Hockey World Cup) * (defending champion) * (Former host) * (Third in 2006 Hockey World Cup) * (host) * (Invitee) Squads Head Coach: Barry Dancer #Jamie Dwyer # Liam de Young # Robert Hammond #Nathan Eglington #Mark Knowles #Russell Ford #Eddie Ockenden # David Guest #Luke Doerner #Grant Schubert #Bevan George # Andrew Smith # Stephen Lambert (GK) # Matthew Naylor #Aaron Hopkins # Matthew Wells #Travis Brooks #Brent Livermore (c) # Dean Butler #Daniel McPherson (GK) Head Coach: Markus Weise #Christian Schulte (GK) #Philip Witte # Maximilian Mü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuala Lumpur
, anthem = '' Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Administrative areas , subdivision_name1 = , established_title = Establishment , established_date = 1857 , established_title2 = City status , established_date2 = 1 February 1972 , established_title3 = Transferred to federal jurisdiction , established_date3 = 1 February 1974 , government_type = Federal administrationwith local government , governing_body = Kuala Lumpur City Hall , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Mahadi bin Che Ngah , total_type = Federal territory , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Ford
Russell David Ford (born 18 August 1983) is an Australian former field hockey player. His first national team appearance was in 2006. As of July 2011, he had 21 goals from 76 appearances with the national team. Personal Ford is from Victoria. He was born in Eltham, Victoria and lived in the town while growing up. He attended Eltham High School and was in Year 11 in 2000. Field hockey Ford started playing hockey when he was eight years old and is a striker. He plays his club hockey for the Melville City Hockey Club He played for the U18 Victorian team in the national championships in 2000, where he wore shirt number 6. He played in a June 2010 game for the Victorian against the Tassie Tigers in the Australian Hockey League that Victoria won 5–4. He scored a goal in the game. Ford's first national team international cap came in 2006 in a game against India. He did not compete at the 2006 World Cup and 2007 Champions Trophy. In 2006, he represented Australia at the Azlan Shah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Butler (field Hockey)
Dean Butler OAM (born 26 January 1977 in Warwick, Queensland) is a field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is nicknamed ''Butts'', and played club hockey for the Queensland Blades in his native country, with whom he won the national title in 2003. Butler was promoted to the senior squad following the 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 to .... In 2001 he was named ''Player of the Year'' in Queensland. References Profile on Hockey Australia External links * 1977 births Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Male field hockey defenders Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2002 Men's Hocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Livermore
Brent James Livermore OAM (born 5 July 1976 in Grafton, New South Wales) is a field hockey midfielder from Australia. He was first selected in the Australian team in 1997, and was awarded the Kookaburras player of the year award in 2001. He was also nominated of the FIH Player of the Year awards in 2002 and 2005. He has played over 300 matches for the Australian team, and has scored 30 international goals. He plays for the NSW Waratahs in the Australian Hockey League. Brent Livermore won the gold medal with the Kooraburras at the 2004 Olympics, but was omitted from the 2008 Olympic squad that placed third in Beijing. In the World Series Hockey organized by the Indian Hockey Federation and Nimbus Sport, Brent Livermore captains the Chennai Cheetahs, a Chennai-based Hockey team. After a brief hiatus from the sport, Livermore returned to coach the NSWIS male team, the U21 NSW Men's team, and the NSW Waratahs team at their respective tournaments. He has retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Brooks
Travis Neil Brooks OAM (born 16 July 1980 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a field hockey forward from Australia, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He made his international debut in Canberra, on 15 February 2003, during the second Test of the series against the Netherlands, and played a starring role in The Kookaburras Sultan Azlan Shah Cup win in January 2004 with two goals in the final. Brooks played in the Australian team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning a bronze medal. Travis Brooks retired from International Hockey in November 2008 with 143 International Cap after competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He now lives in Melbourne and is actively part of the Waverley Hockey Club, his original local club. On 26 January 2005, Brooks was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games." International tournaments * 2004 – Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Wells (field Hockey)
Matthew Wells OAM (born 2 May 1978 in Hobart, Tasmania) is a field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ... by beating title holders The Netherlands in the final. Four years earlier, when Sydney hosted the Summer Games, he finished in third spot with ''The Kookaburras'', as the Men's National Team is called. He had to miss the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup due to injury. External links * Profile on Hockey Australia 1978 births Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Male field hockey defenders Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Field hockey players at the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Hopkins
Aaron Hopkins (born 12 September 1979 in Busselton, Western Australia) is a field hockey defender from Australia. He narrowly missed selection in Australia's Olympic Games squads in both 2004 and 2008. He did, however, win two gold medals for Australia at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games. International tournaments * 2001 – Champions Trophy, Rotterdam (2nd) * 2002 – World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (2nd) * 2002 – |
Matt Naylor
Matthew ("Matt") Geoffery Naylor (born 5 May 1983 in Bathurst, New South Wales) is a field hockey midfielder from Australia, who made his international senior debut for the national team in 2005 at the Hamburg Masters against the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl .... The mechanic was a member of The Kookaburras, the team that won the golden medal at the 2005 Champions Trophy. External links Profile on Hockey Australia 1983 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players People from the Central Tablelands Sportsmen from New South Wales {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Lambert (field Hockey)
Stephen Lambert (born 21 December 1979) is a field hockey goalkeeper from Australia, who was first selected to play for ''The Kookaburras'' at the Four Nations International Challenge in June 2002. Lambert, nicknamed 'Lambo, lambot and Rexy throughout his professional career, claimed a Commonwealth Games gold medal in Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ... (2002). Stephen is married to Hockeyroos player Angie Skirving as of December 2006. International tournaments * 2002 – 2002 Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games, Manchester (1st) * 2003 – 2003 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey), Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd) * 2005 – 2005 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey), Champions Trophy, Chennai (1st) * 2006 – 2006 Commonwealth Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Smith (field Hockey)
Andrew Smith (born 1 November 1978 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is a former field hockey striker from Australia. He played in two games at the 2008 Beijing Games, where the Kookaburras won the bronze medal. From 2011 until 2020 he was employed as a teacher and head coach of the hockey program at Maribyrnong College. He was employed as a Physical Education teacher at the start of 2021 for Nhulunbuy Christian College in Nhulunbuy Nhulunbuy () is a township that is the sixth largest population centre in the Northern Territory of Australia. Nhulunbuy was created on the Gove Peninsula in north-east Arnhem Land when a bauxite mine and a deep water port were established .... References Profile on Hockey Australia External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Andrew 1978 births Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players from Melbourne Living people 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bevan George
Bevan Christopher George (born 22 March 1977 in Narrogin, Western Australia) is a field hockey defender from Australia. Field hockey National team George won a gold medal with the Australia national field hockey team (''The Kookaburras'') at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and captained The Kookaburras at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where they won a bronze medal. George retired from international competition after the Beijing Games, having played 208 games for Australia. In the 2005 Australia Day Honours George was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). He was also part of the Australian Junior Team that won the golden medal at the Junior World Cup in Milton Keynes, 1997. George, nicknamed ''Jethro'', played his 100th match for ''The Kookaburras'' on 23 May 2004 against Belgium during the European Tour. He was the captain of the team that won the Champions Trophy in December 2005 in Chennai, where he was named Player of the Tournament, as well as captain. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Schubert
Grant Schubert ( OAM) (born 1 August 1980 in Loxton, South Australia) is a field hockey striker from Australia, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was named ''World Hockey Young Player of the Year'' by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in December 2003. Schubert now lives in Western Australia. Schubert was honoured as the most promising player at the 2003 Champions Trophy with nine goals in six matches. Earlier that year, on 9 July, he made his debut for ''The Kookaburras'' in a friendly match against Germany in Neuss. He played club hockey in The Netherlands after the Athens Games, first for Kampong in Utrecht, and after the relegation for HC Klein Zwitserland in The Hague. He had to miss the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup due to a knee injury. He also missed the 2008 Olympic Games semi-final and bronze medal play-off matches due to a knee injury sustained in the last minor round game vs Great Britain. In 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |