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2012 Champions Trophy
The 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 34th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 1–9 December 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. Australia won the tournament for the thirteenth time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final, extending their record winning streak to five consecutive titles. Teams Even though Spain was automatically qualified as the runner-up of the previous edition, they withdrew from participating due to financial issues. In addition to the three teams nominated by the FIH Executive Board to compete, the following eight teams, competed in this tournament. * (Host nation and defending champions) * (Third in 2011 Champions Trophy) * (Fourth in 2011 Champions Trophy) * (Fifth in 2011 Champions Trophy) * (Winner of 2011 Champions Challenge I) * (Nominated by FIH Executive Board) * (Nominated by FIH Executive Board) * (Nominated by FIH Executive Board) Umpires Below are the 10 umpires ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Smith (field Hockey)
Richard Christopher Michael Wijtenburg-Smith (born 28 September 1987) is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender for Dutch club Klein Zwitserland. Smith made his international debut in 2009. He competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He also won gold at the 2009 EuroHockey Championship with England. Club career He has played club hockey for Hampstead & Westminster, Loughborough, Guildford and City of Portsmouth, as well as for Royal Racing Club in Belgium. On 16 June 2020, it was announced he joined Klein Zwitserland in The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ... for the 2020–21 season as he moved to the Netherlands. References External links * 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Portsmouth English male fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Simpson (field Hockey)
Glenn Simpson (born 5 May 1987) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Victorian Vikings in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team, and in 2011 he won a gold medal in the Champions Trophy. He is currently sponsored bRitual Hockey Personal Simpson was born on 5 May 1987 and is from Melbourne, Victoria. When not playing hockey, he is an electrician. Field hockey Simpson started playing hockey as a seven-year-old and played junior hockey for Greensborough. As a junior player for Victoria, he was a member of a team that won the U21 national championships. He plays for the Victorian Vikings in the Australian Hockey League, where is guernsey number is 21. He played for the team in the first found of the 2011 season. National team Simpson is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team. His first national team cap was in February 2009 in a game against Belgium played in Canberra. As of early 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Waqas (field Hockey)
Muhammad Waqas Sharif (born 3 September 1988) is a Pakistani field hockey player. He plays as Right Out. Career 2008 Waqas was member of the team for 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. 2010 Waqas was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the Asian Games in Guanzhou, China. 2012 Waqas was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2012 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Doha, Qatar. Muhammad Waqas was top scorer in the tournament with 11 goals. He was part of Pakistan's 2012 Summer Olympic The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... team. References External links Pakistan Hockey Team 1988 births Living people Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan Pakistani male field hockey players Field hockey players from Sialkot Field hockey players at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeroen Hertzberger
Jeroen Hertzberger (born 24 February 1986) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a forward for Rotterdam and the Dutch national team. Hertzberger was part of the Dutch national team for the 2007 Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur where the Dutch won the bronze medal. In 2008 they only finished in fourth place in Rotterdam. He also is part of the Dutch team that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... Hertzberger is the all-time top scorer in the Euro Hockey League competition with 26 goals. He scored the first hat-trick in 2018 Hockey World Cup against Malaysia. References External links * 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Rotterdam Field hockey players from South Holland Dutch male field hockey playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sander De Wijn
Sander Sebastiaan Robert Jan de Wijn (; born 2 May 1990) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a defender for Kampong and the Dutch national team. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament winning a silver medal. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References External links * 1990 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands People from Boxmeer Spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nithin Thimmaiah
Nithin Thimmaiah Nithin Thimmaiah is an Indian Field Hockey player from Kodagu (Coorg) district, Karnataka. He represented the Indian Hockey team in various international tournaments since his debut in 2012. He currently represents the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in domestic hockey. Education and early career Hailing from Kodagu, he completed his education from St. Josephs Indian High School, Bangalore and St. Josephs College, Bangalore. He has represented both his alma mater and Bangalore University in numerous tournaments. He has also represented Karnataka State Hockey Team from 2009 and became the captain of the team in 2014 https: In 2013, he represented Uttar Pradesh Wizards in the Hockey India League and the team went on to win a bronze medal. Subsequently, in 2016, he represented Punjab Warriors in the Hockey India League, who went on to win the championship. Awards and Recognitions In 2015, he was awarded the prestigious Ekalavya Award by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Gleghorne
Mark Gleghorne (born 19 May 1985) is a field hockey player from Northern Ireland who has represented Ireland, England and Great Britain at international level. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Gleghorne was a member of the England teams that won the bronze medals at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. He also represented England at the 2014 and 2018 Men's Hockey World Cups. At club level, Gleghorne was a member of the Instonians team that won the Irish Senior Cup in both 2002 and 2004. He was also a member of the Punjab Warriors team that won the 2016 Hockey India League title. Gleghorne is a member of a family of field hockey internationals. His younger brother, Paul, is an Ireland international. Two of his aunts, Margaret Gleghorne and Jackie McWilliams, were also Ireland and Great Britain women's internationals. Early years, family and education Gleghorne was born into a field hockey family. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Burrows (field Hockey)
Phillip Ross Burrows (born 25 April 1980 in Wellington) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed ''The Black Sticks'', in January 2000. The striker is New Zealand's top field goal scorer and was named ''2003 New Zealand Player of the Year''. Since his debut, he has competed in over 120 international games for his country and appeared in three Summer Olympics: in 2004 in Athens, in 2008 in Beijing and in 2012 in London. He has played club hockey in The Netherlands since 2004, initially for Breda and since the summer of 2005, for HC Rotterdam. In the summer of 2010 he went to Braxgata in Belgium. In 2012 he returned to the Netherlands to play for HGC. International senior tournaments * 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament * 2001 – World Cup Qualifier * 2002 – World Cup * 2002 – Commonwealth Games * 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2003 – Champions Challenge * 2004 – Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Cheesman
Darren Cheesman (born 23 February 1986 in Hackney, London) is an ex-England and Great Britain Hockey field hockey International who is now a High Performance Coach for England Hockey and FIH, as well as a Coach Educator for FIH. Life As well as previously being a member of the England and Great Britain Hockey Teams, he was also a member of the Great Britain U21 team that won Silver Medal at the 2007 Junior Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The Midfielder / Forward plays club hockey at Southgate, after spells at Reading, East Grinstead and Old Loughtonians. After playing in the 2005 Junior World Cup, Cheesman was signed by Oranje Zwart, a Premier League club in Netherlands. He spent a year there playing with and against the best players in the world. During his first spell at East Grinstead, Cheesman was voted 'Premier League Player of the Year'. Cheesman played an instrumental role in East Grinstead's successes both domestically and in the Euro Hockey League. Cheesman cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Martin (field Hockey)
Harry John Martin (born 23 October 1992) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for HC Rotterdam and the England and Great Britain national teams. His sister, Hannah Martin is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for England and Great Britain. Club career For the 2021–22 season he returns to play club hockey in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for HC Rotterdam, for whom he enjoyed a successful 2016–17 season. He had been playing in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Hampstead & Westminster. Prior to that, he won the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division title in consecutive seasons with Beeston Hockey Club. International career Martin made his senior debut, aged 17, for Great Britain on 12 July 2010. One year later, On 1 December 2012, he made his senior tournament debut for England in a 3–1 defeat against India, in the 2012 Champions Trophy, in Melbourne, Australia. He was the first player who has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Dixon (field Hockey)
Adam Graham Dixon (born 11 September 1986) is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Beeston. Club career Dixon grew up in Newark-on-Trent where he played for Newark Hockey Club and went to school at Worksop College. He plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Beeston. He has also played in Netherlands for HC Rotterdam. International career Dixon made his full international debut in May 2009 and won his 200th cap for England and GB on 21 August 2017 vs Germany. On 7 February 2019 it was announced that he had been appointed Captain of England and GB. He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal. In June 2016 he was selected for Great Britain to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games. He was named the 2013 Player of the Year by the Hockey Writers' Club. Dixon announced his retirement from playing International hockey after the Olympic Games in Tokyo, 2020 References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
