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
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, China.
New Zealand
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won the tournament after defeating
Korea
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4–1 in the final. Alongside
England
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,
Pakistan
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and
Japan
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, these five teams qualified for the World Cup.
Qualification
All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the
International Hockey Federation
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based upon the
FIH World Rankings
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. 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
The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (English: International Hockey Federation), commonly known by the acronym and initialism, acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are i ...
:
*Christian Blasch (GER)
*Chen Dekang (CHN)
*Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
*Faiz Muhammad Faizi (PAK)
*Murray Grime (AUS)
*Nigel Iggo (NZL)
*Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
*Andy Mair (SCO)
*Raghu Prasad (IND)
*Sumesh Putra (CAN)
*Amarjit Singh (MAS)
*Pedro Teixeira da Silva (POR)
*Rob ten Cate (NED)
*John Wright (RSA)
Results
''All times are
China Standard Time
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(
UTC+08:00)''
Pool A
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Pool B
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Ninth to twelfth place classification
Crossover
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Eleventh and twelfth place
Ninth and tenth place
Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
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Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
Final
Final standings
See also
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2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup
The 2006 Women's Hockey Intercontinental Cup was the seventh edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The event was held from 25 April–6 May, in Rome, Italy.
England won the tournament for the second time after defeating South Korea 2†...
References
External links
Official website
{{Men's Hockey World Cup
Men's Intercontinental Cup (field hockey)
Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup
International field hockey competitions hosted by China
Sport in Jiangsu
Changzhou
Intercontinental Cup