The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 31st edition of the
Hockey Champions Trophy
The Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) was an international field hockey tournament held by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). It featured the top 6 ranked nations in that year.
History
Founded in 1978 by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan and ...
men's
field hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...
tournament. It was held from 28 November to 6 December 2009 in
Melbourne
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, Australia.
Teams
The
International Hockey Federation
The International Hockey Federation, commonly known by the acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. FIH is responsible for field hockey's major int ...
announce the qualified teams for this event on 12 November 2008.
* (host and
defending champions)
* (
2008 Olympic champions and
2006 World Cup champions)
* (Second in the 2008 Olympics)
* (Fourth in the 2008 Olympics)
* (Fifth in the 2008 Olympics as
Great Britain
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)
* (Sixth in the 2008 Olympics)
Results
''All times are
Eastern Daylight Time
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* Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behin ...
(
UTC+11:00)''
Preliminary round
Fixtures
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Classification
Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards
Final standings
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Goalscorers
References
External links
Official FIH website
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Hockey
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Champions Trophy (field hockey)
2009
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