The 2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers were the 12th edition of the Hockey World Cup qualification tournament. Three events were held between October and November 2009 in France, New Zealand and Argentina and only the winner of each would earn a berth to play in the

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, to be held in New Delhi, India. Pakistan, New Zealand and Argentina each won one of the three tournaments.

Qualification

All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the

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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. :– Egypt withdrew from participating. Italy was called to participate instead.

Qualifier 1

Umpires

Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the

: *Richmond Attipoe (GHA) *Diego Barbas (ARG) *Will Drury (WAL) *Murray Grime (AUS) *Jang Jung-min (KOR) *Vincent Loos (BEL) *Marcelo Servetto (ESP) *Amarjit Singh (IND) *Gus Soteriades (USA)

Pool

''All times are Central European Time ( UTC+01:00)'' ---- ---- ---- ----

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

Third and fourth place

Final

Final standings

Qualified for the

Awards

Qualifier 2

Umpires

Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the

: *Saleem Aaron (USA) *Stewart Dearing (AUS) *Marcin Grochal (POL) *Colin Hutchinson (IRL) *Satoshi Kondo (JPN) *Satinder Kumar (IND) *Warren McCully (IRL) *Tim Pullman (AUS) *Peter Wright (RSA)

Pool

''All times are New Zealand Daylight Time ( UTC+13:00)'' ---- ---- ---- ----

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

Third and fourth place

Final

Final standings

Qualified for the

Awards

Qualifier 3

Umpires

Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the

: *Michiel Bruning (NED) *Nigel Iggo (NZL) *Adam Kearns (AUS) *Andrew Kennedy (ENG) *Marc Knulle (FRA) *Martin Madden (SCO) *Francesco Parisi (ITA) *Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) *Gary Simmonds (RSA)

Pool

''All times are Argentina Time ( UTC−03:00)'' ---- ---- ---- ----

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

Third and fourth place

Final

Final standings

Qualified for the

Awards

References

External links

Official FIH website (Qualifier 1)Official FIH website (Qualifier 2)Official FIH website (Qualifier 3)
{{Hockey World Cup Men's Hockey World Cup qualifiers International field hockey competitions hosted by New Zealand International field hockey competitions hosted by Argentina International field hockey competitions hosted by France 2009 in French sport 2009 in New Zealand sport 2009 in Argentine sport