The 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 37th and the last edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for men. It was held from 23 June to 1 July 2018 in Breda, Netherlands. The tournament will be replaced by the Hockey Pro League (HPL) in 2019. Australia won their 15th title by defeating India in the final after penalties.

Qualification

Alongside the host nation, the defending champions, the last Olympic, World Cup and World League champions qualified automatically. The remaining spots were nominated by the FIH Executive Board, making a total of 6 competing teams. If teams qualified under more than one criterion, the additional teams were invited by the FIH Executive Board as well. * (Host nation) * ( Defending champions and champions of the

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and 2016–17 World League) * (Champions of 2016 Summer Olympics) * (Invited by the FIH Executive Board) * (Invited by the FIH Executive Board) * (Invited by the FIH Executive Board)

Squads

Head coach:

Germán Orozco Germán Mariano Orozco (born 16 January 1976) is an Argentine field hockey defender, who made his debut for the Argentina men's national field hockey team in 1994. He competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summe ...

Head coach:

Colin Batch Colin Batch (born 27 March 1958) is a professional international field hockey coach and former international player from Australia. Batch is the head coach of the Australian Men's national hockey team the ''Kookaburras'' following his appointm ...

Head coach:

Shane McLeod Shane David McLeod (born 8 August 1975) is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's North Asia correspondent. McLeod grew up in Hervey Bay and studied journalism at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. He commenced his career at A ...

Head coach: Harendra Singh Head coach: Max Caldas Head coach:

Roelant Oltmans Roelant Wouter Oltmans (born May 25, 1954) is a Dutch field hockey coach who is the current head coach of Kampong first men's team. Earlier he coached the Larensche Mixed Hockey Club men's team. He coached the Netherlands men's, India men's, Pa ...

Results

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Standings

Results

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Classification

Fifth and sixth place

Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

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Awards

The following individual awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Goalscorers

;6 goals *

Gonzalo Peillat Gonzalo Peillat (born 12 August 1992) is an Argentine-German field hockey player who plays as a defender for German club Mannheimer HC and for the Germany national team. In 2015, Peillat was awarded the FIH 2014 Rising Star of the Year. He e ...

;5 goals *

Mirco Pruyser Mirco Pruyser (born 11 August 1989) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a forward for Amsterdam. He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics with the Dutch national team, where they finished fourth. International career He made his de ...

;4 goals *

Blake Govers Blake Govers (born 6 July 1996) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a forward for the NSW Pride in the Hockey One League and the Australian national team. He is the younger brother of former international hockey player Kieran ...

;3 goals *

Trent Mitton Trent Grant Mitton (born 26 November 1990) is an Australian field hockey player who plays for the WA Thundersticks and the Kookaburras. Mitton is a striker. Mitton first joined the Australian team as part of the 19-member Champions Trophy sq ...

Harmanpreet Singh Harmanpreet Singh is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Indian national team and also captains the national team. He was part of the hockey team that won the bronze medal for India in Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games ...

Mandeep Singh Mandeep Singh (born 18 December 1991) is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Punjab in the top-flight of Indian cricket. A right-hand batsman who also occasionally bowls right arm medium pace, Mandeep has also played for India Blue, and North ...

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 th ...

* Aleem Bilal ;2 goals *

Matías Paredes Matías Enrique Paredes (born 1 February 1982) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Ducilo and the Argentine national team. Club career Paredes started his club career with Ducilo at age four in his nat ...

* Tim Brand * Lachlan Sharp *

Tom Boon Tom Alain Boon (born 25 January 1990) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Léopold and the Belgium national team. He won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics. Club career He started at Royal White Star HC, ...

* Cédric Charlier * Amaury Keusters * Florent van Aubel *

Roel Bovendeert Roel Bovendeert is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a forward. Club career Bovendeert started playing hockey at MEP where he played his whole youth career. In 2009 he signed for Bloemendaal. During the winter break of the 2019� ...

Ajaz Ahmad Ajaz is a male given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ajaz Ahmed Khan, Indian politician * Ajaz Akhtar (born 1968), Pakistani cricketer * Ajaz Anwar, Pakistani painter * Ajaz Khan Ajaz Khan is an Indian actor. He has starred in m ...

;1 goal * Tom Craig * Jake Harvie *

Jake Whetton Jacob Thomas Whetton (born 15 June 1991) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a forward for the Australian national team. Personal life Whetton is from Queensland and considers Brisbane his home town. He was born on 15 June 1991. ...

Thomas Briels Thomas Briels (born 23 August 1987) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Oranje-Rood. He played a total of 359 times for the Belgium national team from 2006 until 2021. Club career Briels started ...

Arthur De Sloover Arthur Anne-Marie Thierry De Sloover (born 3 May 1997) is a Belgian professional field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams mu ...

* John-John Dohmen *

Loïck Luypaert Loïck Fanny Luypaert (born 19 August 1991) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a defender for Braxgata and the Belgian national team. He combines his sports career with an educational program of Movement Science at the Vrije Univer ...

* Varun Kumar * Vivek Prasad * Dilpreet Singh * Ramandeep Singh *

Lalit Upadhyay Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (born 1 December 1993) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a forward for the Indian national team. He was a member of the Indian team that won the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games The , officially t ...

Thierry Brinkman Thierry Brinkman (born 19 March 1995) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a forward or midfielder for Bloemendaal and the Dutch national team. He is the son of former Dutch international Jacques Brinkman and the brother of Tim Brinkman ...

* Robbert Kemperman *

Seve van Ass Severiano "Seve" Boris van Ass (born 10 April 1992) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for HGC and the Dutch national team. He is the son of Dutch field hockey coach Paul van Ass. He participated at the 2016 Su ...

* Thijs van Dam *

Valentin Verga Valentin Verga (born 7 October 1989) is an Argentine-born Dutch field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Amsterdam. Club career Verga has played his whole senior career for Amsterdam. In the Dutch winter break in 2017, he wa ...

* Mubashar Ali * Muhammad Irfan Jr. * Ali Shan * Toseeq Arshad

References

External links

* {{CT field hockey Champions Trophy (field hockey) Champions Trophy International field hockey competitions hosted by the Netherlands Hockey Champions Trophy Men Hockey Champions Trophy Men Hockey Champions Trophy Men Sports competitions in Breda