The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the
Hockey World Cup men's
field hockey tournament. It was held 6–17 September 2006 in
Mönchengladbach, Germany.
Germany won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
4–3 in the final.
Spain won the third place match by defeating
Korea 3–2 with a
golden goal.
Qualification
Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European confederation received one extra quota based upon the
FIH World Rankings. Alongside the five teams qualifying through the
Qualifier, twelve teams competed in this tournament.
Umpires
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 ...
appointed 14 umpires for this tournament:
*Xavier Adell (ESP)
*Christian Blasch (GER)
*Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
*David Gentles (AUS)
*Murray Grime (AUS)
*Hamish Jamson (ENG)
*Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
*Satinder Kumar (IND)
*David Leiper (SCO)
*Andy Mair (SCO)
*Sumesh Putra (CAN)
*Amarjit Singh (MAS)
*Rob ten Cate (NED)
*John Wright (RSA)
Squads
Results
''All times are
Central European Summer Time (
UTC+02:00)''
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
Awards
Statistics
Final standings
Goalscorers
References
External links
Official FIH website
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International field hockey competitions hosted by Germany
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