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2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 34th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 1–9 December 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. Australia won the tournament for the thirteenth time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final, extending their record winning streak to five consecutive titles. Teams Even though Spain was automatically qualified as the runner-up of the previous edition, they withdrew from participating due to financial issues. In addition to the three teams nominated by the FIH Executive Board to compete, the following eight teams, competed in this tournament. * (Host nation and defending champions) * (Third in 2011 Champions Trophy) * (Fourth in 2011 Champions Trophy) * (Fifth in 2011 Champions Trophy) * (Winner of 2011 Champions Challenge I) * (Nominated by FIH Executive Board) * (Nominated by FIH Executive Board) * (Nominated by FIH Executive Board) Umpires Below are the 10 umpires ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Smith (field Hockey)
Richard Christopher Michael Wijtenburg-Smith (born 28 September 1987) is an English field hockey coach and former player and former head coach of Dutch Hoofdklasse club HDM. He played for England and Great Britain and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Biography Smith played club hockey for City of Portsmouth and Guildford before joining Loughborough Students in the Men's England Hockey League for the 2006/07 season. While at Loughborough he made his international debut in 2009. He also won gold at the 2009 EuroHockey Championship with England and played in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. After the Olympics he spent a year playing in Belgium for Racing Club de Bruxelles before returning to England to play for Hampstead & Westminster until 2020. On 16 June 2020, it was announced he joined Klein Zwitserland in The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Nether ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Simpson (field Hockey)
Glenn Simpson (born 5 May 1987) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Victorian Vikings in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team, and in 2011 he won a gold medal in the Champions Trophy. He is currently sponsored bRitual Hockey. Personal Simpson was born on 5 May 1987 and is from Melbourne, Victoria. When not playing hockey, he is an electrician. Field hockey Simpson started playing hockey as a seven-year-old and played junior hockey for Greensborough. As a junior player for Victoria, he was a member of a team that won the U21 national championships. He plays for the Victorian Vikings in the Australian Hockey League, where is guernsey number is 21. He played for the team in the first found of the 2011 season. National team Simpson is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team. His first national team cap was in February 2009 in a game against Belgium played in Canberra. As of early 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Waqas (field Hockey)
Muhammad Waqas Sharif (born 3 September 1984) is a Pakistani field hockey player. He plays as Right Out. Career 2008 Waqas was a member of the Pakistan team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. 2010 Waqas was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the Asian Games in Guanzhou, China. 2012 Waqas was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2012 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Doha, Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b .... Muhammad Waqas was top scorer in the tournament with 11 goals. He was part of Pakistan's 2012 Summer Olympic team. References External links Pakistan Hockey Team 1984 births Living people Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan Pakistani male field hockey players Field hockey players from Sialkot Field hoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the Dutch won the bronze medal. In 2008 they only finished in fourth place in Rotterdam. He also is part of the Dutch team that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro .... Hertzberger is the all-time top scorer in the Euro Hockey League competition with 26 goals. He scored the first hat-trick in 2018 Hockey World Cup against Malaysia. References External links * * 1986 births Living people Field hockey players from Rotterdam Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey forward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sander De Wijn
Sander Sebastiaan Robert Jan de Wijn (; born 2 May 1990) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a defender for Kampong and the Dutch national team. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament winning a silver medal. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the Netherlands lost the bronze-medal match to Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ... in the field hockey tournament. References External links * * 1990 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nithin Thimmaiah
Nithin Thimmaiah Nithin Thimmaiah is an Indian Field Hockey player from Kodagu (Coorg) district, Karnataka. He represented the Indian Hockey team in various international tournaments since his debut in 2012. He currently represents the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in domestic hockey. Education and early career Hailing from Kodagu, he completed his education from St. Josephs Indian High School, Bangalore and St. Josephs College, Bangalore. He has represented both his alma mater and Bangalore University in numerous tournaments. He has also represented Karnataka State Hockey Team from 2009 and became the captain of the team in 2014 https: In 2013, he represented Uttar Pradesh Wizards in the Hockey India League and the team went on to win a bronze medal. Subsequently, in 2016, he represented Punjab Warriors in the Hockey India League, who went on to win the championship. Awards and Recognitions In 2015, he was awarded the prestigious Ekalavya Award by the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Gleghorne
Mark Gleghorne (born 19 May 1985) is a field hockey player from Northern Ireland who has represented Ireland, England and Great Britain at international level. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Gleghorne was a member of the England teams that won the bronze medals at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. He also represented England at the 2014 and 2018 Men's Hockey World Cups. At club level, Gleghorne was a member of the Instonians team that won the Irish Senior Cup in both 2002 and 2004. He was also a member of the Punjab Warriors team that won the 2016 Hockey India League title. Early years, family and education Gleghorne was born into a field hockey family. His father, Andy, was a player and club secretary at Antrim Hockey Club while his mother, Anne, played with and coached Randalstown. Anne Gleghorne died in 2003. His younger brother, Paul, is an Ireland international. Two of his aunts, Marg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Burrows (field Hockey)
Phillip Ross Burrows (born 25 April 1980) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed ''The Black Sticks'', in January 2000. The striker is New Zealand's top field goal scorer and was named ''2003 New Zealand Player of the Year''. Since his debut, he has competed in over 120 international games for his country and appeared in three Summer Olympics: in 2004 in Athens, in 2008 in Beijing and in 2012 in London. He has played club hockey in The Netherlands since 2004, initially for Breda and since the summer of 2005, for HC Rotterdam. In the summer of 2010 he went to Braxgata in Belgium. In 2012 he returned to the Netherlands to play for HGC. International senior tournaments * 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament * 2001 – World Cup Qualifier * 2002 – World Cup * 2002 – Commonwealth Games * 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2003 – Champions Challenge * 2004 – Olympic Qualifying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Cheesman
Darren Cheesman (born 23 February 1986 in Hackney, London) is an ex-England and Great Britain Hockey field hockey International who is now the Head Coach of Berliner HC in the German Bundesliga as well as the Assistant Coach for the German U21 Men National Team. He is also a Coach Educator for FIH. Life As well as previously being a member of the England and Great Britain Hockey Teams, he was also a member of the Great Britain U21 team that won Silver Medal at the 2007 Junior Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The former Midfielder / Forward played for a variety of teams across Europe including Oranje Zwart, Klein Zwitserland, and Laren in the Dutch League, Wellington and Daring in the Belgian league, and East Grinstead, Reading, Southgate, and Old Loughtonians in the English league. After playing in the 2005 Junior World Cup, Cheesman was signed by Oranje Zwart, a Premier League club in Netherlands. He spent a year there playing with and against the best players in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Martin (field Hockey)
Harry John Martin (born 23 October 1992) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Hurley. He played a total of 245 matches for the England and Great Britain national teams from 2011 until 2024. He competed at three Olympic Games in 20012, 2016 and 2020. His sister, Hannah Martin is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for England and Great Britain. Biography Martin was born in Ipswich and educated at Ipswich School. He first played club hockey for Ipswich Hockey Club before moving to Old Loughtonians. While at Old Loughtonians, Martin made his senior debut, aged 17, for Great Britain on 12 July 2010 and played in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. On 1 December 2012, he made his senior tournament debut for England in a 3–1 defeat against India, in the 2012 Champions Trophy, in Melbourne, Australia. He was the first player who has been involved in England Hockey's Single System (long term athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Dixon (field Hockey)
Adam Graham Dixon (born 11 September 1986) is an English field hockey player who played as a defender/midfielder for the England and Great Britain national teams. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics and captained both Great Britain and England. Biography Dixon was born in Nottingham and grew up in Newark on Trent, where he played for Newark Hockey Club and went to school at Worksop College. He played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Beeston from 2002 to 2016. While at Beeston, Dixon made his full international debut in May 2009 and played in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He was named the 2013 Player of the Year by the Hockey Writers' Club. He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal. In June 2016 he was selected for Great Britain to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games. After 14 years with Beeston he played in Netherlands for HC Rotterdam for the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
