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, a men's

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tournament. It was held from 24 February to 9 March 2002 in

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, Malaysia.

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won their first title after defeating

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2–1 in the final.

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won the third place match by defeating

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3–2 with a

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. For this tournament, the participating nations were increased from the standard 12 (as in the 5 previous editions) to 16 and each squad could consist of 18 players instead of the normal 16 after the FIH considered the hot and humid conditions in

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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

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. Pakistan and England qualified as fourth and sixth team in final ranking at the

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, completing the final line-up alongside the seven teams from the Qualifier.

Squads

Umpires

The

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appointed 20 umpires for this tournament: *Xavier Adell (ESP) *Santiago Deo (ESP) *Henrik Ehlers (DEN) *Peter Elders (NED) *David Gentles (AUS) *Steve Graham (WAL) *Murray Grime (AUS) *Han Jin-soo (KOR) *Hamish Jamson (ENG) *Jason McCracken (NZL) *Clive McMurray (RSA) *Raymond O'Connor (IRL) *Sumesh Putra (CAN) *Mahmood Butt Raashed (PAK) *Edmundo Saladino (ARG) *Amarjit Singh (MAS) *Satinder Kumar (IND) *Pedro Teixeira (POR) *Richard Wolter (GER) *John Wright (RSA)

Group stage

''All times are

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( UTC+08:00)''

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification

Crossover

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Fifteenth and sixteenth place

Thirteenth and fourteenth place

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

Semifinals

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Third and fourth place

Final

Awards

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

References

External links

Official FIH website
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