2002 Men's Hockey World Cup
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The 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the
Hockey World Cup The Men's FIH Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation. The tournament was started in 1971. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer Olympics. ...
, 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
International Hockey Federation The International Hockey Federation, commonly known by the acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. FIH is responsible for field hockey's major int ...
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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