The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup men's

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tournament. It was held 6–17 September 2006 in

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, Germany.

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won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating

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4–3 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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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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. Alongside the five teams qualifying through the Qualifier, twelve teams competed in this tournament.

Umpires

The

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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

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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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