2006 Men's Hockey World Cup
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The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup men's
field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...
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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