The 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 24 November to 2 December 2012 in

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. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the

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to be held in

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as the winner earned an automatic berth to compete. This was the seventh edition of the competition initiated by the

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in 2001 to broaden hockey's competitive base globally and featured the 8 teams just behind the top six teams in the world.

won the tournament for the third time after defeating

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5–0 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the

after their absence in the previous four editions.

Qualification

The following eight teams announced by the FIH competed in this tournament. * (Host nation) * (Eighth in 2011 Champions Trophy) * (Winners of 2011 Champions Challenge II) * (Third in 2011 Champions Challenge I) * (Fifth in 2011 Champions Challenge I) * (Sixth in 2011 Champions Challenge I) * (Seventh in 2011 Champions Challenge I) * (Eighth in 2011 Champions Challenge I)

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the

: * Geoff Conn * Michael Eilmer * Fernando Gómez * Adam Kearns * Satoshi Kondo * Eduardo Lizana * Javed Shaikh * Aiden Shrives * Gregory Uyttenhove * You Suolong

Results

''All times are Argentine Time ( UTC−03:00'')

First round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Second round

Quarterfinals

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Fifth to eighth place classification

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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 ranking

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References

External links

Official FIH website
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Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I The Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I was an international men's field hockey tournament, played every two years. It was introduced in 2001 by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in order to broaden hockey's competitive base at world leve ...

International field hockey competitions hosted by Argentina