The 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 34th edition of the
Hockey Champions Trophy
The Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) was an international field hockey tournament held by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). It featured the top 6 ranked nations in that year.
History
Founded in 1978 by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan and ...
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. The tournament was held between 1–9 December 2012 in
Melbourne
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, Australia.
Australia
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won the tournament for the thirteenth time after defeating the
Netherlands
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2–1 in the final, extending their record winning streak to five consecutive titles.
Teams
Even though
Spain
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was automatically qualified as the runner-up of the previous edition, they withdrew from participating due to financial issues. In addition to the three teams nominated by the
FIH Executive Board to compete, the following eight teams, competed in this tournament.
* (Host nation and
defending champions)
* (Third in 2011 Champions Trophy)
* (Fourth in 2011 Champions Trophy)
* (Fifth in 2011 Champions Trophy)
* (Winner of
2011 Champions Challenge I)
* (Nominated by FIH Executive Board)
* (Nominated by FIH Executive Board)
* (Nominated by FIH Executive Board)
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Umpires
Below are the 10 umpires appointed by 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 ...
:
*Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
*Diego Barbas (ARG)
*David Gentles (AUS)
*Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
*Martin Madden (SCO)
*Deon Nel (RSA)
*Raghu Prasad (IND)
*Haider Rasool (PAK)
*Simon Taylor (NZL)
*Paco Vázquez (ESP)
Results
''All times are Australia Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11)''
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
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=Fifth and sixth place
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First to fourth place classification
=Semi-finals
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=Third and fourth place
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=Final
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Awards
Statistics
Final standings
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Goalscorers
References
External links
Official FIH website
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Champions Trophy (field hockey)
Champions Trophy
The ICC Champions Trophy, formerly known as the ICC Knock Out Trophy, is an international One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by international men's teams.
Inaugurat ...
2012
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