2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

The 2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 28th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy, an annual international men's field hockey tournament organized by the FIH. It was held in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain from 22–30 July 2006.

2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Terrassa
Dates	22–30 July
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Atlètic Terrassa
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (8th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	91 (5.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Santi Freixa Taeke Taekema (8 goals)
Best player	Teun de Nooijer
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The Netherlands won the tournament after beating Germany 2–1 in the final.

Squads

  Argentina

Head Coach: Sergio Vigil

1. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
3. Juan Martín López
4. Matías Vila
5. Ezequiel Paulón
6. Mariano Chao (GK)
7. Mario Almada
9. Rodrigo Vila
10. Tomás MacCormik
11. Lucas Cammareri
12. Marcos Riccardi
14. Fernando Zylberberg
15. Germán Orozco (c)
17. Matías Paredes
19. Matías Cammareri
20. Tomás Argento
21. Lucas Vila
22. Matías Rey
26. Pedro Ibarra

  Australia

Head Coach: Colin Batch

1. Jamie Dwyer (c)
2. Liam de Young
3. Michael Boyce
4. Michael McCann
5. Troy Elder
6. Robert Hammond
7. Nathan Eglington
9. Mark Knowles
13. Luke Doerner
14. Grant Schubert
15. Bevan George
18. Stephen Lambert (GK)
20. Matt Naylor
21. Aaron Hopkins
24. Travis Brooks
25. Brent Livermore
26. Dean Butler
30. Stephen Mowlam (GK)

  Germany

Head Coach: Bernhard Peters

1. Christian Schulte (GK)
3. Philip Witte
4. Philipp Crone
7. Carlos Nevado
9. Moritz Fürste
10. Jan-Marco Montag
11. Björn Emmerling
12. Sebastian Biederlack
13. Justus Scharowsky
14. Tibor Weißenborn
16. Niklas Meinert
17. Timo Weß (c)
19. Christopher Zeller
22. Matthias Witthaus
25. Philipp Zeller
29. Sebastian Draguhn
30. Nicolas Emmerling
31. Tim Jessulat (GK)

  Netherlands

Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans

1. Guus Vogels (GK)
3. Geert-Jan Derikx
4. Karel Klaver
6. Thomas Boerma
7. Sander van der Weide
8. Ronald Brouwer
10. Taeke Taekema
12. Jeroen Delmee (c)
13. Klaas Veering (GK)
14. Teun de Nooijer
15. Eby Kessing
16. Floris Evers
18. Rob Reckers
19. Matthijs Brouwer
21. Nick Meijer
22. Roderick Weusthof
23. Timme Hoyng
24. Robert van der Horst

  Pakistan

Head Coach: Asif Bajwa

1. Rehan Butt
2. Ehsan Ullah
4. Ali Ghazanfar (c)
5. Muhammad Saqlain
7. Dilawar Hussain
8. Adnan Maqsood
9. Sohail Abbas
10. Salman Akbar (GK)
11. Zubair Muhammad
12. Nasir Ahmed (GK)
15. Shakeel Abbasi
16. Adnan Zakir
17. Akhtar Ali
19. Muhammad Imran
20. Waseem Ahmad
22. Zeeshan Ashraf
23. Waqas Sharif
31. Saleem Khalid

  Spain

Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks

1. Bernardino Herrera (GK)
2. Santi Freixa
3. Miquel Delas
4. Oriol Freixa
5. Francisco "Kiko" Fábregas (c)
8. Alex Fàbregas
9. Pol Amat
10. Eduard Tubau
13. Ramón Alegre
14. Héctor González
15. Víctor Sojo
16. Xavier Ribas
17. Albert Sala
18. Rodrigo Garza
19. Pau Quemada
20. Sergi Enrique
22. Francisco Cortés (GK)
23. David Alegre

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	3	2	0	21	11	+10	11	Final
2	Germany	5	2	3	0	14	11	+3	9
3	Spain (H)	5	2	2	1	13	11	+2	8	Third place game
4	Australia	5	2	1	2	16	12	+4	7
5	Pakistan	5	1	1	3	11	19	−8	4	Fifth place game
6	Argentina	5	0	1	4	5	16	−11	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host

22 July 2006 15:30 Australia   3–2   Pakistan McCann   2' Elder   41', 56' Report Abbas   32', 53' Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)

22 July 2006 17:45 Spain   1–1   Germany Freixa   65' Report Weißenborn   4' Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Tim Pullman (AUS)

22 July 2006 20:00 Netherlands   4–2   Argentina Taekema   25', 57', 63' De Nooijer   55' Report Rey   42' L. Cammareri   59' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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23 July 2006 16:00 Pakistan   3–3   Germany Abbas   27', 38' Abbasi   57' Report Zeller   2', 22' Witthaus   68' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Daniel Santi (ARG)

23 July 2006 18:00 Argentina   1–1   Spain Argento   70' Report Freixa   18' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Syad Haider (PAK)

23 July 2006 20:00 Australia   1–1   Netherlands Elder   29' Report Taekema   35' Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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25 July 2006 16:00 Netherlands   9–2   Pakistan M. Brouwer   1' Evers   14' Reckers   26' R. Brouwer   30', 44', 65', 70' De Nooijer   42' Taekema   58' Report Abbasi   43' Zakir   53' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Daniel Santi (ARG)

25 July 2006 18:00 Spain   5–3   Australia Freixa   29', 44', 55' Tubau   52' Amat   61' Report Eglington   8' McCann   18' Schubert   22' Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Satinder Kumar (IND)

25 July 2006 20:00 Germany   3–1   Argentina Witthaus   6' Montag   21' Nevado   59' Report Orozco   68' Umpires: Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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27 July 2006 16:00 Germany   3–3   Netherlands Witthaus   3', 31' Zeller   42' Report Reckers   10' Klaver   18' Taekema   55' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Satinder Kumar (IND)

27 July 2006 18:00 Pakistan   2–3   Spain Ali   29' Abbas   68' Report Freixa   10', 60' Enrique   70' Umpires: Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED) Tim Pullman (AUS)

27 July 2006 20:00 Argentina   0–6   Australia Report Schubert   19' Doerner   28', 32', 60' Boyce   44' McCann   66' Umpires: Syad Haider (PAK) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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29 July 2006 16:00 Pakistan   2–1   Argentina Butt   6' Abbasi   29' Report M. Cammareri   69' Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)

29 July 2006 18:00 Spain   3–4   Netherlands Sala   49' Freixa   55' Amat   58' Report Reckers   29', 70' Weusthof   44' Taekema   69' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

29 July 2006 20:00 Australia   3–4   Germany Elder   12', 49', 54' Report Witthaus   8' Zeller   45', 70+' Füerste   55' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Daniel Santi (ARG)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

30 July 2006 13:00 Pakistan   3–1   Argentina Butt   24', 34' Abbas   40' Report Almada   51' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)

Third and fourth place

30 July 2006 15:30 Spain   2–2 (a.e.t.)   Australia Tubau   45' Amat   62' Report Doerner   38' Eglington   50' Penalties Freixa   Sala   Tubau   Amat   Ribas   5–4   Dwyer   Elder   Schubert   Hammond   Doerner Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Syad Haider (PAK)

Final

30 July 2006 18:00 Netherlands   2–1   Germany Taekema   20' De Nooijer   33' Report Weß   41' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Satinder Kumar (IND)

Awards

Top scorers	Best Player	Best Young Player	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Trophy
Santi Freixa   Taeke Taekema^[1]	Teun de Nooijer	Sergi Enrique	Stephen Mowlam	Australia

Final standings

1.   Netherlands
2.   Germany
3.   Spain
4.   Australia
5.   Pakistan
6.   Argentina

See also

• 2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy

References

1. . International Hockey Federation. 30 July 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-11-17. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

External links

• Official FIH website