2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
City	Salta
Dates	6–13 December
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	104 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pedro Ibarra (8 goals)
Best player	Sardar Singh
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The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from December 6 to December 13, 2009 in Salta, Argentina. New Zealand defeated Pakistan to take the title, and promoted to the Champions Trophy tournament in 2010.

Results

All times are Argentina Time (UTC−04:00)

Pools

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	3	2	1	0	10	5	+5	7
New Zealand	3	1	2	0	8	5	+3	5
Belgium	3	1	0	2	7	11	–4	3
China	3	0	1	2	6	10	–4	1

6 December 2009
14:05

Belgium	4–3	China
Pangrazio 10', 65' Thys 42' Gougnard 53'	Report	Na 14' Hu 38' Song 43'

Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Deon Nel (RSA)

6 December 2009
16:05

New Zealand	2–2	India
Couzins 47' Hayward 58'	Report	Khandker 30' Shivendra 51'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
German Montes de Oca (ARG)

8 December 2009
12:05

India	4–1	China
Prabhjot 7' Rajpal 35' Sarwanjit 56' Shivendra 70'	Report	Song 41'

Umpires:
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

8 December 2009
14:05

Belgium	1–4	New Zealand
Charlier 30'	Report	Couzins 25' Archibald 49' Child 64' Inglis 65'

Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

10 December 2009
14:05

New Zealand	2–2	China
Wilson 42' Inglis 44'	Report	Liu X. 4' Liu Y. 57'

Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Thomas Dumon (BEL)

10 December 2009
16:05

India	4–2	Belgium
Mahadik 19' Shivendra 30' Khandker 48' Prabhjot 70'	Report	Dekeyser 24' Pangrazio 25'

Umpires:
German Montes de Oca (ARG)
Diego Barbas (ARG)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	1	11	6	+5	6
Pakistan	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6
Canada	3	1	2	5	8	–3	3
South Africa	3	1	2	7	11	–4	3

6 December 2009
12:05

Pakistan	2 – 1	Canada
Abbas 14', 31'	Report	Fernandes 47'

Umpires:
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
Thomas Dumon (BEL)

6 December 2009
18:05

Argentina	6 – 2	South Africa
Ibarra 9', 12', 31' Mazzilli 24' L. Vila 53', 55'	Report	Harper 15' Norris-Jones 69'

Umpires:
Haider Rasool (PAK)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)

8 December 2009
16:05

Canada	1 – 4	South Africa
Tupper 59'	Report	Paton 30' Haley 41' Reid-Ross 46' Carr 65'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Diego Barbas (ARG)

8 December 2009
18:05

Argentina	3 – 1	Pakistan
Callioni 1' Ibarra 31', 52'	Report	Abbas 66'

Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)

10 December 2009
12:05

Pakistan	4 – 1	South Africa
Abbas 20' Abbasi 49' Khan 53' Ali 63'	Report	Norris-Jones 33'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

10 December 2009
18:05

Canada	3 – 2	Argentina
Tupper 50' Wright 62' Fernandes 70+'	Report	Ibarra 54', 69'

Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover		Fifth place

12 December 2009

Belgium	3
		13 December 2009
South Africa	4
		South Africa	5
12 December 2009
		China	0
Canada	1

China	3
		Seventh place

		13 December 2009

		Belgium	2

		Canada	0

Crossover

12 December 2009
09:05

Belgium	3 – 4	South Africa
Dekeyser 8', 14' Charlier 51'	Report	Paton 17' Robinson 25' Reid-Ross 65' Madsen 70'

Umpires:
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
German Montes de Oca (ARG)

12 December 2009
11:35

Canada	1 – 3	China
Pearson 7'	Report	Song Yi 11', 28' Lu Fenghui 39'

Umpires:
Thomas Dumon (BEL)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

Seventh and eighth place

13 December 2009
09:05

Belgium	2 – 0	Canada
Depaeuw 24' Pangrazio 50'	Report

Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
German Montes de Oca (ARG)

Fifth and sixth place

13 December 2009
11:35

South Africa	5 – 0	China
McDade 8' Hykes 26' Reid-Ross 38' Carr 42' Smith 68'	Report

Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals		Final

12 December 2009

Argentina	2
		13 December 2009
New Zealand	3
		New Zealand	4
12 December 2009
		Pakistan	2
India	3

Pakistan	6
		Third place

		13 December 2009

		Argentina	2

		India	3

Semifinals

12 December 2009
14:05

Argentina	2 – 3	New Zealand
Ibarra 18' L. Vila 66'	Report	Hayward 2' Burrows 32' McAleese 45'

Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Deon Nel (RSA)

12 December 2009
16:35

India	3 – 6	Pakistan
Mahadik 8', 62' Ram 67'	Report	Butt 2', 29', 64' Abbas 32', 70' Khan 58'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Roel van Eert (NED)

Third and fourth place

13 December 2009
14:05

Argentina	2 – 3	India
Callioni 22', 29'	Report	Raghunath 35+' Gurbaj 54' Mahadik 69'

Umpires:
Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
Deon Nel (RSA)

Final

13 December 2009
16:35

New Zealand	4 – 2	Pakistan
Archibald 15' Burrows 20', 66' Edwards 65'	Report	Abbas 7' Butt 35'

Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Pedro Ibarra	Sardar Singh	Kyle Pontifex	Argentina