The 2006 Hockey World Cup for men is the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup . It will be held from September 6 to September 17 , 2006 in Mönchengladbach , Germany .
The pools were composed on June 2 , 2006 , in accordance to the FIH Worldranking. Pool matches will be played between September 6 and September 13 , while classification and the semi-finals will be played on September 15 and September 16 . The final will be held on September 17 .
Venue
Qualification
The qualification round took place in Changzhou , China from April 12 to April 23 , 2006 . The final rankings in the tournament are as listed below, with qualifying teams emboldened.
New Zealand
Korea
England
Pakistan
Japan
France
Belgium
Ireland
Malaysia
Canada
Egypt
China
Participating Nations
The five continental champions, the European vice-champion and the host country are starting entitled, and make up the final line-up alongside the five nations from the qualifying tournament.
All twelve teams are listed in seeded order below:
Participating Nations
Preliminaries
Pool A
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)
September 8 , 2006
September 9 , 2006
September 10 , 2006
September 11 , 2006
September 12 , 2006
September 13 , 2006
Pool B
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)
September 7 , 2006
September 8 , 2006
September 9 , 2006
September 10 , 2006
September 11 , 2006
September 12 , 2006
September 13 , 2006
Ninth to twelveth place play-offs
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)
September 16 , 2006
Eleventh place play-off
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)
September 17 , 2006
A5 – B6 loser
08:00
B5 – A6 loser
Ninth place play-off
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)
September 17 , 2006
A5 – B6 winner
10:30
B5 – A6 winner
Fifth to eighth place play-offs
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)
September 15 , 2006
Seventh place play-off
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)
September 16 , 2006
A3 – B4 loser
15:00
B3 – A4 loser
Fifth place play-off
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)
September 16 , 2006
A3 – B4 winner
17:30
B3 – A4 winner
Knockout stages
Semi finals
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)
September 15 , 2006
Third place play off
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)
September 17 , 2006
A1 – B2 loser
13:00
B1 – A2 loser
Final
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)
September 17 , 2006
A1 – B2 winner
15:30
B1 – A2 winner
Umpires
The International Hockey Federation has appointed 14 umpires for this tournament:
External links
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Africa
AfHF – Africa Cup of Nations
Americas
PAHF – Pan American Cup
Pan American Challenge
South American Championship
Asia
AHF – Asia Cup
Asian Champions Trophy
AHF Cup
Europe Oceania Games Others Defunct
Tournament Squads Finals Qualifier(s)
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