Men's field hockey world championship 2006

11th World Cup 2006
Men's
Number of nations	12
World Champion	Germany (2nd title)
Association	FIH
venue	Mönchengladbach
Stadion	Hockey park
opening	September 6, 2006
Endgame	17th September 2006
Number of games	42
Number of goals	152  (Ø 3.62 per game)
Top scorer	Taeke Taekema (11 goals)
Best player	Jamie Dwyer
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Scene from semifinals ESP-DEU 3: 5 after 7m. Germany fends off a penalty corner from the Spaniards in extra time.

The 11th Field Hockey - World Cup of the men was from 6 to 17 September 2006 in the Hockey Park in Mönchengladbach played. The hockey park was the only venue for the tournament. The official name of the tournament was BDO Hockey World Cup Men 2006 . Twelve national teams competed against each other, first in two groups and then in placement games. A total of 42 international matches were completed.

Germany defeated Australia 4: 3 in the final and won the title for the second time in a row.

venue

The hockey park has a main square with artificial turf and a capacity of 12,000 spectators. There is also a side square, also with artificial turf, which can seat around 850 spectators.

qualification

The five reigning continental champions were eligible to participate.

Asia	America	Africa	Oceania	Europe
India	Argentina	South Africa	Australia	Spain

In addition, the European runner-up, the Netherlands , and the host, Germany , qualified directly.

The remaining five starting places were awarded by the qualification tournament BDO Hockey World Cup Qualifier , which took place from April 12 to 23, 2006 in Changzhou . Here, qualified New Zealand , South Korea , England , Pakistan and Japan for the tournament.

Attendees

World map with the participating states

Germany, the Netherlands, India, Pakistan and Spain have qualified for every World Cup so far. England, Argentina and Australia have only failed to qualify for a World Cup so far. It is the seventh participation for New Zealand, the fourth for Korea and Japan and the third for South Africa.

The teams were divided into two groups according to the world rankings of the World Hockey Federation FIH .

Group A	Group B
Australia (1)	Netherlands (2)
Spain (4)	Germany (3)
Pakistan (5)	India (6)
Argentina (8)	South Korea (7)
New Zealand (9)	South Africa (10)
Japan (14)	England (11)

The placements in the world rankings of the FIH (Sahara Men's World Rankings) at the time of the group division are given in brackets.

referee

The World Hockey Association has nominated 14 referees from 12 nations for the BDO Hockey World Cup Men 2006. In addition, there are two referees chairmen (umpires' manager). These support the referees in their administrative tasks.

• Xavier Adell Spain 
• Christian Blasch Germany 
• Henrik Ehlers Denmark 
• David Gentles Australia 
• Murray Grime Australia 
• Hamish Jamson England 
• Hong Lae Kim South Korea 
• Satinder Kumar India 
• David Leiper Scotland 
• Sumesh Putra Canada 
• Amarjit Singh Malaysia 
• Rob ten Cate Netherlands 
• Andy Mair Scotland 
• John Wright South Africa 

Umpires' manager

• Don Prior Australia 
• Clive McMurray South Africa 

Sponsors

The official name of the 11th Field Hockey World Championship is BDO Hockey World Cup Men 2006 . Name sponsor (title sponsor) of the event is the auditing company BDO International from the Netherlands, which is also a major sponsor of the World Hockey Federation.

International partners of the tournament are the Dutch bank Rabobank , Samsung and the Indian company Sahara .

Furthermore, there are national partners with Hyundai , TK Hockey and the Warsteiner Brewery , which is also the name sponsor of the HockeyPark.

The other sponsors are divided into the categories Premium Partner , Classic Partner and Media Partner .

tickets

The day tickets offered in two categories were valid for all games on a game day. The prices for the group, placement and final round matches in category 1 ranged between € 21.85 and € 35.65 and in category 2 between € 12.65 and € 18.40. The cheapest tickets were available for preliminary round matches on working days.

In addition to day tickets, there were also weekend and season tickets. Discounts were available for all categories. In addition, the secondary schools in Mönchengladbach have received free tickets for their students.

The tickets were sold via Ticketonline and the German Hockey Association .

For tickets on the additional grandstand, Block M, the view of the nearby gate was restricted because the additional grandstand was set up at an angle that was too flat.

organization

Patron

The patron of the world championship was Federal President Horst Köhler .

Organizing Committee

The chairman of the organizing committee was Karl-Joachim Hürter . Other members of this committee included the President of the German Hockey Federation Stephan Abel and the General Secretary of the Association Uschi Schmitz.

Technical officials of the FIH

Els van Breda Vriesman , who is also president of the association, acted as representative of the world hockey association FIH . The tournament director was the Australian Ken Read.

budget

Around 2 million euros were available for holding the World Cup. Of this, 400,000 euros came from the public sector and around 600,000 euros from sponsors. The remaining million should be redeemed through the sale of tickets. A total of 80,000 viewers was calculated for this, but this was exceeded with a total of around 100,000 viewers.

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	difference	Points
1	Australia	5	4th	0	1	18: 5	+13	12
2	Spain	5	3	2	0	13: 7	+ 6	11
3	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	10:14	- 4th	7th
4th	Pakistan	5	1	2	2	10:10	± 0	5
5	Argentina	5	1	1	3	5:12	- 7th	4th
6th	Japan	5	1	0	4th	7:15	- 8	3

Match number - date - time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 2nd - 6th, 2006 - 6:30 pm	Argentina	New Zealand	0: 3
September 05 - September 7, 2006 - 16:00	Pakistan	Japan	4-0
September 6th - 7th, 2006 - 6:00 pm	Australia	Spain	1: 3
September 8th - 8th, 2006 - 4:00 pm	New Zealand	Pakistan	4: 4
10 - 8 September 2006 - 8:15 pm	Spain	Argentina	1: 1
September 13 - 9, 2006 - 5:30 pm	Japan	New Zealand	0: 1
September 14th - 9th, 2006 - 7:30 pm	Argentina	Australia	0: 4
September 15 - 10, 2006 - 12:30 pm	Pakistan	Spain	2: 2
September 18-10, 2006 - 7:00 p.m.	Australia	Japan	3: 1
September 19 - 11, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.	Spain	New Zealand	3: 1
September 21 - 11, 2006 - 6:00 p.m.	Argentina	Pakistan	1-0
September 23 - 12, 2006 - 14:00	New Zealand	Australia	1: 7
September 24 - 12, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.	Japan	Argentina	4: 3
September 27 - 13, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.	Japan	Spain	2: 4
September 30th - 13th, 2006 - 8:30 pm	Australia	Pakistan	3-0

Group B

rank	country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	difference	Points
1	Germany	5	3	2	0	12: 5	+ 7	11
2	South Korea	5	3	2	0	8: 5	+ 3	11
3	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	16: 9	+ 7	10
4th	England	5	2	0	3	10:10	± 0	6th
5	South Africa	5	0	2	3	4:13	- 9	2
6th	India	5	0	1	4th	7:15	- 8	1

Match number - date - time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1st - 6th, 2006 - 3:30 pm	Germany	India	3: 2
September 3 - 6, 2006 - 8:30 p.m.	South Korea	Netherlands	3: 2
September 04 - September 7, 2006 - 14:00	India	England	2: 3
September 7th - 7th, 2006 - 8:15 pm	Netherlands	South Africa	2-0
September 9th - 8th, 2006 - 6:00 pm	England	South Korea	0: 1
September 11 - September 9, 2006 - 1 p.m.	South Africa	India	1: 1
12 - 9 September 2006 - 3:15 p.m.	Germany	Netherlands	2: 2
September 16 - 10, 2006 - 2:45 p.m.	England	Germany	1: 2
17 - 10 September 2006 - 5 p.m.	South Korea	South Africa	2: 2
September 20 - 11, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.	India	South Korea	1: 2
September 22nd - 11th, 2006 - 8:15 pm	Netherlands	England	4: 3
September 25 - 12, 2006 - 6:00 p.m.	Germany	South Africa	5-0
September 26 - 12, 2006 - 8:00 p.m.	India	Netherlands	1: 6
- 28 13. September 2006 - 16:20	South Korea	Germany	0-0
September 29th - 13th, 2006 - 6:30 pm	South Africa	England	1: 3

Placement games

Places 9 to 12

Argentina	3: 2	India	Match report
Matias Damian Vila (41., E) Matias E. Paredes (51., E) Matias Damian Vila (62., E)		Arjun Halappa (3rd) Rajpal Singh (54th)	September 16, 2006 Referee: David Leiper Hamish Jamson

South Africa	2: 5	Japan	Match report
Ian Symons (37th, E) Ian Symons (58th, E)		Kazuo Yoshida (7th, E) Akira Ito (25th) Toshiaki Fukuda (47th) Mitsuru Ito (61st) Toshiaki Fukuda (67th)	September 16, 2006 Referee: Xavier Adel Sumesh Putra

Game for 11th place

South Africa	0: 1	India	Match report
		Rajpal Singh (54th, E)	September 17, 2006 Referee: Murray Grime Sumesh Putra

Play for 9th place

Japan	2: 1	Argentina	Match report
Kazuo Yoshida (37th, 7m) Kazuyuki Ozawa (69th)		Rodrigo Nicolas Vila (56th, E)	September 17, 2006 Referee: Satinder Kumar Christian Blasch

	Semi-finals nine to twelve				Game for ninth place
	35 - September 16, 2006 - 12:30 pm
	Argentina	3
	India	2
					39 - September 17, 2006 - 10:30 am
					Japan	2
					Argentina	1
					Game for eleventh place
	36 - September 16, 2006 - 10:00				40 - September 17, 2006 - 8:00 am
	South Africa	2			South Africa	0
	Japan	5			India	1

Places 5 to 8

Game for 7th place

New Zealand	0: 3	Netherlands	Match report
		Roderick Weusthof (34th) Taeke Taekema (41st, E) Roderick Weusthof (49th, E)	September 16, 2006 Referee: Andy Mair Satinder Kumar

Play for 5th place

England	1-0	Pakistan	Match report
Martin Jones (67.)			September 16, 2006 Referee: Rob ten Cate Hong Lae Kim

	Semifinals five to eight				Game for fifth place
	September 31 - September 15, 2006 - 12:30 pm
	New Zealand	3
	England	4th
					38 - September 16, 2006 - 5:30 p.m.
					England	1
					Pakistan	0
					Game for seventh place
	32 - September 15, 2006 - 3:00 p.m.				37 - September 16, 2006 - 3:00 p.m.
	Netherlands	2			New Zealand	0
	Pakistan	3			Netherlands	3

Finals

Semifinals

Australia	4: 2	South Korea	Match report
Bevan George (38th, E) Travis Brooks (51st, E) Jamie Dwyer (60th) Michael McCann (70th)		Jong Hyun Jang (E) (31st) Seong Jung Kang (41st)	September 15, 2006 Referee: Christian Blasch Henrik Ehlers

Germany	5: 3 nS	Spain	Match report
Björn Emmerling (19th) Moritz Fürste (46th) Christopher Zeller (7m) Timo Wess (7m) Philipp Zeller (7m)		Santiago Freixa (27th, E) Alex Fabregas (47th) Eduard Tubau (7m)	September 15, 2006 Referee: David Gentles John Wright

3rd place match

South Korea	2: 3 a.d.	Spain	Match report
Jong Hyun Jang (42nd, E.) Jong Ho Seo (60th, E.)		Eduard Tubau (9th) Santiago Freixa (40th) Pol Amat (71st)	September 17, 2006 Referee: David Gentles David Leiper

final

Australia	3: 4	Germany	Match report
Mark Knowles (19th, E.) Matthew Naylor (25th, E) Troy Elder (38.)		Christopher Zeller (18th) Moritz Fürste (46th) Björn Emmerling (49th) Christopher Zeller (54th)	September 17, 2006 Referee: John Wright Henrik Ehlers

	Semifinals				final
	33 - September 15, 2006 - 5:30 p.m.
	Australia	4th
	South Korea	2
					42 - September 17, 2006 - 3:30 p.m.
					Australia	3
					Germany	4th
					Game for third place
	34 - September 15, 2006 - 8:15 pm				41 - September 17, 2006 - 1:00 p.m.
	Germany	2 (3)			South Korea	2
	Spain	2 (1)			Spain	3

Final ranking

space	country
1	Germany
2	Australia
3	Spain
4th	South Korea
5	England
6th	Pakistan
7th	Netherlands
8th	New Zealand
9	Japan
10	Argentina
11	India
12	South Africa

Goalscorer

• In brackets: hit in the seven-meter shooting

Gates	Surname	country
11	Taeke Taekema	Netherlands
8 (+1)	Christopher Zeller	Germany
7th	Santiago Freixa	Spain
5	Jong Hyun Jang	South Korea
5	Simon Mantell	England
5	Hayden Shaw	New Zealand
5	James Tindall	England
4 (+1)	Eduard Tubau	Spain
4th	Sohail Abbas	Pakistan
4th	Pol Amat	Spain
4th	Jamie Dwyer	Australia
4th	Troy Elder	Australia
4th	Michael McCann	Australia
4th	Shivendra Singh	India
4th	Ian Symons	South Africa
3	total of 13 players
2	a total of 17 players
1	a total of 23 players

Web links

• Official website
• Hockey park
• International Hockey Federation
• Hockey capital Mönchengladbach

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The groups have been determined . Hockeyworldcup.de, February 6, 2006
2. ↑ Program for the Hockey World Championship, p. 94
3. ↑ "The greatest thing we've ever had". ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) sport.ard.de, September 18, 2006