qualification
The five reigning continental champions were eligible to participate.
In addition, the European runner-up, Germany , as well as the European Championship third ( Netherlands ), the European fourth ( Spain ) and the host, India , qualified directly.
The other three starting places were awarded through three qualifying tournaments that took place in 2009. Here, qualified Pakistan , New Zealand and Argentina for the tournament.
Qualifying tournament in Lille
The tournament took place from October 31 to November 8, 2009 in the French city of Lille . Tournament favorite and record world champion Pakistan prevailed in the final against Japan and qualified for the final tournament.
rank
|
country
|
Games
|
Gates
|
difference
|
Points
|
1 |
Pakistan Pakistan
|
5 |
22: 6 |
+ 16 |
12
|
2 |
Japan Japan
|
5 |
14:10 |
+ 4 |
12
|
3 |
Poland Poland
|
5 |
13: 9 |
+ 4 |
10
|
4th |
France France
|
5 |
13:12 |
+ 1 |
7th
|
5 |
Russia Russia
|
5 |
6:17 |
- 11 |
6th
|
6th |
Italy Italy
|
5 |
3:17 |
- 14 |
0
|
Endgame
Pakistan Pakistan
|
- JapanJapan |
3: 1 (2: 1)
|
Qualification tournament in Quilmes
The tournament took place from November 14th to November 22nd, 2009 in the Argentine city of Quilmes . Host Argentina prevailed in the final against Belgium, which was one place better in the world rankings, and qualified for the final tournament.
Endgame
Argentina Argentina
|
- BelgiumBelgium |
4: 2 (0: 2)
|
Qualification tournament in Invercargill
The tournament took place from November 7th to November 15th, 2009 in the New Zealand city of Invercargill . Host New Zealand prevailed as world number eight in the final against Malaysia and qualified for the final tournament.
Endgame
New Zealand New Zealand
|
- MalaysiaMalaysia |
2: 1 (0: 1)
|
Attendees
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 was the eighth participation for New Zealand, the fifth for Canada and Korea and the fourth for South Africa.
groups
The groups were divided according to the world rankings of the world hockey association FIH .
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.
game schedule
All start times are local time, i.e. UTC + 5½ hours or CET + 4½ hours.
Preliminary round
- Group A
rank |
country |
Games |
S. |
U |
N |
Gates |
difference |
Points
|
1 |
Germany Germany
|
5 |
|
|
|
19: 9 |
+10 |
11
|
2 |
Netherlands Netherlands
|
5 |
|
|
|
15: 5 |
+10 |
10
|
3 |
Korea South South Korea
|
5 |
|
|
|
16: 8 |
+ 8 |
10
|
4th |
Argentina Argentina
|
5 |
|
|
|
9:11 |
- 2nd |
6th
|
5 |
New Zealand New Zealand
|
5 |
|
|
|
8:12 |
- 4th |
6th
|
6th |
Canada Canada
|
5 |
|
|
|
6:28 |
−22 |
0
|
Match number - date - time
|
Team 1
|
Team 2
|
Result
|
04 - March 1, 2010 - 16:35
|
New Zealand New Zealand
|
Canada Canada
|
3: 2 (1: 2)
|
March 05 - March 1, 2010 - 18:35
|
Germany Germany
|
Korea South South Korea
|
2: 2 (0: 2)
|
March 06 - March 1, 2010 - 8:35 pm
|
Netherlands Netherlands
|
Argentina Argentina
|
3: 0 (2: 0)
|
March 10 - March 3, 2010 - 4:35 pm
|
Canada Canada
|
Germany Germany
|
0: 6 (0: 4)
|
11 - March 3, 2010 - 6:35 pm
|
Argentina Argentina
|
Korea South South Korea
|
1: 2 (0: 0)
|
12 - March 3, 2010 - 8:35 pm
|
New Zealand New Zealand
|
Netherlands Netherlands
|
1: 3 (1: 3)
|
March 16 - March 5, 2010 - 4:35 pm
|
Korea South South Korea
|
New Zealand New Zealand
|
1: 2 (0: 2)
|
17 - March 5, 2010 - 6:35 pm
|
Netherlands Netherlands
|
Canada Canada
|
6: 0 (0: 0)
|
18 - March 5, 2010 - 8:35 pm
|
Germany Germany
|
Argentina Argentina
|
4: 3 (3: 2)
|
March 22 - 7, 2010 - 4:35 pm
|
Korea South South Korea
|
Canada Canada
|
9: 2 (2: 0)
|
March 23rd - 7th, 2010 - 6:35 pm
|
New Zealand New Zealand
|
Argentina Argentina
|
0: 1 (0: 0)
|
March 24 - March 7, 2010 - 8:35 pm
|
Germany Germany
|
Netherlands Netherlands
|
2: 2 (0: 1)
|
March 28 - March 9, 2010 - 16:35
|
Germany Germany
|
New Zealand New Zealand
|
5: 2 (2: 0)
|
March 29 - March 9, 2010 - 6:35 pm
|
Netherlands Netherlands
|
Korea South South Korea
|
1: 2 (1: 0)
|
March 30 - March 9, 2010 - 8:35 pm
|
Canada Canada
|
Argentina Argentina
|
2: 4 (0: 1)
|
- Group B
rank |
country |
Games |
S. |
U |
N |
Gates |
difference |
Points
|
1 |
Australia Australia
|
5 |
23: 6 |
+ 17 |
12
|
2 |
England England
|
5 |
17:12 |
+ 5 |
12 '
|
3 |
Spain Spain
|
5 |
12: 8 |
+ 4 |
9
|
4th |
India India
|
5 |
13:17 |
- 4th |
4th
|
5 |
South Africa South Africa
|
5 |
13:28 |
- 15 |
4th
|
6th |
Pakistan Pakistan
|
5 |
9:16 |
- 7th |
3
|
Match number - date - time
|
Team 1
|
Team 2
|
Result
|
01-28 February 2010 - 16:35
|
South Africa South Africa
|
Spain Spain
|
2: 4 (2: 2)
|
02-28 February 2010 - 18:35
|
Australia Australia
|
England England
|
2: 3 (1: 2)
|
February 03-28, 2010 - 8:35 pm
|
Pakistan Pakistan
|
India India
|
1: 4 (0: 2)
|
07-22 March 2010 - 16:35
|
South Africa South Africa
|
England England
|
4: 6 (2: 2)
|
March 8th - 2nd, 2010 - 6:35 pm
|
Pakistan Pakistan
|
Spain Spain
|
2: 1 (1: 0)
|
March 09 - March 2, 2010 - 8:35 pm
|
India India
|
Australia Australia
|
2: 5 (1: 3)
|
March 13 - March 4, 2010 - 16:35
|
South Africa South Africa
|
Australia Australia
|
0:12 (0: 5)
|
March 14 - March 4, 2010 - 6:35 pm
|
England England
|
Pakistan Pakistan
|
5: 2 (2: 0)
|
March 15 - March 4, 2010 - 8:35 pm
|
Spain Spain
|
India India
|
5: 2 (2: 0)
|
March 19 - March 6, 2010 - 4:35 pm
|
Australia Australia
|
Spain Spain
|
2: 0 (1: 0)
|
March 20 - March 6, 2010 - 6:35 pm
|
South Africa South Africa
|
Pakistan Pakistan
|
4: 3 (0: 1)
|
March 21 - March 6, 2010 - 8:35 pm
|
England England
|
India India
|
3: 2 (1: 0)
|
March 25 - March 8, 2010 - 4:35 pm
|
Spain Spain
|
England England
|
2: 0 (1: 0)
|
March 26 - March 8, 2010 - 6:35 pm
|
Australia Australia
|
Pakistan Pakistan
|
2: 1 (0: 1)
|
March 27 - March 8, 2010 - 8:35 pm
|
South Africa South Africa
|
India India
|
3: 3 (1: 2)
|
Placement games
- for 11th place
March 31 - March 11, 2010 - 3:35 pm
|
Canada Canada
|
- PakistanPakistan |
3: 2 according to the Basic Law
|
- for 9th place
34 - March 12, 2010 - 3:35 pm
|
New Zealand New Zealand
|
- South AfricaSouth Africa |
5: 4 after 7m
|
- for 7th place
35 - March 12, 2010 - 6:05 pm
|
Argentina Argentina
|
- IndiaIndia |
4: 2
|
- for 5th place
36 - March 12, 2010 - 8:35 pm
|
South Korea Korea South
|
- SpainSpain |
0: 2
|
Finals
|
Semifinals
|
|
final
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32 - March 11, 2010 - 6:05 pm
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Germany
|
4th
|
|
England England
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
38 - March 13, 2010 - 6:05 pm
|
|
Germany Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Australia Australia
|
2
|
|
|
|
Game for third place
|
|
33 - March 11, 2010 - 8:35 pm
|
37 - March 13, 2010 - 3:35 pm
|
|
Australia Australia
|
2
|
England England
|
3
|
|
Netherlands Netherlands
|
1
|
|
Netherlands Netherlands
|
4th
|
Final ranking
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