Men's field hockey world championship 2010

12th World Cup 2010
Men's
Number of nations	12
World Champion	Australia (2nd title)
Association	FIH
venue	New Delhi
Stadion	Dhyan Chand National Stadium
opening	February 28, 2010
Endgame	March 13, 2010
Number of games	38
Number of goals	199  (Ø 5.24 per game)
Top scorer	Luke Doerner (8 goals)
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The 12th men's field hockey world championship was held from February 28 to March 13, 2010 at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi . Named after Dhyan Chand , the stadium can seat 20,000 spectators. The official name of the tournament was BDO Hockey World Cup Men 2010 . Twelve national teams competed against each other in initially two groups and then in placement games. A total of 38 international matches were completed. Australia became world champion with a 2-1 final victory over Germany.

qualification

The five reigning continental champions were eligible to participate.

Asia	America	Africa	Oceania	Europe
South Korea	Canada	South Africa	Australia	England

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	5	22: 6	+ 16	12
2	Japan	5	14:10	+ 4	12
3	Poland	5	13: 9	+ 4	10
4th	France	5	13:12	+ 1	7th
5	Russia	5	6:17	- 11	6th
6th	Italy	5	3:17	- 14	0

Endgame

Pakistan

- Japan

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.

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Argentina	5	20: 6	+ 14	13
2	Belgium	5	21: 6	+ 15	11
3	Ireland	5	12:11	+ 1	7th
4th	Czech Republic	5	7:14	- 7th	7th
5	Chile	5	8:18	- 10	3
6th	United States	5	7:20	- 13	1

Endgame

Argentina

- Belgium

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.

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	New Zealand	5	28: 5	+ 23	15th
2	Malaysia	5	12: 7	+ 5	10
3	People's Republic of China	5	7:12	- 5th	9
4th	Scotland	5	8:16	- 8th	6th
5	Austria	5	7:11	- 4th	4th
6th	Wales	5	5:14	- 9	0

Endgame

New Zealand

- Malaysia

2: 1 (0: 1)

Attendees

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 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 .

Group A	Group B
Germany (1)	Australia (2)
Netherlands (4)	Spain (3)
South Korea (5)	England (6)
New Zealand (8)	Pakistan (7)
Canada (11)	India (12)
Argentina (14)	South Africa (13)

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	5				19: 9	+10	11
2	Netherlands	5				15: 5	+10	10
3	South Korea	5				16: 8	+ 8	10
4th	Argentina	5				9:11	- 2nd	6th
5	New Zealand	5				8:12	- 4th	6th
6th	Canada	5				6:28	−22	0

Match number - date - time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
04 - March 1, 2010 - 16:35	New Zealand	Canada	3: 2 (1: 2)
March 05 - March 1, 2010 - 18:35	Germany	South Korea	2: 2 (0: 2)
March 06 - March 1, 2010 - 8:35 pm	Netherlands	Argentina	3: 0 (2: 0)
March 10 - March 3, 2010 - 4:35 pm	Canada	Germany	0: 6 (0: 4)
11 - March 3, 2010 - 6:35 pm	Argentina	South Korea	1: 2 (0: 0)
12 - March 3, 2010 - 8:35 pm	New Zealand	Netherlands	1: 3 (1: 3)
March 16 - March 5, 2010 - 4:35 pm	South Korea	New Zealand	1: 2 (0: 2)
17 - March 5, 2010 - 6:35 pm	Netherlands	Canada	6: 0 (0: 0)
18 - March 5, 2010 - 8:35 pm	Germany	Argentina	4: 3 (3: 2)
March 22 - 7, 2010 - 4:35 pm	South Korea	Canada	9: 2 (2: 0)
March 23rd - 7th, 2010 - 6:35 pm	New Zealand	Argentina	0: 1 (0: 0)
March 24 - March 7, 2010 - 8:35 pm	Germany	Netherlands	2: 2 (0: 1)
March 28 - March 9, 2010 - 16:35	Germany	New Zealand	5: 2 (2: 0)
March 29 - March 9, 2010 - 6:35 pm	Netherlands	South Korea	1: 2 (1: 0)
March 30 - March 9, 2010 - 8:35 pm	Canada	Argentina	2: 4 (0: 1)

Group B

rank	country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	difference	Points
1	Australia	5	23: 6	+ 17	12
2	England	5	17:12	+ 5	12 '
3	Spain	5	12: 8	+ 4	9
4th	India	5	13:17	- 4th	4th
5	South Africa	5	13:28	- 15	4th
6th	Pakistan	5	9:16	- 7th	3

Match number - date - time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
01-28 February 2010 - 16:35	South Africa	Spain	2: 4 (2: 2)
02-28 February 2010 - 18:35	Australia	England	2: 3 (1: 2)
February 03-28, 2010 - 8:35 pm	Pakistan	India	1: 4 (0: 2)
07-22 March 2010 - 16:35	South Africa	England	4: 6 (2: 2)
March 8th - 2nd, 2010 - 6:35 pm	Pakistan	Spain	2: 1 (1: 0)
March 09 - March 2, 2010 - 8:35 pm	India	Australia	2: 5 (1: 3)
March 13 - March 4, 2010 - 16:35	South Africa	Australia	0:12 (0: 5)
March 14 - March 4, 2010 - 6:35 pm	England	Pakistan	5: 2 (2: 0)
March 15 - March 4, 2010 - 8:35 pm	Spain	India	5: 2 (2: 0)
March 19 - March 6, 2010 - 4:35 pm	Australia	Spain	2: 0 (1: 0)
March 20 - March 6, 2010 - 6:35 pm	South Africa	Pakistan	4: 3 (0: 1)
March 21 - March 6, 2010 - 8:35 pm	England	India	3: 2 (1: 0)
March 25 - March 8, 2010 - 4:35 pm	Spain	England	2: 0 (1: 0)
March 26 - March 8, 2010 - 6:35 pm	Australia	Pakistan	2: 1 (0: 1)
March 27 - March 8, 2010 - 8:35 pm	South Africa	India	3: 3 (1: 2)

Placement games

for 11th place

March 31 - March 11, 2010 - 3:35 pm

Canada

- Pakistan

3: 2 according to the Basic Law

for 9th place

34 - March 12, 2010 - 3:35 pm

New Zealand

- South Africa

5: 4 after 7m

for 7th place

35 - March 12, 2010 - 6:05 pm

Argentina

- India

4: 2

for 5th place

36 - March 12, 2010 - 8:35 pm

South Korea

- Spain

0: 2

Finals

	Semifinals				final
	32 - March 11, 2010 - 6:05 pm
	Germany	4th
	England	1
					38 - March 13, 2010 - 6:05 pm
					Germany	1
					Australia	2
					Game for third place
	33 - March 11, 2010 - 8:35 pm				37 - March 13, 2010 - 3:35 pm
	Australia	2			England	3
	Netherlands	1			Netherlands	4th

Final ranking

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

Web links

• Teams Qualified for Hero Honda FIH World Cup men 2010. worldhockey.org, accessed January 6, 2010 . 
• Official website of the FIH World Championship

Individual evidence

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