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Canada selects Hero Honda FIH World Cup Squad
Field Hockey Canada and men’s national team head coach Alan Brahmst announced the team of 18 players who will represent Canada at the 12th World Cup of Hockey to be held in Delhi, India February 29th – March 13th. The announcement comes two days prior to Canada’s final preparation matches versus the United States on February 13th & 14th in California.
Canada will be led by national team veterans Rob Short of Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Ken Pereira of Unionville, Ontario, and Paul Wettlaufer of North Vancouver.
Relative newcomers and emerging young talents Taylor Curran, age 17 of North Vancouver, and Keegan Pereira, age 18 of Scarborough, Ontario, have also rightfully earned a spot. With an average team age of 27 years and 114 international matches, Canada brings to their fifth World Cup tournament an appropriate blend of veteran leadership and youth.
Team Canada: Matthew Peck, Philip Wright, Scott Tupper, Jesse Watson, North Vancouver, Richard Hildreth, Ken Pereira, Wayne Fernandes, David Jameson, Rob Short, Scott Sandison, Connor Grimes, Paul Wettlaufer, Mark Pearson, Vancouver, Ranjeev Deol, Keegan Pereira, Sukwinder (Gabbar) Singh, Taylor Curran, David Carter.
Canada will be led by national team veterans Rob Short of Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Ken Pereira of Unionville, Ontario, and Paul Wettlaufer of North Vancouver.
Relative newcomers and emerging young talents Taylor Curran, age 17 of North Vancouver, and Keegan Pereira, age 18 of Scarborough, Ontario, have also rightfully earned a spot. With an average team age of 27 years and 114 international matches, Canada brings to their fifth World Cup tournament an appropriate blend of veteran leadership and youth.
Team Canada: Matthew Peck, Philip Wright, Scott Tupper, Jesse Watson, North Vancouver, Richard Hildreth, Ken Pereira, Wayne Fernandes, David Jameson, Rob Short, Scott Sandison, Connor Grimes, Paul Wettlaufer, Mark Pearson, Vancouver, Ranjeev Deol, Keegan Pereira, Sukwinder (Gabbar) Singh, Taylor Curran, David Carter.
Germany selects Hero Honda FIH World Cup Squad
From the team winning the BDO World Cup in 2006, only threeplayers are in the German squad for the Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010: MoritzFürste, Jan-Marco Montag and Matthias Witthaus. Nine of the selected players won the Olympic Gold in Beijing 2008.
Germany will travel to New Delhi, India with almost the sameteam that reached the final at the ABN AMRO Champions Trophy in Melbourne,Australia in December 2009. Christopher Wesley has been replaced by Martin Zwicker. This change will bring the number of forwards in the German team tosix.
Team Germany: Tim Jessulat, Max Weinhold, Linus Butt,Oskar Deecke, Florian Fuchs, Moritz Fürste, Martin Häner, Tobias Hauke, OliverKorn, Christoph Menke, Jan-Marco Montag, Maximilian Müller, Jan Philipp Rabente, Benjamin Wess, Philip Witte, Matthias Witthaus, Florian Woesch, MartinZwicker.
Source: Hockey.de
South Korea selects Hero Honda FIH World Cup Squad
Lee Myung-Ho, Lee Seung-Il , Nam Hyun-Woo, Lee Nam-Yong, Seo Jong-Ho, Yoon Sung-Hoon, You Hyo-Sik, Yang Soo-Hyuk, Jin Kyung-Min, Kang Moon-Kweon, Hyun Hye-Sung, Kang Moon-Kyu , Kim Jae-Hyeon, Hong Eun-Seong, Kim Young-Jin, Jeong Yun-Sang, Kim Seong-Kyu, Jang Jong-Hyun
Argentina selects Hero Honda FIH World Cup Squad
Squad: Juan Espinosa, Gonzalez Rothberg, Juan Martin Lopez, Pedro Ibarra, Matias Gonzalez, Ignacio Bergner, Matia Rey, Lucas Rey, Fernando Zylberberg, Matias Vila, Lucas Rossi, Manuel Brunet, Matias Paredes, Lucas Vila, Mario Aalmada, Agustin Mazzilli, Tomas Argento, Facundo Callioni
Spain selects Hero Honda FIH World Cup Squad
The Hero Honda FIH World Cup is already in the mind of Spanish Men Team. It's preparation starts in San Fernando, Cadiz, Spain with the first of three intensive camp-trainings in order to build up the team for the most important event in 2010.
National Coach Daniel Martin has selected a group of 23 players that will be reduced to the final 18 before flying to New Delhi. The team has chosen the warmer regions of Spain to train (San Fernando, Valencia and Alicante) and will play official games against the other three European Teams qualified for the Hero Honda FIH World Cup: England, Germany and Netherlands.
Spain will start in San Fernando playing three matches against European Champions England on 23, 24 and 26 January. The second match will also serve to open the new San Fernando pitch, which is called as former RFEH President Pablo Negre, the father of FIH President Leandro Negre.
FIH President Leandro Negre will assist to the match as well as RFEH President Santiago Deo, Andaluza Federation President Julian Ignacio Murillo and San Fernando Major, Manuel Ma de Bernardo Foncubierta.
Matches and camp-trainings
SAN FERNANDO DE CADIZ (19-26 January). PABLO NEGRE PITCH
Saturday 23 January
12.00 Spain-England. Test. Two parts of 25 minutes
Sunday 24 January:
12.00 Spain-England. (Opening match Pablo Negre Pitch)
Tuesday 26 January:
11.30 Spain-England.
VALENCIA (30 January-5 February). BETERIO PITCH
Tuesday 2 February:
18.30 Spain-Germany.
Thursday 4 February:
16.30 Spain-Germany.
ALICANTE (9-16 February) UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE PITCH
Saturday 13 February:
16.00 Spain-Netherlands.
Monday 15 February:
12.00 Spain-Netherlands. (Opening match Universidad de Alicante Pitch)
Players: Castillano, Xavi; Cortes, Francisco; Fabregas, Oriol; Alegre, Ramon; Enrique, Sergi; Garza, Rodrigo; Mir, Andres; Perez-pla, Bosco; Ribas, Xavi; Alegre, David; Delas, Miquel; Fabregas, Alex; Fabregas, Jordi; Sala, Albert; Salles, Marc; Amat, Pol; Arbos, Eduard; Dabanch,Jorge Gabriel; Lainz, Juan; Lleonart, Xavi; Oliva, Roc; Quemada, Pau; Tubau, Eduard.
Source: RFEH
England announce squad for Hero Honda FIH World Cup
England has named a provisional squad of 17 players for hockey’s Hero Honda FIH World Cup in Delhi with Head Coach Jason Lee having left the door open for either Reading’s Simon Mantell or Surbiton’s James Tindall to fill the final place in the 18 athlete squad.
Both players are currently undergoing treatment for broken feet but with Lee keen to include one of the pair in his squad they will be given as long as possible to prove their fitness in time for the tournament, which gets underway on Sunday 28 February.
The squad is largely unchanged from that which won the EuroHockey Nations Championships in August 2009 with Loughborough Students’ Nick Catlin the only addition to that group. His excellent performances for England U21s and during his senior England debut at the ABN AMRO Champions Trophy in Melbourne in December have earned him his World Cup call up at the age of 20.
Forward Matt Daly has recovered from the injury that kept him out of the Champions Trophy while experienced defender Ben Hawes returns to the side having missed the Champions Trophy as Lee offered the development opportunity to his younger players.
Explaining the situation surrounding the 18th position, Lee said: “The final position will be filled towards the end of February as we wait for the recovery of James Tindall and Simon Mantell. James broke his foot during the Champions Trophy and Simon during an England Hockey League Men’s Premier Division match. It is a great pity that these two have sustained their injuries at this time, especially given that they have been consistent performers for England and Great Britain over the past few years.
“It is our preference that one of them will fill the last place given their previously high performance standards. We will be giving both of them as much time as possible to gain an appropriate fitness level, although neither of them will have played much hockey before the start of the World Cup.”
Prior to departing for the team’s preparation camp in Qatar midway through February, Lee will take his team to Cadiz to take on Spain later this month before returning to Spain in early February to face the Netherlands, although those matches will be uncapped and take place behind closed doors.
Speaking about the squad’s preparation for Delhi, Lee said he is pleased with how England’s players have used the indoor season to boost their outdoor skills and fitness levels. “The winter conditions will be making it difficult for the players to progress their physical conditioning effectively at the moment,” said Lee. “Luckily, we had already decided to concentrate on indoor hockey at this time of the year and the players have been performing excellently indoors. Hopefully the England indoor team, containing eight of players picked for the World Cup, will continue their good form at this weekend’s EuroHockey Indoor Nations Trophy.”
Team England Hero Honda FIH World Cup: Richard Alexander, Alastair Brogdon, Nick Brothers, Nick Catlin, Jonty Clarke, Matt Daly, Adam Dixon, James Fair, Ben Hawes, Ashley Jackson, Glenn Kirkham, Iain Mackay, Richard Mantell, Barry Middleton, Rob Moore, Richard Smith, Alastair Wilson.
Plus one of the following two players to be included as the 18th squad member in late February depending on fitness tests: Simon Mantell, James Tindall.
Source: England Hockey
Australia selects Hero Honda FIH World Cup Squad
Ric Charlesworth has again proven that he still has a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to coaching, today selecting a player with only three games experience in his 18 man Hero Honda FIH 2010 World Cup squad.
After achieving some good results throughout his initial year with the Kookaburras, Charlesworth will be hoping this squad is capable of delivering Australia their first World Cup in over 24 years.
The event, held every four years, will be played in New Delhi, India from 28 February-13 March.
The squad selected closely resembles the team which won the 2009 ABN AMRO Champions Trophy tournament held in Melbourne late last year.
In what can be considered an unexpected selection, 21 year old Kieran Govers has been selected in the squad. Govers, originally from New South Wales, took up an AIS Scholarship in Perth in January 2010 after returning from hip surgery after the 2009 Junior World Cup. Still only a member of the national development squad, Govers made his national debut only 12 days ago during a recent three test series against Korea in Hobart.
A striker, with the flexibility to play as an attacking midfielder, Govers will look to establish himself alongside the likes of goal scorers Des Abbott, Grant Schubert and Glenn Turner as key playmakers Jamie Dwyer and Eddie Ockenden spend more time in the midfield.
Defender and 2008 Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Kiel Brown has returned to the team after missing selection for the Champions Trophy squad. Brown will bring a lot of experience to the Australian defense which is still relatively young following the retirements of full backs Bevan George and Matthew Wells after the Beijing Olympics.
From the 2009 Champions Trophy squad, Brent Dancer and Brent Livermore have been omitted. Livermore, who missed the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to injury, is only four games away from breaking Jay Stacy’s games record of 321.
Charlesworth says that while the Kookaburras will enter the Hero Honda FIH World Cup as one of the favorites, Australia is just one of several countries who could win.
“I believe there is at least half a dozen teams who are capable of winning. Although we will be one of the favorites, the only pressure we will have is the internal pressure we put on ourselves to play well. This tournament is a big event, it will be very exciting and a new experience for a lot of them to play in India for the first time,” said Charlesworth.
In preparation for the World Cup, the Kookaburras will play a two test series against New Zealand in Perth from 17-19 February. Australia A will also play two matches against New Zealand in Perth on 16 and 20 February.
The Kookaburras have finished runners up at the last two World Cup tournaments and have won the World Cup once in 1986.
Team Australia: Des Abbott, George Bazeley, Graeme Begbie, Kiel Brown, Nathan Burgers, Matthew Butturini, Liam De Young, Luke Doerner, Jamie Dwyer, Kieran Govers, Rob Hammond, Fergus Kavanagh, Mark Knowles, Eddie Ockenden, Simon Orchard, Grant Schubert, Matthew Swann, Glenn Turner.
Source: Hockey Australia
Pakistan announce squad for Hero Honda FIH World Cup
There were no major surprises in the squad with the same set of players being retained for the World Cup who recently played in a qualifying tournament in France and in a Challenge Cup event in Argentina.
Pakistan will open their World Cup campaign on February 28 against arch-rivals India.
Although the Pakistan Hockey Federation announced the squad, it is still waiting for official clearance from the government. The PHF has asked for clearance from the ministry of sports which will in turn get clearance from the interior and foreign affairs.
But a PHF official said he didn’t foresee any problems in getting the clearance as the government itself was keen to see the team play in India despite the recent fiasco over the Indian Premier League (IPL) players’ auction.
Pakistan has not won the World Cup since 1994 when it lifted the trophy in Sydney.
The Squad Zeeshan Ashraf (C), Nasir Ahmad, Salman Akber, Sohail Abbas, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Irfan, Waseem Ahmad, Sajjad Anwar, Rehan Butt, Shakeel Abbasi, Abdul Haseem Khan, Muhammad Zubair, Akhtar Ali, Omer Bhutta, Farid Ahmed, Abbas Haider, Muhammad Rizwan and Muhammd Rashid.
India announce squad for Hero Honda FIH World Cup
Rajpal Singh has been named the captain of the Indian hockey team for its campaign in the World Cup starting here Feb 28.
The selectors met here Saturday and announced an 18-member team for the mega event.
Speculation was rife in the media that Prabhjot Singh will replace Rajpal as captain. Hockey India selectors, however, retained Rajpal as captain.
Also, there was little scope of making any changes as selectors had to pick 18 out of 21 probables with S.V. Sunil already out with a knee injury.
Skipper Rajpal Singh said the team was looking forward to the tournament.
“Our aim will be to perform well and finish among the top four. The players are putting efforts and we are happy with the preparation,” said the forward.
B.P. Govinda, Madhu Yadav, Sita Mehta were present in the selection commitee meeting while Ajit Pal and Zafar Iqbal were present as government nominees.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Adrian D’souza, P.R. Sreejesh
Defenders: Sandeep Singh, Diwakar Ram, Dhananjay Mahadik
Mid fielders: Gurbaj Singh, Vikram Pillay, Arjun Halappa, Bharat Chikara, Danish Mustafa, Tushar Khandekar
Forwards: Deepak Thakur, Gurinder Chandi, Rajpal Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Sarwanjit Singh, Arjun Halappa, Shivendra Singh.
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Teams and Qualification
The following teams are qualified for the Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010:
- India (Host)
- Canada (Champion of the 3rd Men's Pan American Cup)
- Korea (Champion of the 8th Men's Asia Cup)
- South Africa (Champion of the Africa Cup of Nations, 2009)
- Australia (Champion of the 6th Men's Oceania Cup)
- England (Champion of the 12th Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship)
- Germany (Silver medalist of the 12th Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship)
- Netherlands (Bronze medalist of the 12th Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship)
- Spain (Fourth ranked team of the 12th Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship)
- Pakistan (Winner of the Men's World Cup Qualification Tournament - No. 1)
- New Zealand (Winner of the Men's World Cup Qualification Tournament - No. 2)
- Argentina (Winner of the Men's World Cup Qualification Tournament - No. 3)
Schedule/Results
GROUP A: ARGENTINA, CANADA, GERMANY, KOREA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
GROUP B: AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND, INDIA, PAKISTAN, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN
GROUP B: AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND, INDIA, PAKISTAN, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN
| Date | Match# | Time | Pool | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 28 Feb 2010 | 01 | 16:35 | B | South Africa v. Spain |
| Sun 28 Feb 2010 | 02 | 18:35 | B | Australia v. England |
| Sun 28 Feb 2010 | 03 | 20:35 | B | Pakistan v. India |
| Mon 01 Mar 2010 | 04 | 16:35 | A | New Zealand v. Canada |
| Mon 01 Mar 2010 | 05 | 18:35 | A | Germany v. Korea |
| Mon 01 Mar 2010 | 06 | 20:35 | A | Netherlands v. Argentina |
| Tue 02 Mar 2010 | 06 | 16:35 | B | South Africa v. England |
| Tue 02 Mar 2010 | 08 | 18:35 | B | Pakistan v. Spain |
| Tue 02 Mar 2010 | 09 | 20:35 | B | India v. Australia |
| Wed 03 Mar 2010 | 10 | 16:35 | A | Canada v. Germany |
| Wed 03 Mar 2010 | 11 | 18:35 | A | Argentina v. Korea |
| Wed 03 Mar 2010 | 12 | 20:35 | A | New Zealand v. Netherlands |
| Thur 04 Mar 2010 | 13 | 16:35 | B | South Africa v. Australia |
| Thur 04 Mar 2010 | 14 | 18:35 | B | England v. Pakistan |
| Thur 04 Mar 2010 | 15 | 20:35 | B | Spain v. India |
| Fri 05 Mar 2010 | 16 | 16:35 | A | Korea v. New Zealand |
| Fri 05 Mar 2010 | 17 | 18:35 | A | Netherlands v. Canada |
| Fri 05 Mar 2010 | 18 | 20:35 | A | Germany v. Argentina |
| Sat 06 Mar 2010 | 19 | 16:35 | B | Australia v. Spain |
| Sat 06 Mar 2010 | 20 | 18:35 | B | South Africa v. Pakistan |
| Sat 06 Mar 2010 | 21 | 20:35 | B | England v. India |
| Sun 07 Mar 2010 | 22 | 16:35 | A | Korea v. Canada |
| Sun 07 Mar 2010 | 23 | 18:35 | A | New Zealand v. Argentina |
| Sun 07 Mar 2010 | 24 | 20:35 | A | Germany v. Netherlands |
| Mon 08 Mar 2010 | 25 | 16:35 | B | Spain v. England |
| Mon 08 Mar 2010 | 26 | 18:35 | B | Australia v. Pakistan |
| Mon 08 Mar 2010 | 27 | 20:35 | B | South Africa v. India |
| Tue 09 Mar 2010 | 28 | 16:35 | A | Germany v. New Zealand |
| Tue 09 Mar 2010 | 29 | 18:35 | A | Netherlands v. Korea |
| Tue 09 Mar 2010 | 30 | 20:35 | A | Canada v. Argentina |
| Thu 11 Mar 2010 | 31 | 15:35 | 11-12 | 6th Pool A v. 6th Pool B |
| Thu 11 Mar 2010 | 32 | 18:05 | 1-4 | 1st Pool B v. 2nd Pool A |
| Thu 11 Mar 2010 | 33 | 20:35 | 1-4 | 1st Pool a v. 2nd Pool b |
| Fri 12 Mar 2010 | 34 | 15:35 | 9-10 | 5th Pool A v. 5th Pool B |
| Fri 12 Mar 2010 | 35 | 18:05 | 7-8 | 4th Pool A v. 4th Pool B |
| Fri 12 Mar 2010 | 36 | 20:35 | 5-6 | 3rd Pool A v. 3rd Pool B |
| Sat 13 Mar 2010 | 37 | 15:35 | 3-4 | Loser Match 32 v. Loser Match 33 |
| Sat 13 Mar 2010 | 38 | 18:05 | 1-2 | Winner Match 32 v. Winner Match 33 |
Venue
Dhyan Chand National Stadium is a field hockey stadium at New Delhi, India. It originally held 25,000 people. It is named after former famous Indian field hockey player, Dhyan Chand. The national stadium Is also well known for its Cricket coaching. The Dronacharya Award winner for Cricket, Sunita Sharma coaches cricket at this facility. It served as the venue for the 1st Asian Games in 1951. A 50-metre swimming pool is built to the east of the stadium.
The stadium was originally built in 1933 as a multipurpose stadium and named the Irwin Amphitheatre. It was designed by Anthony S. DeMillo. It was renamed National Stadium before the 1951 Asian Games, Dhyan Chand's name was added in 2002.
The Dhyan Chand Stadium is also the host venue for the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup. It will also be the hockey venue of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The stadium underwent a major reconstruction project before the Hockey World Cup 2010.
History of World Cups
1971 Barcelona (ESP)
The inaugural Men's Hockey World Cup tournament was held at Barcelona in 1971 at Real Polo grounds. The tournament commenced on October 15 and was over on October 24. After 30 matches and beating 9 other countries, including the host, Pakistan claimed the trophy.
Winner - Pakistan
Runner's Up - Spain
Second Runner's Up - India
1973 Amstelveen (NED)
The second instalment of Men's Hockey World Cup was held at Netherlands in 1973 at the Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen. This is one of the few tournaments where the host country won the trophy on its own grounds after drawing 1-1 against India and then 4-2 through penalties.
Winner - Netherlands
Runner's Up - India
Second Runner's Up - West Germany
1975 Kuala Lumpur (MAS)
The Men's Hockey World Cup of 1975 was held at Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was the first time a Hockey World Cup was hosted at an Asian country and also the first time that India won 2-1 against Pakistan.
Winner - India
Runner's Up - Pakistan
Second Runner's Up - West Germany
1978 Buenos Aires (ARG)
Held at Campo del Polo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Men's Hockey World Cup of 1978 was yet again dominated by Pakistan with a 3-2 win against the Netherlands.
Winner - Pakistan
Runner's Up - Netherlands
Second Runner's Up - Australia
1982 Bombay (IND)
Held at the BHA Stadium, Bombay, India, this is the first time the grand tournament was held in India. Pakistan grabbed the title after mercilessly beating West Germany 3-1 at the finals.
Winner - Pakistan
Runner's Up - West Germany
Second Runner's Up - Australia
Fifth Place - India
1986 London (ENG)
The Hockey World Cup of 1986 was held at Willesden, London, England. The underdog, Australia, who has consecutively taken third place in the previous two tournaments, finally prevailed and claimed their well-deserved trophy after beating host country England 2-1.
Winner - Australia
Runner's Up - England
Second Runner's Up - West Germany
Twelfth Place - India
1990 Lahore (PAK)
Possibly one of the most exciting tournaments ever with the host country meeting rival team Netherlands yet again, but unfortunately, history did not repeat itself and Pakistan lost 3-1 to the Netherlands this time.
Winner - Netherlands
Runner's Up - Pakistan
Second Runner's Up - Australia
Tenth Place - India
1994 Sydney (AUS)
Miraculously, the finals consisted of Netherland versus Pakistan for the thid time in the history of Hockey World Cup. Held at Homebush Stadium, Sydney, Australia, the final game was a draw of 1-1, after penalties, Pakistan claimed the trophy with 4-3 win over the Netherlands.
Winner - Pakistan
Runner's Up - Netherlands
Second Runner's Up - Australia
Fifth Place - India
1998 Utrecht (NED)
The Hockey World Cup of 1998 was again held in Netherlands, at Galgenwaard Stadium, Utrecht. Team Netherlands make a mark in history by being the only country to win a tournament at its home ground not once, but twice. The first one was in 1973 at the Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen.
Winner - Netherlands
Runner's Up - Spain
Second Runner's Up - Germany
Ninth Place - India
2002 Kuala Lumpur (MAS)
Amazingly, after having endured being at fouth, third and second place in the past three decades, Germany finally claimed its glory and took home the trophy of the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Winner - Germany
Runner's Up - Australia
Second Runner's Up - Netherlands
Tenth Place - India
2006 Monchengladbach (GER)
The last Hockey World Cup was held at Mönchengladbach, Germany from September 6 to September 17, 2006. Germany won for second consecutive time after beating Australia 4-3. Germany's Ulrich Bubolz received the Best Goalkeeper trophy and his teammate Christopher Zeller received the Most Promising Player trophy.
Winner - Germany
Runner's Up - Australia
Second Runner's Up - Spain
Eleventh Place - India
The inaugural Men's Hockey World Cup tournament was held at Barcelona in 1971 at Real Polo grounds. The tournament commenced on October 15 and was over on October 24. After 30 matches and beating 9 other countries, including the host, Pakistan claimed the trophy.
Winner - Pakistan
Runner's Up - Spain
Second Runner's Up - India
1973 Amstelveen (NED)
The second instalment of Men's Hockey World Cup was held at Netherlands in 1973 at the Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen. This is one of the few tournaments where the host country won the trophy on its own grounds after drawing 1-1 against India and then 4-2 through penalties.
Winner - Netherlands
Runner's Up - India
Second Runner's Up - West Germany
1975 Kuala Lumpur (MAS)
The Men's Hockey World Cup of 1975 was held at Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was the first time a Hockey World Cup was hosted at an Asian country and also the first time that India won 2-1 against Pakistan.
Winner - India
Runner's Up - Pakistan
Second Runner's Up - West Germany
1978 Buenos Aires (ARG)
Held at Campo del Polo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Men's Hockey World Cup of 1978 was yet again dominated by Pakistan with a 3-2 win against the Netherlands.
Winner - Pakistan
Runner's Up - Netherlands
Second Runner's Up - Australia
1982 Bombay (IND)
Held at the BHA Stadium, Bombay, India, this is the first time the grand tournament was held in India. Pakistan grabbed the title after mercilessly beating West Germany 3-1 at the finals.
Winner - Pakistan
Runner's Up - West Germany
Second Runner's Up - Australia
Fifth Place - India
1986 London (ENG)
The Hockey World Cup of 1986 was held at Willesden, London, England. The underdog, Australia, who has consecutively taken third place in the previous two tournaments, finally prevailed and claimed their well-deserved trophy after beating host country England 2-1.
Winner - Australia
Runner's Up - England
Second Runner's Up - West Germany
Twelfth Place - India
1990 Lahore (PAK)
Possibly one of the most exciting tournaments ever with the host country meeting rival team Netherlands yet again, but unfortunately, history did not repeat itself and Pakistan lost 3-1 to the Netherlands this time.
Winner - Netherlands
Runner's Up - Pakistan
Second Runner's Up - Australia
Tenth Place - India
1994 Sydney (AUS)
Miraculously, the finals consisted of Netherland versus Pakistan for the thid time in the history of Hockey World Cup. Held at Homebush Stadium, Sydney, Australia, the final game was a draw of 1-1, after penalties, Pakistan claimed the trophy with 4-3 win over the Netherlands.
Winner - Pakistan
Runner's Up - Netherlands
Second Runner's Up - Australia
Fifth Place - India
1998 Utrecht (NED)
The Hockey World Cup of 1998 was again held in Netherlands, at Galgenwaard Stadium, Utrecht. Team Netherlands make a mark in history by being the only country to win a tournament at its home ground not once, but twice. The first one was in 1973 at the Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen.
Winner - Netherlands
Runner's Up - Spain
Second Runner's Up - Germany
Ninth Place - India
2002 Kuala Lumpur (MAS)
Amazingly, after having endured being at fouth, third and second place in the past three decades, Germany finally claimed its glory and took home the trophy of the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Winner - Germany
Runner's Up - Australia
Second Runner's Up - Netherlands
Tenth Place - India
2006 Monchengladbach (GER)
The last Hockey World Cup was held at Mönchengladbach, Germany from September 6 to September 17, 2006. Germany won for second consecutive time after beating Australia 4-3. Germany's Ulrich Bubolz received the Best Goalkeeper trophy and his teammate Christopher Zeller received the Most Promising Player trophy.
Winner - Germany
Runner's Up - Australia
Second Runner's Up - Spain
Eleventh Place - India
New Zealand announce squad for Hero Honda FIH World Cup
The Black Sticks Men are on fire and primed for the Hero Honda FIH World Cup in Delhi next month. Currently ranked eighth in the world, Black Sticks Men's Coach, Shane McLeod, says the team is hungry to go to the next level and are at their peak.
"We've got a depth of talent and experience in this side, and they're ready - both physically and mentally - to take on the best in the world. "Coming off the back of a solid performance in 2009, our build up has been intensive with a centralized program of training camps in Auckland, every week until we leave. This will culminate in a grueling test series against Australia later this month.
McLeod has picked a team of five strikers, six midfielders, five defenders and two goalkeepers to give him the flexibility to field the best combination for each of the five World Cup pool games. The Hero Honda FIH World Cup kicks off an outstanding year of hockey for the Black Sticks Men, who will also compete in the prestigious ABN AMRO Champions Trophy in August (Monchengladbach, Germany) and the Commonwealth Games in October (Delhi, India).
Team New Zealand: David Green, Nick Haig, Andrew Hayward, Simon Child, Blair Hopping, Dean Couzins, Ryan Archibald, Stephen Graham, Kyle Pontifex, Phil Burrows, Arun Panchia, Shea McAleese, Richard Petherick, Hugo Inglis, Ben Collier, Steve Edwards, Nick Wilson.
Bracketed - decision to be made at later date: Blair Hilton, Joel Baker.
Not Available for Selection: Bradley Shaw, Hayden Shaw.
Source: Hockey New Zealand
"We've got a depth of talent and experience in this side, and they're ready - both physically and mentally - to take on the best in the world. "Coming off the back of a solid performance in 2009, our build up has been intensive with a centralized program of training camps in Auckland, every week until we leave. This will culminate in a grueling test series against Australia later this month.
McLeod has picked a team of five strikers, six midfielders, five defenders and two goalkeepers to give him the flexibility to field the best combination for each of the five World Cup pool games. The Hero Honda FIH World Cup kicks off an outstanding year of hockey for the Black Sticks Men, who will also compete in the prestigious ABN AMRO Champions Trophy in August (Monchengladbach, Germany) and the Commonwealth Games in October (Delhi, India).
Team New Zealand: David Green, Nick Haig, Andrew Hayward, Simon Child, Blair Hopping, Dean Couzins, Ryan Archibald, Stephen Graham, Kyle Pontifex, Phil Burrows, Arun Panchia, Shea McAleese, Richard Petherick, Hugo Inglis, Ben Collier, Steve Edwards, Nick Wilson.
Bracketed - decision to be made at later date: Blair Hilton, Joel Baker.
Not Available for Selection: Bradley Shaw, Hayden Shaw.
Source: Hockey New Zealand
South Africa announce squad for Hero Honda FIH World Cup
The South African Hockey Association today announced the Senior Men’s Hockey team that will be participating in the Hero Honda FIH World Cup tournament, which is to take place in New Delhi, India from the 28th February to 13th March 2010.
The 12th ranked South African team under the steady captaincy of Austin Smith has an opportunity to further improve on world rankings at the World Cup as they take on the crème de la crème of World Hockey. Captain Austin Smith admits that this will be the “biggest test for our new squad thus far”. Asked to comment on which team SA feared the most, Austin calmly responded by saying, “We do not fear any team. We will go into every match with a healthy respect for each team”.
Team:
Paul Blake (Western Province), Shanyl Balwanth (KZN Coastals), Brendon Botes (Eastern Province), Gareth Carr (Kzn Coastals), Ian Haley (Western Province), Rhett Halkett (Northerns), Tommy Hammond (Kzn Inlands), Marvin Harper (Kzn Coastals), Julian Hykes (Amathole), Lloyd Madsen (Kzn Coastals), Thornton McDade (Southern Gauteng), Lloyd Norris-Jones (Southern Gauteng), Taine Paton (Kzn Coastals),Wade Paton (Kzn Coastals), Erasmus Pieterse (Western Province), Justin Reid-Ross (NorthWest), Jonty Robinson (Northerns.), Austin Smith (Western Province) (Capt).
Team Management:
Anton van Rooyen Manager
Gregg Clark Coach
David Viney Asst. Coach
Moabi Malebye Video/Stats
Pierre Kruger Physiotherapist
Gregg Clark Coach
David Viney Asst. Coach
Moabi Malebye Video/Stats
Pierre Kruger Physiotherapist
Netherlands announce squad for Hero Honda FIH World Cup
Michel van den Heuvel, coach of the men's team of Netherlands, made his first selection of players for the Dutch team to play at the Hero Honda FIH World Cup in New Delhi, India from 28 February-13 March 2010.
Prior to the Hero Honda FIH World Cup, Netherlands will travel abroad twice for training and matches against Germany, South Africa, Pakistan, England and Spain. Mink van de Weerden is the only newcomer in the Dutch squad. Guus Vogels, Ronald Brouwer and Geert-Jan Derikx will return. Roderick Weusthof and Timme Hoyng are not selected.
Team Netherlands: Guus Vogels, Jaap Stockmann, Taeke Taekema, Wouter Jolie, Billy Bakker, Marcel Balkestein, Geert-Jan Derikx, Teun Rohof, Mink van der Weerden, Robert van der Horst, Laurence Docherty, Floris Evers, Klaas Vermeulen, Robbert Kemperman, Teun de Nooijer, Rob Reckers, Ronald Brouwer, Nick Meijer, Jeroen Hertzberger, Rogier Hofman, Constantijn Jonker, Valentin Verga.
Prior to the Hero Honda FIH World Cup, Netherlands will travel abroad twice for training and matches against Germany, South Africa, Pakistan, England and Spain. Mink van de Weerden is the only newcomer in the Dutch squad. Guus Vogels, Ronald Brouwer and Geert-Jan Derikx will return. Roderick Weusthof and Timme Hoyng are not selected.
Team Netherlands: Guus Vogels, Jaap Stockmann, Taeke Taekema, Wouter Jolie, Billy Bakker, Marcel Balkestein, Geert-Jan Derikx, Teun Rohof, Mink van der Weerden, Robert van der Horst, Laurence Docherty, Floris Evers, Klaas Vermeulen, Robbert Kemperman, Teun de Nooijer, Rob Reckers, Ronald Brouwer, Nick Meijer, Jeroen Hertzberger, Rogier Hofman, Constantijn Jonker, Valentin Verga.
