2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

The 2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 28th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy, an annual international men's field hockey tournament organized by the FIH. It was held in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain from 22–30 July 2006.

2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Terrassa
Dates	22–30 July
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Atlètic Terrassa
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (8th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	91 (5.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Santi Freixa Taeke Taekema (8 goals)
Best player	Teun de Nooijer
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The Netherlands won the tournament after beating Germany 2–1 in the final.

Squads

Argentina

Head Coach: Sergio Vigil

1. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
3. Juan Martín López
4. Matías Vila
5. Ezequiel Paulón
6. Mariano Chao (GK)
7. Mario Almada
9. Rodrigo Vila
10. Tomás MacCormik
11. Lucas Cammareri
12. Marcos Riccardi
14. Fernando Zylberberg
15. Germán Orozco (c)
17. Matías Paredes
19. Matías Cammareri
20. Tomás Argento
21. Lucas Vila
22. Matías Rey
26. Pedro Ibarra

Australia

Head Coach: Colin Batch

1. Jamie Dwyer (c)
2. Liam de Young
3. Michael Boyce
4. Michael McCann
5. Troy Elder
6. Robert Hammond
7. Nathan Eglington
9. Mark Knowles
13. Luke Doerner
14. Grant Schubert
15. Bevan George
18. Stephen Lambert (GK)
20. Matt Naylor
21. Aaron Hopkins
24. Travis Brooks
25. Brent Livermore
26. Dean Butler
30. Stephen Mowlam (GK)

Germany

Head Coach: Bernhard Peters

1. Christian Schulte (GK)
3. Philip Witte
4. Philipp Crone
7. Carlos Nevado
9. Moritz Fürste
10. Jan-Marco Montag
11. Björn Emmerling
12. Sebastian Biederlack
13. Justus Scharowsky
14. Tibor Weißenborn
16. Niklas Meinert
17. Timo Weß (c)
19. Christopher Zeller
22. Matthias Witthaus
25. Philipp Zeller
29. Sebastian Draguhn
30. Nicolas Emmerling
31. Tim Jessulat (GK)

Netherlands

Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans

1. Guus Vogels (GK)
3. Geert-Jan Derikx
4. Karel Klaver
6. Thomas Boerma
7. Sander van der Weide
8. Ronald Brouwer
10. Taeke Taekema
12. Jeroen Delmee (c)
13. Klaas Veering (GK)
14. Teun de Nooijer
15. Eby Kessing
16. Floris Evers
18. Rob Reckers
19. Matthijs Brouwer
21. Nick Meijer
22. Roderick Weusthof
23. Timme Hoyng
24. Robert van der Horst

Pakistan

Head Coach: Asif Bajwa

1. Rehan Butt
2. Ehsan Ullah
4. Ali Ghazanfar (c)
5. Muhammad Saqlain
7. Dilawar Hussain
8. Adnan Maqsood
9. Sohail Abbas
10. Salman Akbar (GK)
11. Zubair Muhammad
12. Nasir Ahmed (GK)
15. Shakeel Abbasi
16. Adnan Zakir
17. Akhtar Ali
19. Muhammad Imran
20. Waseem Ahmad
22. Zeeshan Ashraf
23. Waqas Sharif
31. Saleem Khalid

Spain

Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks

1. Bernardino Herrera (GK)
2. Santi Freixa
3. Miquel Delas
4. Oriol Freixa
5. Francisco "Kiko" Fábregas (c)
8. Alex Fàbregas
9. Pol Amat
10. Eduard Tubau
13. Ramón Alegre
14. Héctor González
15. Víctor Sojo
16. Xavier Ribas
17. Albert Sala
18. Rodrigo Garza
19. Pau Quemada
20. Sergi Enrique
22. Francisco Cortés (GK)
23. David Alegre

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	3	2	0	21	11	+10	11	Final
2	Germany	5	2	3	0	14	11	+3	9
3	Spain (H)	5	2	2	1	13	11	+2	8	Third place game
4	Australia	5	2	1	2	16	12	+4	7
5	Pakistan	5	1	1	3	11	19	−8	4	Fifth place game
6	Argentina	5	0	1	4	5	16	−11	1

Source:
(H) Hosts

22 July 2006 15:30 Australia 3–2 Pakistan McCann  2' Elder  41', 56' Report Abbas  32', 53' Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)

22 July 2006 17:45 Spain 1–1 Germany Freixa  65' Report Weißenborn  4' Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Tim Pullman (AUS)

22 July 2006 20:00 Netherlands 4–2 Argentina Taekema  25', 57', 63' De Nooijer  55' Report Rey  42' L. Cammareri  59' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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23 July 2006 16:00 Pakistan 3–3 Germany Abbas  27', 38' Abbasi  57' Report Zeller  2', 22' Witthaus  68' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Daniel Santi (ARG)

23 July 2006 18:00 Argentina 1–1 Spain Argento  70' Report Freixa  18' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Syad Haider (PAK)

23 July 2006 20:00 Australia 1–1 Netherlands Elder  29' Report Taekema  35' Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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25 July 2006 16:00 Netherlands 9–2 Pakistan M. Brouwer  1' Evers  14' Reckers  26' R. Brouwer  30', 44', 65', 70' De Nooijer  42' Taekema  58' Report Abbasi  43' Zakir  53' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Daniel Santi (ARG)

25 July 2006 18:00 Spain 5–3 Australia Freixa  29', 44', 55' Tubau  52' Amat  61' Report Eglington  8' McCann  18' Schubert  22' Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Satinder Kumar (IND)

25 July 2006 20:00 Germany 3–1 Argentina Witthaus  6' Montag  21' Nevado  59' Report Orozco  68' Umpires: Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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27 July 2006 16:00 Germany 3–3 Netherlands Witthaus  3', 31' Zeller  42' Report Reckers  10' Klaver  18' Taekema  55' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Satinder Kumar (IND)

27 July 2006 18:00 Pakistan 2–3 Spain Ali  29' Abbas  68' Report Freixa  10', 60' Enrique  70' Umpires: Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED) Tim Pullman (AUS)

27 July 2006 20:00 Argentina 0–6 Australia Report Schubert  19' Doerner  28', 32', 60' Boyce  44' McCann  66' Umpires: Syad Haider (PAK) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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29 July 2006 16:00 Pakistan 2–1 Argentina Butt  6' Abbasi  29' Report M. Cammareri  69' Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)

29 July 2006 18:00 Spain 3–4 Netherlands Sala  49' Freixa  55' Amat  58' Report Reckers  29', 70' Weusthof  44' Taekema  69' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

29 July 2006 20:00 Australia 3–4 Germany Elder  12', 49', 54' Report Witthaus  8' Zeller  45', 70+' Füerste  55' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Daniel Santi (ARG)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

30 July 2006 13:00 Pakistan 3–1 Argentina Butt  24', 34' Abbas  40' Report Almada  51' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Erik Klein Nagelvoort (NED)

Third and fourth place

30 July 2006 15:30 Spain 2–2 (a.e.t.) Australia Tubau  45' Amat  62' Report Doerner  38' Eglington  50' Penalties Freixa Sala Tubau Amat Ribas 5–4 Dwyer Elder Schubert Hammond Doerner Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Syad Haider (PAK)

Final

30 July 2006 18:00 Netherlands 2–1 Germany Taekema  20' De Nooijer  33' Report Weß  41' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Satinder Kumar (IND)

Awards

Top scorers	Best Player	Best Young Player	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Trophy
Santi Freixa Taeke Taekema	Teun de Nooijer	Sergi Enrique	Stephen Mowlam	Australia

Final standings

1. Netherlands
2. Germany
3. Spain
4. Australia
5. Pakistan
6. Argentina

See also

• 2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy

External links

• Official FIH website