2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
# 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

The 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 25th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Amstelveen, Netherlands from August 16–24, 2003.

Netherlands won their fifth title after defeated Australia 4–2 in the final.

## Squads

Head Coach: Jorge Ruiz

* Pablo Moreira (GK / C)
* Juan Pablo Hourquebie
* Lucas Cammareri
* Matías Vila
* Ezequiel Paulón
* Mario Almada
* Carlos Retegui
* Tomás MacCormik
* Diego Avila
* Marcos Riccardi
* Jorge Lombi
* Fernando Zylberberg
* Germán Orozco
* Juan Manuel Esparis
* Matías Paredes
* Lucas Rey
* Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
* Juan Garreta

Head Coach: Barry Dancer

* Jamie Dwyer
* Adam Commens
* Michael McCann
* Troy Elder
* Robert Hammond
* Nathan Eglington
* Craig Victory
* Paul Gaudoin (C)
* Tristram Woodhouse
* Grant Schubert
* Bevan George
* Stephen Lambert (GK)
* Mark Hickman (GK)
* Aaron Hopkins
* Matthew Wells
* Brent Livermore
* Dean Butler
* Zain Wright

Head Coach: Uli Forstner

* Christian Schulte (GK)
* Alexander Sahmel
* Jan-Marco Montag
* Till Kriwet
* Maik Günther
* Christoph Menke
* Ulrich Klaus
* Benedikt Sperling
* Max Jesse
* Sebastian Draguhn
* Niklas Meinert
* Bastian Timm
* Nicolas Emmerling
* Eike Duckwitz
* Oliver Markowsky
* Benjamin Köpp
* Ulrich Bubolz (GK)
* Justus Scharowsky

Head Coach: Rajinder Singh

* Devesh Chauhan (GK)
* Kanwalpreet Singh
* Dilip Tirkey
* Baljit Singh Saini
* Bimal Lakra
* Ignace Tirkey
* Vikram Pillay
* Deepak Thakur
* Dhanraj Pillay (C)
* Baljit Singh Dhillon
* Gagan Ajit Singh
* VS Vinay
* Prabhjot Singh
* Tejbir Singh
* Kamaldeep Singh (GK)
* Viren Rasquinha
* Didar Singh
* Jugraj Singh

Head Coach: Joost Bellaart

* Guus Vogels (GK)
* Bram Lomans
* Geert-Jan Derikx
* Erik Jazet
* Rob Derikx
* Floris Evers
* Sander van der Weide
* Ronald Brouwer
* Piet-Hein Geeris
* Taeke Taekema
* Jeroen Delmee (C)
* Teun de Nooijer
* Karel Klaver
* Jan Jörn van 't Land
* Klaas Veering (GK)
* Rob Reckers
* Matthijs Brouwer
* Nick Meijer

Head Coach: Tahir Zaman

* Ahmed Alam (GK)
* Kashif Jawad
* Mohammad Asim
* Adnan Maqsood
* Waseem Ahmad
* Sameer Hussain
* Ghazanar Ali
* Mudassar Ali Khan
* Sohail Abbas
* Ali Raza
* Muhammad Saqlain
* Salman Akbar (GK)
* Rehan Butt
* Dilawar Hussain
* Salim Khalid
* Zeeshan Ashraf
* Muhammad Shabbir
* Muhammad Nadeem

## Umpires

Below is the list of umpires appointed by International Hockey Federation (FIH) for this tournament:

* Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* Stephen Brooks (ENG)
* Mohammad Faiz (PAK)
* Jason McCracken (NZL)
* Ray O'Connor (IRL)
* Tim Pullman (AUS)
* Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
* Rob ten Cate (NED)
* Virendra Singh (IND)

## Results

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

### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 13 |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 10 |
| 3 | Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 8 |
| 4 | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 6 |
| 5 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 6 |
| 6 | Germany | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 23 | −17 | 0 |

* 16 August 2003 12:30

| Pakistan | 4–4 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| M. Ali 6' Abbas 11', 31' Khalid 63' | Report | Schubert 14', 70' Elder 32' Butler 64' |

* Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 16 August 2003 15:00

| Netherlands | 4–3 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Reckers 63' Taekema 64' Evers 68' R. Brouwer 70' | Report | J. Singh 44' Thakur 51' GS Singh 62' |

* Umpires: Stephen Brooks (ENG) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
* 17 August 2003 12:30

| Argentina | 5–6 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Vila 33' Almada 36' Cammareri 45' Lombi 56', 61' | Report | Abbas 7', 11' Shabbir 14', 25' Jawad 39' Butt 69' |

* Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Virendra Singh (IND)
* 17 August 2003 15:00

| Australia | 3–5 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |
| Eglington 30' Wells 53' Butler 65' | Report | M. Brouwer 10' Klaver 22' Reckers 40' Taekema 47' Lomans 51' |

* Umpires: Muhammad Faiz (PAK) Ray O'Connor (IRL)
* 17 August 2003 17:00

| India | 3–2 | Germany |
| - | - | - |
| GS Singh 42', 68' P. Singh 61' | Report | Sperling 15' Sahmel 46' |

* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 18 August 2003 16:30

| Germany | 1–3 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Meinert 65' | Report | Lombi 5', 58' Almada 40' |

* Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Mohammad Faiz (PAK)
* 19 August 2003 17:00

| India | 1–4 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| D. Tirkey 49' | Report | Schubert 33', 44', 60' Elder 46' |

* Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)
* 19 August 2003 19:30

| Netherlands | 2–2 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| de Nooijer 5' Taekema 59' | Report | Abbas 27' Jawad 64' |

* Umpires: Edmundo Saladino (ARG) Jason McCracken (NZL)
* 20 August 2003 15:00

| Australia | 6–1 | Germany |
| - | - | - |
| McCann 9', 20' Commens 15' Schubert 16', 56' Hopkins 54' | Report | Sahmel 66' |

* Umpires: Virendra Singh (IND) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
* 20 August 2003 17:00

| Argentina | 4–2 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Lombi 18', 44' Vila 24' Almada 37' | Report | Thakur 30' Dhillon 48' |

* Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 21 August 2003 17:00

| Pakistan | 5–2 | Germany |
| - | - | - |
| Jawad 5', 25' Butt 15' Abbas 65' Khalid 68' | Report | Sperling 42' Köpp 46' |

* Umpires: Stephen Brooks (ENG) Ray O'Connor (IRL)
* 21 August 2003 19:30

| Netherlands | 6–3 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| R. Brouwer 15', 47' Taekema 19' M. Brouwer 30' Klaver 44' Reckers 59' | Report | Paredes 7' Lombi 28', 33' |

* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 22 August 2003 17:00

| India | 7–4 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| J. Singh 24', 35' Thakur 50', 65' P. Singh 54' GS Singh 60', 62' | Report | Butt 18' Nadeem 20' M. Ali 28' Abbas 42' |

* Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Rob ten Cate (NED)
* 23 August 2003 12:30

| Argentina | 3–8 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Lombi 45', 69' Retegui 57' | Report | McCann 12', 53' Victory 28' Schubert 38', 58' Elder 55' Hammond 60' Woodhouse 63' |

* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 23 August 2003 15:00

| Germany | 0–6 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Lomans 21', 29' Klaver 24' de Nooijer 44', 56' Evers 70' |

* Umpires: Edmundo Saladino (ARG) Muhammad Faiz (PAK)

### Classification

**Fifth and sixth place**

* 24 August 2003 10:00

| Argentina | 2–1 | Germany |
| - | - | - |
| Almada 37' Vila 61' | Report | Köpp 64' |

* Umpires: Virendra Singh (IND) Tim Pullman (AUS)

**Third and fourth place**

* 24 August 2003 12:30

| Pakistan | 4–3 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Abbas 31', 61' Jawad 42' Butt 68' | Report | J. Singh 26' P. Singh 35' Thakur 48' |

* Umpires: Edmundo Saladino (ARG) Rob ten Cate (NED)

**Final**

* 24 August 2003 15:00

| Netherlands | 4–2 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| M. Brouwer 24' Geeris 30' de Nooijer 60' Klaver 67' | Report | Victory 28' Elder 59' |

* Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

## Final standings

* Netherlands
* Australia
* Pakistan
* India
* Argentina
* Germany
