2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
# 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.

The Netherlands won the tournament after beating Germany 2–1 in the final.

## Squads

Head Coach: Sergio Vigil

* Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
* Juan Martín López
* Matías Vila
* Ezequiel Paulón
* Mariano Chao (GK)
* Mario Almada
* Rodrigo Vila
* Tomás MacCormik
* Lucas Cammareri
* Marcos Riccardi
* Fernando Zylberberg
* Germán Orozco (c)
* Matías Paredes
* Matías Cammareri
* Tomás Argento
* Lucas Vila
* Matías Rey
* Pedro Ibarra

Head Coach: Colin Batch

* Jamie Dwyer (c)
* Liam de Young
* Michael Boyce
* Michael McCann
* Troy Elder
* Robert Hammond
* Nathan Eglington
* Mark Knowles
* Luke Doerner
* Grant Schubert
* Bevan George
* Stephen Lambert (GK)
* Matt Naylor
* Aaron Hopkins
* Travis Brooks
* Brent Livermore
* Dean Butler
* Stephen Mowlam (GK)

Head Coach: Bernhard Peters

* Christian Schulte (GK)
* Philip Witte
* Philipp Crone
* Carlos Nevado
* Moritz Fürste
* Jan-Marco Montag
* Björn Emmerling
* Sebastian Biederlack
* Justus Scharowsky
* Tibor Weißenborn
* Niklas Meinert
* Timo Weß (c)
* Christopher Zeller
* Matthias Witthaus
* Philipp Zeller
* Sebastian Draguhn
* Nicolas Emmerling
* Tim Jessulat (GK)

Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans

* Guus Vogels (GK)
* Geert-Jan Derikx
* Karel Klaver
* Thomas Boerma
* Sander van der Weide
* Ronald Brouwer
* Taeke Taekema
* Jeroen Delmee (c)
* Klaas Veering (GK)
* Teun de Nooijer
* Eby Kessing
* Floris Evers
* Rob Reckers
* Matthijs Brouwer
* Nick Meijer
* Roderick Weusthof
* Timme Hoyng
* Robert van der Horst

Head Coach: Asif Bajwa

* Rehan Butt
* Ehsan Ullah
* Ali Ghazanfar (c)
* Muhammad Saqlain
* Dilawar Hussain
* Adnan Maqsood
* Sohail Abbas
* Salman Akbar (GK)
* Zubair Muhammad
* Nasir Ahmed (GK)
* Shakeel Abbasi
* Adnan Zakir
* Akhtar Ali
* Muhammad Imran
* Waseem Ahmad
* Zeeshan Ashraf
* Waqas Sharif
* Saleem Khalid

Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks

* Bernardino Herrera (GK)
* Santi Freixa
* Miquel Delas
* Oriol Freixa
* Francisco "Kiko" Fábregas (c)
* Alex Fàbregas
* Pol Amat
* Eduard Tubau
* Ramón Alegre
* Héctor González
* Víctor Sojo
* Xavier Ribas
* Albert Sala
* Rodrigo Garza
* Pau Quemada
* Sergi Enrique
* Francisco Cortés (GK)
* 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 | Final |
| 3 | Spain (H) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 8 | Third place game |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 7 | Third place game |
| 5 | Pakistan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 4 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Argentina | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 1 | Fifth place game |

* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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

* Netherlands
* Germany
* Spain
* Australia
* Pakistan
* Argentina
