2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
# 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

The 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 37th and the last edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for men. It was held from 23 June to 1 July 2018 in Breda, Netherlands. The tournament will be replaced by the Hockey Pro League (HPL) in 2019.

Australia won their 15th title by defeating India in the final after penalties.

## Qualification

Alongside the host nation, the defending champions, the last Olympic, World Cup and World League champions qualified automatically. The remaining spots were nominated by the FIH Executive Board, making a total of 6 competing teams. If teams qualified under more than one criterion, the additional teams were invited by the FIH Executive Board as well.

* Netherlands (Host nation)
* Australia (Defending champions and champions of the 2014 World Cup and 2016–17 World League)
* Argentina (Champions of 2016 Summer Olympics)
* Belgium (Invited by the FIH Executive Board)
* India (Invited by the FIH Executive Board)
* Pakistan (Invited by the FIH Executive Board)

## Squads

Head coach: Germán Orozco

* Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
* Gonzalo Peillat
* Juan Ignacio Gilardi
* Pedro Ibarra (C)
* Santiago Tarazona
* Maico Casella
* Matías Paredes
* Joaquín Menini
* Lucas Vila
* Ignacio Ortiz
* Juan Martín López
* Nicolás della Torre
* Isidoro Ibarra
* Tomás Santiago (GK)
* Matías Rey
* Lucas Martínez
* Nicolas Cicileo
* Agustín Bugallo

Head coach: Colin Batch

* Lachlan Sharp
* Tom Craig
* Jake Harvie
* Jeremy Edwards (C)
* Johan Durst (GK)
* Eddie Ockenden
* Jake Whetton
* Blake Govers
* Aaron Kleinschmidt
* Tim Howard
* Aran Zalewski
* Matthew Swann
* Flynn Ogilvie
* Daniel Beale
* Tyler Lovell (GK)
* Trent Mitton
* Tim Brand
* Jeremy Hayward

Head coach: Shane McLeod

* Loic van Doren (GK)
* Arthur van Doren
* Dorian Thiery
* John-John Dohmen
* Florent van Aubel
* Sébastien Dockier
* Cédric Charlier
* Amaury Keusters
* Gauthier Boccard
* Nicolas de Kerpel
* Augustin Meurmans
* Alexander Hendrickx
* Thomas Briels (C)
* Felix Denayer
* Vincent Vanasch (GK)
* Simon Gougnard
* Arthur de Sloover
* Antoine Kina
* Loïck Luypaert
* Victor Wegnez
* Tom Boon
* Tanguy Cosyns

Head coach: Harendra Singh

* Harmanpreet Singh
* Dilpreet Singh
* Jarmanpreet Singh
* Surender Kumar
* Manpreet Singh
* Sardar Singh
* Simranjeet Singh
* Mandeep Singh
* Lalit Upadhyay
* P. R. Sreejesh (GK) (C)
* Krishan Pathak (GK)
* Varun Kumar
* S. V. Sunil
* Birendra Lakra
* Chinglensana Singh
* Amit Rohidas
* Ramandeep Singh
* Vivek Prasad

Head coach: Max Caldas

* Jeroen Hertzberger
* Lars Balk
* Thijs van Dam
* Jonas de Geus
* Jorrit Croon
* Seve van Ass (C)
* Valentin Verga
* Glenn Schuurman
* Sander Baart
* Robbert Kemperman
* Mirco Pruyser
* Bob de Voogd
* Sam van der Ven
* Joep de Mol
* Roel Bovendeert
* Thierry Brinkman
* Pirmin Blaak (GK)
* Floris Wortelboer

Head coach: Roelant Oltmans

* Imran Butt (GK) (C)
* Muhammad Aleem Bilal
* Mubashar Ali
* Muhammad Rizwan Sr.
* Toseeq Arshad
* Rashid Mehmood
* Muhammad Qadir
* Muhammad Irfan
* Muhammad Dilber
* Ali Shan
* Muhammad Rizwan Jr.
* Mazhar Abbas (GK)
* Muhammad Irfan Jr.
* Muhammad Umar Bhutta
* Ammad Butt
* Shafqat Rasool
* Suhail Riaz
* Ajaz Ahmad
* Tasawar Abbas
* Amjad Ali (GK)
* Abu Bakar Mahmood
* Muhammad Yaqoob

## Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 10 | Final |
| 2 | India | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 | Final |
| 3 | Netherlands (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 | Third place game |
| 4 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | Third place game |
| 5 | Belgium | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Pakistan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 | Fifth place game |

### Results

* 23 June 2018 14:00

| India | 4–0 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Ramandeep 26' Dilpreet 54' Mandeep 57' Upadhyay 60' | Report | |

* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 23 June 2018 16:00

| Netherlands | 1–2 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Pruyser 14' | Report | Peillat 34' Paredes 60' |

* Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
* 23 June 2018 18:00

| Australia | 3–3 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Mitton 20' Sharp 21' Whetton 50' | Report | Charlier 9' De Sloover 37' Boon 47' |

* Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 24 June 2018 12:00

| India | 2–1 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Harmanpreet 17' Mandeep 28' | Report | Peillat 30' |

* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Federico García (URU)
* 24 June 2018 14:00

| Netherlands | 6–1 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Van Ass 4' Bovendeert 6', 6' Hertzberger 22', 58' Pruyser 29' | Report | Dohmen 41' |

* Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 24 June 2018 16:00

| Australia | 2–1 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Mitton 12' Govers 56' | Report | Ahmad 9' |

* Umpires: Sebastien Duterme (BEL) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
* 26 June 2018 18:00

| Argentina | 1–1 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Peillat 14' | Report | Keusters 37' |

* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Bruce Bale (ENG)
* 26 June 2018 20:00

| Netherlands | 4–0 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Kemperman 25' Verga 29' Van Dam 47' Pruyser 50' | Report | |

* Umpires: Sebastien Duterme (BEL) Federico García (URU)
* 27 June 2018 15:00

| India | 2–3 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| V. Kumar 10' Harmanpreet 58' | Report | Sharp 6' Craig 15' Mitton 33' |

* Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
* 28 June 2018 15:00

| Argentina | 1–4 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Paredes 29' | Report | Irfan 10' Ali 47' Ahmad 49' Bilal 58' |

* Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)
* 28 June 2018 17:00

| India | 1–1 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Harmanpreet 10' | Report | Luypaert 59' |

* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 28 June 2018 19:30

| Netherlands | 1–3 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Pruyser 23' | Report | Harvie 30' Govers 35', 55' |

* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 29 June 2018 15:00

| Belgium | 4–2 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Briels 36' Keusters 39' Charlier 51' van Aubel 54' | Report | Bilal 11', 38' |

* Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Federico García (URU)
* 30 June 2018 14:00

| Argentina | 3–2 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Peillat 13', 21', 51' | Report | Brand 16', 52' |

* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)
* 30 June 2018 16:00

| Netherlands | 1–1 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Brinkman 55' | Report | Mandeep 47' |

* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

### Classification

**Fifth and sixth place**

* 1 July 2018 11:30

| Belgium | 2–2 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Boon 27' van Aubel 34' | Report | Shan 16' Arshad 60' |
| Penalties |||
| Gougnard Denayer Wegnez Van Doren De Sloover | 2–1 | Arshad Mahmood Bhutta Shan Rasool |

* Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Coen van Bunge (NED)

**Third and fourth place**

* 1 July 2018 13:45

| Netherlands | 2–0 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Hertzberger 47' Pruyser 54' | Report | |

* Umpires: Federico García (URU) Bruce Bale (ENG)

**Final**

* 1 July 2018 16:00

| Australia | 1–1 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Govers 24' | Report | Prasad 42' |
| Penalties |||
| Zalewski Beale Swann Craig Edwards | 3–1 | Sardar Harmanpreet Upadhyay Manpreet |

* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Christian Blasch (GER)

## Statistics

### Final standings

* Australia
* India
* Netherlands
* Argentina
* Belgium
* Pakistan

### Awards

The following individual awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

| Best Coach | Best Rising Player | Best Goalkeeper | Top Scorer | Best Player |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Colin Batch | Jake Harvie | P. R. Sreejesh | Gonzalo Peillat | Aran Zalewski |

### Goalscorers

**6 goals**

* Gonzalo Peillat

**5 goals**

* Mirco Pruyser

**4 goals**

* Blake Govers

**3 goals**

* Trent Mitton
* Harmanpreet Singh
* Mandeep Singh
* Jeroen Hertzberger
* Aleem Bilal

**2 goals**

* Matías Paredes
* Tim Brand
* Lachlan Sharp
* Tom Boon
* Cédric Charlier
* Amaury Keusters
* Florent van Aubel
* Roel Bovendeert
* Ajaz Ahmad

**1 goal**

* Tom Craig
* Jake Harvie
* Jake Whetton
* Thomas Briels
* Arthur De Sloover
* John-John Dohmen
* Loïck Luypaert
* Varun Kumar
* Vivek Prasad
* Dilpreet Singh
* Ramandeep Singh
* Lalit Upadhyay
* Thierry Brinkman
* Robbert Kemperman
* Seve van Ass
* Thijs van Dam
* Valentin Verga
* Mubashar Ali
* Muhammad Irfan Jr.
* Ali Shan
* Toseeq Arshad
