2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I
# 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from December 6 to December 13, 2009 in Salta, Argentina. New Zealand defeated Pakistan to take the title, and promoted to the Champions Trophy tournament in 2010.

## Results

All times are Argentina Time (UTC−04:00)

### Pools

**Pool A**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | –4 | 3 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | –4 | 1 |

* 6 December 2009 14:05

| Belgium | 4–3 | China |
| - | - | - |
| Pangrazio 10', 65' Thys 42' Gougnard 53' | Report | Na 14' Hu 38' Song 43' |

* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 6 December 2009 16:05

| New Zealand | 2–2 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Couzins 47' Hayward 58' | Report | Khandker 30' Shivendra 51' |

* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 8 December 2009 12:05

| India | 4–1 | China |
| - | - | - |
| Prabhjot 7' Rajpal 35' Sarwanjit 56' Shivendra 70' | Report | Song 41' |

* Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)
* 8 December 2009 14:05

| Belgium | 1–4 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Charlier 30' | Report | Couzins 25' Archibald 49' Child 64' Inglis 65' |

* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Haider Rasool (PAK)
* 10 December 2009 14:05

| New Zealand | 2–2 | China |
| - | - | - |
| Wilson 42' Inglis 44' | Report | Liu X. 4' Liu Y. 57' |

* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Thomas Dumon (BEL)
* 10 December 2009 16:05

| India | 4–2 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Mahadik 19' Shivendra 30' Khandker 48' Prabhjot 70' | Report | Dekeyser 24' Pangrazio 25' |

* Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Diego Barbas (ARG)

**Pool B**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | –3 | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | –4 | 3 |

* 6 December 2009 12:05

| Pakistan | 2 – 1 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Abbas 14', 31' | Report | Fernandes 47' |

* Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Thomas Dumon (BEL)
* 6 December 2009 18:05

| Argentina | 6 – 2 | South Africa |
| - | - | - |
| Ibarra 9', 12', 31' Mazzilli 24' L. Vila 53', 55' | Report | Harper 15' Norris-Jones 69' |

* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Nathan Stagno (GIB)
* 8 December 2009 16:05

| Canada | 1 – 4 | South Africa |
| - | - | - |
| Tupper 59' | Report | Paton 30' Haley 41' Reid-Ross 46' Carr 65' |

* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 8 December 2009 18:05

| Argentina | 3 – 1 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Callioni 1' Ibarra 31', 52' | Report | Abbas 66' |

* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)
* 10 December 2009 12:05

| Pakistan | 4 – 1 | South Africa |
| - | - | - |
| Abbas 20' Abbasi 49' Khan 53' Ali 63' | Report | Norris-Jones 33' |

* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)
* 10 December 2009 18:05

| Canada | 3 – 2 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Tupper 50' Wright 62' Fernandes 70+' | Report | Ibarra 54', 69' |

* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Francisco Vazquez (ESP)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 |
| Belgium | 3 |
| Belgium | 3 | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
| South Africa | 4 | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
| South Africa | 4 | South Africa | 5 |
| 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | | South Africa | 5 |
| 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | China | 0 |
| Canada | 1 | China | 0 |
| China | 3 | | |
| China | 3 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
| | | Belgium | 2 |
| | | Canada | 0 |

**Crossover**

* 12 December 2009 09:05

| Belgium | 3 – 4 | South Africa |
| - | - | - |
| Dekeyser 8', 14' Charlier 51' | Report | Paton 17' Robinson 25' Reid-Ross 65' Madsen 70' |

* Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 12 December 2009 11:35

| Canada | 1 – 3 | China |
| - | - | - |
| Pearson 7' | Report | Song Yi 11', 28' Lu Fenghui 39' |

* Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Haider Rasool (PAK)

**Seventh and eighth place**

* 13 December 2009 09:05

| Belgium | 2 – 0 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Depaeuw 24' Pangrazio 50' | Report | |

* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

**Fifth and sixth place**

* 13 December 2009 11:35

| South Africa | 5 – 0 | China |
| - | - | - |
| McDade 8' Hykes 26' Reid-Ross 38' Carr 42' Smith 68' | Report | |

* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 |
| Argentina | 2 |
| Argentina | 2 | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
| New Zealand | 3 | New Zealand | 4 |
| 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | | New Zealand | 4 |
| 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | Pakistan | 2 |
| India | 3 | Pakistan | 2 |
| Pakistan | 6 | | |
| Pakistan | 6 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
| | | Argentina | 2 |
| | | India | 3 |

**Semifinals**

* 12 December 2009 14:05

| Argentina | 2 – 3 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Ibarra 18' L. Vila 66' | Report | Hayward 2' Burrows 32' McAleese 45' |

* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 12 December 2009 16:35

| India | 3 – 6 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Mahadik 8', 62' Ram 67' | Report | Butt 2', 29', 64' Abbas 32', 70' Khan 58' |

* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Roel van Eert (NED)

**Third and fourth place**

* 13 December 2009 14:05

| Argentina | 2 – 3 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Callioni 22', 29' | Report | Raghunath 35+' Gurbaj 54' Mahadik 69' |

* Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Deon Nel (RSA)

**Final**

* 13 December 2009 16:35

| New Zealand | 4 – 2 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Archibald 15' Burrows 20', 66' Edwards 65' | Report | Abbas 7' Butt 35' |

* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

## Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Fair Play Trophy |
| - | - | - | - |
| Pedro Ibarra | Sardar Singh | Kyle Pontifex | Argentina |

## Statistics

### Final ranking

* New Zealand
* Pakistan
* India
* Argentina
* South Africa
* China
* Belgium
* Canada
