2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge
# 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge

The 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge took place in Boom, Belgium from June 23 to July 1, 2007.

Argentina earned a spot at the 2008 Champions Trophy in Rotterdam, Netherlands after having defeated New Zealand in the final.

## Squads

Head Coach: Sergio Vigil

* Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
* Juan Gilardi
* Mariano Chao (GK)
* Mario Almada (c)
* Lucas Rey
* Rodrigo Vila
* Lucas Cammareri
* Lucas Vila
* Jorge Lombi
* Fernando Zylberberg
* Juan Garreta
* Tomás Argento
* Matias Rey
* Lucas Argento
* Pedro Ibarra
* Lucas Rossi
* Agustin Corradini
* Ignacio Bergner

Head Coach: Giles Bonnet

* Cédric Degreve (GK)
* Xavier Reckinger
* Jérôme Dekeyser
* Loïc Vandeweghe
* John-John Dohmen
* Thomas van den Balck
* Maxime Luycx
* Charles Vandeweghe
* Phillippe Goldberg
* Gregory Gucasoff
* Fabrice Bourdeaud'hui
* Thomas Briels
* Patrice Houssein
* David van Rysselberghe (GK)
* Simon Gougnard
* Benjamin van Hove
* Amaury de Cock
* Jérôme Truyens

Head Coach: Jason Lee

* Nick Brothers (GK)
* Glenn Kirkham (c)
* Richard Alexander
* Richard Mantell
* Ashley Jackson
* Simon Mantell
* Martin Jones
* Matt Daly
* Brett Garrard
* Jonty Clarke
* Rob Moore
* Ben Hawes
* Scott Cordon
* Barry Middleton
* James Tindall
* Jon Bleby
* Ben Marsden
* James Fair (GK)

Head Coach: Joaquim Carvalho

* Adrian D'Souza (GK)
* Dilip Tirkey
* Sandeep Singh
* Shivendra Singh
* Rajpal Singh
* Prabodh Tirkey (c)
* Bimal Lakra
* Damandeep Singh
* William Xalxo
* Sunil Yadav
* Sardara Singh
* Prabhjot Singh
* Gurbaj Singh
* Bharat Chikkara
* Tushar Khandker
* Baljit Singh (GK)
* Roshan Minz
* Vickram Kanth

Head Coach: Akira Takahashi

* Shunsuke Nagaoka (GK)
* Kazuo Yoshida
* Mitsuru Ito
* Yutaka Bito
* Kei Kawakami
* Kenichi Katayama
* Kazuyuki Ozawa (c)
* Kazuhiro Tsubouchi
* Hiroto Noda
* Takahiko Yamabori
* Ryuji Furusato
* Akira Ito
* Yuji Chaki
* Keiji Maeda
* Takayasu Mizawa
* Katsuyoshi Nagasawa
* Yoshihiro Anai
* Katsuya Takase (GK)

Head Coach: Shane McLeod

* David Kosoof
* Nicholas Haig
* Andrew Hayward
* Simon Child
* Blair Hopping
* Dean Couzins
* Casey Henwood
* Ryan Archibald (c)
* Bradley Shaw
* Bevan Hari
* Paul Woolford (GK)
* Kyle Pontifex (GK)
* Phil Burrows
* Hayden Shaw
* Bryce Collins
* Lloyd Stephenson
* Benjamin Collier
* Steven Edwards

## Umpires

Below is the eight umpires appointed by International Hockey Federation (FIH):

* Chen Dekang (CHN)
* Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
* Deon Nel (RSA)
* James Pilgrim (ENG)
* Raghu Prasad (IND)
* Simon Taylor (NZL)
* Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

## Results

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

### Pool

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 11 |
| Argentina | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 10 |
| India | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 |
| England | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 6 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | –7 | 4 |
| Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | –7 | 3 |

* 23 June 2007 13:45

| India | 0 – 2 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | H. Shaw 63' Kosoof 69' |

* Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 23 June 2007 16:00

| Belgium | 1 – 2 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| C. Vandeweghe 12' | Report | Furusato 16' Yamabori 58' |

* Umpires: James Pilgrim (ENG) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 23 June 2007 18:30

| England | 3 – 4 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Alexander 13' S. Mantell 52' Hawes 58' | Report | Lombi 40', 45' L. Rey 45' R. Vila 51' |

* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 24 June 2007 14:00

| New Zealand | 4 – 0 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| H. Shaw 31', 38' Archibald 33' Burrows 49' | Report | |

* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 24 June 2007 16:15

| Argentina | 2 – 3 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Gilardi 40' Lombi 68' | Report | Gucasoff 6', 32' Briels 54' |

* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 24 June 2007 18:45

| India | 3 – 2 | England |
| - | - | - |
| Rajpal 28' Dilip 41' Prabhjot 54' | Report | R. Mantell 33' Clarke 48' |

* Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Chen Dekang (CHN)
* 26 June 2007 14:30

| Japan | 0 – 2 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Ibarra 10' R. Vila 15' |

* Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* 26 June 2007 16:45

| England | 1 – 3 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Moore 43' | Report | H. Shaw 10', 48' Couzins 62' |

* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 26 June 2007 19:00

| Belgium | 1 – 4 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Gucasoff 26' | Report | Sandeep 13' Prabhjot 18' Shivendra 31' Dilip 68' |

* Umpires: James Pilgrim (ENG) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 28 June 2007 14:30

| England | 4 – 3 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| R. Mantell 29' Alexander 50' Clarke 61' Moore 66' | Report | Yamabori 10', 70+' Anai 59' |

* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 28 June 2007 16:45

| Argentina | 2 – 1 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Lombi 39' Almada 60' | Report | Sandeep 64' |

* Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) James Pilgrim (ENG)
* 28 June 2007 19:00

| New Zealand | 3 – 3 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Child 14', 27' Couzins 19' | Report | Briels 8' Reckinger 17' C. Vandeweghe 38' |

* Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* 30 June 2007 11:30

| New Zealand | 3 – 3 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Burrows 15' H. Shaw 46', 70' | Report | L. Vila 16', 69' Garreta 27' |

* Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
* 30 June 2007 13:45

| India | 4 – 3 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Sandeep 7' Prabhjot 22', 34' Dilip 48' | Report | Katayama 11' Yamabori 47' Tsubouchi 65' |

* Umpires: James Pilgrim (ENG) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 30 June 2007 16:00

| Belgium | 2 – 6 | England |
| - | - | - |
| Dekeyser 47' Gucasoff 60' | Report | Jones 26' Daly 28', 58' S. Mantell 53', 70' Clarke 65' |

* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

### Classification

**Fifth and sixth place**

* 1 July 2007 12:30

| Belgium | 3 – 4 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Dekeyser 17', 21' de Cock 62' | Report | Nagasawa 25' Yamabori 27' Yoshida 57' Anai 68' |

* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Chen Dekang (CHN)

**Third and fourth place**

* 1 July 2007 15:00

| India | 4 – 3 | England |
| - | - | - |
| Khandker 3', 6' Sandeep 14' Minz 22' | Report | Moore 34' Tindall 55' S. Mantell 63' |

* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

**Final**

* 1 July 2007 17:30

| New Zealand | 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| H. Shaw 44', 49' | Report | Lombi 66', 67', 75' |

* Umpires: James Pilgrim (ENG) Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)

## Awards

| Topscorer | Best Player | Best Goalkeeper | Fair Play Trophy |
| - | - | - | - |
| Hayden Shaw | Ryan Archibald | Cédric Degreve | New Zealand |

## Statistics

### Final ranking

* Argentina
* New Zealand
* India
* England
* Japan
* Belgium
