2001 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge

Field hockey tournament 2001 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 7–15 December Malaysia National Hockey Stadium 6 4 India South Africa Argentina 1 18 64 Argentina Jorge Lombi 7 South Africa Mike Cullen 2003 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge The 2001 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 7 to 15 December 2001. This was the inaugural tournament under introduced by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) to broaden hockey's competitive base globally. Participating nations were Argentina, Belgium, host Malaysia, India, Japan, and South Africa. The winner earned a spot at the 2002 Champions Trophy in Cologne, Germany. India defeated South Africa 2–1 in the final to win the competition. __TOC__ Squads left Argentina font-size:110% Head Coach: Jorge Ruiz Pablo Moreira (GK / C) Juan Pablo Hourquebie Maximiliano Caldas Matias Vila Ezequiel Paulón 7 Mario Almada 10 Tomás MacCormik Santiago Capurro Marcos Riccardi Jorge Lombi Fernando Zylberberg Germán Orozco Fernando Oscaris Matias Paredes 19 Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK) 23 Leonardo Deambarsi left Belgium font-size:110% Vincent Deneumostier (GK) Maxime Luycx Jean-Philippe Brulé Thierry Renaer Xavier-Charles Letier Xavier de Scheemaeker Joeri Beunen Thomas van den Balck Xavier Brooke Robin Geens 12 Christophe Moraux (GK) 15 Marc Coudron (C) 17 Fabian Bueger 20 Xavier Reckinger 22 Charles Vandeweghe Phillippe Goldberg left India font-size:110% Head Coach: Cedric d'Souza Devesh Chauhan (GK) 5 Lazarus Barla Thirumal Valavan 8 Sukhbir Singh Gill Dhanraj Pillay Baljit Singh Dhillon (C) Prabhjot Singh Jude Menezes (GK) 14 Jugraj Singh Daljit Singh Dhillon 20 Kanwalpreet Singh Arjun Halappa Deepak Thakur 24 Bipin Fernandez 27 Vikram Pillay 32 Gagan Ajit Singh left Japan font-size:110% Takahiko Yamabori (C) Naoya Iwadate 5 Ryuji Furasato Akira Takahashi Kenichi Katayama Naohiko Tobita Kazuyuki Ozawa Atsushi Takehara Daisuke Hokaze Akihiko Hirata 14 Mitsuru Ito Jun Takahashi (GK) Yasuhiro Nobui (GK) 18 Ryuhie Harada 20 Fumihiro Matsui 22 Toshiai Fukuda left Malaysia font-size:110% Head Coach: Paul Lissek Roslan Jamaluddin (GK) Singh Maninderijt Chua Boon Huat Gobinathan Krishnamurthy Kuhan Shanmuganathan Nor Azlan Bakar Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz 9 Mohammed Madzli Ikmar Tajol Rosli Mohamed Mohamed Rodhanizam Radzi Keevan Raj Kalikavandan Mirnawan Nawawi Logan Kali Kavandan 16 Ibrahim Mohd Nasihin Nubli 18 Shankar Shanmugam left South Africa font-size:110% Head Coach: Rob Pullen Chris Hibbert (GK) 3 Warren Bond Craig Jackson (C) Craig Fulton Bruce Jacobs 8 Gareth Murray 10 Mike Cullen Clyde Abrahams 12 Justin King 14 Ken Forbes Kevin Chree Brenton Key Darryn Gallagher 22 David Staniforth (GK) 26 Denzil Dolley Marvin Bam Results Pool main WDL complete FIH IND, RSA, ARG, MAS, JPN, BEL F F T T f f 3 0 2 10 8 0 0 5 3 13 3 1 1 9 5 2 0 3 10 10 3 0 2 6 4 H 3 1 1 9 7 ARG BEL IND JPN MAS RSA Q green1 Final blue1 Third place game yellow1 Fifth place game 7 December 2001 16:05 South Africa 3 – 2 Argentina Report King PC 16Cullen FG 69 FG 70 Lombi PC 11Almada FG 59 Antonio Bustos (ESP)Jason McCracken (NZL) 7 December 2001 18:05 India 1 – 0 Belgium Report Pillay FG 47 Steve Graham (WAL)Singh Ravinderpal (MAS) 7 December 2001 20:05 Malaysia 1 – 0 Japan Report Raj PC 40 Satinder Kumar (IND)Sumesh Putra (CAN) 8 December 2001 18:05 South Africa 2 – 2 India Report King PC 11Fulton FG 60 J. Singh PC 9Thakur PC 17 Sumesh Putra (CAN)Singh Paramjit (MAS) 8 December 2001 20:05 Belgium 0 – 2 Malaysia 9 December 2001 18:05 Japan 1 – 2 Argentina 10 December 2001 16:05 Japan 3 – 2 South Africa Report Furasato PC 25Yamabori FG 51Tobita PC 58 Cullen FG 8King PC 43 Antonio Bustos (ESP)Singh Ravinderpal (MAS) 10 December 2001 18:05 Argentina 3 – 1 Belgium Report Almada FG 5 FG 51Capurro FG 11 Bueger FG 18 Singh Paramjit (MAS)Toschimichi Fujimura (JPN) 10 December 2001 20:05 Malaysia 2 – 1 India Report Chua Boon Huat FG 47Raj PC 55 P. Singh FG 23 Jason McCracken (NZL)Steve Graham (WAL) 11 December 2001 18:05 Belgium 0 – 1 South Africa Report Jacobs FG 51 Jason McCracken (NZL)Satinder Kumar (IND) 12 December 2001 18:05 India 3 – 0 Japan Report Thakur PC 35 FG 62P. Singh FG 41 Singh Paramjit (MAS)Antonio Bustos (ESP) 12 December 2001 20:05 Malaysia 1 – 2 Argentina Report L. Raj FG 19 Lombi FG 46 FG 69 Steve Graham (WAL)Sumesh Putra (CAN) 13 December 2001 16:05 Japan 6 – 2 Belgium Report Katayama FG 6Matsui FG 41Tobita PS 44 PC 60Furasato FG 49Iwadate FG 62 Brulé PC 8 PC 40 Blalse Monteiro (IND)Satinder Kumar (IND) 13 December 2001 18:05 India 2 – 1 Argentina Report J. Singh PC 27G. Singh FG 32 MacCormik PC 15 Steve Graham (WAL)Singh Ravinderpal (MAS) 13 December 2001 20:05 South Africa 1 – 0 Malaysia Report Cullen PC 41 Jason McCracken (NZL)Sumesh Putra (CAN) Classification Fifth place game 15 December 2001 08:05 Japan 5 – 3 Belgium ReportSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Katayama FG 1Matsui FG 8 FG 37Yamabori PC 53Furasato FG 61 Reckinger PS 28Beunen PC 39Geens FG 42 Blalse Monteiro (IND)Singh Ravinderpal (MAS) Third place game 15 December 2001 08:05 Argentina 4 – 2 Malaysia Report Lombi FG 7 FG 24 PS 31 FG 59 Chairil FG 45Mohd Madzli Ikmar PC 50 Toschimichi Fujimura (JPN)Jason McCracken (NZL) Final 15 December 2001 20:05 India 2 – 1 South Africa Report Thakur FG 9Dillon FG 55 Dolley FG 58 Steve Graham (WAL)Sumesh Putra (CAN) Statistics Final ranking India South Africa Argentina Malaysia Japan Belgium Awards TopscorerBest PlayerFair Play TrophyArgentina Jorge LombiSouth Africa Mike CullenJapan See also 2001 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy External links 1st Men's Challenge Hockey from Rediff.com https://archive.today/20121203064820/http://209.20.85.171/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,1181-122371-123677-nav-list,00.html Official FIH Reports el Champions Challenge Hockey Champions Challenge Category:International field hockey competitions hosted by Malaysia Category:Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I Hockey Champions Challenge Category:Sports competitions in Kuala Lumpur Category:2000s in Kuala Lumpur