2005 Men's Hockey RaboTrophy

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2005 Men's Hockey
RaboTrophy

Tournament details

Host country

Netherlands

City

Teams

8

Venue

Wagener Stadium

Final positions

Champions

Pakistan (1st title)

Runner-up

Third place

Tournament statistics

Matches played

16

Goals scored

68 (4.25 per match)

Top scorer

Grant Schubert (6 goals)

Best player

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The 2005 Men's Hockey RaboTrophy was the third edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The RaboTrophy was held in Amsterdam from 14 to 21 August 2005, and featured eight of the top nations in men's field hockey.^[1]

Contents

Competition format
Teams
Results
Preliminary round
Classification round
Awards
Statistics
Final standings
Goalscorers
References
External links

Pakistan won the tournament for the first time, defeating Australia 4–3 in the final.^[2]

Competition format

The eight teams were split into pools of four, with each team participating in a single round robin format. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams of each pool contested the final, with the teams consecutively competing in classification matches based on pool standings.

Teams

The following eight teams competed for the title:^[3]

Results

All times are local (Central European Time).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Advanced to Final
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	India	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: Deutscher Hockey-Bund
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.

14 August 2005
15:00

0–1

25'

Umpires:
Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)
Murray Grime (AUS)

16 August 2005
12:30

2–1

4'
Meinert

48'

41'

Umpires:
Jonathan Wright (RSA)
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)

16 August 2005
17:30

0–0

Umpires:
Philip Schellekens (NED)
Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)

18 August 2005
12:30

3–1

15'
Imran

30'
Abbasi

68'

56'

Umpires:
Jonathan Wright (RSA)
Philip Schellekens (NED)

18 August 2005
15:00

4–1

54'
Freixa

55'
Tubau

67'
Sala

70'

48'

Umpires:
Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)

19 August 2005
12:30

0–5

17'
Butt

46', 66'
Shabbir

51'
Saqlain

57'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Jason McCracken (NZL)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	17	4	+13	9	Advanced to Final
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	8	9	−1	6
3	Netherlands (H)	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1
4	England	3	0	1	2	4	12	−8	1

Source: Deutscher Hockey-Bund
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

14 August 2005
12:30

5–1

13'
Seo J.

33', 66'
Kang

35'
Lee S.

66'

22'

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

16 August 2005
15:00

7–1

5', 70+'
McCann

18', 25'
Brooks

22'
De Young

50'
Hammond

68'

64'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Christian Blasch (GER)

16 August 2005
20:00

1–1

14'

35'

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Murray Grime (AUS)

17 August 2005
12:30

2–6

38'
Moore

60'

33'
Dwyer

44'
Schubert

50'
Bishop

55'
Doerner

66'
Naylor

70'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

17 August 2005
15:00

1–2

37'

26'
Yoon

46'

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

19 August 2005
15:00

4–1

4', 64'
Doerner

53'
Brooks

69'

38'

Umpires:
Jonathan Wright (RSA)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

Classification round

Seventh and eighth place

20 August 2005
12:30

2–1

33'
Deepak

53'

69'

Umpires:
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
Philip Schellekens (NED)

Fifth and sixth place

20 August 2005
15:00

0–5

26', 44', 52'
Weusthof

47'
Evers

70'

Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Jonathan Wright (RSA)

Third and fourth place

21 August 2005
12:30

2–1

31', 57'

65'

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Murray Grime (AUS)

Final

21 August 2005
15:00

4–3

18'
Zakir

32'
Butt

42'
Khan

50'

24'
Bishop

34'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)

Awards

The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:^[4]

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Most Promising Player	Fair Play Trophy
Grant Schubert	Grant Schubert	Robert van der Horst	South Korea

Statistics

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
	Pakistan	4	3	1	0	12	4	+8	10	Gold Medal
	Australia	4	3	0	1	20	8	+12	9	Silver Medal
	Spain	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	10	Bronze Medal
4	South Korea	4	2	0	2	9	11	−2	6
5	Netherlands (H)	4	1	1	2	8	7	+1	4
6	Germany	4	1	0	3	3	15	−12	3
7	India	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	3
8	England	4	0	1	3	5	14	−9	1

Source: Deutscher Hockey-Bund
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 68 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.25 goals per match.

6 goals

Grant Schubert

4 goals

Taeke Taekema

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

↑ "Welcome to Rabo Trophy 2005". rabotrophy.nl. Hockey Netherlands. Archived from the original on 25 August 2005. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
↑ "Kookaburras return from Europe". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 14 October 2005. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
↑ "Rabotrophy 2005". hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund . Retrieved 2 December 2020.
↑ "Pakistan overhaul Olympic champions". fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2005. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

External links

Official Website

v t e Hockey RaboTrophy
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