2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II

2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II

Tournament details
Host country	Ireland
City	Dublin
Dates	6–12 July
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue	National Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Poland (1st title)
Runner-up	Ireland
Third place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Top scorer	John Jermyn (7 goals)
Best player	Tomasz Dutkiewicz
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The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II was the inaugural edition of the Champions Challenge II. It was held at the National Hockey Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, from 6 to 12 July 2009. ^[1]

Poland won the tournament, defeating hosts Ireland 5–4 on penalties after the final finished a 3–3 draw. ^{[2] [3]} With the win, Poland gained promotion to the 2011 Champions Challenge I in Johannesburg.

Teams

Qualification for the tournament was based on rankings at the 2008 FIH Olympic Qualifiers. ^[4]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
2–10 February 2008	2008 FIH Olympic Qualifiers	Auckland, New Zealand	2	France   Ireland
1–9 March 2008		Santiago, Chile	3	Austria   Chile   Russia
5–13 April 2008		Santiago, Chile	3	Japan   Malaysia   Poland
Total			8

Results

All times are Irish Standard Time (UTC+1) ^[5]

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	0	9	6	+3	9	Semi-finals
2	Ireland (H)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3
4	Chile	3	0	0	3	5	10	−5	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

6 July 2009 17:30 Japan   2–3   Poland Nagasawa  44' Kitazato  54' Strykowski  37' Górny  49', 69' Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Iskandar Rashdan Rusli (MAS)

6 July 2009 19:45 Ireland   3–0   Chile Jermyn  8', 30', 49' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Andrew Isaev (RUS)

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7 July 2009 17:45 Poland   3–2   Chile Choczaj  9' Dutkiewicz  15' Juszczak  42' Krainz  12', 47' Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Benoit Chopin (FRA)

7 July 2009 20:00 Ireland   3–0   Japan Jermyn  11', 18' Watt  30' Umpires: Ged Curran (ECO) Iskandar Rashdan Rusli (MAS)

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9 July 2009 17:30 Japan   4–3   Chile Mitani  3' Furusato  34' Kitazato  36', 54' Montegu  55' Berzcely  60' Eggers  69' Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Andrey Isaev (RUS)

9 July 2009 19:45 Poland   3–2   Ireland Górny  7' Janiszewski  30' Dutkiewicz  39' Watt  5' Sothern  24' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Benoit Chopin (FRA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia	3	3	0	0	11	7	+4	9	Semi-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	12	8	+4	6
3	Russia	3	0	1	2	10	13	−3	1
4	Austria	3	0	1	2	7	12	−5	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

6 July 2009 13:00 Malaysia   3–2   Austria Singh  4' A. Rahim  46', 49' Körper  43', 60' Umpires: Ged Curran (ECO) Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)

6 July 2009 15:15 France   5–3   Russia Jean-Jean  14' Martin-Brisac  17' Soyez  40' Becuwe  56', 70' Sergeev  19', 68' Mayorov  37' Umpires: David Stewart (IRL) Krzysztof Cholewa (POL)

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7 July 2009 13:15 Austria   4–4   Russia Körper  31', 64' Stanzl  39' Monghy  53' Sergeev  7', 48' Mokrousov  13' Azarov  20' Umpires: Krzysztof Cholewa (POL) Martin Vatter (CHI)

7 July 2009 15:30 France   2–4   Malaysia Sevestre  22' Becuwe  68' Ismail  14' A. Rahim  34' Azlan  37' R. Rahim  41' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)

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9 July 2009 13:00 Malaysia   4–3   Russia Ismail  8' Hafifi  30' Tengku  53' Faizal  66' Sergeev  42', 57' Mamoshkin  43' Umpires: Martin Vatter (CHI) Krzystof Cholewa (POL)

9 July 2009 15:15 Austria   1–5   France Körper  39' Soyez  16', 59' Becuwe  18' Durchon  64', 66' Umpires: Ged Curran (ECO) David Stewart (IRL)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	11 July 2009
	Japan	4
					12 July 2009
	Austria	2
					Japan	9
	11 July 2009
					Russia	2
	Russia	2
	Chile	1
					Seventh place
					12 July 2009
					Austria	4
					Chile	2

Crossover

11 July 2009 09:30 Japan   4–2   Austria Furusato  22' Anai  25' Mitani  48', 50' Report Stanzl  17' Laminger  58' Umpires: Martin Vatter (CHI) Krzysztof Cholewa (POL)

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11 July 2009 12:00 Russia   2–1   Chile Likov  14' Platonov  64' Report Kannegiesser  68' Umpires: Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN) Benoit Chopin (FRA)

Seventh and eighth place

12 July 2009 09:30 Austria   4–2   Chile Körper  9' Grandits  17' Stanzl  28' Hübner  39' Report Richter  11' Krainz  47' Umpires: Iskandar Rashdan Rusli (MAS) David Stewart (IRL)

Fifth and sixth place

12 July 2009 12:00 Japan   9–2   Russia Anai  6', 64', 69' Nagawasa  41', 49' Watanabe  45' Tsubouchi  55' Furusato  59' Ono  62' Report Platonov  19' Azarov  22' Umpires: Benoit Chopin (FRA) Martin Vatter (CHI)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 July 2009
	Poland	3
					12 July 2009
	France	1
					Poland (pen.)	3 (5)
	11 July 2009
					Ireland	3 (4)
	Malaysia	1
	Ireland	2
					Third place
					12 July 2009
					France (a.e.t.)	4
					Malaysia	3

Semifinals

11 July 2009 14:30 Poland   3–1   France Strykowski  10' Oszyjczyk  30' Dutkiewicz  54' Report Soyez  3' Umpires: Iskandar Rashdan Rusli (MAS) David Stewart (IRL)

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11 July 2009 17:00 Malaysia   1–2   Ireland Tengku  20' Report Jermyn  5' Hobbs  57' Umpires: Andrey Isaev (RUS) Michael Eilmer (AUT)

Third and fourth place

12 July 2009 14:30 France   4–3 (a.e.t.)   Malaysia Genestet  16' Soyez  22', 77' Jean-Jean  44' Report Hanafi  32' Sandrakasi  58' R. Rahim  65' Umpires: Andrey Isaev (RUS) Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)

Final

12 July 2009 17:00 Poland   3–3 (a.e.t.)   Ireland Strykowski  39', 70' Rachwalski  57' Report Watt  4', 50' Jermyn  16' Penalties Dutkiewicz Rachwalski Hutek Górny Janiszewski Dutkiewicz 5–4 Butler Jermyn Brennan Cockram Gormley Butler Umpires: Ged Curran (ECO) Peter Wright (RSA)

Awards

Top scorer	Player of the Tournament
John Jermyn	Tomasz Dutkiewicz

Final rankings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	Poland	5	4	1	0	15	10	+5	13	Qualified for 2011 Champions Challenge I
	Ireland (H)	5	3	1	1	13	7	+6	10
	France	5	3	0	2	17	14	+3	9
4	Malaysia	5	3	0	2	15	13	+2	9
5	Japan	5	3	0	2	19	13	+6	9
6	Russia	5	1	1	3	14	23	−9	4
7	Austria	5	1	1	3	13	18	−5	4
8	Chile	5	0	0	5	8	16	−8	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 114 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.7 goals per match.

7 goals

• John Jermyn

6 goals

• Michael Körper
• Frédéric Soyez
• Aleksei Sergeyev

4 goals

• Arnaud Becuwe
• Michael Watt
• Yoshihiro Anai
• Marcin Strykowski

3 goals

• Benjamin Stanzl
• Esteban Krainz
• Ryuji Furusato
• Kenji Kitazato
• Genki Mitani
• Katsuyoshi Nagasawa
• Amin Rahim
• Tomasz Dutkiewicz
• Tomasz Górny

2 goals

• Matthieu Durchon
• Sebastien Jean-Jean
• Ismail Abu
• Hafifi Hafiz Hanafi
• Razie Rahim
• Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
• Dmitry Azarov
• Alexandre Platonov

1 goal

• Manuel Grandits
• Tobias Hübner
• Wolfgang Laminger
• Dominik Monghy
• Alexis Berczely
• Felipe Eggers
• Thomas Kannegiesser
• Felipe Montegu
• Jan Richter
• Martin Genestet
• Nicolas Martin-Brisac
• Lucas Sevestre
• David Hobbs
• Alan Sothern
• Tomonori Ono
• Kazuhiro Tsubouchi
• Hiroki Watanabe
• Azlan Misron
• Faizal Saari
• Selvaraju Sandrakasi
• Kevinder Makbul Singh
• Tomasz Choczaj
• Maciej Janiszewski
• Miroslaw Juszczak
• Szymon Oszyjczyk
• Dariusz Rachwalski
• Alexander Likov
• Alexey Mamoshkin
• Alexey Mayorov
• Evgeny Mokrousov

References

1. "WorldHockey Champions Challenge II (Men)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 26 February 2026.
2. "Ireland let lead slip and pay penalty". irishtimes.com. The Irish Times. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
3. "Ireland 3-3 Poland (4-5 on pens)". rte.ie. RTÉ. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
4. "FIH releases Qualified Teams for 2009 Events". FIH. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "FIH releases Men's Champions Challenge II schedule". FIH. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}