2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

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Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Bhubaneswar
Dates	6–14 December
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	Kalinga Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Germany (10th title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	107 (4.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Chris Ciriello Florian Fuchs Jeroen Hertzberger Mink van der Weerden Muhammad Irfan (4 goals)
Best player	Moritz Fürste
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The 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 35th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy, an international men's field hockey tournament organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held between 6 and 14 December 2014 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India. ^[1] From this year on the tournament began to be held biennially due to the introduction of the Hockey World League, returning to its original format changed in 1980. ^[2]

Germany won the tournament for the tenth time after defeating Pakistan 2–0 in the final. ^[3] The five-time defending champions Australia won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts India 2–1. ^[4]

Qualification

Alongside the host nation, the top five finishers from the previous edition and the winner of the 2012 Champions Challenge I qualified automatically. The remaining spots were nominated by the FIH Executive Board, making a total of 8 competing teams. ^[5]

•   India (Host nation, and fourth in the 2012 Champions Trophy)
•   Australia (Defending champions)
•   Netherlands (Second in 2012 Champions Trophy)
•   Pakistan (Third in 2012 Champions Trophy)
•   Belgium (Fifth in 2012 Champions Trophy)
•   Argentina (Winner of 2012 Champions Challenge I)
•   England (Nominated by FIH Executive Board) ^[6]
•   Germany (Nominated by FIH Executive Board) ^[6]

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

• Chen Dekang (CHN)
• Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
• Fernando Gómez (ARG)
• Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
• Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
• Deon Nel (RSA)
• Raghu Prasad (IND)
• Coen van Bunge (NED)
• Paco Vázquez (ESP)
• Peter Wright (RSA)

Preliminary round

All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30) ^[7]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Quarter-finals
2	Belgium	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	5
3	Australia	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	4
4	Pakistan	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. ^[8]

6 December 2014 12:00 Australia   1–3   England Ciriello  54' Report Brogdon  6' Ward  27', 56' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

6 December 2014 14:00 Belgium   2–1   Pakistan Cosyns  12' Briels  44' Report Imran  36' Umpires: Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

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7 December 2014 12:00 Belgium   4–4   Australia Dockier  25' Van Aubel  30' Dohmen  38' Boon  60' Report Ciriello  16' Ockenden  19' Whetton  21' Ogilvie  37' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Raghu Prasad (IND)

7 December 2014 14:00 England   8–2   Pakistan Gleghorne  15' Catlin  17' Condon  19' Middleton  24' Jackson  26' Ward  45' Brogdon  48' Griffiths  59' Report Qadir  57' Irfan  60' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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9 December 2014 14:00 England   1–1   Belgium Lewers  48' Report Keusters  9' Umpires: Paco Vázquez (ESP) Chen Dekang (CHN)

9 December 2014 17:30 Australia   3–0   Pakistan Hayward  23', 54' Whetton  59' Report Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Fernando Gómez (ARG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6	Quarter-finals
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	India (H)	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Germany	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. ^[9]
(H) Hosts

6 December 2014 17:30 Netherlands   3–0   Argentina Van der Weerden  13' Kemperman  19' Van Puffelen  51' Report Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Peter Wright (RSA)

6 December 2014 19:30 Germany   1–0   India Fuchs  60' Report Umpires: Fernando Gómez (ARG) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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7 December 2014 17:30 Germany   1–4   Netherlands Fuchs  56' Report Jonker  11' Van Puffelen  25' Hofman  29' Van Ass  51' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Chen Dekang (CHN)

7 December 2014 19:30 Argentina   4–2   India Vila  30' López  37' Mazzilli  49' Menini  59' Report A. Singh  30' Gurj. Singh  37' Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

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9 December 2014 12:00 Argentina   3–0   Germany Paredes  18' Menini  25' Ortiz  49' Report Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

9 December 2014 19:30 Netherlands   2–3   India Van der Weerden  36', 58' Report Sowmarpet  33' M. Singh  47' Rup. Singh  49' Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

Second round

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 December
	England	0
					13 December
	Germany	2
					Germany	3
	11 December
					Australia	2
	Argentina	2
									14 December
	Australia	4
									Germany	2
	11 December
									Pakistan	0
	Belgium	2
					13 December
	India	4
					India	3
	11 December
					Pakistan	4			Third place
	Netherlands	2
									14 December
	Pakistan	4
									Australia	2
									India	1

Quarter-finals

11 December 2014 11:30 Netherlands   2–4   Pakistan Hertzberger  6' Jonker  39' Report Bhutta  16' Imran  30' Irfan  51', 52' Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

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11 December 2014 13:45 Argentina   2–4   Australia Paredes  16' Brunet  35' Report Orchard  6' Hayward  37' Beale  42' Ciriello  49' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Peter Wright (RSA)

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11 December 2014 17:15 England   0–2   Germany Report Fürste  30' Rühr  58' Umpires: Paco Vázquez (ESP) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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11 December 2014 19:30 Belgium   2–4   India Denayer  12' Dockier  18' Report Rupinder Pal  18' Uthappa  27' Akashdeep  41' Dharamvir  49' Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Coen van Bunge (NED)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	13 December
	England	1
					14 December
	Argentina	2
					Argentina	1
	13 December
					Netherlands	4
	Belgium	2 (2)
	Netherlands (p.s.o)	2 (4)
					Seventh place
					14 December
					England	3
					Belgium	2

Cross-overs

13 December 2014 11:30 Belgium   2–2   Netherlands Boon  49' Cosyns  60' Report Hertzberger  11' Baart  30' Penalties Denayer Cosyns Van Doren Van Aubel 2–4 Hertzberger Kemperman Van Ass Baart Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Fernando Gómez (ARG)

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13 December 2014 13:45 England   1–2   Argentina Jackson  12' Report Peillat  25', 48' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

Seventh and eighth place

14 December 2014 11:30 England   3–2   Belgium Condon  14', 19' Griffiths  30' Report Van Aubel  10', 39' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Fernando Gómez (ARG)

Fifth and sixth place

14 December 2014 13:45 Argentina   1–4   Netherlands Paredes  19' Report Van der Weerden  47' Hertzberger  55', 58' Jonker  56' Umpires: Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

13 December 2014 17:15 Germany   3–2   Australia Oruz  5' Grambusch  9' Fuchs  31' Report Ciriello  34' Budgeon  42' Umpires: Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Chen Dekang (CHN)

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13 December 2014 19:30 India   3–4   Pakistan Gurjinder  12' Dharamvir  38' Thimmaiah  44' Report Qadir  17', 59' Waqas  32' Irfan  44' Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Third and fourth place

14 December 2014 17:15 Australia   2–1   India Ockenden  18' Gohdes  52' Report Upadhyay  42' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Chen Dekang (CHN)

Final

14 December 2014 19:30 Germany   2–0   Pakistan Wesley  18' Fuchs  58' Report Umpires: Paco Vázquez (ESP) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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
	Germany	6	4	0	2	9	9	0	12	Gold Medal
	Pakistan	6	2	0	4	11	20	−9	6	Silver Medal
	Australia	6	3	1	2	16	13	+3	10	Bronze Medal
4	India	6	2	0	4	13	15	−2	6	Fourth Place
5	Netherlands	6	3	1	2	17	11	+6	10	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Argentina	6	3	0	3	12	14	−2	9
7	England	6	3	1	2	16	10	+6	10
8	Belgium	6	1	3	2	13	15	−2	6

Source: FIH

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorers	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young player of the Tournament
Moritz Fürste	5 Players (see list below)	Sreejesh Ravindran	Akashdeep Singh

Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.46 goals per match.

4 goals

• Chris Ciriello
• Florian Fuchs
• Jeroen Hertzberger
• Mink van der Weerden
• Muhammad Irfan

3 goals

• Matías Paredes
• Jeremy Hayward
• Florent van Aubel
• Samuel Ward
• David Condon
• Constantijn Jonker
• Arslan Qadir

2 goals

• Joaquín Menini
• Gonzalo Peillat
• Jacob Whetton
• Eddie Ockenden
• Tom Boon
• Tanguy Cosyns
• Sébastien Dockier
• Alastair Brogdon
• Chris Griffiths
• Ashley Jackson
• Akashdeep Singh
• Dharamvir Singh
• Gurjinder Singh
• Rupinder Pal Singh
• Diede van Puffelen
• Muhammad Imran

1 goal

• Manuel Brunet
• Juan Martín López
• Agustín Mazzilli
• Ignacio Ortíz
• Lucas Vila
• Daniel Beale
• Nicholas Budgeon
• Matthew Gohdes
• Flynn Ogilvie
• Simon Orchard
• Thomas Briels
• Félix Denayer
• John-John Dohmen
• Amaury Keusters
• Nicholas Catlin
• Mark Gleghorne
• Iain Lewers
• Barry Middleton
• Moritz Fürste
• Mats Grambusch
• Timur Oruz
• Christopher Rühr
• Christopher Wesley
• Manpreet Singh
• S.V. Sunil
• Nikkin Thimmaiah
• Lalit Upadhyay
• S. K. Uthappa
• Sander Baart
• Rogier Hofman
• Robbert Kemperman
• Seve van Ass
• Muhammad Umar Bhutta
• Muhammad Waqas

Source: FIH

See also

• 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I
• 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup
• 2014 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy

References

1. "Bhubaneswar, not Delhi to host 2014 Men's Champions Trophy". The Times Of India. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
2. "Hockey: England select 18-man Champions Trophy squad". BBC Sport. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
3. "Wesley & Fuchs give Germany 10th Champions Trophy Gold medal". FIH. 14 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
4. "Kookaburras grab Bronze in Bhubaneswar". FIH. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
5. "Qualification Criteria for FIH Champions Trophy and FIH Champions Challenges from 2012 onwards" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
6. "Executive Board makes key decisions at latest meeting". FIH.ch. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
7. "Schedule released for the men's Hero Hockey Champions Trophy 2014, Bhubaneswar, India". FIH. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
8. "FIH Tournament Regulations - January 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2016.
9. "FIH Tournament Regulations - January 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2016.

External links

• Official website