Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Men's hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Melbourne
Dates	17–25 March 2006
Teams	10 (from 5 confederations)
Venue	State Netball and Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	135 (5 per match)
Top scorer	Sandeep Singh (7 goals)
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Men's field hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place between 17 March and 25 March. The competition consisted of a round robin stage of two groups of five with the winners and runners-up of each group qualifying for the semifinals. ^[1] All matches were played at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in the Parkville area of Melbourne. ^{[2] [3]}

The competition was won by Australia who defeated Pakistan 3–0 to claim their third successive commonwealth title.

Squads

Main article: Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's team squads

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	4	4	0	0	20	5	+15	12	Semi-finals
2	England	4	3	0	1	13	10	+3	9
3	New Zealand	4	2	0	2	14	10	+4	6
4	Scotland	4	1	0	3	4	13	−9	3
5	Canada	4	0	0	4	3	16	−13	0

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

17 March 2006 10:30 New Zealand   3–4   England Hari  4' H. Shaw  38' Hopping  65' Report Mantell  19' Alexander  32' Daly  46' Middleton  56' Umpires: Syed Kamran Shah (PAK) Ravinderpal Singh (MAS)

17 March 2006 19:00 Australia   5–1   Scotland Butler  2' Livermore  12' Wells  31' Doerner  50' Brooks  59' Report Stott  5' Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRE) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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18 March 2006 08:30 New Zealand   4–1   Canada Child  15' McAleese  21', 60' Brooks  62' Report Fernandes  10' Umpires: Syed Kamran Shah (PAK) Colin Hutchinson (IRE)

18 March 2006 20:30 Scotland   1–3   England Mitchell  16' Report Mantell  9' Daly  11' Jones  51' Umpires: Ravinderpal Singh (MAS) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

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19 March 2006 16:00 Canada   1–5   Australia Wettlaufer  68' Report McCann  8', 28' Eglington  27' George  45', 58' Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Colin Hutchinson (IRE)

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20 March 2006 18:30 New Zealand   5–0   Scotland Hari  30' Burrows  42', 61' H. Shaw  54', 67' Report Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRE) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

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21 March 2006 10:30 Australia   5–1   England Eglington  2', 32', 63' Livermore  37', 40' Report Tindall  59' Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Colin Hutchinson (IRE)

21 March 2006 16:30 Canada   0–2   Scotland Report Christie  7' Ralph  47' Umpires: Ravinderpal Singh (MAS) Syed Kamran Shah (PAK)

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22 March 2006 16:00 England   5–1   Canada Tindall  12' Daly  24', 40', 52' Mantell  47' Report Grimes  39' Umpires: Syed Kamran Shah (PAK) Javed Shaikh (IND)

22 March 2006 18:00 Australia   5–2   New Zealand Dwyer  38' Knowles  43' De Young  58' Schubert  63' Doerner  67' Report Brooks  36' Child  69' Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRE) Ravinderpal Singh (MAS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	4	3	1	0	18	8	+10	10	Semi-finals
2	Malaysia	4	2	1	1	16	8	+8	7
3	India	4	2	1	1	14	6	+8	7
4	South Africa	4	1	1	2	8	6	+2	4
5	Trinidad and Tobago	4	0	0	4	3	31	−28	0

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

17 March 2006 08:30 Malaysia   1–1   India Amin  25' Report Sandeep  44' Umpires: Gerald Curran (SCO) Simon Taylor (NZL)

17 March 2006 16:00 Trinidad and Tobago   1–6   South Africa Quan Chan  50' Report Symons  8' Tsolekile  15' Phillips  18' Madsen  23' Paul  32' Reid-Ross  60' Umpires: Nicholas Lockhart (ENG) Paul Ludwig (AUS)

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18 March 2006 15:30 Pakistan   4–1   India Khan  23' Aziz  39' Maqsood  41', 61' Report Tejbir  14' Umpires: Paul Ludwig (AUS) Gerald Curran (SCO)

18 March 2006 18:30 Trinidad and Tobago   0–8   Malaysia Report Mohan  14', 38' Amin  17', 20', 33', 54' Azlan  35' Logan  58' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)

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19 March 2006 18:00 South Africa   1–1   Pakistan Basson  55' Report Warsi  66' Umpires: Nicholas Lockhart (ENG) Simon Taylor (NZL)

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20 March 2006 18:00 India   10–1   Trinidad and Tobago Rajpal  4' Deepak  9', 17', 30' Sandeep  38', 57', 64', 70' Kanwalpreet  41' Tushar  45' Report Quan Chan  18' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Gerald Curran (SCO)

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21 March 2006 08:30 South Africa   1–2   Malaysia Symons  27' Report Logan  45' Chua  46' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)

21 March 2006 14:00 Pakistan   7–1   Trinidad and Tobago Abbasi  5' Imran  9' Butt  12', 14', 25' Zubair  33' Shabbir  53' Report Quan Chan  29' Umpires: Gerald Curran (SCO) Christopher Wilson (CAN)

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22 March 2006 11:00 India   2–0   South Africa Sandeep  5' Tushar  51' Report Umpires: Nicholas Lockhart (ENG) Simon Taylor (NZL)

22 March 2006 13:00 Malaysia   5–6   Pakistan Kuhan  5', 24', 45', 58' Chua  48' Report Maqsood  8' Abbasi  10' Shabbir  14' Imran  21' Butt  37', 61' Umpires: Gerald Curran (SCO) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

Classification matches

Ninth and tenth place

24 March 2006 08:30 Canada   2–0   Trinidad and Tobago Pearson  28' P. Short  34' Report Umpires: Syed Kamran Shah (PAK) Ravinderpal Singh (MAS)

Seventh and eighth place

24 March 2006 20:00 Scotland   2–1   South Africa Ralph  30' Stott  61' Report Symons  49' Umpires: Paul Ludwig (AUS) Christopher Wilson (CAN)

Fifth and sixth place

24 March 2006 13:30 New Zealand   2–1 (a.e.t.)   India Burrows  59' Hari  73' Report Sandeep  22' Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRE) Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 March 2006
	Australia	6
					26 March 2006
	Malaysia	0
					Australia	3
	24 March 2006
					Pakistan	0
	Pakistan (a.e.t)	2
	England	1
					Third place
					26 March 2006
					Malaysia	2
					England	0

Semi-finals

24 March 2006 11:00 Australia   6–0   Malaysia Livermore  31', 50' Dwyer  42' Doerner  57', 70' De Young  67' Report Umpires: Gerald Curran (SCO) Colin Hutchinson (IRE)

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24 March 2006 17:30 Pakistan   2–1 (a.e.t.)   England Abbasi  54', 73' Report Daly  68' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Simon Taylor (NZL)

Bronze medal match

26 March 2006 10:30 Malaysia   2–0   England Amin  33' Tengku  59' Report Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Paul Ludwig (AUS)

Gold medal match

26 March 2006 13:00 Australia   3–0   Pakistan De Young  18' Doerner  58' Dwyer  61' Report Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRE) Gerald Curran (SCO)

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	Final result
	Australia (H)	6	6	0	0	29	5	+24	18	Gold Medal
	Pakistan	6	4	1	1	20	12	+8	13	Silver Medal
	Malaysia	6	3	1	2	18	14	+4	10	Bronze Medal
4	England	6	3	0	3	14	14	0	9
5	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	16	11	+5	9
6	India	5	2	1	2	15	8	+7	7
7	Scotland	5	2	0	3	6	14	−8	6
8	South Africa	5	1	1	3	9	8	+1	4
9	Canada	5	1	0	4	5	16	−11	3
10	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	0	5	3	33	−30	0

Source: The CGF
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 135 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.

7 goals

• Sandeep Singh

6 goals

• Matthew Daly
• Amin Rahim

5 goals

• Luke Doerner
• Brent Livermore
• Rehan Butt

4 goals

• Nathan Eglington
• Kuhan Shanmuganathan
• Shakeel Abbasi

3 goals

• Jamie Dwyer
• Liam de Young
• Simon Mantell
• Deepak Thakur
• Phillip Burrows
• Bevan Hari
• Hayden Shaw
• Adnan Maqsood
• Ian Symons
• Dwain Quan Chan

2 goals

• Bevan George
• Michael McCann
• James Tindall
• Tushar Khandekar
• Mohan Jiwa
• Chua Boon Huat
• Logan Raj
• Gareth Brooks
• Simon Child
• Shea McAleese
• Muhammad Imran
• Muhammad Shabbir
• David Ralph
• Niall Stott

1 goal

• Travis Brooks
• Dean Butler
• Mark Knowles
• Grant Schubert
• Matthew Wells
• Wayne Fernandes
• Connor Grimes
• Mark Pearson
• Peter Short
• Paul Wettlaufer
• Richard Alexander
• Martin Jones
• Barry Middleton
• Kanwalpreet Singh
• Rajpal Singh
• Tejbir Singh
• Azlan Misron
• Tengku Tajuddin
• Blair Hopping
• Tariq Aziz
• Mudassar Ali Khan
• Syed Imran Ali Warsi
• Muhammad Zubair
• Jonathan Christie
• David Mitchell
• Reece Basson
• Wayne Madsen
• John Paul
• Leroy Phillips
• Justin Reid-Ross
• Lungile Tsolekile

References

1. "Hockey Schedule and Results". 2006 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
2. "2006 Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
3. "Hockey Schedule and Results". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation.