# 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 12th edition of Men's Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 28 February to 13 March 2010 in New Delhi, India.
Australia won the tournament after defeating Germany 2–1 in the final, collecting their second World Cup, after the title obtained in 1986. The Netherlands won the third-place match by defeating England 4–3.

## Background

India's hosting of the event was put in doubt when the FIH reviewed the progress of the Indian Hockey Federation's "Promoting Indian Hockey" program and India's preparation for the championship, and warned that "satisfactory progress had not been made in either area". India was warned it could lose the right to host the World Cup unless satisfactory progress was made. It was confirmed on 18 July 2008 that the International Hockey Federation formally awarded the hosting rights to India.

## Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European confederation received three extra quotas based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2008 Summer Olympics. In addition to the three winners of each of the three Qualifiers, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | India (12) |
| 7–15 March 2009 | 2009 Pan American Cup | Santiago, Chile | 1 | Canada (11) |
| 9–16 May 2009 | 2009 Asia Cup | Kuantan, Malaysia | 1 | South Korea (5) |
| 10–18 July 2009 | 2009 Africa Cup of Nations | Accra, Ghana | 1 | South Africa (13) |
| 22–30 August 2009 | 2009 EuroHockey Championship | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 4 | England (6) Germany (1) Netherlands (4) Spain (3) |
| 25–29 August 2009 | 2009 Oceania Cup | Invercargill, New Zealand | 1 | Australia (2) |
| 31 October – 8 November 2009 | Qualifier 1 | Lille, France | 1 | Pakistan (7) |
| 7–15 November 2009 | Qualifier 2 | Invercargill, New Zealand | 1 | New Zealand (8) |
| 14–22 November 2009 | Qualifier 3 | Quilmes, Argentina | 1 | Argentina (14) |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Competition format

Twelve teams competed in the tournament with the competition consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into two pools of six teams, and play followed round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. At the end of the pool matches, teams were ranked in their pool according to the following criteria in order:
* Total points accumulated
* Number of matches won
* Goal difference
* Goals for
* The result of the match played between the teams in question
Following the completion of the pool games, teams placing first and second in each pool advanced to a single elimination round consisting of two semifinal games, a third place playoff and a final. Remaining teams competed in classification matches to determine their ranking in the tournament. During these matches, extra time of 7½ minutes per half was to be played if teams were tied at the end of regulation time. During extra time, play followed golden goal rules with the first team to score declared the winner. If no goals were scored during extra time, a penalty stroke competition was to take place.

## Umpires

16 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament. During each match, a video umpire was used to assist the on-field umpires in determining if a goal had been legally scored. The FIH also mandated that on a trial basis during the tournament, each team received the right to refer one decision made by an on-field umpire to the video umpire for assessment. Referrals were only permitted for decisions made within the 23 meter area relating to the award (or non-award) of goals, penalty strokes, and penalty corners. In the event that the referral was upheld, the referring team retained a right of further referral.
* Christian Blasch (GER)
* Ged Curran (SCO)
* David Gentles (AUS)
* Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
* Hamish Jamson (ENG)
* Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
* Satinder Kumar (IND)
* Andy Mair (SCO)
* Raghu Prasad (IND)
* Tim Pullman (AUS)
* Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
* Gary Simmonds (RSA)
* Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* Simon Taylor (NZL)
* Roel van Eert (NED)
* John Wright (RSA)

## Preliminary round

All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 10 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 6 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 28 | −22 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
* 1 March 2010 16:35
| New Zealand | 3–2 | Canada |
| Bhana 11' Haig 47' Archibald 66' | Report | Pearson 1' Wright 20' |
* Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
* 1 March 2010 18:35
| Germany | 2–2 | South Korea |
| Fuchs 50' Weß 58' | Report | Hyun Hye-sung 4' Lee Nam-yong 15' |
* Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 1 March 2010 20:35
| Netherlands | 3–0 | Argentina |
| Taekema 13', 35', 61' | Report | |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)
* 3 March 2010 16:35
| Canada | 0–6 | Germany |
| | Report | Weß 3' Montag 21' Müller 22' Haener 27' Fuchs 58', 63' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
* 3 March 2010 16:35
| Argentina | 1–2 | South Korea |
| Callioni 53' | Report | Lee Nam-yong 62' Nam Hyun-woo 70' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 3 March 2010 20:35
| New Zealand | 1–3 | Netherlands |
| Burrows 1' | Report | Brouwer 2' Taekema 7' Hertzberger 27' |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) John Wright (RSA)
* 5 March 2010 16:35
| South Korea | 1–2 | New Zealand |
| Lee Nam-yong 70' | Report | Hayward 4' Couzins 22' |
* Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 5 March 2010 18:35
| Netherlands | 6–0 | Canada |
| Taekema 41' Brouwer 43' Hofman 48', 56' Reckers 53', 63' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kim Hong-lae (KOR) Ged Curran (SCO)
* 5 March 2010 20:35
| Germany | 4–3 | Argentina |
| Zwicker 5', 14' Witthaus 23' Häner 51' | Report | L. Vila 6' Paredes 34' Ibarra 55' |
* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Andy Mair (SCO)
* 7 March 2010 16:35
| South Korea | 9–2 | Canada |
| Nam Hyun-woo 23', 67' Jang Jong-hyun 35+', 42', 61' Lee Nam-yong 38' Yoon Sung-hoon 40' You Hyo-sik 41', 63' | Report | Wright 42', 51' |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (SCO) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 7 March 2010 18:35
| New Zealand | 0–1 | Argentina |
| | Report | Callioni 55' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
* 7 March 2010 20:35
| Germany | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| Korn 44' Montag 63' | Report | Jolie 23' De Nooijer 65' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Andy Mair (SCO)
* 9 March 2010 16:35
| Germany | 5–2 | New Zealand |
| Menke 15' Fuchs 28' Witte 47' Fürste 63' Witthaus 64' | Report | McAleese 51' Wilson 54' |
* Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) John Wright (RSA)
* 9 March 2010 18:35
| Netherlands | 1–2 | South Korea |
| Brouwer 1' | Report | Nam Hyun-woo 31' Seo Jong-ho 45' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Ged Curran (SCO)
* 9 March 2010 20:35
| Canada | 2–4 | Argentina |
| Tupper 60' Jameson 65' | Report | L. Vila 29' Paredes 43' Almada 56' Argento 70' |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 6 | +17 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | England | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | India (H) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 4 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 4 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Pakistan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 | Eleventh place game |
* 28 February 2010 16:35
| South Africa | 2–4 | Spain |
| Hykes 16' Haley 30' | Report | Oliva 19' Alegre 20' Garza 45' Quemada 61' |
* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
* 28 February 2010 18:35
| Australia | 2–3 | England |
| Dwyer 23', 64' | Report | Jackson 24' Tindall 33', 45' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
* 28 February 2010 20:35
| India | 4–1 | Pakistan |
| Sh. Singh 27' Sandeep Singh 35+', 56' P. Singh 37' | Report | Abbas 59' |
* Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) John Wright (RSA)
* 2 March 2010 16:35
| South Africa | 4–6 | England |
| Harper 10', 53' Norris-Jones 25' McDade 67' | Report | Mantell 15', 57' Moore 23' Jackson 43' Catlin 50' Mackay 51' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 2 March 2010 18:35
| Pakistan | 2–1 | Spain |
| Khan 29', 67' | Report | Alegre 65' |
* Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Roel van Eert (NED)
* 2 March 2010 20:35
| India | 2–5 | Australia |
| Pillay 35' R. Singh 53' | Report | De Young 2' Turner 7', 43' Abbott 26' Doerner 42' |
* Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Andy Mair (SCO)
* 4 March 2010 16:35
| South Africa | 0–12 | Australia |
| | Report | Doerner 16', 34', 49', 66', 68' Turner 20', 62' Abbott 26' Kavanagh 35' Butturini 44' Dwyer 52', 54' |
* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Hamish Jamson (ENG)
* 4 March 2010 18:35
| England | 5–2 | Pakistan |
| Clarke 20', 62' Jackson 32' Middleton 52', 65' | Report | Abbasi 45' Butt 49' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 4 March 2010 20:35
| India | 2–5 | Spain |
| San. Singh 39' Chandi 43' | Report | Sala 19' Amat 35' Quemada 41', 67' Oliva 42' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) David Gentles (AUS)
* 6 March 2010 16:35
| Australia | 2–0 | Spain |
| Doerner 20' Turner 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Ged Curran (SCO)
* 6 March 2010 18:35
| South Africa | 4–3 | Pakistan |
| Carr 38' Haley 41' T. Paton 46' Harper 54' | Report | Butt 6' Imran 68' W. Ahmed 70+' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Hamish Jamson (ENG)
* 6 March 2010 20:35
| India | 2–3 | England |
| Chandi 54' R. Singh 57' | Report | Tindall 16' Jackson 42', 47' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
* 8 March 2010 16:35
| Spain | 2–0 | England |
| Quemada 35' Tubau 64' | Report | |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 8 March 2010 18:35
| Australia | 2–1 | Pakistan |
| Abbott 38', 68' | Report | Abbas 24' |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
* 8 March 2010 20:35
| India | 3–3 | South Africa |
| Sar. Singh 17' Ram 25' Sh. Singh 66' | Report | Norris-Jones 7' Reid-Ross 39' Smith 48' |
* Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Roel van Eert (NED)

## Fifth to twelfth place classification
### Eleventh and twelfth place

* 11 March 2010 15:35
| Canada | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Pakistan |
| Grimes 12' Pearson 58' Tupper 83' | Report | Butt 4' Ali 46' |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Simon Taylor (NZL)

### Ninth and tenth place

* 12 March 2010 15:35
| New Zealand | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | South Africa |
| Inglis 40' Hayward 42', 49', 70+' | Report | Reid-Ross 4' Norris-Jones 45' T. Paton 50' Hammond 57' |
| Penalties |||
| Archibald Couzins Hayward McAleese Wilson Couzins | 5–4 | Madsen Reid-Ross W. Paton Haley Carr Madsen |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Satinder Kumar (IND)

### Seventh and eighth place

* 12 March 2010 18:05
| Argentina | 4–2 | India |
| Argento 28' L. Vila 43', 45' Callioni 46' | Report | San. Singh 42' Sh. Singh 49' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

### Fifth and sixth place

* 12 March 2010 20:35
| South Korea | 0–2 | Spain |
| | Report | Amat 1', 32' |
* Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Roel van Eert (NED)

## First to fourth place classification
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 11 March | 11 March |
| Germany | 4 |
| Germany | 4 | 13 March | 13 March |
| England | 1 | 13 March | 13 March |
| England | 1 | Germany | 1 |
| 11 March | 11 March | | Germany | 1 |
| 11 March | 11 March | Australia | 2 |
| Australia | 2 | Australia | 2 |
| Netherlands | 1 | | |
| Netherlands | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 13 March | 13 March |
| | | England | 3 |
| | | Netherlands | 4 |

### Semi-finals

* 11 March 2010 18:05
| Germany | 4–1 | England |
| Montag 6' Korn 11' Häner 31' Butt 60' | Report | Smith 19' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) John Wright (RSA)
* 11 March 2010 20:35
| Australia | 2–1 | Netherlands |
| Doerner 27' Turner 55' | Report | Taekema 58' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Andy Mair (SCO)

### Third and fourth place

* 13 March 2010 15:35
| England | 3–4 | Netherlands |
| Brogdon 23' Jackson 30', 34' | Report | De Nooijer 22' Taekema 48' Vermeulen 55' Hofman 67' |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

### Final

* 13 March 2010 18:05
| Germany | 1–2 | Australia |
| Fürste 48' | Report | Ockenden 6' Doerner 60' |
* Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) John Wright (RSA)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final standing |
| 1 | B | Australia | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 18 | Gold medal |
| 2 | A | Germany | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 14 | Silver medal |
| 3 | A | Netherlands | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 13 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | B | England | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 12 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | Spain | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 12 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | A | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 10 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | A | Argentina | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 9 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | B | India (H) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | A | New Zealand | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | B | South Africa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 5 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | A | Canada | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 30 | −21 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | B | Pakistan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |

### Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Defender of the Tournament | Fair Play Trophy |
| Guus Vogels | Luke Doerner | Guus Vogels | Maximilian Müller | New Zealand |

### Goalscorers

There were 199 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 5.24 goals per match.
9 goals
* Luke Doerner
7 goals
* Ashley Jackson
* Taeke Taekema
6 goals
* Glenn Turner
4 goals
* Lucas Vila
* Desmond Abbott
* Jamie Dwyer
* Florian Fuchs
* Sandeep Singh
* Andrew Hayward
* Nam Hyun-Woo
* Lee Nam-Yong
* Pau Quemada
3 goals
* Facundo Callioni
* Phillip Wright
* James Tindall
* Martin Häner
* Jan-Marco Montag
* Shivendra Singh
* Ronald Brouwer
* Rogier Hofman
* Rehan Butt
* Marvin Harper
* Lloyd Norris-Jones
* Jang Jong-Hyun
* Pol Amat
2 goals
* Tomás Argento
* Matías Paredes
* Mark Pearson
* Scott Tupper
* Jonathan Clarke
* Richard Mantell
* Barry Middleton
* Moritz Fürste
* Oliver Korn
* Benjamin Weß
* Matthias Witthaus
* Martin Zwicker
* Gurwinder Singh Chandi
* Rajpal Singh
* Teun de Nooijer
* Rob Reckers
* Sohail Abbas
* Abdul Haseem Khan
* Ian Haley
* Taine Paton
* Justin Reid-Ross
* You Hyo-Sik
* David Alegre
* Roc Oliva
1 goal
* Mario Almada
* Pedro Ibarra
* Matthew Butturini
* Fergus Kavanagh
* Edward Ockenden
* Liam de Young
* Connor Grimes
* David Jameson
* Alastair Brogdon
* Nicholas Catlin
* Iain Mackay
* Robert Moore
* Richard Smith
* Linus Butt
* Christoph Menke
* Maximilian Müller
* Philip Witte
* Vikram Pillay
* Diwakar Ram
* Prabhjot Singh
* Sarwanjit Singh
* Jeroen Hertzberger
* Wouter Jolie
* Klaas Vermeulen
* Ryan Archibald
* Priyesh Bhana
* Phil Burrows
* Dean Couzins
* Nicholas Haig
* Hugo Inglis
* Shea McAleese
* Nicholas Wilson
* Shakeel Abbasi
* Waseem Ahmed
* Akhtar Ali
* Muhammad Imran
* Gareth Carr
* Thomas Hammond
* Julian Hykes
* Thornton McDade
* Austin Smith
* Hyun Hye-Sung
* Seo Jong-Ho
* Yoon Sung-Hoon
* Rodrigo Garza
* Albert Sala
* Eduard Tubau
Source: FIH