# 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup squads

This article lists the confirmed squads lists for 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup between September 6 to September 17, 2006.

## Pool A
### Argentina

Head coach: Sergio Vigil
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 1 | Juan Manuel Vivaldi | GK | 27 |
| 2 | Juan Pablo Hourquebie | | 30 |
| 3 | Juan Martin Lopez | | 21 |
| 4 | Matias Vila | | 27 |
| 5 | Ezequiel Paulón | | 30 |
| 6 | Mariano Chao | GK | 34 |
| 7 | Mario Almada | | 31 |
| 9 | Rodrigo Vila | | 24 |
| 11 | Lucas Cammareri | | 25 |
| No. | Player | Age |
| 12 | Marcos Riccardi | 24 |
| 15 | Germán Orozco (c) | 31 |
| 16 | Fernando Oscaris | 26 |
| 17 | Matias Paredes | 24 |
| 19 | Matias Cammareri | 27 |
| 20 | Tomás Argento | 19 |
| 21 | Lucas Vila | 20 |
| 22 | Matias Rey | 21 |
| 26 | Pedro Ibarra | 20 |

### Australia

Head coach: Barry Dancer
| No. | Player | Age |
| 1 | Jamie Dwyer | 27 |
| 2 | Liam de Young | 24 |
| 3 | Michael Boyce | 26 |
| 4 | Michael McCann | 28 |
| 5 | Troy Elder | 28 |
| 6 | Robert Hammond | 25 |
| 7 | Nathan Eglington | 25 |
| 9 | Mark Knowles | 22 |
| 10 | Russell Ford | 23 |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 13 | Luke Doerner | | 27 |
| 15 | Bevan George | | 29 |
| 18 | Stephen Lambert | GK | 26 |
| 20 | Matt Naylor | | 23 |
| 21 | Aaron Hopkins | | 26 |
| 24 | Travis Brooks | | 26 |
| 25 | Brent Livermore (c) | | 30 |
| 26 | Dean Butler | | 29 |
| 30 | Stephen Mowlam | GK | 29 |

### Japan

Head coach: Akira Takahashi
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 1 | Hirofumi Miyoshi | GK | 29 |
| 2 | Shunsuke Nagaoka | GK | 25 |
| 3 | Kazuo Yoshida | | 28 |
| 4 | Mitsuru Ito | | 27 |
| 5 | Yutaka Bito | | 25 |
| 7 | Kei Kawakami | | 22 |
| 8 | Kenichi Katayama | | 30 |
| 9 | Kazuyuki Ozawa (c) | | 27 |
| 10 | Kazuhiro Tsubouchi | | 24 |
| No. | Player | Age |
| 12 | Takahiko Yamabori | 32 |
| 14 | Toshiaki Fukuda | 26 |
| 15 | Akira Ito | 25 |
| 16 | Yasuaki Nishimura | 23 |
| 17 | Yuji Chaki | 25 |
| 19 | Takayasu Mizawa | 19 |
| 21 | Yoshihiro Anai | 18 |
| 22 | Hiroko Sakamoto | 19 |
| 23 | Naohiko Tobita | 29 |

### New Zealand

Head coach: Kevin Towns
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 2 | Mitesh Patel | | 30 |
| 6 | Simon Child | | 18 |
| 7 | Blair Hopping | | 26 |
| 8 | Dean Couzins | | 25 |
| 10 | Ryan Archibald (c) | | 26 |
| 12 | Bradley Shaw | | 23 |
| 14 | Bevan Hari | | 31 |
| 16 | Paul Woolford | GK | 29 |
| 17 | Kyle Pontifex | GK | 26 |
| No. | Player | Age |
| 18 | Phil Burrows | 26 |
| 19 | Hayden Shaw | 26 |
| 20 | James Nation | 29 |
| 21 | Bryce Collins | 28 |
| 22 | Lloyd Stephenson | 25 |
| 24 | Gareth Brooks | 27 |
| 25 | Shea McAleese | 22 |
| 28 | Richard Petherick | 20 |
| 30 | Ben Collier | 22 |

### Pakistan

Head coach: Nasir Ali
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 1 | Rehan Butt | | 26 |
| 2 | Ihsan Ullah | | 22 |
| 4 | Ghanzafar Ali | | 25 |
| 5 | Muhammad Saqlain (c) | | 28 |
| 7 | Dilawar Hussain | | 27 |
| 8 | Adnan Maqsood | | 27 |
| 9 | Sohail Abbas | | 29 |
| 10 | Salman Akbar | GK | 24 |
| 11 | Muhammad Shabbir | | 28 |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 12 | Nasir Ahmad | GK | 21 |
| 15 | Shakeel Abbasi | | 22 |
| 16 | Muhammad Zubair | | 17 |
| 17 | Akhtar Ali | | 20 |
| 19 | Muhammad Imran | | 27 |
| 20 | Waseem Ahmad | | 29 |
| 22 | Zeeshan Ashraf | | 29 |
| 23 | Waqas Akbar | | 17 |
| 31 | Adnan Zakir | | 19 |

### Spain

Head coach: Maurits Hendriks
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 1 | Bernardino Herrera | GK | 28 |
| 2 | Santi Freixa | | 23 |
| 4 | Oriol Freixa | | 27 |
| 5 | Francisco Fábregas Monegal (c) | | 28 |
| 6 | Franc Dinares | | 18 |
| 8 | Alex Fàbregas | | 25 |
| 9 | Pablo Amat | | 28 |
| 10 | Eduardo Tubau | | 25 |
| 12 | Juan Fernandez | | 21 |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 13 | Ramón Alegre | | 25 |
| 15 | Víctor Sojo | | 22 |
| 16 | Xavier Ribas | | 30 |
| 17 | Albert Sala | | 25 |
| 18 | Rodrigo Garza | | 26 |
| 19 | Pau Quemada | | 23 |
| 20 | Sergi Enrique | | 18 |
| 22 | Francisco Cortés | GK | 23 |
| 23 | David Alegre | | 22 |

## Pool B
### England

Head coach: Jason Lee
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 3 | Nick Brothers | GK | 23 |
| 4 | Glenn Kirkham | | 23 |
| 5 | Richard Alexander | | 24 |
| 6 | Richard Mantell | | 25 |
| 7 | Jerome Goudie | | 29 |
| 8 | Simon Mantell | | 22 |
| 9 | Martin Jones | | 25 |
| 10 | Matt Daly | | 23 |
| 11 | Brett Garrard | | 30 |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 12 | Jonty Clarke | | 25 |
| 13 | Rob Moore | | 25 |
| 14 | Ben Hawes | | 26 |
| 15 | Scott Cordon | | 26 |
| 17 | Alistair Wilson | | 22 |
| 18 | Barry Middleton | | 22 |
| 20 | James Tindall | | 23 |
| 21 | Jon Bleby | | 26 |
| 25 | James Fair | GK | 25 |

### Germany

Head coach: Bernhard Peters
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 1 | Christian Schulte | GK | 31 |
| 2 | Ulrich Bubolz | GK | 25 |
| 4 | Philipp Crone | | 29 |
| 5 | Sebastian Biederlack | | 24 |
| 6 | Eike Duckwitz | | 26 |
| 7 | Carlos Nevado | | 23 |
| 9 | Moritz Fürste | | 21 |
| 10 | Jan Marco Montag | | 23 |
| 11 | Björn Emmerling | | 30 |
| No. | Player | Age |
| 13 | Justus Scharowsky | 26 |
| 14 | Tibor Weißenborn | 25 |
| 16 | Niklas Meinert | 25 |
| 17 | Timo Weß (c) | 24 |
| 19 | Christopher Zeller | 21 |
| 22 | Matthias Witthaus | 23 |
| 25 | Philipp Zeller | 23 |
| 26 | Oliver Hentschel | 25 |
| 29 | Sebastian Draguhn | 22 |

### India

Head coach: Vasudevan Baskaran
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 1 | Bharat Chettri | GK | 24 |
| 2 | Dilip Tirkey (c) | | 28 |
| 3 | Kanwalpreet Singh | | 24 |
| 4 | V. R. Raghunath | | 18 |
| 6 | Prabodh Tirkey | | 21 |
| 9 | Gagan Ajit Singh | | 23 |
| 10 | Tejbir Singh | | 23 |
| 11 | Nitin Kumar | | 22 |
| 12 | Adrian D'Souza | GK | 22 |
| No. | Player | Age |
| 15 | Rajpal Singh | 23 |
| 16 | Shivendra Singh | 23 |
| 18 | Viren Rasquinha | 25 |
| 19 | Gowdalli Hariprasad | 20 |
| 21 | Vinaya Vakkaliga Swamy | 20 |
| 22 | Ignace Tirkey | 25 |
| 23 | Arjun Halappa | 26 |
| 27 | Vikram Pillay | 24 |
| 28 | Tushar Khandker | 21 |

### Korea

Head coach: Cho Sang-Jun
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 1 | Ko Dong-Sik | GK | 32 |
| 2 | Lee Seung-il | | 23 |
| 3 | Kim Chul | | 26 |
| 5 | Kim Yong-Bae (c) | | 32 |
| 6 | Lee Nam-Yong | | 22 |
| 7 | Seo Jong-Ho | | 26 |
| 8 | Kang Seong-Jung | | 28 |
| 9 | Yoon Sung-Hoon | | 23 |
| 10 | You Hyo-Sik | | 24 |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 11 | Lee Jung-Seon | | 30 |
| 13 | Yeo Chang-Yong | | 21 |
| 14 | Lee Sung-Min | | 22 |
| 15 | Cha Jong-Bok | | 26 |
| 16 | Lee Myung-Ho | GK | 26 |
| 17 | Hong Eun-Seong | | 23 |
| 18 | Hong Sung-Kweon | | 22 |
| 19 | Yeo Woon-Kon | | 32 |
| 25 | Jang Jong-Hyun | | 22 |

### Netherlands

Head coach: Roelant Oltmans
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 1 | Guus Vogels | GK | 31 |
| 3 | Geert-Jan Derikx | DF | 25 |
| 4 | Karel Klaver | FW | 27 |
| 7 | Sander van der Weide | DF | 30 |
| 8 | Ronald Brouwer | FW | 27 |
| 9 | Roderick Weusthof | FW | 24 |
| 10 | Taeke Taekema | DF | 26 |
| 12 | Jeroen Delmee (c) | MF | 33 |
| 13 | Klaas Veering | GK | 24 |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 14 | Teun de Nooijer | MF | 30 |
| 15 | Eby Kessing | MF | 22 |
| 16 | Floris Evers | MF | 23 |
| 18 | Rob Reckers | FW | 25 |
| 19 | Matthijs Brouwer | FW | 26 |
| 20 | Jesse Mahieu | DF | 28 |
| 23 | Timme Hoyng | MF | 30 |
| 24 | Robert van der Horst | DF | 21 |
| 27 | Rogier Hofman | FW | 20 |

### South Africa

| No. | Player | Age |
| 1 | Andrew Cronje | 22 |
| 2 | Lloyd Norris-Jones | 20 |
| 3 | Ken Forbes | 28 |
| 5 | Justin Reid-Ross | 20 |
| 6 | Bruce Jacobs (c) | 31 |
| 7 | Wayne Madsen | 22 |
| 8 | Brett Tucker | 27 |
| 10 | Tommy Hammond | 21 |
| 11 | Clyde Abrahams | 27 |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age |
| 14 | Eric Rose-Innes | | 25 |
| 15 | Brenden Botes | GK | 23 |
| 16 | Marvin Bam | | 28 |
| 17 | Geoff Abbott | | 21 |
| 18 | Thornton McDade | | 25 |
| 19 | Chris Hibbert | GK | 30 |
| 21 | Lungile Tsolekile | | 22 |
| 22 | Ian Symons | | 26 |
| 26 | Denzil Dolley | | 29 |