# 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

The 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 26 April to 4 May 2014 in Kuantan, Malaysia. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2016 Champions Trophy as the winner earned an automatic berth to compete.
The tournament was created by the International Hockey Federation in 2001 to broaden hockey's competitive base globally and featured the 8 teams just behind the top six teams in the world.
South Korea won the tournament for the first time after defeating Canada 4–0 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the 2016 Champions Trophy after their absence in the previous two editions. Malaysia won the third place match by defeating Ireland 4–2 to claim their first ever Champions Challenge I medal. This was the last edition of the tournament that was held. The tournament was replaced by the FIH Hockey World League in the hockey calendar.

## Qualification

Even though Spain was automatically qualified as the highest ranked team not qualified for the next Champions Trophy or Champions Challenge I (this due to the withdrawal from participating at the 2012 Champions Trophy), they withdrew from participating. In addition, South Africa qualified as the seventh placed team in the previous edition, but also withdrew due to financial issues. Both teams were replaced by Poland and France, respectively. The following eight teams competed in this tournament.
* Malaysia (Host nation)
* New Zealand (Seventh in 2012 Champions Trophy)
* South Korea (Second in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* Ireland (Third in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* Japan (Fifth in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* Canada (Sixth in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* Poland (Eighth in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* France (Highest ranked team not qualified for the next Champions Trophy or Champions Challenge I)

## Results

All times are Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

### First round
#### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 9 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | –5 | 3 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | –5 | 3 |
* 26 April 2014 15:00
| New Zealand | 2 – 1 | Ireland |
| Edwards 11' Inglis 42' | Report | Sothern 16' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) You Suolong (CHN)
* 26 April 2014 17:00
| Japan | 3 – 2 | Poland |
| Kayukawa 8' Fujimoto 50' Sakamoto 61' | Report | Raciniewski 7' Krokosz 29' |
* Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
* 27 April 2014 15:00
| Japan | 1 – 6 | New Zealand |
| Fujimoto 52' | Report | Edwards 5' Russell 11', 38' Shaw 19' S. Child 34' Jenness 59' |
* Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Geoff Conn (IRL)
* 27 April 2014 17:00
| Ireland | 1 – 2 | Poland |
| Elliott 37' | Report | Makowski 18' Bratkowski 67' |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Ilanggo Kanabathu(MAS)
* 29 April 2014 17:00
| Ireland | 1 – 0 | Japan |
| Sothern 66' | Report | |
* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 29 April 2014 19:00
| New Zealand | 8 – 3 | Poland |
| S. Child 4', 45', 56' Hayward 8', 33' Jenness 31' Hilton 51' Inglis 63' | Report | Górny 57' Makowski 68', 70' |
* Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

#### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | –1 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 3 |
* 26 April 2014 19:00
| South Korea | 3–3 | Canada |
| Cho 13' Nam 24' Kim S. 39' | Report | Ho-Garcia 25' Curran 60' Guest 63' |
* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 26 April 2014 21:00
| Malaysia | 2–3 | France |
| Tengku 41' Faizal 50' | Report | Sánchez 34' Charlet 53' H. Genestet 64' |
* Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 27 April 2014 19:00
| Canada | 3–2 | France |
| Tupper 4' Wright 43' Smythe 58' | Report | Charlet 14', 64' |
* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) You Suolong (CHN)
* 27 April 2014 21:00
| Malaysia | 1–3 | South Korea |
| Ismail 69' | Report | Nam 20' You 37' Jang 50' |
* Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* 29 April 2014 15:00
| South Korea | 3–2 | France |
| Nam 24' Jang 35' Kim. S 56' | Report | T. Genestet 43' Kieffer 63' |
* Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 29 April 2014 21:00
| Canada | 3–4 | Malaysia |
| Tupper 4', 54' Ho-Garcia 30' | Report | Tengku 5', 55' Shahril 19', 40' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) David Tomlinson (NZL)

### Second round

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 4 (2) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Malaysia (p.s.o.) | 4 (3) | | | | | | | | |
| | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 6 | | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 2 (4) | | | | |
| | | | Poland | Poland | 1 | | | | | Canada (p.s.o.) | Canada (p.s.o.) | 2 (5) | | | |
| | | | | | | Canada | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Poland | Poland | | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 6 | | | | | | | | Canada | Canada | | | | 0 |
| France | France | 3 | | | | | | | | Canada | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 4 |
| | | | | | | Ireland (p.s.o.) | Ireland (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | France | 2 (0) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | France | France | 3 | | | | Ireland | Ireland | 1 | Lower round 5 | Lower round 5 | Lower round 5 | | |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 2 | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 2 | | | | | |
| Poland | Poland | 2 | | | | South Korea | South Korea | | | 5 | | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 4 |
| Japan | Japan | 3 | | | | Japan | Japan | 1 | | | | | | | Ireland | Ireland | 2 |

#### Quarterfinals

* 1 May 2014 14:45
| New Zealand | 4 – 4 | Malaysia |
| Edwards 4' Hayward 45', 60', 70' | Report | Azlan 20' Shahril 23', 31' Fitri 24' |
| Penalties |||
| Inglis Hilton S. Child Edwards Burrows | 2 – 3 | Faizal Faiz Firhan Shahril Fitri |
* Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 1 May 2014 17:00
| Canada | 3 – 2 | Poland |
| Smythe 29' Guest 54' Wright 60' | Report | Majchrzak 22' Makowski 47' |
* Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) You Suolong (CHN)
* 1 May 2014 19:15
| Ireland | 2 – 2 | France |
| Sothern 2' Dowds 64' | Report | Deront 41' M. Genestet 50' |
| Penalties |||
| Jackson Magee Brown Sothern | 3 – 0 | Baumgarten Deront Martin-Brisac |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 1 May 2014 21:30
| South Korea | 5 – 1 | Japan |
| Hyun Hye-sung 11' Jang Jong-hyun 24', 40', 49' Nam Hyun-woo 59' | Report | Yoshihara 63' |
* Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Diego Barbas (ARG)

#### Fifth to eighth place classification
##### Crossover

* 3 May 2014 14:45
| New Zealand | 6 – 1 | Poland |
| Hayward 8', 26' Burrows 20', 23' Panchia 30' S. Child 43' | Report | Chwalisz 50' |
* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 3 May 2014 17:00
| France | 3 – 2 | Japan |
| Baumgarten 5' Charlet 26' Kieffer 66' | Report | Kayukawa 24' Hatakeyama 51' |
* Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Bruce Bale (ENG)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 4 May 2014 14:45
| Poland | 2 – 3 | Japan |
| Bratkowski 28' Raciniewski 50' | Report | Tachibana 18', 29' Kawauchi 43' |
* Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Michael Eilmer (AUT)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 4 May 2014 17:00
| New Zealand | 6 – 3 | France |
| Jenness 21' S. Child 27' Burrows 34' Shaw 43' Panchia 49' Inglis 68' | Report | Durchon 31' T. Genestet 58' M. Genestet 63' |
* Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

#### First to fourth place classification
##### Semifinals

* 3 May 2014 19:15
| Malaysia | 2 – 2 | Canada |
| Faizal 3' Ismail 15' | Report | Tupper 21', 60' |
| Penalties |||
| Faizal Faiz Firhan Shahril Fitri Faizal Fitri Faiz | 4 – 5 | Guest Pearson Tupper Froese Johnston Pearson Johnston Froese |
* Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 3 May 2014 21:30
| Ireland | 1 – 2 | South Korea |
| Cargo 64' | Report | Jang Jong-hyun 3' Hyun Hye-sung 53' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

##### Third and fourth place

* 4 May 2014 19:15
| Malaysia | 4 – 2 | Ireland |
| Nasruddin 7' Baharom 11' Azlan 66' Firhan 70' | Report | Gleghorne 22' Cargo 43' |
* Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) You Suolong (CHN)

##### Final

* 4 May 2014 21:30
| Canada | 0 – 4 | South Korea |
| | Report | Jang Jong-hyun 10', 56' Kim Young-jin 13' Kim Seong-kyu 69' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) David Tomlinson (NZL)

## Awards

Post tournament awards.
| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Junior Player of the Tournament |
| Jang Jong-hyun | Jang Jong-hyun | David Harte | Gabriel Ho-Garcia |

## Final ranking

* South Korea
* Canada
* Malaysia
* Ireland
* New Zealand
* France
* Japan
* Poland