# 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge

The 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge took place in Boom, Belgium from June 23 to July 1, 2007.
This was the fourth edition of the tournament introduced in 2001 by the International Hockey Federation to broaden hockey's competitive base globally.
Argentina earned a spot at the 2008 Champions Trophy in Rotterdam, Netherlands after having defeated New Zealand in the final.

## Squads

Head Coach: Sergio Vigil
* Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
* Juan Gilardi
* Mariano Chao (GK)
* Mario Almada (c)
* Lucas Rey
* Rodrigo Vila
* Lucas Cammareri
* Lucas Vila
* Jorge Lombi
* Fernando Zylberberg
* Juan Garreta
* Tomás Argento
* Matias Rey
* Lucas Argento
* Pedro Ibarra
* Lucas Rossi
* Agustin Corradini
* Ignacio Bergner
Head Coach: Giles Bonnet
* Cédric Degreve (GK)
* Xavier Reckinger
* Jérôme Dekeyser
* Loïc Vandeweghe
* John-John Dohmen
* Thomas van den Balck
* Maxime Luycx
* Charles Vandeweghe
* Phillippe Goldberg
* Gregory Gucasoff
* Fabrice Bourdeaud'hui
* Thomas Briels
* Patrice Houssein
* David van Rysselberghe (GK)
* Simon Gougnard
* Benjamin van Hove
* Amaury de Cock
* Jérôme Truyens
Head Coach: Jason Lee
* Nick Brothers (GK)
* Glenn Kirkham (c)
* Richard Alexander
* Richard Mantell
* Ashley Jackson
* Simon Mantell
* Martin Jones
* Matt Daly
* Brett Garrard
* Jonty Clarke
* Rob Moore
* Ben Hawes
* Scott Cordon
* Barry Middleton
* James Tindall
* Jon Bleby
* Ben Marsden
* James Fair (GK)
Head Coach: Joaquim Carvalho
* Adrian D'Souza (GK)
* Dilip Tirkey
* Sandeep Singh
* Shivendra Singh
* Rajpal Singh
* Prabodh Tirkey (c)
* Bimal Lakra
* Damandeep Singh
* William Xalxo
* Sunil Yadav
* Sardara Singh
* Prabhjot Singh
* Gurbaj Singh
* Bharat Chikkara
* Tushar Khandker
* Baljit Singh (GK)
* Roshan Minz
* Vickram Kanth
Head Coach: Akira Takahashi
* Shunsuke Nagaoka (GK)
* Kazuo Yoshida
* Mitsuru Ito
* Yutaka Bito
* Kei Kawakami
* Kenichi Katayama
* Kazuyuki Ozawa (c)
* Kazuhiro Tsubouchi
* Hiroto Noda
* Takahiko Yamabori
* Ryuji Furusato
* Akira Ito
* Yuji Chaki
* Keiji Maeda
* Takayasu Mizawa
* Katsuyoshi Nagasawa
* Yoshihiro Anai
* Katsuya Takase (GK)
Head Coach: Shane McLeod
* David Kosoof
* Nicholas Haig
* Andrew Hayward
* Simon Child
* Blair Hopping
* Dean Couzins
* Casey Henwood
* Ryan Archibald (c)
* Bradley Shaw
* Bevan Hari
* Paul Woolford (GK)
* Kyle Pontifex (GK)
* Phil Burrows
* Hayden Shaw
* Bryce Collins
* Lloyd Stephenson
* Benjamin Collier
* Steven Edwards

## Umpires

Below is the eight umpires appointed by International Hockey Federation (FIH):
* Chen Dekang (CHN)
* Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
* Deon Nel (RSA)
* James Pilgrim (ENG)
* Raghu Prasad (IND)
* Simon Taylor (NZL)
* Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

## Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

### Pool

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 11 |
| Argentina | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 10 |
| India | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 |
| England | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 6 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | –7 | 4 |
| Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | –7 | 3 |
* 23 June 2007 13:45
| India | 0 – 2 | New Zealand |
| | Report | H. Shaw 63' Kosoof 69' |
* Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 23 June 2007 16:00
| Belgium | 1 – 2 | Japan |
| C. Vandeweghe 12' | Report | Furusato 16' Yamabori 58' |
* Umpires: James Pilgrim (ENG) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 23 June 2007 18:30
| England | 3 – 4 | Argentina |
| Alexander 13' S. Mantell 52' Hawes 58' | Report | Lombi 40', 45' L. Rey 45' R. Vila 51' |
* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 24 June 2007 14:00
| New Zealand | 4 – 0 | Japan |
| H. Shaw 31', 38' Archibald 33' Burrows 49' | Report | |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 24 June 2007 16:15
| Argentina | 2 – 3 | Belgium |
| Gilardi 40' Lombi 68' | Report | Gucasoff 6', 32' Briels 54' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 24 June 2007 18:45
| India | 3 – 2 | England |
| Rajpal 28' Dilip 41' Prabhjot 54' | Report | R. Mantell 33' Clarke 48' |
* Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Chen Dekang (CHN)
* 26 June 2007 14:30
| Japan | 0 – 2 | Argentina |
| | Report | Ibarra 10' R. Vila 15' |
* Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* 26 June 2007 16:45
| England | 1 – 3 | New Zealand |
| Moore 43' | Report | H. Shaw 10', 48' Couzins 62' |
* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 26 June 2007 19:00
| Belgium | 1 – 4 | India |
| Gucasoff 26' | Report | Sandeep 13' Prabhjot 18' Shivendra 31' Dilip 68' |
* Umpires: James Pilgrim (ENG) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 28 June 2007 14:30
| England | 4 – 3 | Japan |
| R. Mantell 29' Alexander 50' Clarke 61' Moore 66' | Report | Yamabori 10', 70+' Anai 59' |
* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 28 June 2007 16:45
| Argentina | 2 – 1 | India |
| Lombi 39' Almada 60' | Report | Sandeep 64' |
* Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) James Pilgrim (ENG)
* 28 June 2007 19:00
| New Zealand | 3 – 3 | Belgium |
| Child 14', 27' Couzins 19' | Report | Briels 8' Reckinger 17' C. Vandeweghe 38' |
* Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* 30 June 2007 11:30
| New Zealand | 3 – 3 | Argentina |
| Burrows 15' H. Shaw 46', 70' | Report | L. Vila 16', 69' Garreta 27' |
* Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
* 30 June 2007 13:45
| India | 4 – 3 | Japan |
| Sandeep 7' Prabhjot 22', 34' Dilip 48' | Report | Katayama 11' Yamabori 47' Tsubouchi 65' |
* Umpires: James Pilgrim (ENG) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 30 June 2007 16:00
| Belgium | 2 – 6 | England |
| Dekeyser 47' Gucasoff 60' | Report | Jones 26' Daly 28', 58' S. Mantell 53', 70' Clarke 65' |
* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

### Classification
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 1 July 2007 12:30
| Belgium | 3 – 4 | Japan |
| Dekeyser 17', 21' de Cock 62' | Report | Nagasawa 25' Yamabori 27' Yoshida 57' Anai 68' |
* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Chen Dekang (CHN)

#### Third and fourth place

* 1 July 2007 15:00
| India | 4 – 3 | England |
| Khandker 3', 6' Sandeep 14' Minz 22' | Report | Moore 34' Tindall 55' S. Mantell 63' |
* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

#### Final

* 1 July 2007 17:30
| New Zealand | 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
| H. Shaw 44', 49' | Report | Lombi 66', 67', 75' |
* Umpires: James Pilgrim (ENG) Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)

## Awards

| Topscorer | Best Player | Best Goalkeeper | Fair Play Trophy |
| Hayden Shaw | Ryan Archibald | Cédric Degreve | New Zealand |

## Statistics
### Final ranking

* Argentina
* New Zealand
* India
* England
* Japan
* Belgium