# 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

The 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 24 November to 2 December 2012 in Quilmes, Argentina. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy to be held in India as the winner earned an automatic berth to compete.
This was the seventh edition of the competition initiated 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.
Argentina won the tournament for the third time after defeating Korea 5–0 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy after their absence in the previous four editions.

## Qualification

The following eight teams announced by the FIH competed in this tournament.
* Argentina (Host nation)
* South Korea (Eighth in 2011 Champions Trophy)
* Ireland (Winners of 2011 Champions Challenge II)
* South Africa (Third in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
* Malaysia (Fifth in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
* Poland (Sixth in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
* Japan (Seventh in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
* Canada (Eighth in 2011 Champions Challenge I)

## Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
* Geoff Conn
* Michael Eilmer
* Fernando Gómez
* Adam Kearns
* Satoshi Kondo
* Eduardo Lizana
* Javed Shaikh
* Aiden Shrives
* Gregory Uyttenhove
* You Suolong

## Results

All times are Argentine Time (UTC−03:00)

### First round
#### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | –1 | 3 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 |
* 24 November 2012 10:00
| South Korea | 2 – 0 | Canada |
| Jang Jong-Hyun 31', 51' | Report | |
* Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Fernando Gómez (ARG)
* 24 November 2012 12:30
| Malaysia | 4 – 0 | Poland |
| Razie 4', 63' Nabil 30' 42' | Report | |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 25 November 2012 10:00
| Canada | 3 – 3 | Poland |
| Singh 30' Stewart 37' Ho-Garcia 54' | Report | Juszczak 3' Lewartowski 56', 59' |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) You Suolong (CHN)
* 25 November 2012 12:30
| Malaysia | 4 – 2 | South Korea |
| Razie 18' Tengku 30', 31' Chua 48' | Report | Jang Jong-Hyun 8', 61' |
* Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
* 27 November 2012 08:30
| South Korea | 4 – 5 | Poland |
| You Hyo-Sik 2' Jang Jong-Hyun 33', 63' Hyun Hye-Sung 64' | Report | Hutek 26' 40' Rachwalski 42' Juszczak 45' Górny 58' |
* Umpires: Fernando Gómez (ARG) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 27 November 2012 11:00
| Canada | 2 – 4 | Malaysia |
| Pereira 17' Guest 39' | Report | Razie 7' Tengku 11' Faizal 24' Fitri 56' |
* Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

#### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −2 | 1 |
* 24 November 2012 15:00
| South Africa | 4 – 4 | Japan |
| Glutz 22' Norris-Jones 32' Gonsalves 39' Malgraff 42' | Report | Tachibana 2', 51' Tsubouchi 47' Nagasawa 65' |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 24 November 2012 17:30
| Argentina | 4 – 3 | Ireland |
| Peillat 30', 41' L. Vila 34', 67' | Report | Jermyn 23' Cockram 27' Watt 70' |
* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 25 November 2012 15:00
| Ireland | 0 – 3 | Japan |
| | Report | Tsubouchi 18' Ono 53' Kawauchi 64' |
* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 25 November 2012 17:30
| South Africa | 1 – 2 | Argentina |
| Guise-Brown 48' | Report | Peillat 10' Schickendantz 56' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 27 November 2012 13:30
| Ireland | 3 – 1 | South Africa |
| McConnell 8' Jermyn 42' Harte 62' | Report | da Graca 13' |
* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 27 November 2012 16:00
| Argentina | 4 – 1 | Japan |
| Schickendantz 14' Peillat 32', 49' M. Vila 67' | Report | Nagasawa 38' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) You Suolong (CHN)

### Second round

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | South Africa | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 3 | | | | |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 2 | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Japan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | | | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 4 | | | | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | | | | 0 |
| Canada | Canada | 2 | | | | | | | | South Korea | | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 5 |
| | | | | | | Poland | Poland | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ireland | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | Poland | Poland | 2 | | | | Ireland | Ireland | 1 | Third place | Third place | Third place | | |
| | | | Canada | Canada | 4 | | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 2 | | | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | 4 | | | | Argentina | Argentina | | | 5 | | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 3 |
| Poland | Poland | 2 | | | | Canada | Canada | 1 | | | | | | | Ireland (a.e.t.) | Ireland (a.e.t.) | 4 |

#### Quarterfinals

* 29 November 2012 08:30
| Malaysia | 4 – 1 | South Africa |
| Izwan 3' Faizal 38', 57' Tengku 56' | Report | Smith 63' |
* Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Fernando Gómez (ARG)
* 29 November 2012 11:30
| Japan | 2 – 3 | South Korea |
| Ono 32' Kawakami 38' | Report | 23' Kang Moon-Kweon 50' You Hyo-Sik 53' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Michael Eilmer (AUT)
* 29 November 2012 14:30
| Poland | 0 – 4 | Ireland |
| | Report | Watt 45' Harte 50', 54' O'Donoghue 63' |
* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 29 November 2012 17:30
| Argentina | 5 – 1 | Canada |
| L. Vila 2', 56' Callioni 10' Agulleiro 14' Schickendantz 31' | Report | Tupper 42' |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

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

* 1 December 2012 08:30
| South Africa | 1 – 2 | Japan |
| Smith 2' | Report | Nagasawa 18' Tachibana 43' |
* Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) You Suolong (CHN)
* 1 December 2012 11:30
| Poland | 2 – 4 | Canada |
| Hulbój 10', 12' | Report | Singh 22' Guest 28' Tupper 58' Pereira 62' |
* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 2 December 2012 08:30
| South Africa | 4 – 2 | Poland |
| Norris-Jones 7' Guise-Brown 12' Drummond 14' Paton 65' | Report | Lewartowski 59' Krokosz 67' |
* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Adam Kearns (AUS)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 2 December 2012 11:00
| Japan | 4 – 2 | Canada |
| Fukushiro 3' Kawakami 15' Tsubouchi 39' Tachibana 41' | Report | Bissett 12' Pearson 50' |
* Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Fernando Gómez (ARG)

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

* 1 December 2012 14:00
| Malaysia | 3 – 6 | South Korea |
| Chua 48' Razie 52' Marham 65' | Report | Hyun Hye-sung 8', 27' 32' Lee Seung-il 33' Jang Jong-hyun 50', 60' |
* Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Michael Eilmer (AUT)
* 1 December 2012 17:00
| Ireland | 1 – 2 | Argentina |
| Jermyn 66' | Report | Ibarra 38' Schickendantz 45' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Javed Shaikh (IND)

##### Third and fourth place

* 2 December 2012 14:00
| Malaysia | 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) | Ireland |
| Ismail 18' Faizal 50' Nabil 66' | Report | McCabe 3' Harte 28', 68' Caruth 80' |
* Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)

##### Final

* 2 December 2012 17:00
| South Korea | 0 – 5 | Argentina |
| | Report | Mazzilli 1' Peillat 34' Ibarra 37' Schickendantz 52' Brunet 57' |
* Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

## Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Fair Play Trophy |
| Jang Jong-Hyun | Lucas Vila | David Harte | Japan |

## Statistics
### Final ranking

* Argentina
* South Korea
* Ireland
* Malaysia
* Japan
* Canada
* South Africa
* Poland