# 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

The 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 26 November to 4 December 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
This was the sixth 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.
Belgium won the tournament for the first time after defeating India 4–3 in the final.

## Teams

The FIH announced the eight participating teams on 16 December 2010.
* Argentina
* Belgium
* Canada
* India
* Japan
* Malaysia
* Poland
* South Africa

## Results
### First round

All times are South African Time (UTC+02:00)

#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 7 |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 |
| 3 | South Africa (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 0 |
* 26 November 2011 15:00
| India | 3–3 | Belgium |
| Rupinder Pal 45' Chinglensana 48' Raghunath 57' | Report | de Paeuw 31' Boon 55' Reckinger 69' |
* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Chen Dekang (CHN)
* 26 November 2011 17:00
| South Africa | 3–1 | Poland |
| Reid-Ross 3', 60' Norris-Jones 31' | Report | Juszczak 43' |
* Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Francisco Vasquez (ESP)
* 27 November 2011 15:00
| Belgium | 7–3 | Poland |
| Boon 2', 22', 39', 56' Gougnard 18' Briels 23' Truyens 68' | Report | Poltaszewski 32' Rataj 40', 61' |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 27 November 2011 17:00
| South Africa | 4–7 | India |
| Reid-Ross 7' Harper 38' da Graca 45' Drummond 49' | Report | Sandeep 13', 35' Saravanjit 29' Khandker 41' Sunil 55', 57' Rupinder Pal 56' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
* 29 November 2011 15:00
| India | 7–0 | Poland |
| Walmiki 18' Shivendra 24', 33' Sunil 43' Lakra 53' Khandker 55', 70' | Report | |
* Umpires: Fernando Gomez (ARG) Francisco Vasquez (ESP)
* 29 November 2011 17:00
| Belgium | 2–1 | South Africa |
| Boon 4' Dekeyser 30' | Report | Reid-Ross 39' |
* Umpires: Ged Curran (SCP) Roel van Eert (NED)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 1 |
* 26 November 2011 11:00
| Canada | 3–1 | Malaysia |
| Tupper 8' Singh 49' Smythe 63' | Report | Amin 33' |
* Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 26 November 2011 13:00
| Argentina | 2–2 | Japan |
| Cammareri 13' Argento 65' | Report | Nagasawa 54' Tachibana 63' |
* Umpires: Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 27 November 2011 11:00
| Argentina | 3–2 | Canada |
| Cammareri 26' Vila 39' Ibarra 54' | Report | Pereira 20' Wright 31' |
* Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 27 November 2011 13:00
| Malaysia | 2–2 | Japan |
| Tengku 53' Amin 68' | Report | Sakamoto 6' Nagasawa 9' |
* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Fernando Gomez (ARG)
* 29 November 2011 11:00
| Canada | 1–2 | Japan |
| Smythe 3' | Report | Kayukawa 30' Sakamoto 41' |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 29 November 2011 13:00
| Malaysia | 2–5 | Argentina |
| Azian 19' Amin 64' | Report | Ibarra 44', 64', 70' Mazzilli 51', 58' |
* Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Tim Pullman (AUS)

### Second round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 1 December | 1 December | | | |
| India (a.e.t.) | 5 | | | |
| India (a.e.t.) | 5 | 3 December | 3 December | | |
| Malaysia | 4 | 3 December | 3 December | |
| Malaysia | 4 | India | 4 | |
| 1 December | 1 December | | India | 4 | |
| 1 December | 1 December | South Africa | 2 | |
| Japan | 2 | South Africa | 2 | |
| Japan | 2 | | | | 4 December | 4 December |
| South Africa | 3 | | | | 4 December | 4 December |
| South Africa | 3 | | | | India | 3 |
| 1 December | 1 December | | | | | India | 3 |
| 1 December | 1 December | | | | Belgium | 4 |
| Belgium | 4 | | | | Belgium | 4 |
| Belgium | 4 | 3 December | 3 December | | | |
| Canada | 0 | 3 December | 3 December | | | |
| Canada | 0 | Belgium (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | | | |
| 1 December | 1 December | | Belgium (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | | | |
| 1 December | 1 December | Argentina | 2 (2) | | Third place | Third place |
| Argentina | 5 | Argentina | 2 (2) | | Third place | Third place |
| Argentina | 5 | | | | 4 December | 4 December |
| Poland | 1 | | | | 4 December | 4 December |
| Poland | 1 | | | | South Africa | 3 |
| | | | | | Argentina | 1 |

#### Quarterfinals

* 1 December 2011 10:00
| Belgium | 4–0 | Canada |
| van Aubel 23' Briels 49' Dekeyser 52' Boon 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Ayden Shrives (RSA)
* 1 December 2011 12:30
| Argentina | 5–1 | Poland |
| Argento 13' Ibarra 22' R. Vila 23' Rossi 56' L. Vila 68' | Report | Zywiczka 4' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vasquez (ESP) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 1 December 2011 15:00
| India | 5–4 (a.e.t.) | Malaysia |
| Sandeep 7', 24' Walmiki 64' Sunil 67' Raghunath 85' | Report | Izwan 33' Azlan 42', 58' Tengku 46' |
* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Chen Dekang (CHN)
* 1 December 2011 17:30
| Japan | 2–3 | South Africa |
| Nagasawa 54' Shiokawa 57' | Report | Reid-Ross 9', 26', 45' |
* Umpires: Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Ged Curran (SCO)

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Cross-overs | Cross-overs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 2 December | 2 December |
| Malaysia | 2 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 4 December | 4 December |
| Japan | 1 | 4 December | 4 December |
| Japan | 1 | Malaysia | 3 |
| 2 December | 2 December | | Malaysia | 3 |
| 2 December | 2 December | Poland | 0 |
| Canada | 2 | Poland | 0 |
| Poland (a.e.t.) | 3 | | |
| Poland (a.e.t.) | 3 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 4 December | 4 December |
| | | Japan | 7 |
| | | Canada | 2 |

##### Cross-overs

* 2 December 2011 14:30
| Malaysia | 2–1 | Japan |
| Faizal 53', 58' | Report | Ozawa 24' |
* Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
* 2 December 2011 17:00
| Canada | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Poland |
| Smythe 13' Gill 30' | Report | Mikula 26' Rataj 33' Dutkiewicz 73' |
* Umpires: Fernando Gomez (ARG) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 4 December 2011 09:00
| Japan | 7–2 | Canada |
| Kayukawa 7' Tachibana 23', 49' Tanaka 26' Nagasawa 53' Mitani 59', 60' | Report | Tupper 35' Wright 67' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 4 December 2011 11:30
| Malaysia | 3–0 | Poland |
| Tengku 17', 47' Faizal 29' | Report | |
* Umpires: Fernando Gomez (ARG) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

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

* 3 December 2011 13:30
| Belgium | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
| Thys 33' van Aubel 49' | Report | Ibarra 24' Mazzilli 32' |
| Penalties |||
| Gougnard van Aubel Dohmen Briels Dekeyser | 3–2 | Ibarra Cammareri Rey Brunet L. Vila |
* Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Roel van Eert (NED)
* 3 December 2011 16:00
| India | 4–2 | South Africa |
| Raghunath 14' Saravanjit 40' Sandeep 45', 50' | Report | Drummond 8' McDade 22' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

##### Third and fourth place

* 4 December 2011 14:00
| South Africa | 3–1 | Argentina |
| Reid-Ross 18' Paton 25' Norris-Jones 68' | Report | Cammareri 22' |
* Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Raghu Prasad (IND)

##### Final

* 4 December 2011 16:30
| India | 3–4 | Belgium |
| Raghunath 23' Sandeep 41' Shivendra 54' | Report | Dekeyser 44', 57' Boccard 55' Boon 70' |
* Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Tim Pullman (AUS)

## Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Best Player | Best Goalkeeper | Fair Play Trophy |
| Tom Boon Justin Reid-Ross | Sandeep Singh | David van Rysselberghe | South Africa |

## Statistics
### Final ranking

* Belgium
* India
* South Africa
* Argentina
* Malaysia
* Poland
* Japan
* Canada