# 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from December 6 to December 13, 2009 in Salta, Argentina. The competitors were 8 teams ranked from 7th to 15th in the world.
This was the fifth edition of the tournament 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.
New Zealand defeated Pakistan to take the title, and qualify for the Champions Trophy tournament in 2010 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

## Results

All times are Argentina Time (UTC−04:00)

### Pools
#### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | –4 | 3 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | –4 | 1 |
* 6 December 2009 14:05
| Belgium | 4–3 | China |
| Pangrazio 10', 65' Thys 42' Gougnard 53' | Report | Na 14' Hu 38' Song 43' |
* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 6 December 2009 16:05
| New Zealand | 2–2 | India |
| Couzins 47' Hayward 58' | Report | Khandker 30' Shivendra 51' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 8 December 2009 12:05
| India | 4–1 | China |
| Prabhjot 7' Rajpal 35' Sarwanjit 56' Shivendra 70' | Report | Song 41' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)
* 8 December 2009 14:05
| Belgium | 1–4 | New Zealand |
| Charlier 30' | Report | Couzins 25' Archibald 49' Child 64' Inglis 65' |
* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Haider Rasool (PAK)
* 10 December 2009 14:05
| New Zealand | 2–2 | China |
| Wilson 42' Inglis 44' | Report | Liu X. 4' Liu Y. 57' |
* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Thomas Dumon (BEL)
* 10 December 2009 16:05
| India | 4–2 | Belgium |
| Mahadik 19' Shivendra 30' Khandker 48' Prabhjot 70' | Report | Dekeyser 24' Pangrazio 25' |
* Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Diego Barbas (ARG)

#### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | –3 | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | –4 | 3 |
* 6 December 2009 12:05
| Pakistan | 2 – 1 | Canada |
| Abbas 14', 31' | Report | Fernandes 47' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Thomas Dumon (BEL)
* 6 December 2009 18:05
| Argentina | 6 – 2 | South Africa |
| Ibarra 9', 12', 31' Mazzilli 24' L. Vila 53', 55' | Report | Harper 15' Norris-Jones 69' |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Nathan Stagno (GIB)
* 8 December 2009 16:05
| Canada | 1 – 4 | South Africa |
| Tupper 59' | Report | Paton 30' Haley 41' Reid-Ross 46' Carr 65' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 8 December 2009 18:05
| Argentina | 3 – 1 | Pakistan |
| Callioni 1' Ibarra 31', 52' | Report | Abbas 66' |
* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)
* 10 December 2009 12:05
| Pakistan | 4 – 1 | South Africa |
| Abbas 20' Abbasi 49' Khan 53' Ali 63' | Report | Norris-Jones 33' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)
* 10 December 2009 18:05
| Canada | 3 – 2 | Argentina |
| Tupper 50' Wright 62' Fernandes 70+' | Report | Ibarra 54', 69' |
* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Francisco Vazquez (ESP)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 |
| Belgium | 3 |
| Belgium | 3 | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
| South Africa | 4 | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
| South Africa | 4 | South Africa | 5 |
| 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | | South Africa | 5 |
| 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | China | 0 |
| Canada | 1 | China | 0 |
| China | 3 | | |
| China | 3 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
| | | Belgium | 2 |
| | | Canada | 0 |

#### Crossover

* 12 December 2009 09:05
| Belgium | 3 – 4 | South Africa |
| Dekeyser 8', 14' Charlier 51' | Report | Paton 17' Robinson 25' Reid-Ross 65' Madsen 70' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 12 December 2009 11:35
| Canada | 1 – 3 | China |
| Pearson 7' | Report | Song Yi 11', 28' Lu Fenghui 39' |
* Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Haider Rasool (PAK)

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 13 December 2009 09:05
| Belgium | 2 – 0 | Canada |
| Depaeuw 24' Pangrazio 50' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 13 December 2009 11:35
| South Africa | 5 – 0 | China |
| McDade 8' Hykes 26' Reid-Ross 38' Carr 42' Smith 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 |
| Argentina | 2 |
| Argentina | 2 | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
| New Zealand | 3 | New Zealand | 4 |
| 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | | New Zealand | 4 |
| 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | Pakistan | 2 |
| India | 3 | Pakistan | 2 |
| Pakistan | 6 | | |
| Pakistan | 6 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
| | | Argentina | 2 |
| | | India | 3 |

#### Semifinals

* 12 December 2009 14:05
| Argentina | 2 – 3 | New Zealand |
| Ibarra 18' L. Vila 66' | Report | Hayward 2' Burrows 32' McAleese 45' |
* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 12 December 2009 16:35
| India | 3 – 6 | Pakistan |
| Mahadik 8', 62' Ram 67' | Report | Butt 2', 29', 64' Abbas 32', 70' Khan 58' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Roel van Eert (NED)

#### Third and fourth place

* 13 December 2009 14:05
| Argentina | 2 – 3 | India |
| Callioni 22', 29' | Report | Raghunath 35+' Gurbaj 54' Mahadik 69' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Deon Nel (RSA)

#### Final

* 13 December 2009 16:35
| New Zealand | 4 – 2 | Pakistan |
| Archibald 15' Burrows 20', 66' Edwards 65' | Report | Abbas 7' Butt 35' |
* Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

## Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Fair Play Trophy |
| Pedro Ibarra | Sardar Singh | Kyle Pontifex | Argentina |

## Statistics
### Final ranking

* New Zealand
* Pakistan
* India
* Argentina
* South Africa
* China
* Belgium
* Canada