# 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held 6–17 September 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.
Germany won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating Australia 4–3 in the final. Spain won the third place match by defeating Korea 3–2 with a golden goal.

## Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European confederation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings. Alongside the five teams qualifying through the Qualifier, twelve teams competed in this tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | Germany |
| 21–28 September 2003 | 2003 Hockey Asia Cup | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1 | India |
| 12–23 May 2004 | 2004 Pan American Cup | London, Canada | 1 | Argentina |
| 28 August–4 September 2005 | 2005 EuroHockey Nations Championship | Leipzig, Germany | 2 | Spain Netherlands |
| 1–8 October 2005 | 2005 Hockey African Cup for Nations | Pretoria, South Africa | 1 | South Africa |
| 15–19 November 2005 | 2005 Oceania Cup | Suva, Fiji | 1 | Australia |
| 12–23 April 2006 | Intercontinental Cup | Changzhou, China | 5 | New Zealand South Korea England Pakistan Japan |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Umpires

The International Hockey Federation appointed 14 umpires for this tournament:
* Xavier Adell (ESP)
* Christian Blasch (GER)
* Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* David Gentles (AUS)
* Murray Grime (AUS)
* Hamish Jamson (ENG)
* Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
* Satinder Kumar (IND)
* David Leiper (SCO)
* Andy Mair (SCO)
* Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* Rob ten Cate (NED)
* John Wright (RSA)

## Results

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

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 7 | |
| 4 | Pakistan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | Argentina | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 | |
* 6 September 2006 18:30
| Argentina | 0–3 | New Zealand |
| | Report | Shaw 17', 23' Child 37' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Rob ten Cate (NED)
* 7 September 2006 16:00
| Pakistan | 4–0 | Japan |
| Abbas 9', 64' Butt 12' Abbasi 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Hamish Jamson (ENG)
* 7 September 2006 18:00
| Australia | 1–3 | Spain |
| Elder 47' | Report | Tubau 8' Amat 21' Ribas 41' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) John Wright (RSA)
* 8 September 2006 16:00
| New Zealand | 4–4 | Pakistan |
| Couzins 14', 36' Hopping 18' Shaw 53' | Report | Abbasi 9' Zubair 21', 65' Butt 42' |
* Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 8 September 2006 20:15
| Spain | 1–1 | Argentina |
| Tubau 39' | Report | Cammareri 50' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Rob ten Cate (NED)
* 9 September 2006 17:30
| Japan | 0–1 | New Zealand |
| | Report | Child 43' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
* 9 September 2006 19:30
| Argentina | 0–4 | Australia |
| | Report | Doerner 23' Ford 24' McCann 30' Hammond 55' |
* Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 10 September 2006 12:30
| Pakistan | 2–2 | Spain |
| Butt 10' Abbas 52' | Report | Freixa 27' Amat 41' |
* Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* 10 September 2006 19:00
| Australia | 3–1 | Japan |
| McCann 6' Elder 8' Ford 54' | Report | Fukuda 16' |
* Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Rob ten Cate (NED)
* 11 September 2006 14:00
| Spain | 3–1 | New Zealand |
| Alegre 10' Freixa 19' Tubau 36' | Report | Shaw 40' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Christian Blasch (GER)
* 11 September 2006 18:00
| Argentina | 1–0 | Pakistan |
| M. Vila 41' | Report | |
* Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
* 12 September 2006 14:00
| New Zealand | 1–7 | Australia |
| Patel 20' | Report | Dwyer 2', 64' McCann 26' Elder 32' Naylor 48' Brooks 55' Doerner 66' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 12 September 2006 16:00
| Japan | 4–3 | Argentina |
| A. Ito 7', 69' Ozawa 44' Sakamoto 61' | Report | R. Vila 32', 35' Cammareri 47' |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 13 September 2006 14:00
| Japan | 2–4 | Spain |
| Katayama 15', 49' | Report | Amat 22' Freixa 44', 58', 66' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Andy Mair (SCO)
* 13 September 2006 20:30
| Australia | 3–0 | Pakistan |
| George 14', 51' Dwyer 32' | Report | |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany (H) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 10 | |
| 4 | England | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 2 | |
| 6 | India | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 1 | |
* 6 September 2006 15:30
| Germany | 3–2 | India |
| C. Zeller 27', 70' Hentschel 59' | Report | S. Singh 57', 64' |
* Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 6 September 2006 20:30
| South Korea | 3–2 | Netherlands |
| You 12', 15' Seo 59' | Report | R. Brouwer 48' Taekema 53' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 7 September 2006 14:00
| India | 2–3 | England |
| S. Singh 28' D. Tirkey 66' | Report | Tindall 53' S. Mantell 57', 61' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
* 7 September 2006 20:15
| Netherlands | 2–0 | South Africa |
| Taekema 16' Derikx 65' | Report | |
* Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 8 September 2006 18:00
| England | 0–1 | South Korea |
| | Report | Yoon 59' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 9 September 2006 13:00
| South Africa | 1–1 | India |
| Symons 64' | Report | I. Tirkey 14' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Hamish Jamson (ENG)
* 9 September 2006 15:15
| Germany | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| C. Zeller 48' Fürste 54' | Report | M. Brouwer 37' Reckers 42' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Xavier Adell (ESP)
* 10 September 2006 14:45
| England | 1–2 | Germany |
| S. Mantell 34' | Report | C. Zeller 24', 42' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) John Wright (RSA)
* 10 September 2006 17:00
| South Korea | 2–2 | South Africa |
| Jang 21' You 50' | Report | Tsolekile 49' Madsen 59' |
* Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Christian Blasch (GER)
* 11 September 2006 16:00
| India | 1–2 | South Korea |
| S. Singh 46' | Report | Jang 63', 69' |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 11 September 2006 20:15
| Netherlands | 4–3 | England |
| De Nooijer 19' R. Brouwer 21' Taekema 45', 63' | Report | Daly 10' R. Mantell 14' Tindall 39' |
* Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* 12 September 2006 18:00
| Germany | 5–0 | South Africa |
| C. Zeller 5' Witthaus 32', 66' Hentschel 64' Biederlack 69' | Report | |
* Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Rob ten Cate (NED)
* 12 September 2006 20:00
| India | 1–6 | Netherlands |
| D. Tirkey 14' | Report | Taekema 13', 15', 26', 30', 65' Weusthof 59' |
* Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) David Gentles (AUS)
* 13 September 2006 16:20
| South Korea | 0–0 | Germany |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* 13 September 2006 18:30
| South Africa | 1–3 | England |
| Symons 10' | Report | Tindall 21' R. Mantell 42', 50' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

### Ninth to twelfth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 16 September | 16 September |
| South Africa | 2 |
| South Africa | 2 | 17 September | 17 September |
| Japan | 5 | 17 September | 17 September |
| Japan | 5 | Japan | 2 |
| 16 September | 16 September | | Japan | 2 |
| 16 September | 16 September | Argentina | 1 |
| Argentina | 3 | Argentina | 1 |
| India | 2 | | |
| India | 2 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 17 September | 17 September |
| | | South Africa | 0 |
| | | India | 1 |

#### Crossover

* 16 September 2006 10:00
| South Africa | 2–5 | Japan |
| Symons 37', 58' | Report | Yoshida 7' A. Ito 25' Fukuda 47', 67' M. Ito 61' |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 16 September 2006 12:30
| Argentina | 3–2 | India |
| M. Vila 41', 62' Paredes 51' | Report | Halappa 3' R. Singh 54' |
* Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

#### Eleventh and twelfth place

* 17 September 2006 08:00
| South Africa | 0–1 | India |
| | Report | R. Singh 54' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

#### Ninth and tenth place

* 17 September 2006 10:30
| Japan | 2–1 | Argentina |
| Yoshida 37' A. Ito 69' | Report | R. Vila 56' |
* Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Christian Blasch (GER)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 15 September | 15 September |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 16 September | 16 September |
| England | 4 | 16 September | 16 September |
| England | 4 | England | 1 |
| 15 September | 15 September | | England | 1 |
| 15 September | 15 September | Pakistan | 0 |
| Netherlands | 2 | Pakistan | 0 |
| Pakistan | 3 | | |
| Pakistan | 3 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 16 September | 16 September |
| | | New Zealand | 0 |
| | | Netherlands | 3 |

#### Crossover

* 15 September 2006 12:30
| New Zealand | 3–4 | England |
| Shaw 29' Archibald 33' Child 54' | Report | S. Mantell 35+', 60' Kirkham 46' Tindall 70' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS) Xavier Adell (ESP)+ Replaced Amarjit Singh after 35 minutes
* 15 September 2006 15:00
| Netherlands | 2–3 | Pakistan |
| Reckers 42' Taekema 47' | Report | Abbasi 10' Abbas 33' Zubair 36' |
* Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 16 September 2006 15:00
| New Zealand | 0–3 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Weusthof 34', 49' Taekema 40' |
* Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) Satinder Kumar (IND)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 16 September 2006 17:30
| England | 1–0 | Pakistan |
| Jones 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 15 September | 15 September |
| Australia | 4 |
| Australia | 4 | 17 September | 17 September |
| South Korea | 2 | 17 September | 17 September |
| South Korea | 2 | Australia | 3 |
| 15 September | 15 September | | Australia | 3 |
| 15 September | 15 September | Germany | 4 |
| Germany (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | Germany | 4 |
| Spain | 2 (1) | | |
| Spain | 2 (1) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 September | 17 September |
| | | South Korea | 2 |
| | | Spain (a.e.t.) | 3 |

#### Semi-finals

* 15 September 2006 17:30
| Australia | 4–2 | South Korea |
| George 38' Brooks 51' Dwyer 60' McCann 70' | Report | Jang 31' Kang 41' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* 15 September 2006 20:15
| Germany | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
| Emmerling 19' Fürste 46' | Report | Freixa 27' Fàbregas 47' |
| Penalties |||
| C. Zeller Weß Fürste P. Zeller | 3–1 | Freixa Quemada Tubau Amat |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) John Wright (RSA)

#### Third and fourth place

* 17 September 2006 13:00
| South Korea | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
| Jang 42' Seo 60' | Report | Tubau 9' Freixa 40' Amat 71' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) David Leiper (SCO)

#### Final

* 17 September 2006 15:30
| Australia | 3–4 | Germany |
| Knowles 19' Naylor 25' Elder 38' | Report | C. Zeller 18', 54' Fürste 46' Emmerling 49' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Young Player of the Tournament | Fair Play Trophy |
| Jamie Dwyer | Taeke Taekema | Ulrich Bubolz | Christopher Zeller | New Zealand |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | B | Germany (H) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 15 | Gold medal |
| 2 | A | Australia | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 15 | Silver medal |
| 3 | A | Spain | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 15 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | B | South Korea | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | England | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 12 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | A | Pakistan | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 8 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | B | Netherlands | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 13 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | A | New Zealand | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | A | Japan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 9 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | A | Argentina | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | B | India | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | B | South Africa | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |

### Goalscorers

There were 174 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 4.14 goals per match.
11 goals
* Taeke Taekema
8 goals
* Christopher Zeller
7 goals
* Santiago Freixa
5 goals
* Simon Mantell
* Hayden Shaw
* Jang Jong-hyun
4 goals
* Jamie Dwyer
* Troy Elder
* Michael McCann
* James Tindall
* Shivendra Singh
* Akira Ito
* Sohail Abbas
* Ian Symons
* Pol Amat
* Eduard Tubau
3 goals
* Matías Vila
* Rodrigo Vila
* Bevan George
* Richard Mantell
* Moritz Fürste
* Toshiaki Fukuda
* Roderick Weusthof
* Simon Child
* Shakeel Abbasi
* Rehan Butt
* Muhammad Zubair
* You Hyo-sik
2 goals
* Lucas Cammareri
* Travis Brooks
* Luke Doerner
* Russell Ford
* Matthew Naylor
* Björn Emmerling
* Oliver Hentschel
* Matthias Witthaus
* Dilip Tirkey
* Rajpal Singh
* Kenichi Katayama
* Kazuo Yoshida
* Ronald Brouwer
* Rob Reckers
* Dean Couzins
* Seo Jong-ho
1 goal
* Matías Paredes
* Robert Hammond
* Mark Knowles
* Matthew Daly
* Martin Jones
* Glenn Kirkham
* Sebastian Biederlack
* Arjun Halappa
* Ignace Tirkey
* Mitsuru Ito
* Kazuyuki Ozawa
* Hiroki Sakamoto
* Matthijs Brouwer
* Geert-Jan Derikx
* Teun de Nooijer
* Ryan Archibald
* Blair Hopping
* Mitesh Patel
* Wayne Madsen
* Lungile Tsolekile
* Kang Seong-jung
* Yoon Sung-hoon
* David Alegre
* Alex Fàbregas
* Xavier Ribas
Source: FIH