# 2004 Men's Hockey RaboTrophy

The 2004 Men's Hockey RaboTrophy was the second edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The RaboTrophy was held in Amsterdam from 26 June to 4 July 2004, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.
Germany won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Netherlands 5–4 in the final.
The tournament was held in conjunction with the Women's RaboTrophy.

## Competition format

The four teams competed in a pool stage, played in a single round robin format. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams contested the final, while the remaining teams played off for third place.

## Teams

The following four teams competed for the title:
* Germany
* India
* Netherlands
* Pakistan

## Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:
* Jamil Butt (PAK)
* Peter Elders (NED)
* Satinder Kumar (IND)
* David Leiper (SCO)
* Markus Petter (GER)

## Results

All times are local (Central European Time).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 | Advanced to Final |
| 3 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |

#### Fixtures

* 26 June 2004 17:30
| Pakistan | 0–6 | Germany |
| | Report | Witthaus 12' Michel 22', 33' Kunz 51', 57' Bechmann 67' |
* Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Peter Elders (NED)
* 27 June 2004 16:00
| Netherlands | 2–0 | India |
| De Nooijer 29' R. Brouwer 39' | Report | |
* Umpires: Markus Petter (GER) Jamil Butt (PAK)
* 29 June 2004 15:00
| Pakistan | 6–1 | India |
| Abbasi 7' Abbas 28', 43' S. Hussain 33' Jawwad 55' Nadeem 64' | Report | Deepak 32' |
* Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Markus Petter (GER)
* 29 June 2004 19:30
| Germany | 1–3 | Netherlands |
| C. Zeller 49' | Report | Klaver 14' R. Brouwer 25' Taekema 33' |
* Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Jamil Butt (PAK)
* 1 July 2004 17:00
| Germany | 4–0 | India |
| Bechmann 49' Michel 44', 51', 54' | Report | |
* Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) Jamil Butt (PAK)
* 1 July 2004 19:30
| Netherlands | 3–2 | Pakistan |
| De Nooijer 5' Klaver 41' M. Brouwer 69' | Report | Ali 50' D. Hussain 56' |
* Umpires: Markus Petter (GER) Satinder Kumar (IND)

### Classification round
#### Third and fourth place

* 3 July 2004 17:30
| Pakistan | 5–3 | India |
| Jawwad 7', 57', 68' Butt 26', 65' | Report | D. Tirkey 14' Baljeet 47' Gagan 49' |
* Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Peter Elders (NED)

#### Final

* 4 July 2004 15:30
| Netherlands | 4–5 | Germany |
| M. Brouwer 2' Evers 5' Eikelboom 20' R. Brouwer 54' | Report | Bechmann 10' Emmerling 25' Michel 37' C. Zeller 50' Witthaus 65' |
* Umpires: Jamil Butt (PAK) Satinder Kumar (IND)

## Statistics
### Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| | Germany | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 9 | Gold Medal |
| | Netherlands (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | Silver Medal |
| | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 0 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 45 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 5.62 goals per match.
6 goals
* Björn Michel
4 goals
* Kashif Jawwad
3 goals
* Christoph Bechmann
* Ronald Brouwer
2 goals
* Florian Kunz
* Matthias Witthaus
* Christopher Zeller
* Matthijs Brouwer
* Karel Klaver
* Teun de Nooijer
* Sohail Abbas
* Rehan Butt
1 goal
* Björn Emmerling
* Baljeet Singh
* Gagan Ajit Singh
* Deepak Thakur
* Dilip Tirkey
* Marten Eikelboom
* Floris Evers
* Taeke Taekema
* Shakeel Abbasi
* Ghazanfar Ali
* Dilawar Hussain
* Shabbir Hussain
* Muhammad Nadeem