# 2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers

The 2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers were the 12th edition of the Hockey World Cup qualification tournament. Three events were held between October and November 2009 in France, New Zealand and Argentina and only the winner of each would earn a berth to play in the 2010 World Cup, to be held in New Delhi, India.
Pakistan, New Zealand and Argentina each won one of the three tournaments.

## Qualification

All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition.
| Dates | Event | Location | Qualifier(s) |
| 7–15 March 2009 | 2009 Pan American Cup | Santiago, Chile | United States Argentina Chile |
| 9–16 May 2009 | 2009 Hockey Asia Cup | Kuantan, Malaysia | Pakistan China Malaysia Japan |
| 10–18 July 2009 | 2009 Hockey African Cup for Nations | Accra, Ghana | — |
| 1–8 August 2009 | 2009 EuroHockey Nations Trophy | Wrexham, Wales | Ireland Russia Wales Czech Republic Scotland |
| 22–30 August 2009 | 2009 EuroHockey Nations Championship | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Belgium France Austria Poland |
| 25–29 August 2009 | 2009 Oceania Cup | Invercargill, New Zealand | New Zealand |
| Invitational | Invitational | Invitational | Italy |
    ^1 –Egypt withdrew from participating. Italy was called to participate instead.

## Qualifier 1
### Umpires

Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
* Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
* Diego Barbas (ARG)
* Will Drury (WAL)
* Murray Grime (AUS)
* Jang Jung-min (KOR)
* Vincent Loos (BEL)
* Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
* Amarjit Singh (IND)
* Gus Soteriades (USA)

### Pool

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 12 | Final |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 12 | Final |
| 3 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 10 | Third place game |
| 4 | France (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 7 | Third place game |
| 5 | Russia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 1 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 | Fifth place game |
* 31 October 2009 11:30
| Japan | 4–0 | Russia |
| Tanaka 6', 52', 67' Tsubouchi 44' | Report | |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 31 October 2009 13:30
| Pakistan | 5–0 | Italy |
| Abbas 31', 47' Imran 43' Zubair 52' Khan 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Will Drury (WAL)
* 31 October 2009 15:30
| France | 2–2 | Poland |
| Durchon 35' Soyez 45' | Report | Strykowski 17', 58' |
* Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Jang Jung-min (KOR)
* 1 November 2009 11:30
| Pakistan | 5–0 | Russia |
| Butt 23' Abbasi 31' Abbas 33' Imran 37' Khan 43' | Report | |
* Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 1 November 2009 13:30
| Japan | 3–2 | Poland |
| Tanaka 2' Ono 14' Nagasawa 34' | Report | Dutkiewicz 9' Janiszewski 35' |
* Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) Jang Jung-min (KOR)
* 1 November 2009 15:30
| Italy | 0–3 | France |
| | Report | M. Genestet 9' Soyez 50', 58' |
* Umpires: Vincent Loos (BEL) Will Drury (WAL)
* 3 November 2009 11:30
| Italy | 0–3 | Japan |
| | Report | Hatakeyama 17' Sakamoto 61' Anai 65' |
* Umpires: Jang Jung-min (KOR) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
* 3 November 2009 13:30
| Poland | 2–1 | Russia |
| Zywiczka 2' Mikula 5' | Report | Likov 46' |
* Umpires: Vincent Loos (BEL) Gus Soteriades (USA)
* 3 November 2009 15:30
| France | 2–4 | Pakistan |
| Soyez 23' Becuwe 67' | Report | Ali 8' Abbas 26', 37' Butt 55' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 5 November 2009 11:30
| Poland | 4–1 | Italy |
| Mikula 33' Kunklewski 46' Makowski 61' Marcinkowski 68' | Report | Lunetta 66' |
* Umpires: Will Drury (WAL) Jang Jung-min (KOR)
* 5 November 2009 13:30
| Japan | 1–6 | Pakistan |
| Nagasawa 42' | Report | Abbas 19', 52' Butt 30', 56' Zubair 54' Abbasi 61' |
* Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
* 5 November 2009 15:30
| Russia | 3–4 | France |
| Likov 11' Yankun 49' Zhirkov 68' | Report | Jansen 4' M. Genestet 16' Soyez 55' T. Genestet 56' |
* Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) Vincent Loos (BEL)
* 7 November 2009 11:30
| Pakistan | 2–3 | Poland |
| Waqas 29' Zubair 42' | Report | Mikula 45' Zywiczka 58' Kmiec 60' |
* Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 7 November 2009 15:30
| Russia | 2–2 | Italy |
| Mokrousov 48' Kolorev 60' | Report | Lanzano 11', 17' |
* Umpires: Vincent Loos (BEL) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
* 7 November 2009 17:30
| France | 2–3 | Japan |
| T. Genestet 21' Soyez 67' | Report | Hatakeyama 6', 28' Sakamoto 65' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

### Classification
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 8 November 2009 11:05
| Russia | 2–0 | Italy |
| Platonov 12' Zhirkov 19' | Report | |
* Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

#### Third and fourth place

* 8 November 2009 13:35
| Poland | 5–4 | France |
| Janiszewski 16' Rachwalski 38', 59' Mikula 40' Szyplik 57' | Report | M. Genestet 5' Lanos 29' T. Genestet 30' Sanchez 41' |
* Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Will Drury (WAL)

#### Final

* 8 November 2009 16:05
| Pakistan | 3–1 | Japan |
| Khan 12' Abbas 24', 41' | Report | Tsubouchi 27' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Pakistan |
| 2 | Japan |
| 3 | Poland |
| 4 | France |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | Italy |
Qualified for the 2010 World Cup

### Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Fair Play Trophy |
| Sohail Abbas | Matthieu Durchon | Mariusz Chyla | Russia |

## Qualifier 2
### Umpires

Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
* Saleem Aaron (USA)
* Stewart Dearing (AUS)
* Marcin Grochal (POL)
* Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
* Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
* Satinder Kumar (IND)
* Warren McCully (IRL)
* Tim Pullman (AUS)
* Peter Wright (RSA)

### Pool

All times are New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 15 | Final |
| 2 | Malaysia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Final |
| 3 | China | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 9 | Third place game |
| 4 | Scotland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 6 | Third place game |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Wales | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | Fifth place game |
* 7 November 2009 12:05
| China | 2–1 | Scotland |
| Liu Yixian 45' Na Yubo 60' | Report | S. Dick 4' |
* Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Stewart Dearing (AUS)
* 7 November 2009 14:05
| New Zealand | 6–2 | Wales |
| Wilson 17', 60' Hayward 33', 35', 65' Burrows 63' | Report | Gay 37', 49' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Marcin Grochal (POL)
* 7 November 2009 16:05
| Malaysia | 2–2 | Austria |
| Amin 6' Azlan 8' | Report | Grandits 54' Korper 67' |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 8 November 2009 13:05
| Scotland | 0–8 | New Zealand |
| | Report | Inglis 16' Child 26' Burrows 34', 46' Wilson 48', 50', 58', 60' |
* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 8 November 2009 15:05
| Wales | 1–2 | Malaysia |
| Gay 51' | Report | Ahmad 4', 32' |
* Umpires: Saleem Aaron (USA) Stewart Dearing (AUS)
* 8 November 2009 17:05
| Austria | 1–2 | China |
| Jelinek 64' | Report | Liu Yixian 35+' Sun Long 61' |
* Umpires: Warren McCully (IRL) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 10 November 2009 14:05
| Austria | 2–3 | Scotland |
| Proksch 27' Korper 59' | Report | Stott 37' Bain 61' Ralph 66' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
* 10 November 2009 16:05
| Wales | 1–2 | China |
| Cornick 44' | Report | Liu Yixian 47' Na Yubo 57' |
* Umpires: Warren McCully (IRL) Saleem Aaron (USA)
* 10 November 2009 18:05
| New Zealand | 4–2 | Malaysia |
| Archibald 6' Burrows 10' Shaw 52' Child 62' | Report | Azlan 30' Faizal 44' |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Marcin Grochal (POL)
* 12 November 2009 14:05
| Malaysia | 3–2 | Scotland |
| Faizal 7', 27' Amin 35' | Report | Bain 37' Dick 49' |
* Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Saleem Aaron (USA)
* 12 November 2009 16:05
| Austria | 2–0 | Wales |
| Korper 18' Stanzl 50' | Report | |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
* 12 November 2009 18:05
| China | 1–6 | New Zealand |
| Dong Yang 69' | Report | Hayward 9', 14' Burrows 29' Child 46', 52' Shaw 56' |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Stewart Dearing (AUS)
* 14 November 2009 10:05
| Scotland | 2–1 | Wales |
| Dick 37' Ralph 51' | Report | Barrington 56' |
* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Warren McCully (IRL)
* 14 November 2009 12:05
| New Zealand | 4–0 | Austria |
| Burrows 8' Child 24', 67' Bhana 29' | Report | |
* Umpires: Saleem Aaron (USA) Marcin Grochal (POL)
* 14 November 2009 14:05
| China | 0–3 | Malaysia |
| | Report | Kevinder Singh 37' Ahmad 38' Nabil 51' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Satinder Kumar (IND)

### Classification
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 15 November 2009 10:05
| Austria | 3–2 | Wales |
| Jelinek 42', 52' Korper 61' | Report | Croxall 39' Ruxton 41' |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Marcin Grochal (POL)

#### Third and fourth place

* 15 November 2009 12:35
| China | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Scotland |
| Liu Yixian 20' Lu Fenghui 38' | Report | Dick 18' Bain 24' |
| Penalties |||
| Liu Yixian De Yunze Sun Tianjun Wo Wei | 3–5 | Ralph Dick Marwaha Christie Stott |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Stewart Dearing (AUS)

#### Final

* 15 November 2009 15:05
| New Zealand | 2–1 | Malaysia |
| Hayward 57', 60' | Report | Razie 18' |
* Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Tim Pullman (AUS)

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | New Zealand |
| 2 | Malaysia |
| 3 | Scotland |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | Austria |
| 6 | Wales |
Qualified for the 2010 World Cup

### Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Fair Play Trophy |
| Andrew Hayward | Ryan Archibald | Kumar Subramaniam | Scotland |

## Qualifier 3
### Umpires

Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
* Michiel Bruning (NED)
* Nigel Iggo (NZL)
* Adam Kearns (AUS)
* Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
* Marc Knulle (FRA)
* Martin Madden (SCO)
* Francesco Parisi (ITA)
* Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
* Gary Simmonds (RSA)

### Pool

All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 13 | Final |
| 2 | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 11 | Final |
| 3 | Ireland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 7 | Third place game |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 7 | Third place game |
| 5 | Chile | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | United States | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 1 | Fifth place game |
* 14 November 2009 11:05
| Belgium | 4–1 | Chile |
| Luycx 15' Denayer 19' Truyens 57' Dekeyser 60' | Report | C. Rodríguez 2' |
* Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Michiel Bruning (NED)
* 14 November 2009 13:05
| Ireland | 6–1 | United States |
| Watt 4', 7', 13' Butler 18', 34' Darling 55' | Report | Coolidge 53' |
* Umpires: Marc Knulle (FRA) Nigel Iggo (NZL)
* 14 November 2009 15:05
| Argentina | 1–0 | Czech Republic |
| Almada 10' | Report | |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
* 15 November 2009 11:05
| Chile | 1–4 | Ireland |
| Kannegiesser 16' | Report | Sothern 37', 67', 69' Jermyn 61' |
* Umpires: Francesco Parisi (ITA) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
* 15 November 2009 13:05
| Belgium | 9–0 | Czech Republic |
| Truyens 7', 25' Dekeyser 12' Lucyx 40' Boon 49', 69', 70' Thys 62' Vandeweghe 64' | Report | |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Nigel Iggo (NZL)
* 15 November 2009 15:05
| United States | 1–6 | Argentina |
| P. Harris 16' | Report | Vila 9' L. Rey 13' Ibarra 16' Rossi 33' Brunet 53' Almada 68' |
* Umpires: Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
* 17 November 2009 14:35
| United States | 1–3 | Czech Republic |
| Ginolfi 65' | Report | Piterak 12' Bernatek 38' Jahoda 42' |
* Umpires: Marc Knulle (FRA) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
* 17 November 2009 16:45
| Ireland | 0–3 | Belgium |
| | Report | Truyens 5' Dekeyser 10' Van Hove 36' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Francesco Parisi (ITA)
* 17 November 2009 17:05
| Chile | 3–7 | Argentina |
| Zarhi 38' M. Rodríguez 55', 62' | Report | Ibarra 9', 10', 31', 36', 65' Almada 52' M. Vila 54' |
* Umpires: Michiel Bruning (NED) Martin Madden (SCO)
* 19 November 2009 14:35
| United States | 1–2 | Chile |
| Reyatt 69' | Report | M. Rodríguez 24' Kannegiesser 55' |
* Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) Martin Madden (SCO)
* 19 November 2009 16:45
| Czech Republic | 2–2 | Ireland |
| Babicky 54', 66' | Report | Jermyn 12', 22' |
* Umpires: Francesco Parisi (ITA) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
* 19 November 2009 17:05
| Argentina | 2–2 | Belgium |
| Ibarra 48' Argento 55' | Report | Dekeyser 57' Lucyx 64' |
* Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 21 November 2009 11:05
| Czech Republic | 2–1 | Chile |
| Babicky 10' Kyndl 17' | Report | Berzcely 63' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Francesco Parisi (ITA)
* 21 November 2009 13:05
| Belgium | 3–3 | United States |
| Charlier 5', 52' Boon 60' | Report | P. Harris 44' Kundi 59' Martin 70' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)
* 21 November 2009 15:05
| Ireland | 0–4 | Argentina |
| | Report | Almada 12' Ibarra 19', 49' Cammareri 24' |
* Umpires: Marc Knulle (FRA) Michiel Brunning (NED)

### Classification
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 22 November 2009 09:35
| Chile | 1–2 | United States |
| Thiermann 70' | Report | P. Harris 48' Holt 64' |
* Umpires: Marc Knulle (FRA) Andrew Kennedy (ENG)

#### Third and fourth place

* 22 November 2009 12:05
| Ireland | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Czech Republic |
| Ames 25' Cockram 77' | Report | Bernatek 53' |
* Umpires: Michiel Bruning (NED) Nigel Iggo (NZL)

#### Final

* 22 November 2009 14:35
| Argentina | 4–3 | Belgium |
| Ibarra 39', 53' L. Vila 57' Almada 62' | Report | Charlier 14' Thys 25' Dekeyser 48' |
* Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Argentina |
| 2 | Belgium |
| 3 | Ireland |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
| 5 | United States |
| 6 | Chile |
Qualified for the 2010 World Cup

### Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Fair Play Trophy |
| Pedro Ibarra | Félix Denayer | Filip Neusser | Argentina |