2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II

2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II
Tournament details
Host countryIreland
CityDublin
Dates6–12 July
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
VenueNational Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions Poland (1st title)
Runner-up Ireland
Third place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Top scorer John Jermyn (7 goals)
Best player Tomasz Dutkiewicz
(next) 2011

The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II was the inaugural edition of the Champions Challenge II. It was held at the National Hockey Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, from 6 to 12 July 2009.[1]

Poland won the tournament, defeating hosts Ireland 5–4 on penalties after the final finished a 3–3 draw.[2][3] With the win, Poland gained promotion to the 2011 Champions Challenge I in Johannesburg.

Teams

Qualification for the tournament was based on rankings at the 2008 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[4]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
2–10 February 2008 2008 FIH Olympic Qualifiers Auckland, New Zealand 2  France
 Ireland
1–9 March 2008 Santiago, Chile 3  Austria
 Chile
 Russia
5–13 April 2008 Santiago, Chile 3  Japan
 Malaysia
 Poland
Total 8

Results

All times are Irish Standard Time (UTC+1)[5]

First round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 3 3 0 0 9 6 +3 9 Semi-finals
2  Ireland (H) 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
4  Chile 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
6 July 2009
17:30
Japan  2–3  Poland
Nagasawa  44'
Kitazato  54'
Strykowski  37'
Górny  49'69'
Umpires:
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
Iskandar Rashdan Rusli (MAS)
6 July 2009
19:45
Ireland  3–0  Chile
Jermyn  8'30'49'
Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Andrew Isaev (RUS)

7 July 2009
17:45
Poland  3–2  Chile
Choczaj  9'
Dutkiewicz  15'
Juszczak  42'
Krainz  12'47'
Umpires:
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
Benoit Chopin (FRA)
7 July 2009
20:00
Ireland  3–0  Japan
Jermyn  11'18'
Watt  30'
Umpires:
Ged Curran (ECO)
Iskandar Rashdan Rusli (MAS)

9 July 2009
17:30
Japan  4–3  Chile
Mitani  3'
Furusato  34'
Kitazato  36'54'
Montegu  55'
Berzcely  60'
Eggers  69'
Umpires:
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
Andrey Isaev (RUS)
9 July 2009
19:45
Poland  3–2  Ireland
Górny  7'
Janiszewski  30'
Dutkiewicz  39'
Watt  5'
Sothern  24'
Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Benoit Chopin (FRA)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Malaysia 3 3 0 0 11 7 +4 9 Semi-finals
2  France 3 2 0 1 12 8 +4 6
3  Russia 3 0 1 2 10 13 −3 1
4  Austria 3 0 1 2 7 12 −5 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
6 July 2009
13:00
Malaysia  3–2  Austria
Singh  4'
A. Rahim  46'49'
Körper  43'60'
Umpires:
Ged Curran (ECO)
Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)
6 July 2009
15:15
France  5–3  Russia
Jean-Jean  14'
Martin-Brisac  17'
Soyez  40'
Becuwe  56'70'
Sergeev  19'68'
Mayorov  37'
Umpires:
David Stewart (IRL)
Krzysztof Cholewa (POL)

7 July 2009
13:15
Austria  4–4  Russia
Körper  31'64'
Stanzl  39'
Monghy  53'
Sergeev  7'48'
Mokrousov  13'
Azarov  20'
Umpires:
Krzysztof Cholewa (POL)
Martin Vatter (CHI)
7 July 2009
15:30
France  2–4  Malaysia
Sevestre  22'
Becuwe  68'
Ismail  14'
A. Rahim  34'
Azlan  37'
R. Rahim  41'
Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)

9 July 2009
13:00
Malaysia  4–3  Russia
Ismail  8'
Hafifi  30'
Tengku  53'
Faizal  66'
Sergeev  42'57'
Mamoshkin  43'
Umpires:
Martin Vatter (CHI)
Krzystof Cholewa (POL)
9 July 2009
15:15
Austria  1–5  France
Körper  39' Soyez  16'59'
Becuwe  18'
Durchon  64'66'
Umpires:
Ged Curran (ECO)
David Stewart (IRL)

Fifth to eighth place classification

 
CrossoverFifth place
 
      
 
11 July 2009
 
 
 Japan4
 
12 July 2009
 
 Austria2
 
 Japan9
 
11 July 2009
 
 Russia2
 
 Russia2
 
 
 Chile1
 
Seventh place
 
 
12 July 2009
 
 
 Austria4
 
 
 Chile2

Crossover

11 July 2009
09:30
Japan  4–2  Austria
Furusato  22'
Anai  25'
Mitani  48'50'
Report Stanzl  17'
Laminger  58'
Umpires:
Martin Vatter (CHI)
Krzysztof Cholewa (POL)

11 July 2009
12:00
Russia  2–1  Chile
Likov  14'
Platonov  64'
Report Kannegiesser  68'
Umpires:
Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)
Benoit Chopin (FRA)

Seventh and eighth place

12 July 2009
09:30
Austria  4–2  Chile
Körper  9'
Grandits  17'
Stanzl  28'
Hübner  39'
Report Richter  11'
Krainz  47'
Umpires:
Iskandar Rashdan Rusli (MAS)
David Stewart (IRL)

Fifth and sixth place

12 July 2009
12:00
Japan  9–2  Russia
Anai  6'64'69'
Nagawasa  41'49'
Watanabe  45'
Tsubouchi  55'
Furusato  59'
Ono  62'
Report Platonov  19'
Azarov  22'
Umpires:
Benoit Chopin (FRA)
Martin Vatter (CHI)

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 July 2009
 
 
 Poland3
 
12 July 2009
 
 France1
 
 Poland (pen.)3 (5)
 
11 July 2009
 
 Ireland3 (4)
 
 Malaysia1
 
 
 Ireland2
 
Third place
 
 
12 July 2009
 
 
 France (a.e.t.)4
 
 
 Malaysia3

Semifinals

11 July 2009
14:30
Poland  3–1  France
Strykowski  10'
Oszyjczyk  30'
Dutkiewicz  54'
Report Soyez  3'
Umpires:
Iskandar Rashdan Rusli (MAS)
David Stewart (IRL)

11 July 2009
17:00
Malaysia  1–2  Ireland
Tengku  20' Report Jermyn  5'
Hobbs  57'
Umpires:
Andrey Isaev (RUS)
Michael Eilmer (AUT)

Third and fourth place

12 July 2009
14:30
France  4–3 (a.e.t.)  Malaysia
Genestet  16'
Soyez  22'77'
Jean-Jean  44'
Report Hanafi  32'
Sandrakasi  58'
R. Rahim  65'
Umpires:
Andrey Isaev (RUS)
Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)

Final

12 July 2009
17:00
Poland  3–3 (a.e.t.)  Ireland
Strykowski  39'70'
Rachwalski  57'
Report Watt  4'50'
Jermyn  16'
Penalties
Dutkiewicz
Rachwalski
Hutek
Górny
Janiszewski
Dutkiewicz
5–4 Butler
Jermyn
Brennan
Cockram
Gormley
Butler
Umpires:
Ged Curran (ECO)
Peter Wright (RSA)

Awards

Top scorer Player of the Tournament
John Jermyn Tomasz Dutkiewicz

Final rankings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Poland 5 4 1 0 15 10 +5 13 Qualified for 2011 Champions Challenge I
 Ireland (H) 5 3 1 1 13 7 +6 10
 France 5 3 0 2 17 14 +3 9
4  Malaysia 5 3 0 2 15 13 +2 9
5  Japan 5 3 0 2 19 13 +6 9
6  Russia 5 1 1 3 14 23 −9 4
7  Austria 5 1 1 3 13 18 −5 4
8  Chile 5 0 0 5 8 16 −8 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 114 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.7 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

  • Arnaud Becuwe
  • Michael Watt
  • Yoshihiro Anai
  • Marcin Strykowski

3 goals

  • Benjamin Stanzl
  • Esteban Krainz
  • Ryuji Furusato
  • Kenji Kitazato
  • Genki Mitani
  • Katsuyoshi Nagasawa
  • Amin Rahim
  • Tomasz Dutkiewicz
  • Tomasz Górny

2 goals

1 goal

  • Manuel Grandits
  • Tobias Hübner
  • Wolfgang Laminger
  • Dominik Monghy
  • Alexis Berczely
  • Felipe Eggers
  • Thomas Kannegiesser
  • Felipe Montegu
  • Jan Richter
  • Martin Genestet
  • Nicolas Martin-Brisac
  • Lucas Sevestre
  • David Hobbs
  • Alan Sothern
  • Tomonori Ono
  • Kazuhiro Tsubouchi
  • Hiroki Watanabe
  • Azlan Misron
  • Faizal Saari
  • Selvaraju Sandrakasi
  • Kevinder Makbul Singh
  • Tomasz Choczaj
  • Maciej Janiszewski
  • Miroslaw Juszczak
  • Szymon Oszyjczyk
  • Dariusz Rachwalski
  • Alexander Likov
  • Alexey Mamoshkin
  • Alexey Mayorov
  • Evgeny Mokrousov

References

  1. ^ "WorldHockey Champions Challenge II (Men)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Ireland let lead slip and pay penalty". irishtimes.com. The Irish Times. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Ireland 3-3 Poland (4-5 on pens)". rte.ie. RTÉ. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  4. ^ "FIH releases Qualified Teams for 2009 Events". FIH. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  5. ^ "FIH releases Men's Champions Challenge II schedule". FIH. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.