2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II

2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
CityLille
Dates2–10 July
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
VenueLille Métropole Hockey Club
Final positions
Champions Ireland (1st title)
Runner-up France
Third place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored130 (5.42 per match)
Top scorer Tomáš Procházka (6 goals)
Best goalkeeper David Harte
← 2009 (previous)

The 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II was the second and final edition of the Champions Challenge II. It was held at the Lille Métropole Hockey Club in Lille, France, from 2 to 10 July 2011.[1]

Ireland won the tournament, defeating hosts France 4–2 in the final.[2][3] With the win, Ireland gained promotion to the 2012 Champions Challenge I in Quilmes.

Teams

Eight teams participated in the tournament, they were:[4]

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)[5]

First round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Quarter-finals
2  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
3  Austria 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4  United States 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
2 July 2011
11:00
China  2–1  Austria
Dong  21'
Liu Y.  57' 		Report Körper  54'
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
David Sweetman (SCO)
2 July 2011
13:00
United States  2–3  Czech Republic
Holt  8'
Harris  21' 		Report Procházka  11'
Bernátek  42', 44'
Umpires:
Geoff Conn (IRL)
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)
3 July 2011
11:00
Austria  4–3  Czech Republic
Körper  16'
Bele  46', 67'
Jelinek  63' 		Report Vacek  8', 62'
Procházka  70'
Umpires:
Andrey Isaev (RUS)
Geoff Conn (IRL)
3 July 2011
13:00
United States  0–3  China
Report Na  38'
Liu X.  57'
E  64'
Umpires:
Gaetan Dubval (FRA)
Marcin Grochal (POL)
5 July 2011
11:00
China  1–1  Czech Republic
Sun  27' Report Procházka  53'
Umpires:
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)
David Sweetman (SCO)
5 July 2011
13:00
Austria  0–1  United States
Report Harris  44'
Umpires:
Andrey Isaev (RUS)
Geoff Conn (IRL)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ireland 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Quarter-finals
2  France (H) 3 2 1 0 10 8 +2 7
3  Russia 3 1 0 2 8 11 −3 3
4  Scotland 3 0 0 3 6 10 −4 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
2 July 2011
15:00
Ireland  3–2  Scotland
Giles  17'
McCabe  20'
C. Harte  38' 		Report Byers  58'
Forsyth  60'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
2 July 2011
17:00
France  5–4  Russia
Magner  5', 47'
Schambert  34'
Pauchet  48'
Sanchez  51' 		Report Zakirov  12', 65'
Golubev  19'
Platonov  27'
Umpires:
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
You Suolong (CHN)
3 July 2011
15:00
Russia  4–2  Scotland
Golubev  22'
Platonov  36'
Komarov  52'
Azarov  65' 		Report Christie  43'
Forsyth  44'
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
3 July 2011
17:00
Ireland  2–2  France
Watkins  17'
Magee  70+' 		Report Catonnet  34', 35+'
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
You Suolong (CHN)
5 July 2011
15:00
Russia  0–4  Ireland
Report Watt  7'
Cargo  25'
Magee  44'
Blakeney  63'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
You Suolong (CHN)
5 July 2011
17:00
France  3–2  Scotland
Pauchet  39'
Sevestre  49'
Catonnet  55' 		Report Dunn  32'
Coultas  58'
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Michael Eilmar (AUT)

Second round

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 July
 
 
 China1
 
9 July
 
 Scotland2
 
 Scotland3
 
7 July
 
 France5
 
 France (pen.)2 (3)
 
10 July
 
 Austria2 (2)
 
 France2
 
7 July
 
 Ireland4
 
 Czech Republic1
 
9 July
 
 Russia9
 
 Russia2
 
7 July
 
 Ireland9 Third place
 
 Ireland6
 
10 July
 
 United States2
 
 Scotland1
 
 
 Russia3
 

Quarter-finals

7 July 2011
10:00
China  1–2  Scotland
Liu Y.  8' Report Coultas  10'
Marshall  42'
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)
7 July 2011
12:30
France  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Austria
Sevestre  28'
Becuwe  67' 		Report Grandits  6'
Bele  49'
Penalties
Migneau
Catonnet
Sanchez
Pauchet
T. Genestet 		3–2 Minar
Eitenberger
Grandits
Wellan
Körper
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
Geoff Conn (IRL)
7 July 2011
15:00
Czech Republic  1–9  Russia
Procházka  15' Report Platonov  3', 40'
Zhirkov  4'
Komarov  41', 57'
Zakirov  43'
Larikov  52'
Golubev  64'
Yankun  70+'
Umpires:
David Sweetman (SCO)
You Suolong (CHN)
7 July 2011
17:30
Ireland  6–2  United States
C. Harte  4'
Watkins  35'
Brennan  44'
Caruth  45', 62'
Cargo  51' 		Report Sundeen  53'
Harris  56'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Michael Eilmer (AUT)

Fifth to eighth place classification

 
Cross-oversFifth place
 
      
 
9 July
 
 
 China3
 
10 July
 
 Austria2
 
 China3
 
9 July
 
 Czech Republic4
 
 Czech Republic2
 
 
 United States1
 
Seventh place
 
 
10 July
 
 
 Austria2
 
 
 United States5
Cross-overs
9 July 2011
09:00
China  3–2  Austria
Na  6', 24'
Sun  64' 		Report Grandits  16'
Gerö  58'
Umpires:
David Sweetman (SCO)
Jakub Mejslik (CZE)
9 July 2011
11:30
Czech Republic  2–1  United States
Kyndl  60', 70' Report Barber  70'
Umpires:
Geoff Conn (IRL)
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)
Seventh and eighth place
10 July 2011
09:30
Austria  2–5  United States
Körper  10'
Jelinek  63' 		Report Dijxhoorn  25'
Holt  43', 44'
Ginolfi  53'
Harris  67'
Umpires:
Gaetan Duval (FRA)
You Suolong (CHN)
Fifth and sixth place
10 July 2011
12:00
China  3–4  Czech Republic
Liu X.  1'
Liu Y.  14', 34' 		Report Kyndl  3'
Bernártek  35'
Procházka  63', 65'
Umpires:
Brian Jones (USA)
Martin Canniffe (IRL)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals
9 July 2011
14:00
Scotland  3–5  France
Dunn  23'
Coultas  42'
Christie  63' 		Report Sanchez  34'
Magner  35+', 45'
Sevestre  48'
Pauchet  54'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
You Suolong (CHN)
9 July 2011
16:30
Russia  2–9  Ireland
Komarov  21', 68' Report Magee  11'
C. Harte  15', 26', 38'
Caruth  23'
Blakeney  28'
Watt  47'
McCabe  55'
Watkins  57'
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
Third and fourth place
10 July 2011
14:30
Scotland  1–3  Russia
Byers  19' Report Mamoshkin  62'
Golubev  68'
Kornilov  70'
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)
Final
10 July 2011
17:00
France  2–4  Ireland
Catonnet  35'
Pauchet  50' 		Report Gormley  17'
Magee  30'
McConnell  49'
Watkins  55'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Michael Eilmer (AUT)

Awards

Top scorer Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Tomáš Procházka David Harte

Final rankings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Ireland 6 5 1 0 28 10 +18 16 Qualified for 2012 Champions Challenge I
 France (H) 6 3 2 1 19 17 +2 11
 Russia 6 3 0 3 22 22 0 9
4  Scotland 6 1 0 5 12 19 −7 3
5  Czech Republic 6 3 1 2 14 20 −6 10
6  China 6 3 1 2 13 10 +3 10
7  United States 6 2 0 4 11 16 −5 6
8  Austria 6 1 1 4 11 16 −5 4
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 130 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.42 goals per match.

6 goals

  • Tomáš Procházka

5 goals

4 goals

  • Liu Yixian
  • Matthieu Catonnet
  • Fabien Magner
  • Jean-Baptiste Pauchet
  • Eugene Magee
  • Gareth Watkins
  • Pavel Golubev
  • Aleksandr Platonov
  • Patrick Harris

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  • Matthias Gerö
  • Dong Yang
  • E Liguang
  • Arnaud Becuwe
  • Yannick Schambert
  • Joseph Brennan
  • Alan Giles
  • Ronan Gormley
  • Andrew McConnell
  • Dmitry Azarov
  • Alexey Kornilov
  • Ilya Larikov
  • Anton Mamoshkin
  • Nikolay Yankun
  • Alexander Zhirkov
  • William Marshall
  • Kevin Barber
  • Michiel Dijxhoorn
  • Jon Ginolfi
  • Tyler Sundeen

References

  1. ^ "FIH Champions Challenge 2". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Ireland's men clinch victory in Champions Challenge II". bbc.com. BBC Sport. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Ireland beat France in final". rte.ie. RTÉ. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  4. ^ "FIH confirms participating teams for 2011 tournaments". FIH. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Champions Challenge II Schedule announced". FIH. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
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