2005 Men's Champions Challenge (field hockey)

The 2005 Men's Champions Challenge was the third tournament of the Champions Challenge

Champions Challenge (field hockey)

The Hockey Champions Challenge is an international field hockey tournament, played every two years. It was introduced in 2001 by the International Hockey Federation in order to broaden hockey's competitive base at world level.-Men:...

. It took place in Alexandria

Alexandria

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, Egypt

Egypt

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from April 1 to April 9, 2005.

Participating nations were Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, Belgium

Belgium

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, hosting nation Egypt

Egypt

, England

England

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, South Africa

South Africa

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, and Korea

South Korea

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. Belgium replaced New Zealand

New Zealand

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, that due to financial reasons did not participate. Argentina earned a spot at the 2006 Champions Trophy

2006 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)

The 28th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for men held in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain from July 22 to July 30, 2006. Six nations participating in this annual elite tournament, they are Argentina , reigning champions Australia, Germany, Pakistan, Netherlands, and hosts Spain.Netherlands emerged...

in Terrassa

Terrassa

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, Spain

Spain

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after defeated Korea in the final.

(1.) Juan Manuel Vivaldi

Juan Manuel Vivaldi

Juan Manuel Vivaldi is a field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who plays club hockey in his native country for Banco Provincia. He is a member of the Men's National Team since 2001, and was the stand-in for first choice goalie Pablo Moreira at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the South...

(gk), (2.) Juan Pablo Hourquebie

Juan Pablo Hourquebie

Juan Pablo Hourquebie is a field hockey defender from Argentina, who is nicknamed Juanpi. He is a member of the national squad since 1997, and competed in two Summer Olympics, starting in 2000...

, (3.) Pedro Ibarra

Pedro Ibarra

Pedro Ibarra is a field hockey striker from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 2005, after having played the Junior World Cup in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He finished in tenth place with his national team at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach.-References:*...

, (4.) Matias Vila, (5.) Ezequiel Paulón

Ezequiel Paulón

Ezequiel Paulón is a field hockey defender from Argentina who twice representated his country in the Olympics, in 2000 and the 2004.-References:*...

, (6.) Mariano Chao

Mariano Chao

Mariano Rodolfo Chao is a field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...

(gk), (7.) Mario Almada, (8.) Lucas Rey, (9.) Tomás Argento

Tomás Argento

Tomás Argento is a field hockey striker from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 2005, after having played the Junior World Cup in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He finished in tenth position with his national team at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach.-References:*...

, (10). Tomás MacCormik

Tomás MacCormik

Tomás MacCormik is a field hockey midfielder from Argentina. MacCormik began playing hockey at age seven. He made his debut for the national squad in 1996, and competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics...

, (11.) Lucas Cammareri

Lucas Cammareri

Lucas Hernán Cammareri is a field hockey forward from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 2002, and competed for his native country in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He played in Holland for a while, at Dutch club Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club, just like his brother Matias...

, (12.) Marcos Riccardi, (13.) Jorge Lombi

Jorge Lombi

Jorge Maximiliano Lombi Etulain is a field hockey player from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 1991 in a friendly against Spain. He's the penalty corner specialist, who currently plays for Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain...

, (14.) Fernando Zylberberg

Fernando Zylberberg

Shilo Zylberberg is a field hockey midfielder from Argentina, who made his debut for the ZAG national field hockey team in 1997, and competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics...

, (15.) Germán Orozco

, (16.) Fernando Oscaris, (17.) Matias Paredes

Matias Paredes

Matías Enrique Paredes is a field hockey midfielder from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 2001, and competed for his native country in the 2004 Summer Olympics....

, and (18.) Facundo Callioni. Head Coach: Jorge Ruiz

Jorge Ruiz

Jorge Ruiz , is a former field hockey player from Argentina, who later became a coach in his sport and guided the Men's National Team – first as an assistant, later as head coach – at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics...

(2.) Xavier Reckinger, (3.) Thierry Stumpe, (4.) Thierry Renaer

Thierry Renaer

Thierry Renaer is a field hockey defender from Belgium, who made his debut for the Men's National Team in the late 1990s....

, (6.) Loïc Vandeweghe, (7.) Jean-Philippe Brulé

Jean-Philippe Brulé

Jean-Philippe Brulé is a field hockey player from Belgium, who was a member of the national squad that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Belgium finished in 8th place at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Madrid, in March 2004, after losing on penalty strokes against...

, (8.) Thomas Van Den Balck, (9.) Maxime Luycx, (11.) Charles Vandeweghe

Charles Vandeweghe

Charles Vandeweghe is a field hockey forward from Belgium, who was a member of the Men's National Team that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

, (13.) Gilles Petre, (14.) Phillippe Goldberg, (17.) Manu Leroy (gk), (18.) Patrice Houssein, (21.) Quentin Walravens (gk), (22.) Jeremy Schuermans, (23.) John Goldberg, (24.) John John Dohmen, (27.) Amaury De Cock, and (28.) Jérôme Truyens. Head Coach: Giles Bonnet.

(1.) Osama Hassanen (gk), (2.) Mahmoud Magdi, (3.) Ahmed Mandour, (4.) Mahmoud Badawy, (5.) Hosny El Sayed, (6.) Mohamed Ibrahim Samak, (7.) Yassri Abdel Monem

, (8.) Ahmed Wasfi, (9.) Amro El Sayed, (10.) Sameh Metwally, (11.) Sayed El Shahat, (12.) Karim Abdel Magid, (13.) Adnan El Sayed, (14.) Amir El Sayed, (15.) Tamer El Sayed, (16.) Tarek El Husseny (gk), (17.) Mahmoud Farouk, and (18.) Ahmed Maqsood. Head Coach: Gerhard Rach.

(2.) Andy West, (3.) Nick Brothers (gk), (4.) Glenn Kirkham

Glenn Kirkham

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, (5.) Richard Alexander

Richard Alexander (field hockey)

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, (8.) James Stedman, (9.) Mark Pearn, (10.) Matt Daly

Matt Daly

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, (11.) Brett Garrard

, (12.) Jonty Clarke

Jonty Clarke

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, (13.) Rob Moore, (14.) Ben Hawes

Ben Hawes

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, (15.) Scott Cordon, (16.) Matt Taylor, (17.) Ali Wilson, (18.) Barry Middleton

Barry Middleton

Barry John Middleton is an English field hockey player. He was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and fifth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the England Squad that won the 2009 Eurohockey Nations Cup and gained silver at the 2010...

, (19.) Jon Brown, (20.) James Tindall

James Tindall

James Tindall is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward. He was named as the Hockey Writers Club Player of the Year in 2005....

, and (23.) Jon Ebsworth (gk). Head Coach: Jason Lee.

(1.) David Staniforth (gk), (2.) Roscoe Katz, (3.) Ryan Ravenscroft

, (5.) Austin Smith

Austin Smith (field hockey)

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, (7.) Darryn Gallagher, (8.) Wayne Madsen, (10.) Jody Paul, (11.) Lyall Meyer

Lyall Meyer

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, (12.) Gareth Carr, (13.) Steve Phillips, (14.) Eric Rose-Innes, (15.) Andrew Cronje, (17.) John Paul, (19.) Franci du Plessis (gk), (20.) John McInroy, (21.) Lungile Tsolekile and (22.) Ian Symons. Head Coach: Paul Revington.

(1.) Koo Dong-Shik (gk), (2.) Cha Jong-Bok, (3.) Kim Joung-Goo, (4.) Son Byung-Sik, (5.) Han Hyung-Bae

Han Hyung-Bae

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, (6.) Lee Nam-Yong, (7.) Seo Jong-Ho, (8.) Kang Seong-Yung, (9.) Yoon Sung-Hoon, (10.) You Hyo-Sik, (11.) Lee Jung-Seon, (12.) Kim Sam-Seok, (13.) Oh Dae-Keun, (14.) Kim Byung-Hoon, (16.) Shin Yong-Ho (gk), (17.) Lee Sung-Min

Lee Sung-Min

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, and (18.) Hwang In-Nam. Head Coach: Cho Myung-Jun.

Standings

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Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	13	5	4	1	0	22	9
2.	11	5	3	2	0	20	11
3.	8	5	2	2	1	20	12
4.	7	5	2	1	2	13	13	0
5.	3	5	1	0	4	9	16	–7
6.	0	5	0	0	5	4	27	–23

Results

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Fifth place play-off

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Third place play-off

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Final

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Awards

Top Scorers	Player of the tournament
Jean-Philippe Brulé Jean-Philippe Brulé Jean-Philippe Brulé is a field hockey player from Belgium, who was a member of the national squad that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Belgium finished in 8th place at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Madrid, in March 2004, after losing on penalty strokes against... Lee Jung-seon	Germán Orozco

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