2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II

The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II. The inaugural tournament saw eight teams compete. It was held from July 6 to July 12, 2009, in Dublin, Ireland, with Poland winning the title.

Teams[]

Eight teams competed in this tournament, based on ranking in the qualifying tournaments for 2008 Summer Olympics, they were:^[1]

•  Japan (Second)
•  Malaysia (Third)
•  France (Third)
•  Russia (Third)
•  Ireland (Fourth)
•  Poland (Fourth)
•  Austria (Fourth)
•  Chile (Fifth)

Results[]

All times are Irish Standard Time (UTC+1)^[2]

First round[]

Pool A[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Poland	9	3	3	0	0	9	6	+3
Ireland	6	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5
Japan	3	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1
Chile	0	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7

6 July 2009 17:30 Japan  2 – 3  Poland 44' (PC) Kitazato 54' 37' 49', 69' Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Iskandar Rashdan Rusli (MAS)

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6 July 2009 19:45 Ireland  3 – 0  Chile Jermyn 8' (PC), 30' (PC), 49' (PS) Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Andrew Isaev (RUS)

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7 July 2009 17:45 Poland  3 – 2  Chile Choczaj 9' 15' (PC) 42' (PC) 12', 47' (PC) Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Benoit Chopin (FRA)

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7 July 2009 20:00 Ireland  3 – 0  Japan Jermyn 11' (PC), 18' (PC) Watt 30' Umpires: Ged Curran (ECO) Iskandar Rashdan Rusli (MAS)

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9 July 2009 17:30 Japan  4 – 3  Chile Mitani 3' 34' (PC) Kitazato 36', 54' 55' 60' 69' Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Andrey Isaev (RUS)

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9 July 2009 19:45 Poland  3 – 2  Ireland 7' 30' 39' (PC) Watt 5' Sothern 24' (PC) Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Benoit Chopin (FRA)

Pool B[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Malaysia	9	3	3	0	0	11	7	+4
France	6	3	2	0	1	12	8	+4
Russia	1	3	0	1	2	10	13	−3
Austria	1	3	0	1	2	7	12	−5

6 July 2009 13:00 Malaysia  3 – 2  Austria 4' 46' (PC), 49' (PC) 43' (PC), 60' (PC) Umpires: Ged Curran (ECO) Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)

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6 July 2009 15:15 France  5 – 3  Russia 14' 17' (PC) Soyez 40' (PC) 56' (PC), 70' 19' (PC), 68' (PS) 37' Umpires: David Stewart (IRL) Krzysztof Cholewa (POL)

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7 July 2009 13:15 Austria  4 – 4  Russia 31' (PC), 64' (PC) 39' 53' 7' (PC), 48' (PC) 13' 20' Umpires: Krzysztof Cholewa (POL) Martin Vatter (CHI)

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7 July 2009 15:30 France  2 – 4  Malaysia 22' 68' Abu 14' 34' (PS) Misron 37' (PC) 41' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Yoshikuni Tomiyama (JPN)

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9 July 2009 13:00 Malaysia  4 – 3  Russia Abu 8' (PC) 30' Tengku Abdul Jalil 53' (PC) Saari 66' 42' (PC), 57' (PC) 43' Umpires: Martin Vatter (CHI) Krzystof Cholewa (POL)

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9 July 2009 15:15 Austria  1 – 5  France 39' (PC) Soyez 16' (PC), 59' (PC) 18' 64', 66' Umpires: Ged Curran (ECO) David Stewart (IRL)

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

	Crossover				Fifth place
	11 July 2009
	Japan	4
					12 July 2009
	Austria	2
					Japan	9
	11 July 2009
					Russia	2
	Russia	2
	Chile	1
					Seventh place
					12 July 2009
					Austria	4
					Chile	2

Crossover[]

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

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

Seventh and eighth place[]

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

Fifth and sixth place[]

12 July 2009 12:00 Japan  9 – 2  Russia  6', 64', 69'  41', 49'  45'  55'  59'  62' Report  19'  22' Umpires: Benoit Chopin (FRA) Martin Vatter (CHI)

First to fourth place classification[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 July 2009
	Poland	3
					12 July 2009
	France	1
					Poland (p.s.)	3 (5)
	11 July 2009
					Ireland	3 (4)
	Malaysia	1
	Ireland	2
					Third place
					12 July 2009
					France (a.e.t.)	4
					Malaysia	3

Semifinals[]

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

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

Third and fourth place[]

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

Final[]

12 July 2009 17:00 Poland  3 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Ireland  39', 70'  57' Report Watt  4', 50' Jermyn  16' Penalties 5 – 4 Jermyn Gormley Umpires: Ged Curran (ECO) Peter Wright (RSA)

Awards[]

Topscorer	Player of the tournament
John Jermyn

Statistics[]

Final ranking[]

1.  Poland
2.  Ireland
3.  France
4.  Malaysia
5.  Japan
6.  Russia
7.  Austria
8.  Chile

References[]