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Temple City Bhubaneswar proved itself as a magnificent new home for hockey by staging the 35th Men’s Champions Trophy Tournament very successfully at Kalinga Stadium Hockey Complex from December 6 to 14. Germany won lifted the glittering silver trophy for the 10th time with a convincing 2-0 win over three-time title winners Pakistan in the thrilling summit clash. A field goal each by Christopher Wesley and Florian Fuchs enabled Germany regain the glittering trophy after a gap of seven years.
INDIA FINISH FOURTH: Hosts India’s last hope for podium finish went in smoke as they lost to defending champions Australia 1-2 in the last classification match. Australia finished third, while India, who were dreaming to win their maiden crown, eventually contended themselves with the fourth place.
NETHERLANDS FIFTH: Eight-time champions Netherlands finished fifth with thumping 4-1 win over Argentina, who settled with sixth place. England occupied the seventh position, edging out Belgium 3-2.
Belgium finished last.
INDIA LOSE IN SEMIFINALS: Earlier in the semifinals, a nervous-looking India lost to a buoyant Pakistan 3-4 to a Pakistan, while Germany edged out defending champions Australia 3-2. Pakistan’s fighting win, however, lost much of its sheen as some of the Pak players showing indecent gesture to the crowd, while celebrating their victory. Even Pak team’s head coach Shahnaz Sheikh had a heated exchange of words with reporters and walked out of the post-match press conference in a huff.
RESULTS:
Decembe 6:
Match No 1: England (Alastair Brogdon 6-FG, Samuel Ward 27-FG, 56-FG) beat Australia (Chris Ciriello 16-PC) 3-1. Man of the Match: Samuel Ward (England).
Match No 2: Belgium (Tanguy Cosyns 12-FG, Thomas Briels 44-FG) beat Pakistan (Muhammad Imran 36-PS) 2-1. MoM: Thomas Briels.
Match No 3: Netherlands (Mink van der Weerden 13-PC, Robbert Kemperman 19-FG, Diede van Puffelen 51-FG) beat Argentina 3-0. MoM: Seve van Ass (Netherlands).
Match No 4: Germany (Florian Fuchs 59-FG) beat India 1-0. MoM:
December 7:
Match No 5: Belgium (Sebastien Dockier 25-FG, Florent van Aubel 30-FG, John-John Dohmen 38-FG, Tom Boon 60-FG) drew with Australia (Chris Ciriello 16-PC, Eddie Ockenden 19-FG, Jacob Whetton 21-FG, Flynn Ogilvie 37-FG) 4-4. MoM: Russell Ford (Australia).
Match No 6: England (Mark Greghorne 15-FG; Nick Catlin 17-FG; David Condon 19-FG; Barry Middleton 24-FG, Samuel Ward 45-FG; Ashley Jackson 26-PC, Alastair Brogdon 48-FG, Chris Griffiths 59-FG) beat Pakistan (Muhammad Arslan Qadir 57-FG, Muhammad Irfan 59-PC) 8-2. MoM:
Match No 7: Netherlands (Constantijn Jonker 11-FG, Diede van Puffelen 25-FG, Rogier Hofman 29-FG, Seve van Ass 51-FG) beat Germany (Florian Fuchs 56-FG) 4-1. MoM: Robert van der Horst (Netherlands).
Match No 8: Argentina (Lucas Vila 30-FG, Juan Lopez 37-FG, Augustin Mazzilli 49-FG, Joaquin Menini 59-FG) beat India (Akashdeep Singh 30-FG, Gurjinder Singh 37-PC) 4-2. MoM:
December 9:
Match No 9: Argentina (Matias Paredes 18-FG, Joaquim Menini 25-FG, Ignacio Ortiz 49-FG) beat Germany 3-0. MoM: Matias Paredes.
Match No 10: Belgium (Amaury Keusters 5-FG) drew with England (Lain Lewers 48-FG) 1-1. MoM: Lain Lewers.
Match No 11: Australia (Jeremy Hayward 23-PC, 54-PC, Jacob Whetton 60-FG) beat Pakistan 3-0. MoM: Jeremy Hayward
Match No 12: India (SV Sunil 33-FG, Manpreet Singh 47-FG, Rupinder Pal Singh 49-PC) beat Netherlands (Mink van der Weerden 36-PC, 58-PC) 3-2. MoM: Manpreet Singh.
December 11 (Quarterfinals):
Match No 13: Pakistan (Muhammad Umar Bhutta 16-FG, Muhammad Imran 30-PC, Muhammad Irfan, 51-PC, 52-PC) beat Netherlands (Jeroen Hertzberger 6-FG, Constantijn Jonker 39-FG) 4-2. MoM:
Match No 14: Australia (Simon Orchard 5-FG, Jeremy Hayward 37-PC, Daniel Beale 42-FG, Chris Ciriello 49-PC) beat Argentina (Matias Paredes 16-FG, Manuel Brunet 35-FG) 4-2. MoM:
Match No 15: Germany (Moritz Furste 30-PC, Christopher Ruhr 58-FG) beat England 2-0. MoM:
Match No 16: India (Rupinder Pal Singh 18-PC, SK Uthappa 27-FG, Akashdeep Singh 41-FG, Dharamvir Singh 49-FG) beat Belgium (Felix Denayer 12-PC, Sebastien Dockier 18-FG) 4-2. MoM: Dharamvir Singh.
December 13:
Match No 17: Netherlands (Jeroen Hertzberger 11-FG, Sander Baart 30-FG, Jeroen Hertzberger, Robert Kemperman, Seve van Ass and Sander Baart) beat Belgium (Tom Boon 49-FG, John-John Dohmen 59-FG, Felix Denayer, Arthur van Doren) 6-4 in penalty shoot out (FT 2-2).
Match No 18: Argentina (Gonzalo Peillat 25-PC, 48-PC) beat England (Ashley Jackson 12-PS) 2-1.
Match No 19 (First semifinal): Germany (Timur Oruz 5-FG, Mats Grambusch 9-FG, Florian Fuchs 31-FG) beat Australia (Chris Ciriello 34-PC, Nicholas Budgeon 42-PC) 3-2.
Match No 20 (Second Semifinal): Pakistan (Muhammad Arslan Qadir 17-FG, 59-FG, Muhammad Waqas 32-FG, Muhammad Irfan 44-PC) beat India (Gurjinder Singh 12-FG, Dharamvir Singh 44-FG, Chandanda Thimmaiah 44-FG) 3-2. MoM: Arslan Qadir.
December 14:
Match No 21 (For 7th Place): England (David Condon 14-PC, 19-FG, Chris Griffiths 30-FG) beat Belgium (Florent van Aubel 10-FG, 39-FG) 3-2. MoM:
Match No 22 (For 5th Place): Netherlands (Mink van der Weerden 47-PC, Jeroen Hertzberger 55-FG, 57-PS, Constantijn Jonker 59-FG) beat Argentina (Matias Paredes 19-FG) 4-1. MoM: Jeroen Hertzberger.
Match No 23 (For 3rd Place): Australia (Eddie Ockenden 18-FG, Matt Gohdes 52-FG) beat India (Lalit Upadhyay 42-FG) 2-1. MoM:
Match No 24 (Final): Germany (Christopher Wesley 18-FC, Florian Fuchs 53-FG) beat Pakistan 2-0. MoM:
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:
Best Player of the Tournament: Moritz Furste (Germany)
Top scorer of the Tournament: Jeroen Herztberger (Netherlands)
Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament: PR Sreejesh (India)
Best Junior Player of the Tournament: Akashdeep Singh (India)
Fans Choice Award: Sardar Singh (India)
Most Energetic Player of the Tournament: SV Sunil (India)
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PHOTO: Team captains pose at the unveiling of the Champions Trophy in Bhubaneswar on December 5, 2014
