2014 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

2014 FIH Men's
Champions Challenge I
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityKuantan
Teams8
Venue(s)Stadium Hoki Wisma Belia
Final positions
Champions South Korea (1st title)
Runner-up Canada
Third place Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored128 (5.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Jang Jong-hyun (8 goals)
Best playerSouth Korea Jang Jong-hyun
← 2012 (previous)

The 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 26 April to 4 May 2014 in Kuantan, Malaysia. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2016 Champions Trophy as the winner earned an automatic berth to compete.[1]

South Korea won the tournament for the first time after defeating Canada 4–0 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the 2016 Champions Trophy after their absence in the previous two editions.[2] Malaysia won the third place match by defeating Ireland 4–2 to claim their first ever Champions Challenge I medal.[3]

Qualification

Even though Spain was automatically qualified as the highest ranked team not qualified for the next Champions Trophy or Champions Challenge I (this due to the withdrawal from participating at the 2012 Champions Trophy), they withdrew from participating. In addition, South Africa qualified as the seventh placed team in the previous edition, but also withdrew due to financial issues. Both teams were replaced by Poland and France, respectively. The following eight teams competed in this tournament.[4][5][6]

Results

All times are Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

First round

Pool A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 16 5 +11 9
 Ireland 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 3
 Poland 3 1 0 2 7 12 –5 3
 Japan 3 1 0 2 4 9 –5 3
26 April 2014
15:00
New Zealand  2 – 1  Ireland
Edwards field hockey ball 11'
Inglis field hockey ball 42' 		Report Sothern field hockey ball 16'
Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
You Suolong (CHN)
26 April 2014
17:00
Japan  3 – 2  Poland
Kayukawa field hockey ball 8'
Fujimoto field hockey ball 50'
Sakamoto field hockey ball 61' 		Report Raciniewski field hockey ball 7'
Krokosz field hockey ball 29'
Umpires:
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
27 April 2014
15:00
Japan  1 – 6  New Zealand
Fujimoto field hockey ball 52' Report Edwards field hockey ball 5'
Russell field hockey ball 11', 38'
Shaw field hockey ball 19'
S. Child field hockey ball 34'
Jenness field hockey ball 59'
Umpires:
Bruce Bale (ENG)
Geoff Conn (IRL)
27 April 2014
17:00
Ireland  1 – 2  Poland
Elliott field hockey ball 37' Report Makowski field hockey ball 18'
Bratkowski field hockey ball 67'
Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Ilanggo Kanabathu(MAS)
29 April 2014
17:00
Ireland  1 – 0  Japan
Sothern field hockey ball 66' Report
Umpires:
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
29 April 2014
19:00
New Zealand  8 – 3  Poland
S. Child field hockey ball 4', 45', 56'
Hayward field hockey ball 8', 33'
Jenness field hockey ball 31'
Hilton field hockey ball 51'
Inglis field hockey ball 63' 		Report Górny field hockey ball 57'
Makowski field hockey ball 68', 70'
Umpires:
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)

Pool B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 7
 Canada 3 1 1 1 9 9 0 4
 France 3 1 0 2 7 8 –1 3
 Malaysia 3 1 0 2 7 9 –2 3
26 April 2014
19:00
South Korea  3–3  Canada
Cho field hockey ball 13'
Nam field hockey ball 24'
Kim S. field hockey ball 39' 		Report Ho-Garcia field hockey ball 25'
Curran field hockey ball 60'
Guest field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
26 April 2014
21:00
Malaysia  2–3  France
Tengku field hockey ball 41'
Faizal field hockey ball 50' 		Report Sánchez field hockey ball 34'
Charlet field hockey ball 53'
H. Genestet field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Geoff Conn (IRL)
Diego Barbas (ARG)
27 April 2014
19:00
Canada  3–2  France
Tupper field hockey ball 4'
Wright field hockey ball 43'
Smythe field hockey ball 58' 		Report Charlet field hockey ball 14', 64'
Umpires:
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
You Suolong (CHN)
27 April 2014
21:00
Malaysia  1–3  South Korea
Ismail field hockey ball 69' Report Nam field hockey ball 20'
You field hockey ball 37'
Jang field hockey ball 50'
Umpires:
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
29 April 2014
15:00
South Korea  3–2  France
Nam field hockey ball 24'
Jang field hockey ball 35'
Kim. S field hockey ball 56' 		Report T. Genestet field hockey ball 43'
Kieffer field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Bruce Bale (ENG)
Diego Barbas (ARG)
29 April 2014
21:00
Canada  3–4  Malaysia
Tupper field hockey ball 4', 54'
Ho-Garcia field hockey ball 30' 		Report Tengku field hockey ball 5', 55'
Shahril field hockey ball 19', 40'
Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

Second round

Round 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 New Zealand4 (2)
 Malaysia (p.s.o.)4 (3)
 New Zealand6 Malaysia2 (4)
 Poland1 Canada (p.s.o.)2 (5)
 Canada3
 Poland2
 New Zealand6 Canada0
 France3 South Korea4
 Ireland (p.s.o.)2 (3)
 France2 (0)
Lower round 1 France3 Ireland1Lower round 5
 Japan2 South Korea2
 Poland2 South Korea5 Malaysia4
 Japan3 Japan1 Ireland2

Quarterfinals

1 May 2014
14:45
New Zealand  4 – 4  Malaysia
Edwards field hockey ball 4'
Hayward field hockey ball 45', 60', 70' 		Report Azlan field hockey ball 20'
Shahril field hockey ball 23', 31'
Fitri field hockey ball 24'
Penalties
Inglis Penalty shoot-out scored
Hilton Penalty shoot-out scored
S. Child Penalty shoot-out missed
Edwards Penalty shoot-out missed
Burrows Penalty shoot-out missed 		2 – 3 Penalty shoot-out missed Faizal
Penalty shoot-out missed Faiz
Penalty shoot-out scored Firhan
Penalty shoot-out scored Shahril
Penalty shoot-out scored Fitri
Umpires:
Geoff Conn (IRL)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
1 May 2014
17:00
Canada  3 – 2  Poland
Smythe field hockey ball 29'
Guest field hockey ball 54'
Wright field hockey ball 60' 		Report Majchrzak field hockey ball 22'
Makowski field hockey ball 47'
Umpires:
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
You Suolong (CHN)
1 May 2014
19:15
Ireland  2 – 2  France
Sothern field hockey ball 2'
Dowds field hockey ball 64' 		Report Deront field hockey ball 41'
M. Genestet field hockey ball 50'
Penalties
Jackson Penalty shoot-out missed
Magee Penalty shoot-out scored
Brown Penalty shoot-out scored
Sothern Penalty shoot-out scored 		3 – 0 Penalty shoot-out missed Baumgarten
Penalty shoot-out missed Deront
Penalty shoot-out missed Martin-Brisac
Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
1 May 2014
21:30
South Korea  5 – 1  Japan
Hyun Hye-sung field hockey ball 11'
Jang Jong-hyun field hockey ball 24', 40', 49'
Nam Hyun-woo field hockey ball 59' 		Report Yoshihara field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Bruce Bale (ENG)
Diego Barbas (ARG)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover
3 May 2014
14:45
New Zealand  6 – 1  Poland
Hayward field hockey ball 8', 26'
Burrows field hockey ball 20', 23'
Panchia field hockey ball 30'
S. Child field hockey ball 43' 		Report Chwalisz field hockey ball 50'
Umpires:
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
Diego Barbas (ARG)
3 May 2014
17:00
France  3 – 2  Japan
Baumgarten field hockey ball 5'
Charlet field hockey ball 26'
Kieffer field hockey ball 66' 		Report Kayukawa field hockey ball 24'
Hatakeyama field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Geoff Conn (IRL)
Bruce Bale (ENG)
Seventh and eighth place
4 May 2014
14:45
Poland  2 – 3  Japan
Bratkowski field hockey ball 28'
Raciniewski field hockey ball 50' 		Report Tachibana field hockey ball 18', 29'
Kawauchi field hockey ball 43'
Umpires:
Bruce Bale (ENG)
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
Fifth and sixth place
4 May 2014
17:00
New Zealand  6 – 3  France
Jenness field hockey ball 21'
S. Child field hockey ball 27'
Burrows field hockey ball 34'
Shaw field hockey ball 43'
Panchia field hockey ball 49'
Inglis field hockey ball 68' 		Report Durchon field hockey ball 31'
T. Genestet field hockey ball 58'
M. Genestet field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Geoff Conn (IRL)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals
3 May 2014
19:15
Malaysia  2 – 2  Canada
Faizal field hockey ball 3'
Ismail field hockey ball 15' 		Report Tupper field hockey ball 21', 60'
Penalties
Faizal Penalty shoot-out scored
Faiz Penalty shoot-out scored
Firhan Penalty shoot-out missed
Shahril Penalty shoot-out missed
Fitri Penalty shoot-out missed
Faizal Penalty shoot-out scored
Fitri Penalty shoot-out scored
Faiz Penalty shoot-out missed 		4 – 5 Penalty shoot-out missed Guest
Penalty shoot-out scored Pearson
Penalty shoot-out missed Tupper
Penalty shoot-out missed Froese
Penalty shoot-out scored Johnston
Penalty shoot-out scored Pearson
Penalty shoot-out scored Johnston
Penalty shoot-out scored Froese
Umpires:
You Suolong (CHN)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
3 May 2014
21:30
Ireland  1 – 2  South Korea
Cargo field hockey ball 64' Report Jang Jong-hyun field hockey ball 3'
Hyun Hye-sung field hockey ball 53'
Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Ayden Shrives (RSA)
Third and fourth place
4 May 2014
19:15
Malaysia  4 – 2  Ireland
Nasruddin field hockey ball 7'
Baharom field hockey ball 11'
Azlan field hockey ball 66'
Firhan field hockey ball 70' 		Report Gleghorne field hockey ball 22'
Cargo field hockey ball 43'
Umpires:
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
You Suolong (CHN)
Final
4 May 2014
21:30
Canada  0 – 4  South Korea
Report Jang Jong-hyun field hockey ball 10', 56'
Kim Young-jin field hockey ball 13'
Kim Seong-kyu field hockey ball 69'
Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

Awards

Post tournament awards.[7]

Top Goalscorer Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament Junior Player of the Tournament
South Korea Jang Jong-hyun South Korea Jang Jong-hyun Ireland David Harte Canada Gabriel Ho-Garcia

Final ranking

  1.  South Korea
  2.  Canada
  3.  Malaysia
  4.  Ireland
  5.  New Zealand
  6.  France
  7.  Japan
  8.  Poland

References

  1. ^ "Did you know... a brief history of Champions Challenge 1". FIH. 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. ^ "Korea win the Pahang Hockey Champions Challenge 1 in Kuantan". FIH. 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  3. ^ "Malaysia win their first Champions Challenge medal". FIH. 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  4. ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Champions Trophy and FIH Champions Challenges from 2012 onwards" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  5. ^ "Hockey Champions Challenge 1 in Malaysia and Scotland". FIH. 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
  6. ^ "Hockey: France in, SA out of Champions Challenge". The Star Online. 2014-02-16. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  7. ^ "Korean men ace Canada to book ticket to 2016 Champions Trophy". FIH.ch. 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2014-05-04.

External links

  • Official website