2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II

2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Lille
Dates	2–10 July
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue	Lille Métropole Hockey Club
Final positions
Champions	Ireland (1st title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	130 (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.

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

Teams

Eight teams participated in the tournament, they were:

• Austria
• China
• Czech Republic
• France
• Ireland
• Russia
• Scotland
• United States

Results

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

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	7 July
	China	1
					9 July
	Scotland	2
					Scotland	3
	7 July
					France	5
	France (pen.)	2 (3)
									10 July
	Austria	2 (2)
									France	2
	7 July
									Ireland	4
	Czech Republic	1
					9 July
	Russia	9
					Russia	2
	7 July
					Ireland	9			Third place
	Ireland	6
									10 July
	United States	2
									Scotland	1
									Russia	3

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)

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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)

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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)

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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-overs				Fifth place
	9 July
	China	3
					10 July
	Austria	2
					China	3
	9 July
					Czech Republic	4
	Czech Republic	2
	United States	1
					Seventh place
					10 July
					Austria	2
					United States	5

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)

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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)

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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

• Conor Harte
• Nikolay Komarov

4 goals

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

3 goals

• Alexander Bele
• Michael Körper
• Na Yubo
• Štĕpán Bernátek
• Jakub Kyndl
• Lucas Sevestre
• Peter Caruth
• Ravshanzhon Zakirov
• Daniel Coultas
• William Holt

2 goals

• Manuel Grandits
• Jelinek Jelinek
• Liu Xiantang
• Sun Long
• David Vacek
• Olivier Sanchez
• Peter Blakeney
• Christopher Cargo
• William McCabe
• Michael Watt
• Gavin Byers
• Michael Christie
• Fergus Dunn
• Alan Forsyth

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

External links

• Official website
• Official FIH website