2014 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

2014 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityKuantan
Dates26 April – 4 May
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
VenueStadium 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 scorerSouth Korea Jang Jong-hyun (8 goals)
Best playerSouth Korea Jang Jong-hyun
Best young playerCanada Gabriel Ho-Garcia
Best goalkeeperIreland David Harte
← 2012 (previous)

The 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I was the eighth and last edition of the Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I. It 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]

The tournament was created by the International Hockey Federation in 2001 to broaden hockey's competitive base globally and featured the 8 teams just behind the top six teams in the world.[2][3]

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.[4] Malaysia won the third place match by defeating Ireland 4–2 to claim their first ever Champions Challenge I medal.[5] This was the last edition of the tournament that was held. The tournament was replaced by the FIH Hockey World League in the hockey calendar.[6]

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.[7][8][9]

Preliminary round

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

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 16 5 +11 9
2  Ireland 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
3  Poland 3 1 0 2 7 12 −5 3
4  Japan 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
Source: FIH

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Korea 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 7
2  Canada 3 1 1 1 9 9 0 4
3  France 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
4  Malaysia (H) 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Second round

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 May
 
 
 New Zealand4 (2)
 
3 May
 
 Malaysia (s.o.)4 (3)
 
 Malaysia2 (4)
 
1 May
 
 Canada (s.o.)2 (5)
 
 Canada3
 
4 May
 
 Poland2
 
 Canada0
 
1 May
 
 South Korea4
 
 Ireland (s.o.)2 (3)
 
3 May
 
 France2 (0)
 
 Ireland1
 
1 May
 
 South Korea2 Third place
 
 South Korea5
 
4 May
 
 Japan1
 
 Malaysia4
 
 
 Ireland2
 

Quarter-finals

Fifth to eighth place classification

 
Cross-oversFifth place
 
      
 
3 May
 
 
 New Zealand6
 
4 May
 
 Poland1
 
 New Zealand6
 
3 May
 
 France3
 
 France3
 
 
 Japan2
 
Seventh place
 
 
4 May
 
 
 Poland2
 
 
 Japan3

Cross-overs

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final ranking

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

Awards

Post tournament awards.[10]

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Did you know... a brief history of Champions Challenge 1". FIH. 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Stage is set in Salta for BDO Champions Challenge I". International Hockey Federation. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  3. ↑ "India lose hockey Champions Challenge to Belgium". BBC News. 2011-12-05. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  4. ↑ "Korea win the Pahang Hockey Champions Challenge 1 in Kuantan". FIH. 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  5. ↑ "Malaysia win their first Champions Challenge medal". FIH. 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  6. ↑ "Did you know... a brief history of Champions Challenge 1 | FIH". www.fih.ch. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  7. ↑ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Champions Trophy and FIH Champions Challenges from 2012 onwards" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  8. ↑ "Hockey Champions Challenge 1 in Malaysia and Scotland". FIH. 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
  9. ↑ "Hockey: France in, SA out of Champions Challenge". The Star Online. 2014-02-16. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  10. ↑ "Korean men ace Canada to book ticket to 2016 Champions Trophy". FIH.ch. 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
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