2001 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge

The 2001 Champions Challenge for men is the inaugural tournament of Champions Challenge, it took place in the in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 7 to December 15, 2001.

Participating nations were Argentina, Belgium, host Malaysia, India, Japan, and South Africa. The winner earned a spot at the 2002 Champions Trophy in Cologne, Germany.

India emerged as tournament champion after defeated South Africa 2–1 in the final and participate in 2002 Champions Trophy in Cologne, Germany.

Venue

*Malaysia National Hockey Stadium, Bukit Jalil

quads

fh|Argentina

Head Coach: Jorge Ruiz

#Pablo Moreira (GK / C)
#Juan Pablo Hourquebie
#Maximiliano Caldas
#Matias Vila
#Ezequiel Paulón
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Mario Almada
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Tomás MacCormik
#Santiago Capurro
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Marcos Riccardi
#Jorge Lombi
#Fernando Zylberberg
#Germán Orozco
#Fernando Oscaris
#Matias Paredes
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Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
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Leonardo Deambarsi

fh|Belgium

#Vincent Deneumostier (GK)
#Maxime Luycx
#Jean-Philippe Brulé
#Thierry Renaer
#Xavier-Charles Letier
#Xavier de Scheemaeker
#Joeri Beunen
#Thomas van den Balck
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Xavier Brooke
#Robin Geens
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Christophe Moraux (GK)
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Marc Coudron (C)
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Fabian Bueger
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Xavier Reckinger
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Charles Vandeweghe
#Phillippe Goldberg

fh|India

Head Coach: Cedric d'Souza
#Devesh Chauhan (GK)
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Lazarus Barla
#Thirumal Valavan
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Sukhbir Singh Gill
#Dhanraj Pillay
#Baljit Singh Dhillon (C)
#Prabjoth Singh
#Jude Menezes (GK)
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Jugraj Singh
#Daljit Singh Dhillon
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Kanwalpreet Singh
#Arjun Halappa
#Deepak Thakur
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Bipin Fernandez
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Vikram Pillay
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Gagan Ajit Singh

fh|Japan

#Takahiko Yamabori (C)
#Naoya Iwadate
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Ryuji Furasato
#Akira Takahashi
#Kenichi Katayama
#Naohiko Tobita
#Kazuyuki Ozawa
#Atsushi Takehara
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Daisuke Hokaze
#Akihiko Hirata
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Mitsuru Ito
#Jun Takahashi (GK)
#Yasuhiro Nobui (GK)
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Ryuhie Harada
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Fumihiro Matsui
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Toshiai Fukuda

fh|Malaysia

Head Coach: Paul Lissek
#Roslan Jamaluddin (GK)
#Singh Maninderijt
#Chua Boon Huat
#Gobinathan Krishnamurthy
#Kuhan Shanmuganathan
#Nor Azlan Bakar
#Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
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Mohammed Madzli Ikmar
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Tajol Rosli Mohamed
#Mohamed Rodhanizam Radzi
#Keevan Raj Kalikavandan
#Mirnawan Nawawi
#Logan Kali Kavandan
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Ibrahim Mohd Nasihin Nubli
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Shankar Shanmugam

fh|South Africa

Head Coach: Rob Pullen
#Chris Hibbert (GK)
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Warren Bond
#Craig Jackson (C)
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Craig Fulton
#Bruce Jacobs
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Gareth Murray
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Mike Cullen
#Clyde Abrahams
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Justin King
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Ken Forbes
#Kevin Chree
#Brenton Key
#Darryn Gallagher
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David Staniforth (GK)
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Denzil Dolley
#Marvin Bam

Results

Pool

All times local (UTC +8)

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Classification

Fifth and sixth place

All times local (UTC +8)

Third and fourth place

All times local (UTC +8)

Final

All times local (UTC +8)

Awards

External links

* [http://www.rediff.com/sports/cchock01.htm Coverage from Rediff.com]
* [http://www.fihockey.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,1181-122371-123677-nav-list,00.html FIH match reports]