2002 Men's Hockey World Cup

Infobox hockey
tournament = 2002 Hockey World Cup
other_titles = Hoki Piala Dunia 2002


size = 150px
caption = Official logo
country = Malaysia
city = Kuala Lumpur
venues =
teams = 16
champions = fh|Germany
count = First
matches = 72
goals = 300
top_scorer = flagicon|Pakistan Sohail Abbas
flagicon|Argentina Jorge Lombi
top_scorer_goals = 10
best_player = flagicon|Australia Troy Elder
update =

The 2002 Hockey World Cup for men is the 10th tournament of the Hockey World Cup, held from February 24 to March 9, 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Germany won its first ever Hockey World Cup championship with a 2–1 win over Australia, while the Netherlands defeated Korea 2–1 after extra time to finish third.

In this tournament, the nations participating have been increased to 16 from the previous 12 and each squad can consist of 18 players instead of the normal 16 after the FIH considered the hot and humid conditions in Malaysia. [cite web|url=http://www.newindpress.com/sports/hockey2002/Ainside.asp?ID=IES20020228104856&D=3%2F1%2F2002&Topic=142&Title=Match+Reports |title=Teams to be reduced in next Hockey World Cup |accessdate=2006-08-06]

Venue

*Malaysia National Hockey Stadium, Bukit Jalil

Qualification

The Qualification Tournament was held in Edinburgh, Scotland from July 17 to July 29, 2001. Below are the final rankings after the tournament ended; bold means the nations qualified for the final tournament:

#fh|Argentina
#fh|Spain
#fh|Poland
#fh|Belgium
#fh|India
#fh|Japan
#fh|New Zealand
#fh|Canada
#fh|France
#fh|Wales
#fh|Scotland
#fh|Chile
#fh|Egypt
#fh|USA
#fh|Russia
#fh|Bangladesh

Participating nations

Five teams from the continental champions and seven teams from qualification respectively, plus three teams qualified from 2000 Summer Olympics and host Malaysia. All sixteen teams are listed below: [cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/hockey/wcrod02.htm |title=Rediff.com – How They Qualified |accessdate=2007-08-06]
*fh|Netherlands (Defending champions)
*fh|Malaysia (Host)
*fh|Germany (European champion)
*fh|South Korea (Asian champion)
*fh|South Africa (African champion)
*fh|Cuba (Americas champion)
*fh|Australia (Third in 2000 Summer Olympics)
*fh|Pakistan (Fourth in 2000 Summer Olympics)
*fh|England (Sixth in 2000 Summer Olympics)
*fh|Argentina
*fh|Spain
*fh|Poland
*fh|Belgium
*fh|India
*fh|Japan
*fh|New Zealand

quads

Umpires

The International Hockey Federation has appointed twenty umpires for this tournament:
*flagicon|ESP Xavier Adell
*flagicon|ESP Santiago Deo
*flagicon|DEN Henrik Ehlers
*flagicon|NED Peter Elders
*flagicon|AUS David Gentles
*flagicon|WAL Steve Graham
*flagicon|AUS Murray Grime
*flagicon|KOR Han Jin-soo
*flagicon|ENG Hamish Jamson
*flagicon|NZL Jason McCracken
*flagicon|RSA Clive McMurray
*flagicon|IRL Raymond O'Connor
*flagicon|CAN Sumesh Putra
*flagicon|PAK Mahmood Butt Raashed
*flagicon|ARG Edmundo Saladino
*flagicon|MAS Amarjit Singh
*flagicon|IND Satinder Kumar
*flagicon|POR Pedro Teixeira
*flagicon|GER Richard Wolter
*flagicon|RSA John Wright

Preliminaries

Pool A

References