The 2001 Champions Challenge for men is the inaugural tournament of Champions Challenge, it took place in the in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, Malaysia from December 7 to December 15, 2001.

Participating nations were Argentina

Argentina national field hockey team

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, Belgium

Belgium national field hockey team

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, host Malaysia

Malaysia national field hockey team

The Malaysia national field hockey team is Malaysia's representative in field hockey tournaments around the world. In the usual course of things, the team is made up of the best field hockey players in Malaysia. As of December 14, 2009, the team is ranked 15th in the world, and 5th in Asia, by the...

, India

India national field hockey team

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, Japan

Japan national field hockey team

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, and South Africa

South Africa national field hockey team

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. The winner earned a spot at the 2002 Champions Trophy in Cologne

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, Germany

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.

India

India national field hockey team

The India national field hockey team is the national men's team representing field hockey in India. It is the first non-European team to be a part of the International Hockey Federation....

 defeated South Africa

South Africa national field hockey team

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 2–1 in the final to win the competition.

Head Coach: Jorge Ruiz

Jorge Ruiz

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1. Pablo Moreira (GK
   Goalkeeper
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    / C
   Captain (sports)
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   )
2. Juan Pablo Hourquebie
   Juan Pablo Hourquebie
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3. Maximiliano Caldas
4. Matias Vila
5. Ezequiel Paulón
   Ezequiel Paulón
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7. Mario Almada
10. Tomás MacCormik
    Tomás MacCormik
    Tomás MacCormik is a field hockey midfielder from Argentina. MacCormik began playing hockey at age seven. He made his debut for the national squad in 1996, and competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics...
    
    
11. Santiago Capurro

12. Marcos Riccardi
13. Jorge Lombi
    Jorge Lombi
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14. Fernando Zylberberg
    Fernando Zylberberg
    Shilo Zylberberg is a field hockey midfielder from Argentina, who made his debut for the ZAG national field hockey team in 1997, and competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics...
    
    
15. Germán Orozco
16. Fernando Oscaris
17. Matias Paredes
    Matias Paredes
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19. Juan Manuel Vivaldi
    Juan Manuel Vivaldi
    Juan Manuel Vivaldi is a field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who plays club hockey in his native country for Banco Provincia. He is a member of the Men's National Team since 2001, and was the stand-in for first choice goalie Pablo Moreira at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the South...
    
     (GK
    Goalkeeper
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    )
23. Leonardo Deambarsi

1. Vincent Deneumostier (GK
   Goalkeeper
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   )
2. Maxime Luycx
3. Jean-Philippe Brulé
   Jean-Philippe Brulé
   Jean-Philippe Brulé is a field hockey player from Belgium, who was a member of the national squad that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Belgium finished in 8th place at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Madrid, in March 2004, after losing on penalty strokes against...
   
   
4. Thierry Renaer
   Thierry Renaer
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5. Xavier-Charles Letier
6. Xavier de Scheemaeker
7. Joeri Beunen
8. Thomas van den Balck

9. Xavier Brooke
10. Robin Geens
12. Christophe Moraux (GK
    Goalkeeper
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    )
15. Marc Coudron (C
    Captain (sports)
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    )
17. Fabian Bueger
20. Xavier Reckinger
22. Charles Vandeweghe
    Charles Vandeweghe
    Charles Vandeweghe is a field hockey forward from Belgium, who was a member of the Men's National Team that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
    
    
23. Phillippe Goldberg

Head Coach: Cedric d'Souza

1. Devesh Chauhan
   Devesh Chauhan
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    (GK
   Goalkeeper
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   )
5. Lazarus Barla
   Lazarus Barla
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6. Thirumal Valavan
   Thirumal Valavan
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8. Sukhbir Singh Gill
   Sukhbir Singh Gill
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9. Dhanraj Pillay
   Dhanraj Pillay
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10. Baljit Singh Dhillon
    Baljit Singh Dhillon
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     (C
    Captain (sports)
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    )
11. Prabjoth Singh
    Prabjoth Singh
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12. Jude Menezes
    Jude Menezes
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     (GK
    Goalkeeper
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    )

14. Jugraj Singh
    Jugraj Singh
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15. Daljit Singh Dhillon
20. Kanwalpreet Singh
21. Arjun Halappa
    Arjun Halappa
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22. Deepak Thakur
    Deepak Thakur
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24. Bipin Fernandez
27. Vikram Pillay
    Vikram Pillay
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32. Gagan Ajit Singh
    Gagan Ajit Singh
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1. Takahiko Yamabori (C
   Captain (sports)
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   )
2. Naoya Iwadate
5. Ryuji Furasato
6. Akira Takahashi
7. Kenichi Katayama
8. Naohiko Tobita
9. Kazuyuki Ozawa
10. Atsushi Takehara

11. Daisuke Hokaze
12. Akihiko Hirata
14. Mitsuru Ito
15. Jun Takahashi (GK
    Goalkeeper
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    )
16. Yasuhiro Nobui (GK
    Goalkeeper
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    )
18. Ryuhie Harada
20. Fumihiro Matsui
22. Toshiai Fukuda

Head Coach: Paul Lissek

1. Roslan Jamaluddin (GK
   Goalkeeper
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   )
2. Singh Maninderijt
3. Chua Boon Huat
4. Gobinathan Krishnamurthy
5. Kuhan Shanmuganathan
6. Nor Azlan Bakar
7. Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
9. Mohammed Madzli Ikmar

10. Tajol Rosli Mohamed
11. Mohamed Rodhanizam Radzi
12. Keevan Raj Kalikavandan
13. Mirnawan Nawawi
14. Logan Kali Kavandan
16. Ibrahim Mohd Nasihin Nubli
18. Shankar Shanmugam

Head Coach: Rob Pullen

1. Chris Hibbert (GK
   Goalkeeper
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   )
3. Warren Bond
4. Craig Jackson (C
   Captain (sports)
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   )
5. Craig Fulton
6. Bruce Jacobs
   Bruce Jacobs (field hockey)
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8. Gareth Murray
10. Mike Cullen
11. Clyde Abrahams

12. Justin King
14. Ken Forbes
15. Kevin Chree
16. Brenton Key
17. Darryn Gallagher
22. David Staniforth (GK
    Goalkeeper
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    )
26. Denzil Dolley
    Denzil Dolley
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27. Marvin Bam

Pool

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2

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Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	10	5	3	1	1	9	5
	10	5	3	1	1	9	7
	9	5	3	0	2	10	8
	9	5	3	0	2	6	5
	6	5	2	0	3	10	10	0
	0	5	0	0	5	3	13	−10

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Fifth and sixth place

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Third and fourth place

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Malaysian Standard Time

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)

Final

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Malaysian Standard Time

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)

Awards

Top Scorer	Best Player	Fair Play Trophy
Jorge Lombi Jorge Lombi Jorge Maximiliano Lombi Etulain is a field hockey player from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 1991 in a friendly against Spain. He's the penalty corner specialist, who currently plays for Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain...	Mike Cullen

External links

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