2003 Men's Champions Challenge (field hockey)

The 2003 Men's Champions Challenge is the second tournament of the Champions Challenge, which took place in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

from July 19 to July 27, 2003.

Participating nations were England

England national field hockey team

The England national field hockey team represents England in international field hockey. The team finished in fifth-place in the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany....

, 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...

, New Zealand, Spain

Spain national field hockey team

The Spain national field hockey team represents Spain in the international field hockey competitions. The team, coached by Dutchman Maurits Hendriks since 2002, competed in every World Cup since the first edition in 1971. Spain is ranked fourth in the world, as of June 30, 2008...

, host South Africa

South Africa national field hockey team

The South Africa national field hockey team is the national team of South Africa that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...

, and Korea

Korea national field hockey team

The Korea national field hockey team represents South Korea in the international field hockey competitions.-Summer Olympics:*1908 – Did not compete*1984 – Did not compete*1988 – Tenth place*1992 – Did not compete*1996 – Fifth place*2000 –...

. Spain earned a spot at the 2002 Champions Trophy in Lahore

Lahore

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, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

after defeated Korea

Korea national field hockey team

7–3 in the final.

(1.) Jimi Lewis

Jimi Lewis

James "Jimi" Lewis is an English field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

(gk), (2.) Simon Mason (gk), (3.) Robert Todd, (4.) Jason Collins, (5.) Jon Peckett, (6.) Craig Parnham

Craig Parnham

Craig Parnham is an English field hockey defender, who participated in two Summer Olympics for Great Britain: in 2000 and 2004...

, (7.) Guy Fordham, (8.) Andy West

Andy West

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, (9.) Mark Pearn, (10.) Jimmy Wallis, (11.) Brett Garrard, (12.) David Mathews, (13.) Danny Hall

Danny Hall (field hockey)

Daniel James Hall is a retired makle field hockey player from England, who participated in three Summer Olympics for Great Britain: in 1996, 2000 and 2004.-References:...

, (14.) Ben Hawes

Ben Hawes

Benjamin Robert Hawes is an English field hockey player who plays in midfield or as a half back.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...

, (15.) Barry Middleton

Barry Middleton

Barry John Middleton is an English field hockey player. He was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and fifth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the England Squad that won the 2009 Eurohockey Nations Cup and gained silver at the 2010...

, (16.) Martin Jones, (17.) Michael Johnson, (18.) Jerome Goudie. Head Coach: Mike Hamilton.

(1.) Roslan Jamaluddin (gk), (2.) Muhamad Amin Rahim, (3.) Chua Boon Huat, (4.) Gobinathan Krishnamurthy, (5.) Kuhan Shanmuganathan

, (6.) Nor Azlan Bakar, (7.) Azlan Misron, (8.) Jiwa Mohan, (9.) Mohammed Madzli Ikmar, (10.) Tajol Rosli Mohamed, (11.) Mohamed Rodhanizam Radzi, (12.) Keevan Raj Kalikavandan, (13.) Ismail Abu, (14.) Prabahkaran Periyathamby, (15.) Shaiful Azli Abdul Rahman, (16.) Kumar Subramamiam (gk), and (17.) Fairuz Ramli Mohamed. Head Coach: Paul Lissek.

(1.) Simon Towns

Simon Towns

Simon James Towns is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 1992 against Kenya....

, (2.) Mitesh Patel, (3.) David Kosoof

David Kosoof

David William Kosoof is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who finished in sixth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....

, (4.) Darren Smith

Darren Smith (field hockey)

Darren Campbell Smith is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 1995 against Spain....

, (5.) Wayne McIndoe, (6.) Dion Gosling

Dion Gosling

Dion Gosling is a field hockey player from New Zealand. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's team competition. He earned a total number of 169 caps during his career.-References:*...

, (7.) Blair Hopping, (8.) Dean Couzins, (9.) Casey Henwood, (10.) Ryan Archibald, (11.) Umesh Parag

Umesh Parag

Umesh Vasan Parag is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won a silver medal with the team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester...

, (14.) Bevan Hari, (16.) Paul Woolford (gk), (17.) Kyle Pontifex (gk), (18.) Phillip Burrows, (19.) Hayden Shaw

Hayden Shaw

Hayden Jonathan Shaw is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2002 against Australia. He has played for HC 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.Shaw is often involved in penalty corner set moves and can perform a drag...

, (21.) Bryce Collins, and (24.) Gareth Brooks

Gareth Brooks

Gareth Brooks is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2002...

. Head Coach: Charlie Oscroft.

(1.) David Staniforth (gk), (3.) Ken Forbes, (4.) Craig Jackson

, (5.) Craig Fulton, (6.) Bruce Jacobs

Bruce Jacobs (field hockey)

Bruce Jacobs is a male field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

, (7.) Gregg Clark, (8.) Iain Evans

Iain Evans (field hockey)

Iain Evans is a male field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-International Senior Tournaments:...

, (9.) Emile Smith, (10.) Mike Cullen, (12.) Justin King, (13.) Steve Evans, (14.) Eric Rose-Innes, (15.) Kevin Chree, (16.) Marvin Bam, (17.) Reece Basson, (18.) Wayne Denne, (19.) Chris Hibbert (gk), (20.) Charl van der Merwe. Head Coach: Paul Revington.

(1.) Koo Dong-Shik (gk), (2.) Cha Jong-Bok, (3.) Hong Eun-Seong, (5.) Lim Jung-Woo

Lim Jung-Woo

Lim Jung-Woo is a field hockey player from South Korea, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the final the Asians were beaten by title holders The Netherlands after penalty strokes...

, (6.) Lee Sung-Min

Lee Sung-Min

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, (7.) Kim Chul, (8.) Kim Jung-Chul

, (9.) Seo Jong-Ho, (10.) Yoon Young-Sik, (11.) Lee Jung-Seon, (13.) Lee Nam-Yong, (15.) Hwang Seung-Sun, (17.) Yoo Min-Ho, (19.) You Hyo-Sik, (20.) Park Wan-Tae, (21.) Jang Jong-Hyun), (22.) Kim Sam-Seok, and (23.) Hong Sung-Kweon. Head Coach: Kim Young-Kyu.

(1.) Bernardino Herrera

Bernardino Herrera

Bernardino Herrera Casanueva is a field hockey goalkeeper from Spain. He earned his first cap for the Men's National Team in 1998 during the Champions Trophy tournament in Lahore, Pakistan. He is also the boyfriend of the female hockey star Silvia Muñoz.Herrera competed in two Summer Olympics for...

(gk), (2.) Santi Freixa, (3.) Pau Quemada, (4.) Marc Garcia-Cascon, (5.) Francisco "Kiko" Fábregas, (6.) Miquel Codina, (7.) Juan Escarré

Juan Escarré

Juan Escarré Urueña is a Spanish field hockey player, who competed for Spain in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, when he captured the silver medal with his national side...

, (8.) Alex Fábregas

Alex Fábregas

Alexandre Fàbregas i Carné is a field hockey player from Catalonia, who finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He plays for Real Club de Polo in his hometown of Barcelona.-References:*...

, (9.) Pablo Amat

Pablo Amat

Pol Amat Escudé is a field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....

, (10.) Eduardo Tubau, (11.) Eduardo Aguilar

Eduardo Aguilar

Eduardo Aguilar Estrada is a field hockey midfielder from Spain. He finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He made his international senior debut for the national side at the 1997 Champions Trophy in Adelaide, South Australia...

, (12.) Alberto Esteban, (13.) Ramón Alegre

Ramón Alegre

Ramón Alegre Biosca is a field hockey defender from Spain. He finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....

, (14.) Josep Sánchez

Josep Sánchez

Josep Sánchez Galobardes is a former field hockey midfielder from Spain. He represented the Men's National Team at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...

, (16.) Xavier Ribas

Xavier Ribas

Xavier Ribas Centelles is a field hockey defender from Spain. He represented the Men's National Team at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...

, (17.) Albert Sala

Albert Sala

Albert Sala Moreno is a field hockey player from Spain, who finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....

, (18.) Rodrigo Garza

Rodrigo Garza

Rodrigo Garza Barbero is a field hockey defender/midfielder from Spain. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000....

, and (22.) Francisco Cortes

Francisco Cortés

Francisco Cortés Juncosa is a Spanish field hockey goalkeeper. He plays club hockey for Club Egara, and was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.-References:**...

(gk). Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks

Maurits Hendriks

Maurits Gijsbreght Hendriks is a field hockey coach from the Netherlands, who himself played as a goalkeeper in the 1980s in Enschede...

Standings

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Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	12	5	4	0	1	15	9
2.	10	5	3	1	1	12	8
3.	8	5	2	1	1	9	5
4.	6	5	2	0	3	7	8	–1
5.	4	5	1	1	3	10	13	–3
6.	3	5	1	0	4	4	18	–14

Results

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Fifth place play-off

Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Top Scorer	Best Goalkeeper
Lee Jung-Seon	David Staniforth

External links

FIH official website

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