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2006 Men's Hockey World Cup

11th edition of the Hockey World Cup

Field	Value
tournament	2006 Hockey World Cup
other_titles	Hockey Weltmeisterschaften 2006
image	World_Hockey_Cup.jpg
size	150px
caption	Official logo
country	Germany
city	Mönchengladbach
venues	Warsteiner HockeyPark
dates	6 – 17 September 2006
teams	12
confederations	5
champions
second
third
count	2
matches	42
goals	174
top_scorer	Netherlands Taeke Taekema
top_scorer_goals	11
best_player	Australia Jamie Dwyer
previous_year	2002
previous_tournament	2002 Men's Hockey World Cup
next_year	2010
next_tournament	2010 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held 6–17 September 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

Germany won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating Australia 4–3 in the final. Spain won the third place match by defeating Korea 3–2 with a golden goal.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European confederation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings. Alongside the five teams qualifying through the Qualifier, twelve teams competed in this tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas
Host nation	1
21–28 September 2003	[2003 Hockey Asia Cup](2003-men-s-hockey-asia-cup)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1
12–23 May 2004	[2004 Pan American Cup](2004-men-s-pan-american-cup)	London, Canada	1
28 August–4 September 2005	[2005 EuroHockey Nations Championship](2005-men-s-eurohockey-nations-championship)	Leipzig, Germany	2
1–8 October 2005	[2005 Hockey African Cup for Nations](2005-men-s-hockey-african-cup-for-nations)	Pretoria, South Africa	1
15–19 November 2005	[2005 Oceania Cup](2005-men-s-oceania-cup)	Suva, Fiji	1
12–23 April 2006	[Intercontinental Cup](2006-men-s-intercontinental-cup-field-hockey)	Changzhou, China	5

Umpires

The International Hockey Federation appointed 14 umpires for this tournament:

Xavier Adell (ESP)
Christian Blasch (GER)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
David Gentles (AUS)
Murray Grime (AUS)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
David Leiper (SCO)
Andy Mair (SCO)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Rob ten Cate (NED)
John Wright (RSA)

Squads

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool A

Pool B

Ninth to twelfth place classification

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Crossover

Eleventh and twelfth place

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

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Crossover

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

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Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Jamie Dwyer	Taeke Taekema	Ulrich Bubolz	Christopher Zeller

Statistics

Final standings

group stage

Goalscorers

Taeke Taekema
Christopher Zeller
Santiago Freixa
Simon Mantell
Hayden Shaw
Jang Jong-hyun
Jamie Dwyer
Troy Elder
Michael McCann
James Tindall
Shivendra Singh
Akira Ito
Sohail Abbas
Ian Symons
Pol Amat
Eduard Tubau
Matías Vila
Rodrigo Vila
Bevan George
Richard Mantell
Moritz Fürste
Toshiaki Fukuda
Roderick Weusthof
Simon Child
Shakeel Abbasi
Rehan Butt
Muhammad Zubair
You Hyo-sik
Lucas Cammareri
Travis Brooks
Luke Doerner
Russell Ford
Matthew Naylor
Björn Emmerling
Oliver Hentschel
Matthias Witthaus
Dilip Tirkey
Rajpal Singh
Kenichi Katayama
Kazuo Yoshida
Ronald Brouwer
Rob Reckers
Dean Couzins
Seo Jong-ho
Matías Paredes
Robert Hammond
Mark Knowles
Matthew Daly
Martin Jones
Glenn Kirkham
Sebastian Biederlack
Arjun Halappa
Ignace Tirkey
Mitsuru Ito
Kazuyuki Ozawa
Hiroki Sakamoto
Matthijs Brouwer
Geert-Jan Derikx
Teun de Nooijer
Ryan Archibald
Blair Hopping
Mitesh Patel
Wayne Madsen
Lungile Tsolekile
Kang Seong-jung
Yoon Sung-hoon
David Alegre
Alex Fàbregas
Xavier Ribas

References

(2006-09-17). "Germany storm to World Cup win".
(2006-04-24). "Men’s World Cup field confirmed".

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