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2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

Field	Value
tournament	2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I
country	South Africa
city	Johannesburg
venues	1
teams	8
champions
second
third
count	1
matches	24
goals	133
top_scorer	BEL Tom Boon
RSA Justin Reid-Ross
top_scorer_goals	8
best_player	IND Sandeep Singh
previous_year	2009
previous_tournament	2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I
next_year	2012
next_tournament	2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

RSA Justin Reid-Ross

The 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 26 November to 4 December 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

This was the sixth edition of the competition initiated by the International Hockey Federation in 2001 to broaden hockey's competitive base globally and featured the 8 teams just behind the top six teams in the world.

Belgium won the tournament for the first time after defeating India 4–3 in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.fih.ch/en/news-3446-cc1-belgium-claim-gold-in-thrilling-final|title=CC1: Belgium claim gold in thrilling final against India

Teams

The FIH announced the eight participating teams on 16 December 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.fih.ch/en/news-2863-fih-confirms-participating-teams-for-2011|title=FIH confirms participating teams for 2011 tournaments

Results

First round

All times are South African Time (UTC+02:00)

Pool A

Pool B

Second round

|1 December| (a.e.t.)|5||4 |1 December||2||3 |1 December||4||0 |1 December||5||1 |3 December||4||2 |3 December| (p.s.o.)|2 (3)||2 (2) |4 December||3||4 |4 December||3||1

Quarterfinals

Fifth to eighth place classification

|2 December||2||1 |2 December||2| (a.e.t.)|3 |4 December||3||0 |4 December||7||2

Cross-overs

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

Third and fourth place

Final

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Best Player	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Trophy
BEL Tom Boon
RSA Justin Reid-Ross	IND Sandeep Singh	BEL David van Rysselberghe

Statistics

Final ranking

References

(3 December 2009). "Stage is set in Salta for BDO Champions Challenge I".
(2011-12-05). "India lose hockey Champions Challenge to Belgium". BBC News.
[http://fih.ch/media/12234031/fih-top-tier-tournament-regulations-february-2019.pdf FIH Top Tier Tournament Regulations February 2019]

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