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2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

Field	Value
tournament	2012 Men's Champions Challenge I
image	2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I Logo.png
size	200px
country	Argentina
city	Quilmes
venues	Estadio Nacional de Hockey
teams	8
champions
count	3
second
third
matches	24
goals	128
top_scorer	KOR Jang Jong-Hyun
top_scorer_goals	8
best_player	ARG Lucas Vila
previous_year	2011
previous_tournament	2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I
next_year	2014
next_tournament	2014 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

The 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 24 November to 2 December 2012 in Quilmes, Argentina. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy to be held in India as the winner earned an automatic berth to compete.

This was the seventh 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.

Argentina won the tournament for the third time after defeating Korea 5–0 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy after their absence in the previous four editions.

Qualification

The following eight teams announced by the FIH competed in this tournament.

(Host nation)
(Eighth in 2011 Champions Trophy)
(Winners of 2011 Champions Challenge II)
(Third in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
(Fifth in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
(Sixth in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
(Seventh in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
(Eighth in 2011 Champions Challenge I)

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

Ireland Geoff Conn
Austria Michael Eilmer
Argentina Fernando Gómez
Australia Adam Kearns
Japan Satoshi Kondo
Spain Eduardo Lizana
India Javed Shaikh
South Africa Aiden Shrives
Belgium Gregory Uyttenhove
China You Suolong

Results

All times are Argentine Time (UTC−03:00)

First round

Pool A

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	3	0	0	12	4	+8	9
3	1	1	1	8	11	−3	4
3	1	0	2	8	9	–1	3
3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1

Pool B

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	3	0	0	10	5	+5	9
3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3
3	0	1	2	6	9	−2	1

Second round

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| RD3-team3=| RD3-score3=2 | RD3-team4=****| RD3-score4=3

| RD3-team5=| RD3-score5=0 | RD3-team6=****| RD3-score6=4

| RD3-team7=****| RD3-score7=5 | RD3-team8=| RD3-score8=1

| RD4-team1=| RD4-score1=3 | RD4-team2=****| RD4-score2=6

| RD4-team3=| RD4-score3=1 | RD4-team4=****| RD4-score4=2

| RD2-team1=| RD2-score1=1 | RD2-team2=****| RD2-score2=2

| RD2-team3=| RD2-score3=2 | RD2-team4=****| RD2-score4=4

| RD5-team1=| RD5-score1=0 | RD5-team2=****| RD5-score2=5

| RD5b-team1=| RD5b-score1=3 | RD5b-team2=** (a.e.t.)**| RD5b-score2=4

| RD1-team1=****| RD1-score1=4 | RD1-team2=| RD1-score2=2

| RD1b-team1=****| RD1b-score1=4 | RD1b-team2=| RD1b-score2=2

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Quarterfinals

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

Third and fourth place

Final

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
South Korea Jang Jong-Hyun	Argentina Lucas Vila	IRE David Harte

Statistics

Final ranking

References

(3 December 2009). "Stage is set in Salta for BDO Champions Challenge I".
"Did you know... a brief history of Champions Challenge 1 {{!}} FIH".
(2012-12-02). "Five star Argentina win Champions Challenge 1". FIH.
(2011-12-05). "India lose hockey Champions Challenge to Belgium". BBC News.
"Qualification Criteria for FIH Champions Trophy and FIH Champions Challenges from 2012 onwards". FIH.ch.
(2012-09-19). "Schedule announced for Men's Champions Challenge 1". FIH.

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