The 2001 Men's Intercontinental Cup was a qualifier for the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup. It was held between 17–29 July 2001 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Argentina won the tournament after defeating Spain 5–4 in the final. Alongside Poland, Belgium, India, Japan and New Zealand, these seven teams qualified for the World Cup. ^[1]

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2001 Men's Intercontinental Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Scotland
City	Edinburgh
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Argentina
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	265 (4.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jorge Lombi (18 goals)
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Except for Oceania, all other four confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition.

More information Dates, Event ...

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			Scotland
1–12 September 1999	1999 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Padua, Italy	Belgium  Spain  Wales  France  Russia  Poland
18–28 September 1999	1999 Hockey Asia Cup	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	India  Japan  Bangladesh
13–20 May 2000	2000 Hockey African Cup for Nations	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Egypt —1
22 June–2 July 2000	2000 Pan American Cup	Havana, Cuba	Canada  Argentina  Chile  United States
Invitational			New Zealand1

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^1 –Zimbabwe withdrew due to financial reasons. The FIH invited New Zealand instead to participate.^[2]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Preliminary round

Pool A

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advanced to Medal Round
2	India	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Egypt	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0

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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

More information Egypt, 1–3 ...

18 July 2001 10:00 Egypt  1–3  New Zealand Walid  26' Report Leaver  6', 15' Parag  57'

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More information India, 2–1 ...

18 July 2001 12:00 India  2–1  Wales Prabhjot  46' Baljit  53' Report Organ  69'

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More information Wales, 3–2 ...

19 July 2001 10:00 Wales  3–2  Egypt Organ  47', 67' Edwards  65' Report Nagy  16', 35'

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More information India, 0–1 ...

19 July 2001 12:00 India  0–1  New Zealand Report Archibald  35'

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More information India, 3–1 ...

21 July 2001 10:00 India  3–1  Egypt Baljit  41', 46' Halappa  53' Report Walid  64'

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More information Wales, 0–1 ...

21 July 2001 12:00 Wales  0–1  New Zealand Report Kosoof  69'

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Pool B

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9	Advanced to Medal Round
2	Belgium	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4
3	France	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
4	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	3	18	−15	0

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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

More information Argentina, 8–1 ...

17 July 2001 10:00 Argentina  8–1  Bangladesh Almada  16', 30', 54' J. Lombi  18', 44', 59' Capurro  24' Retegui  52' Report Mia  29' Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) Gerald Curran (SCO)

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More information Belgium, 1–1 ...

17 July 2001 12:00 Belgium  1–1  France Luycx  64' Report M. Durchon  53' Umpires: Richard Wölter (GER) David Hunt (WAL)

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More information Belgium, 5–0 ...

18 July 2001 12:30 Belgium  5–0  Bangladesh Willems  8', 27', 65' De Chaffoy  23' Coudron  25' Report

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More information France, 1–2 ...

18 July 2001 14:30 France  1–2  Argentina Gaillard  34' Report J. Lombi  6' MacCormik  10'

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More information Argentina, 2–1 ...

20 July 2001 10:00 Argentina  2–1  Belgium J. Lombi  11' Almada  19' Report Beunen  25'

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More information France, 5–2 ...

20 July 2001 12:00 France  5–2  Bangladesh F. Durchon  12' D'Agostino  17', 64' Soyez  21' Daleton  35' Report Reza  62' Khursheed  63'

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Pool C

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Advanced to Medal Round
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
3	Scotland (H)	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	Chile	3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	0

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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]
(H) Hosts

More information Chile, 0–4 ...

18 July 2001 15:00 Chile  0–4  Japan Report Katayama  8' Tobita  17' Kawada  33' Asai  53'

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More information Scotland, 0–2 ...

18 July 2001 17:00 Scotland  0–2  Spain Report Quintana  10' Ribas  67'

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More information Spain, 9–0 ...

19 July 2001 15:00 Spain  9–0  Chile Arnau  5', 29', 69' Escarré  12', 34' Amat  36', 45', 59' Tubau  57' Report

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More information Scotland, 1–2 ...

19 July 2001 17:00 Scotland  1–2  Japan Forsyth  18' Report Tobita  5', 37'

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More information Chile, 1–5 ...

21 July 2001 15:00 Chile  1–5  Scotland Montegu  68' Report Docherty  16', 19', 22', 56' Burns  31'

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More information Spain, 5–0 ...

21 July 2001 17:00 Spain  5–0  Japan Quintana  4', 6' Escarré  38' Arnau  40' Amat  59' Report

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Pool D

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Poland	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Advanced to Medal Round
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	United States	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

More information Canada, 1–2 ...

17 July 2001 15:00 Canada  1–2  Poland Roberts  7' Report Szmidt  61' P. Mikuła  64' Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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More information United States, 1–0 ...

17 July 2001 17:30 United States  1–0  Russia Daraspreet  58' Report

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More information United States, 2–4 ...

19 July 2001 12:30 United States  2–4  Canada Hoang  59' P. Harris  67' Report Wettlaufer  6' Jagday  14', 21' Pereira  55'

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More information Poland, 3–1 ...

19 July 2001 14:30 Poland  3–1  Russia A. Mikuła  23' Choczaj  36' Grotowski  39' Report Krasnoiartsev  65'

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More information Canada, 3–1 ...

20 July 2001 15:00 Canada  3–1  Russia Kullar  17', 59' Pereira  48' Report Safanov  58'

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More information Poland, 5–1 ...

20 July 2001 15:00 Poland  5–1  United States A. Mikuła  3', 37' P. Mikuła  41' Strykowski  54' Choczaj  68' Report Nakamura  12'

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Medal round

Pool E

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Spain	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Advanced to Semi-finals and 2002 FIH World Cup
2	Belgium	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	Canada	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

More information New Zealand, 1–1 ...

22 July 2001 11:00 New Zealand  1–1  Belgium Burrows  28' Report Beunen  45'

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More information Spain, 1–1 ...

22 July 2001 15:00 Spain  1–1  Canada Amat  52' Report Wettlaufer  66'

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More information Belgium, 1–0 ...

23 July 2001 13:00 Belgium  1–0  Canada Gierts  36' Report

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More information New Zealand, 1–3 ...

24 July 2001 11:00 New Zealand  1–3  Spain Archibald  52' Report Fábregas  4' Amat  38' Quintana  61'

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More information Canada, 3–5 ...

25 July 2001 11:00 Canada  3–5  New Zealand Short  26', 56', 70' Report Hari  25' Archibald  54' Burrows  63', 67' Parag  70'

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More information Spain, 1–1 ...

25 July 2001 13:00 Spain  1–1  Belgium Freixa  31' Report Willems  52'

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Pool F

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	14	6	+8	9	Advanced to Semi-finals and 2002 FIH World Cup
2	Poland	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
3	India	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

More information Argentina, 5–3 ...

22 July 2001 13:00 Argentina  5–3  India R. Vila  19' J. Lombi  25', 37', 52', 70' Report Tirkey  23' Baljit  47', 63'

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More information Poland, 0–0 ...

22 July 2001 17:00 Poland  0–0  Japan Report

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More information Poland, 1–4 ...

23 July 2001 15:00 Poland  1–4  Argentina Juszczak  12' Report J. Lombi  31', 57', 62' Almada  53'

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More information Japan, 0–2 ...

24 July 2001 17:00 Japan  0–2  India Report Tirkey  21', 55'

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More information Argentina, 5–2 ...

25 July 2001 15:00 Argentina  5–2  Japan J. Lombi  51', 57' Almada  54', 56' R. Vila  61' Report Tobita  65', 69'

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More information India, 1–2 ...

25 July 2001 17:00 India  1–2  Poland Fernandes  12' Report Juszczak  3' Choczaj  22'

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Classification round

Pool G

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Wales	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
2	Scotland (H)	3	2	0	1	10	1	+9	6
3	Russia	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
4	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]
(H) Hosts

More information Wales, 1–0 ...

22 July 2001 10:30 Wales  1–0  Bangladesh Edwards  49' Report

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More information Scotland, 3–0 ...

22 July 2001 15:30 Scotland  3–0  Russia Docherty  43', 51' Mitchell  52' Report

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More information Bangladesh, 0–5 ...

23 July 2001 15:30 Bangladesh  0–5  Russia Report Kuznetsov  8', 63', 67' Jirkov  58' Krasnoirtsev  61'

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More information Wales, 1–0 ...

24 July 2001 15:00 Wales  1–0  Scotland Organ  33' Report

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More information Scotland, 7–0 ...

25 July 2001 13:30 Scotland  7–0  Bangladesh Ralph  9', 14', 60' McCartney  20' Stott  22' Webster  52' Mitchell  54' Report

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More information Russia, 2–2 ...

25 July 2001 15:30 Russia  2–2  Wales Nechaev  9' Safonov  55' Report Organ  42' Westerman  46'

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Pool H

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	France	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
2	Chile	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	5
3	Egypt	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	United States	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

More information France, 3–1 ...

22 July 2001 12:30 France  3–1  Egypt Daleton  30' Jeanjean  31' Gaillard  59' Report Ezz El Din  33'

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More information United States, 1–2 ...

22 July 2001 17:30 United States  1–2  Chile Hindy  19' Report Cota  22', 61'

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More information France, 2–1 ...

23 July 2001 17:00 France  2–1  United States Soyez  14', 63' Report Manjinder  51'

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More information Egypt, 3–3 ...

24 July 2001 13:00 Egypt  3–3  Chile Talaat  29' Ibrahim  56' Ezz El Din  57' Report Montegu  24' Stein  37' Kuhlenthal  42'

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More information Chile, 2–2 ...

25 July 2001 11:30 Chile  2–2  France Montegu  37' Kuhlenthal  66' Report Gailliard  9' Daleton  27'

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More information United States, 1–2 ...

25 July 2001 17:30 United States  1–2  Egypt Hindy  70' Report Ezz El Din  32', 52'

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Classification matches

Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification

	Crossover				Thirteenth Place
	27 July 2001
	Russia	2
					28 July 2001
	United States	3
					United States	1
	27 July 2001
					Egypt	2
	Egypt	2
	Bangladesh	1
					Fifteenth place
					28 July 2001
					Russia	4
					Bangladesh	2

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More information Russia, 2–3 ...

27 July 2001 13:00 Russia  2–3  United States Safonov  23', 31' Report Martin  54', 56' Daraspreet  59'

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More information Egypt, 2–1 ...

27 July 2001 16:00 Egypt  2–1  Bangladesh F. Nagy  13' Metwally  28' Report Islam  9'

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Fifteenth and sixteenth place

More information Russia, 4–2 ...

28 July 2001 13:30 Russia  4–2  Bangladesh Kusnetsov  5', 35' Safanov  48' Nechaev  53' Report Ariful Haq  21' Maksud Alam  64'

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Thirteenth and fourteenth place

More information United States, 1–2 ...

28 July 2001 13:30 United States  1–2  Egypt Hoang  30' Report Ezz El Din  19' Ibrahim  57'

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Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Crossover				Ninth Place
	27 July 2001
	Wales	3
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	Chile	2
					Wales	1
	27 July 2001
					France	2
	France (pen.)	3 (5)
	Scotland	3 (4)
					Eleventh place
					28 July 2001
					Chile	4
					Scotland (a.e.t)	5

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More information Wales, 3–2 ...

27 July 2001 10:00 Wales  3–2  Chile Ogden  28' Organ  38' Westerman  60' Report Kuhlenthal  9' Montegu  42'

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More information France, 3–3 ...

27 July 2001 12:30 France  3–3  Scotland Soyez  38', 59' D'Agostino  57' Report Leonard  42' Stott  65' Webster  70' Penalties 5–4

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Eleventh and twelfth place

More information Chile, 4–5 (a.e.t.) ...

28 July 2001 15:00 Chile  4–5 (a.e.t.)  Scotland Fingerhuth  16' Stein  41' Kuhlenthal  65' Montegu  67' Report Stott  14' Webster  38' Burns  44' Forsyth  60' Marwaha  85'

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Ninth and tenth place

More information Wales, 1–2 ...

28 July 2001 17:30 Wales  1–2  France Westerman  15' Report Durchon  58' Jeanjean  66'

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Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	28 July 2001
	New Zealand	0
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	Japan (a.e.t)	1
					Japan	1
	28 July 2001
					India	2
	India	2
	Canada	1
					Seventh place
					29 July 2001
					New Zealand	4
					Canada	0

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More information New Zealand, 0–1 (a.e.t.) ...

28 July 2001 10:00 New Zealand  0–1 (a.e.t.)  Japan Report Tobita  75'

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More information India, 2–1 ...

28 July 2001 12:30 India  2–1  Canada Halappa  4' Fernandes  42' Report Short  58'

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Seventh and eighth place

More information New Zealand, 4–0 ...

29 July 2001 12:30 New Zealand  4–0  Canada Parag  16', 69' McIndoe  46' Kosoof  66' Report

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Fifth and sixth place

More information Japan, 3–4 ...

29 July 2001 13:30 Japan  3–4  India Yamabori  6', 11' Kawada  30' Report Baljit  6', 8', 25', 46'

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First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July 2001
	Spain	5
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	Poland	1
					Spain	4
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					Argentina	5
	Argentina	4
	Belgium	2
					Third place
					29 July 2001
					Poland	5
					Belgium	2

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More information Spain, 5–1 ...

27 July 2001 15:00 Spain  5–1  Poland Arnau  11' Tubau  35', 52' Escarré  46', 51' Report Gaczkowski  17'

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More information Argentina, 4–2 ...

27 July 2001 17:30 Argentina  4–2  Belgium J. Lombi  9' Almada  21', 38', 45' Report De Chaffoy  68' Beunen  70'

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Third and fourth place

More information Poland, 5–2 ...

29 July 2001 10:00 Poland  5–2  Belgium Choczaj  26', 69' Grzeszczak  41' P. Mikuła  45', 66' Report Geens  24' Beunen  47'

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Final

More information Spain, 4–5 ...

29 July 2001 15:00 Spain  4–5  Argentina Tubau  33' Fábregas  48' Amat  69' Quintana  70' Report Almada  2' J. Lombi  12', 58', 65' Retegui  43'

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As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	Argentina	8	8	0	0	35	15	+20	24	2002 FIH World Cup
	Spain	8	5	2	1	30	9	+21	17
	Poland	8	5	1	2	19	15	+4	16
4	Belgium	8	2	3	3	14	14	0	9
5	India	8	5	0	3	17	14	+3	15
6	Japan	8	3	1	4	12	17	−5	10
7	New Zealand	8	5	1	2	16	9	+7	16
8	Canada	8	2	1	5	13	18	−5	7
9	France	8	4	3	1	19	13	+6	15
10	Wales	8	4	1	3	12	11	+1	13
11	Scotland (H)	8	4	1	3	24	13	+11	13
12	Chile	8	1	2	5	14	32	−18	5
13	Egypt	8	3	1	4	14	18	−4	10
14	United States	8	2	0	6	11	19	−8	6
15	Russia	8	2	1	5	15	17	−2	7
16	Bangladesh	8	0	0	8	6	37	−31	0

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