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.

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2006 Hockey World Cup

Hockey Weltmeisterschaften 2006
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Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Mönchengladbach
Dates	6 – 17 September 2006
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Warsteiner HockeyPark
Final positions
Champions	Germany (2nd title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	174 (4.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Taeke Taekema (11 goals)
Best player	Jamie Dwyer
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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.^[1]

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.^[2]

More information Dates, Event ...

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			1	Germany
21–28 September 2003	2003 Hockey Asia Cup	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1	India
12–23 May 2004	2004 Pan American Cup	London, Canada	1	Argentina
28 August–4 September 2005	2005 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Leipzig, Germany	2	Spain  Netherlands
1–8 October 2005	2005 Hockey African Cup for Nations	Pretoria, South Africa	1	South Africa
15–19 November 2005	2005 Oceania Cup	Suva, Fiji	1	Australia
12–23 April 2006	Intercontinental Cup	Changzhou, China	5	New Zealand  South Korea  England  Pakistan  Japan
Total			12

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The International Hockey Federation appointed 14 umpires for this tournament:

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Pool A

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	4	0	1	18	5	+13	12	Semi-finals
2	Spain	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6	11
3	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	10	14	−4	7
4	Pakistan	5	1	2	2	10	10	0	5
5	Argentina	5	1	1	3	5	12	−7	4
6	Japan	5	1	0	4	7	15	−8	3

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Source: FIH

More information Argentina, 0–3 ...

6 September 2006 18:30 Argentina  0–3  New Zealand Report Shaw  17', 23' Child  37' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Rob ten Cate (NED)

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More information Pakistan, 4–0 ...

7 September 2006 16:00 Pakistan  4–0  Japan Abbas  9', 64' Butt  12' Abbasi  68' Report Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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More information Australia, 1–3 ...

7 September 2006 18:00 Australia  1–3  Spain Elder  47' Report Tubau  8' Amat  21' Ribas  41' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) John Wright (RSA)

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More information New Zealand, 4–4 ...

8 September 2006 16:00 New Zealand  4–4  Pakistan Couzins  14', 36' Hopping  18' Shaw  53' Report Abbasi  9' Zubair  21', 65' Butt  42' Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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More information Spain, 1–1 ...

8 September 2006 20:15 Spain  1–1  Argentina Tubau  39' Report Cammareri  50' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Rob ten Cate (NED)

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More information Japan, 0–1 ...

9 September 2006 17:30 Japan  0–1  New Zealand Report Child  43' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

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More information Argentina, 0–4 ...

9 September 2006 19:30 Argentina  0–4  Australia Report Doerner  23' Ford  24' McCann  30' Hammond  55' Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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More information Pakistan, 2–2 ...

10 September 2006 12:30 Pakistan  2–2  Spain Butt  10' Abbas  52' Report Freixa  27' Amat  41' Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

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More information Australia, 3–1 ...

10 September 2006 19:00 Australia  3–1  Japan McCann  6' Elder  8' Ford  54' Report Fukuda  16' Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Rob ten Cate (NED)

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More information Spain, 3–1 ...

11 September 2006 14:00 Spain  3–1  New Zealand Alegre  10' Freixa  19' Tubau  36' Report Shaw  40' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Christian Blasch (GER)

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More information Argentina, 1–0 ...

11 September 2006 18:00 Argentina  1–0  Pakistan M. Vila  41' Report Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

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More information New Zealand, 1–7 ...

12 September 2006 14:00 New Zealand  1–7  Australia Patel  20' Report Dwyer  2', 64' McCann  26' Elder  32' Naylor  48' Brooks  55' Doerner  66' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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More information Japan, 4–3 ...

12 September 2006 16:00 Japan  4–3  Argentina A. Ito  7', 69' Ozawa  44' Sakamoto  61' Report R. Vila  32', 35' Cammareri  47' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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More information Japan, 2–4 ...

13 September 2006 14:00 Japan  2–4  Spain Katayama  15', 49' Report Amat  22' Freixa  44', 58', 66' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Andy Mair (SCO)

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More information Australia, 3–0 ...

13 September 2006 20:30 Australia  3–0  Pakistan George  14', 51' Dwyer  32' Report Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

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Pool B

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	5	3	2	0	12	5	+7	11	Semi-finals
2	South Korea	5	3	2	0	8	5	+3	11
3	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	16	9	+7	10
4	England	5	2	0	3	10	10	0	6
5	South Africa	5	0	2	3	4	13	−9	2
6	India	5	0	1	4	7	15	−8	1

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Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

More information Germany, 3–2 ...

6 September 2006 15:30 Germany  3–2  India C. Zeller  27', 70' Hentschel  59' Report S. Singh  57', 64' Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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More information South Korea, 3–2 ...

6 September 2006 20:30 South Korea  3–2  Netherlands You  12', 15' Seo  59' Report R. Brouwer  48' Taekema  53' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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More information India, 2–3 ...

7 September 2006 14:00 India  2–3  England S. Singh  28' D. Tirkey  66' Report Tindall  53' S. Mantell  57', 61' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

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More information Netherlands, 2–0 ...

7 September 2006 20:15 Netherlands  2–0  South Africa Taekema  16' Derikx  65' Report Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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More information England, 0–1 ...

8 September 2006 18:00 England  0–1  South Korea Report Yoon  59' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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More information South Africa, 1–1 ...

9 September 2006 13:00 South Africa  1–1  India Symons  64' Report I. Tirkey  14' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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More information Germany, 2–2 ...

9 September 2006 15:15 Germany  2–2  Netherlands C. Zeller  48' Fürste  54' Report M. Brouwer  37' Reckers  42' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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More information England, 1–2 ...

10 September 2006 14:45 England  1–2  Germany S. Mantell  34' Report C. Zeller  24', 42' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) John Wright (RSA)

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More information South Korea, 2–2 ...

10 September 2006 17:00 South Korea  2–2  South Africa Jang  21' You  50' Report Tsolekile  49' Madsen  59' Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Christian Blasch (GER)

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More information India, 1–2 ...

11 September 2006 16:00 India  1–2  South Korea S. Singh  46' Report Jang  63', 69' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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More information Netherlands, 4–3 ...

11 September 2006 20:15 Netherlands  4–3  England De Nooijer  19' R. Brouwer  21' Taekema  45', 63' Report Daly  10' R. Mantell  14' Tindall  39' Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

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More information Germany, 5–0 ...

12 September 2006 18:00 Germany  5–0  South Africa C. Zeller  5' Witthaus  32', 66' Hentschel  64' Biederlack  69' Report Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Rob ten Cate (NED)

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More information India, 1–6 ...

12 September 2006 20:00 India  1–6  Netherlands D. Tirkey  14' Report Taekema  13', 15', 26', 30', 65' Weusthof  59' Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) David Gentles (AUS)

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More information South Korea, 0–0 ...

13 September 2006 16:20 South Korea  0–0  Germany Report Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

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More information South Africa, 1–3 ...

13 September 2006 18:30 South Africa  1–3  England Symons  10' Report Tindall  21' R. Mantell  42', 50' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Crossover				Ninth place
	16 September
	South Africa	2
					17 September
	Japan	5
					Japan	2
	16 September
					Argentina	1
	Argentina	3
	India	2
					Eleventh place
					17 September
					South Africa	0
					India	1

Crossover

More information South Africa, 2–5 ...

16 September 2006 10:00 South Africa  2–5  Japan Symons  37', 58' Report Yoshida  7' A. Ito  25' Fukuda  47', 67' M. Ito  61' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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More information Argentina, 3–2 ...

16 September 2006 12:30 Argentina  3–2  India M. Vila  41', 62' Paredes  51' Report Halappa  3' R. Singh  54' Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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Eleventh and twelfth place

More information South Africa, 0–1 ...

17 September 2006 08:00 South Africa  0–1  India Report R. Singh  54' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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Ninth and tenth place

More information Japan, 2–1 ...

17 September 2006 10:30 Japan  2–1  Argentina Yoshida  37' A. Ito  69' Report R. Vila  56' Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Christian Blasch (GER)

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Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	15 September
	New Zealand	3
					16 September
	England	4
					England	1
	15 September
					Pakistan	0
	Netherlands	2
	Pakistan	3
					Seventh place
					16 September
					New Zealand	0
					Netherlands	3

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More information New Zealand, 3–4 ...

15 September 2006 12:30 New Zealand  3–4  England Shaw  29' Archibald  33' Child  54' Report S. Mantell  35+', 60' Kirkham  46' Tindall  70' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS) Xavier Adell (ESP)+ Replaced Amarjit Singh after 35 minutes

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More information Netherlands, 2–3 ...

15 September 2006 15:00 Netherlands  2–3  Pakistan Reckers  42' Taekema  47' Report Abbasi  10' Abbas  33' Zubair  36' Umpires: David Leiper (SCO) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

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Seventh and eighth place

More information New Zealand, 0–3 ...

16 September 2006 15:00 New Zealand  0–3  Netherlands Report Weusthof  34', 49' Taekema  40' Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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Fifth and sixth place

More information England, 1–0 ...

16 September 2006 17:30 England  1–0  Pakistan Jones  67' Report Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

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First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 September
	Australia	4
					17 September
	South Korea	2
					Australia	3
	15 September
					Germany	4
	Germany (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
	Spain	2 (1)
					Third place
					17 September
					South Korea	2
					Spain (a.e.t.)	3

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More information Australia, 4–2 ...

15 September 2006 17:30 Australia  4–2  South Korea George  38' Brooks  51' Dwyer  60' McCann  70' Report Jang  31' Kang  41' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

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More information Germany, 2–2 (a.e.t.) ...

15 September 2006 20:15 Germany  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Spain Emmerling  19' Fürste  46' Report Freixa  27' Fàbregas  47' Penalties C. Zeller Weß Fürste P. Zeller 3–1 Freixa Quemada Tubau Amat Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) John Wright (RSA)

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Third and fourth place

More information South Korea, 2–3 (a.e.t.) ...

17 September 2006 13:00 South Korea  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Spain Jang  42' Seo  60' Report Tubau  9' Freixa  40' Amat  71' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) David Leiper (SCO)

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Final

More information Australia, 3–4 ...

17 September 2006 15:30 Australia  3–4  Germany Knowles  19' Naylor  25' Elder  38' Report C. Zeller  18', 54' Fürste  46' Emmerling  49' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

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