2006 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters

2006 Men's Hockey
Hamburg Masters
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Hamburg
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Uhlenhorster HC
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	37 (6.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sohail Abbas; Pol Amat; Eduardo Tubau (4 goals)
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The 2006 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters was the twelfth edition of the Hamburg Masters, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Hamburg, Germany, from 25 to 27 August 2006, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.^[1]

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of the Netherlands, Pakistan, Spain, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country	2006 FIH Ranking^[2]	Best World Cup Finish	Best Olympic Games Finish
Germany	1	Champions (2002)	Champions (1992)
Netherlands	4	Champions (1973, 1990, 1998)	Champions (1996, 2000)
Pakistan	5	Champions (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994)	Champions (1960, 1968, 1984)
Spain	3	Runners-Up (1971, 1998)	Runners-Up (1980, 1996)

Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:^[3]

Christian Bläsch (GER)
Andrew Mair (SCO)
Haider Rasool (IRE)
Juan Requena (ESP)
Rob ten Cate (NED)

Results

All times are local (Central European Summer Time).

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	13	6	+7	9	Tournament Champion
2	Spain	3	2	1	12	9	+3	6
3	Pakistan	3	1	2	8	13	−5	3
4	Germany (H)	3	0	3	4	9	−5	0

Source: Deutscher Hockey-Bund
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

25 August 2006
16:15

Germany	1–2	Pakistan
C. Zeller 35'	Report	Abbas 7' Ahmed 39'

Umpires:
Juan Requena (ESP)
Andrew Mair (SCO)

25 August 2006
18:30

Netherlands	5–1	Spain
Klaver 19', 66' Weusthof 29' Reckers 41' De Nooijer 68'	Report	Tubau 24'

Umpires:
Christian Bläsch (GER)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

26 August 2006
14:00

Netherlands	6–4	Pakistan
Reckers 16', 17' Hofman 47', 68' Delmee 56' M. Brouwer 63'	Report	Abbas 27', 62', 69' Butt 52'

Umpires:
Andrew Mair (SCO)
Christian Bläsch (GER)

26 August 2006
16:30

Spain	5–2	Germany
Quemada 17' Freixa 20' Amat 43', 44', 69'	Report	C. Zeller 5', 30'

Umpires:
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Haider Rasool (PAK)

27 August 2006
12:00

Spain	6–2	Pakistan
Tubau 35', 66', 68' Freixa 41', 44' Amat 60'	Report	Akbar 7' Abbasi 18'

Umpires:
Christian Bläsch (GER)
Rob ten Cate (NED)

27 August 2006
14:30

Germany	1–2	Netherlands
Hentschel 64'	Report	Weusthof 8' Klaver 54'

Umpires:
Andrew Mair (SCO)
Juan Requena (ESP)

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

There were 37 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 6.17 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ "Hamburg Masters". hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ "ABN AMRO MEN'S WORLD RANKINGS -- 2003-2009" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ "FIH OUTDOOR APPOINTMENTS - 2006" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2006. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

External links

Official website
Deutscher Hockey-Bund Archived 2020-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Hamburg Masters". hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

[2] "ABN AMRO MEN'S WORLD RANKINGS -- 2003-2009" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

[3] "FIH OUTDOOR APPOINTMENTS - 2006" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2006. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

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