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2003 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge

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2003 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityJohannesburg
Dates19 – 27 July
Teams6
VenueRandburg Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored78 (4.33 per match)
Top scorerSouth Korea Lee Jung-Seon (10 goals)
2001 (previous) (next) 2005

The 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge took place in Johannesburg, South Africa from 19–27 July 2003. This was the second edition of the tournament introduced in 2001 by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) to broaden hockey's competitive base globally.

Spain qualified for a spot at the 2004 Champions Trophy in Lahore, Pakistan after defeating Korea 7–3 in the final.

Squads

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Head Coach: Mike Hamilton

Umpires

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Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

  •  Murray Grime (AUS)
  •  Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
  •  David Leiper (SCO)
  •  Nick Lockhart (ENG)
  •  Markus Meyer (GER)
  •  Deon Nel (RSA)
  •  Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
  •  Ravinderpal Singh (MAS)
  •  John Wright (RSA)

Results

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

Pool

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 4 0 1 15 9 +6 12 Final
2  South Korea 5 3 1 1 12 8 +4 10
3  New Zealand 5 2 2 1 9 5 +4 8 Third Place Match
4  South Africa (H) 5 2 0 3 7 8 −1 6
5  Malaysia 5 1 1 3 10 13 −3 4 Fifth Place Match
6  England 5 1 0 4 6 16 −10 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
19 July 2003
13:00
South Korea  0–0  New Zealand
Report
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Ravinderpal Singh (MAS)
19 July 2003
15:00
England  2–6  Spain
Middleton field hockey ball 12'
Goudie field hockey ball 70'
Report Ribas field hockey ball 4'34'
Amat field hockey ball 35'45'
Tubau field hockey ball 41'68'
Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Deon Nel (RSA)
19 July 2003
17:00
Malaysia  1–3  South Africa
Kuhan field hockey ball 3' Report King field hockey ball 9'48'
Smith field hockey ball 50'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Markus Meyer (GER)

20 July 2003
13:00
Spain  2–3  South Korea
Tubau field hockey ball 4'
Ribas field hockey ball 55'
Report Lee J. field hockey ball 48'52'64'
Umpires:
Nick Lockhart (ENG)
Markus Meyer (GER)
20 July 2003
15:00
South Africa  0–2  England
Report Hall field hockey ball 8'
Pearn field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Murray Grime (AUS)
20 July 2003
17:00
New Zealand  1–1  Malaysia
Brooks field hockey ball 32' Report Ismail field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

22 July 2003
14:30
Malaysia  4–1  England
Mohan field hockey ball 15'
Keevan field hockey ball 50'
Azlan field hockey ball 59'
Tajol field hockey ball 68'
Report Garrard field hockey ball 6'
Umpires:
Juam Manuel Requena (ESP)
Deon Nel (RSA)
22 July 2003
16:30
New Zealand  2–3  Spain
Parag field hockey ball 7'
Hari field hockey ball 38'
Report Ribas field hockey ball 23'
Tubau field hockey ball 40'
Garza field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Nick Lockhart (ENG)
22 July 2003
18:30
South Korea  2–3  South Africa
Lee J. field hockey ball 12'65' Report King field hockey ball 11'
Basson field hockey ball 55'
Evans field hockey ball 68'
Umpires:
Ravinderpal Singh (MAS)
David Leiper (SCO)

23 July 2003
14:30
Spain  3–2  Malaysia
Freixa field hockey ball 9'
Esteban field hockey ball 23'
Amat field hockey ball 35'
Report Kuhan field hockey ball 17'57'
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Deon Nel (RSA)
23 July 2003
16:30
South Korea  2–1  England
Lee J. field hockey ball 3'
You field hockey ball 29'
Report Mathews field hockey ball 52'
Umpires:
Markus Meyer (GER)
Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
23 July 2003
18:30
South Africa  1–2  New Zealand
King field hockey ball 3' Report Hari field hockey ball 34'
Shaw field hockey ball 44'
Umpires:
David Leiper (SCO)
Murray Grime (AUS)

25 July 2003
14:30
England  0–4  New Zealand
Report Burrows field hockey ball 9'40'
Shaw field hockey ball 11'
Hari field hockey ball 59'
Umpires:
Ravinderpal Singh (MAS)
Deon Nel (RSA)
25 July 2003
16:30
Malaysia  2–5  South Korea
Kuhan field hockey ball 25'
Tajol field hockey ball 41'
Report Lee J. field hockey ball 12'30'39'
Seo field hockey ball 45'
Hwang field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
Nick Lockhart (ENG)
John Wright (RSA)
25 July 2003
18:30
South Africa  0–1  Spain
Report Ribas field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
David Leiper (SCO)

Classification

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Fifth and sixth place

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27 July 2003
10:00
Malaysia  2–3  England
Kuhan field hockey ball 19'22' Report Hawes field hockey ball 14'
Wallis field hockey ball 64'
Hall field hockey ball 68'
Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

Third and fourth place

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27 July 2003
12:30
New Zealand  2–2 (a.e.t.)  South Africa
Shaw field hockey ball 26'48' Report Cullen field hockey ball 44'
King field hockey ball 46'
Penalties
Shaw Penalty shoot-out scored
Archibald Penalty shoot-out scored
Couzins Penalty shoot-out scored
Hopping Penalty shoot-out missed
Brooks Penalty shoot-out scored
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Shaw Penalty shoot-out missed
4–5 Penalty shoot-out scored Cullen
Penalty shoot-out missed Denne
Penalty shoot-out scored King
Penalty shoot-out scored Fulton
Penalty shoot-out scored Evans
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Penalty shoot-out scored Cullen
Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Nick Lockhart (ENG)

Final

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27 July 2003
15:00
Spain  7–3  South Korea
Escarré field hockey ball 3'
Tubau field hockey ball 8'36'41'
Esteban field hockey ball 14'63'
Ribas field hockey ball 61'
Report Lee J. field hockey ball 20'
Seo field hockey ball 62'
You field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
David Leiper (SCO)

Awards

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Top Scorer Best Goalkeeper
South Korea Lee Jung-Seon South Africa David Staniforth

Final rankings

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain 6 5 0 1 22 12 +10 15 Qualified for 2004 Champions Trophy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 6 3 1 2 15 15 0 10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Africa (H) 6 2 1 3 9 10 −1 7
4  New Zealand 6 2 3 1 11 7 +4 9
5  England 6 2 0 4 9 18 −9 6
6  Malaysia 6 1 1 4 12 16 −4 4
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

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There were 78 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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