Men's Field Hockey Champions Trophy 2011

Initially, FIH chose New Delhi ( India ) to host the 33rd Champions Trophy among men's teams, which was announced on February 4, 2011. ^{[2] The} dates for the tournament were scheduled from December 3 to 11, 2011. ^[3] However On September 6, 2011, the FIH announced that India would not be able to host the tournament due to organizational problems ^[4] ; On September 13, 2011, the FIH announced that Auckland in New Zealand was chosen as the venue for the tournament and that the dates for the tournament remain the same. ^[5] New Zealand businessman Owen Glenn was the author of an initiative to hold a tournament in New Zealand; he also sponsored the New Zealand Field Hockey Federation in the costs of the tournament - which is why the tournament is officially named with its name: “Owen G Glenn FIH Men's Champions Trophy”.

The expected television audience of the tournament was about 38 million people; The tournament was supposed to be the largest field hockey competition in the history of New Zealand. Auckland Mayor Len Brown said: “This tournament will bring about one million dollars to the New Zealand economy. Athletes, officials, fans will come to us in the amount of more than 4 thousand people. ” ^[6]

In the Champions Trophy 2011, a new competition regulation was adopted. The number of participating teams was increased from 6 to 8. In the first round, all teams are divided into two groups (A and B) and play among themselves inside the group in a circular system . Two teams from each group, who took 1st and 2nd places, go to the “medal” round, fall into group C and play for medals (for places from 1st to 4th).

Teams that took the 3rd and 4th places in the first round in the groups fall into group D and in the second round (“medallion-free”) they play places between 5th and 8th among themselves. In the second round, both in group C and in group D, the results of games between the teams from one group of the first round (A and B) are taken into account, that is, teams play only two games each - with teams from another group.

Then the final classification games are held (to determine the final distribution of places). The two teams from group C, who took 1st and 2nd places, play the finals for gold among themselves; took 3rd and 4th places in group C - they are playing the bronze medal. Similarly, those who took 1st and 2nd places in Group D play the 5th place, and the remaining two - 7th place in the final classification.

Teams participating in the tournament were determined according to new criteria developed by the International Federation: ^[7]

•   New Zealand (host country of the tournament)
•   Australia ( 2010 World Cup Winner)
•   Germany (2nd place at the 2010 World Cup and 2008 Olympic champion )
•   Netherlands (3rd place at the 2010 World Cup)
•   Great Britain (4th place at the 2010 World Cup, taken by England )
•   Spain (5th place at the 2010 World Cup)
•   Pakistan (FIG invitation) ^[8]
•   Republic of Korea (FIG invitation) ^[8]

Matches start time is indicated by UTC + 13: 00

Round One

Group A

     Pass to the medal round.

Group B

     Pass to the medal round.

Round Two

Group C

     Go to the finals

Group D

Classification

Match for 7th and 8th places

Match for 5th and 6th places

Match for 3rd and 4th place

Final

Summary table

Rewards

• 2011 Men's Champions Trophy page on the FIH official website
• 2011 Men's Champions Trophy page on todor66.com