title: 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I
text: # 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I
  
  The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from December 6 to December 13, 2009 in Salta, Argentina. New Zealand defeated Pakistan to take the title, and promoted to the Champions Trophy tournament in 2010.
  
  ## Results
  
  All times are Argentina Time (UTC−04:00)
  
  ### Pools
  
  **Pool A**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
  | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 |
  | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | –4 | 3 |
  | China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | –4 | 1 |
  
  * 6 December 2009 14:05
  
  | Belgium | 4–3 | China |
  | - | - | - |
  | Pangrazio 10', 65' Thys 42' Gougnard 53' | Report | Na 14' Hu 38' Song 43' |
  
  * Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Deon Nel (RSA)
  * 6 December 2009 16:05
  
  | New Zealand | 2–2 | India |
  | - | - | - |
  | Couzins 47' Hayward 58' | Report | Khandker 30' Shivendra 51' |
  
  * Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
  * 8 December 2009 12:05
  
  | India | 4–1 | China |
  | - | - | - |
  | Prabhjot 7' Rajpal 35' Sarwanjit 56' Shivendra 70' | Report | Song 41' |
  
  * Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)
  * 8 December 2009 14:05
  
  | Belgium | 1–4 | New Zealand |
  | - | - | - |
  | Charlier 30' | Report | Couzins 25' Archibald 49' Child 64' Inglis 65' |
  
  * Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Haider Rasool (PAK)
  * 10 December 2009 14:05
  
  | New Zealand | 2–2 | China |
  | - | - | - |
  | Wilson 42' Inglis 44' | Report | Liu X. 4' Liu Y. 57' |
  
  * Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Thomas Dumon (BEL)
  * 10 December 2009 16:05
  
  | India | 4–2 | Belgium |
  | - | - | - |
  | Mahadik 19' Shivendra 30' Khandker 48' Prabhjot 70' | Report | Dekeyser 24' Pangrazio 25' |
  
  * Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Diego Barbas (ARG)
  
  **Pool B**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 |
  | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
  | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | –3 | 3 |
  | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | –4 | 3 |
  
  * 6 December 2009 12:05
  
  | Pakistan | 2 – 1 | Canada |
  | - | - | - |
  | Abbas 14', 31' | Report | Fernandes 47' |
  
  * Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Thomas Dumon (BEL)
  * 6 December 2009 18:05
  
  | Argentina | 6 – 2 | South Africa |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ibarra 9', 12', 31' Mazzilli 24' L. Vila 53', 55' | Report | Harper 15' Norris-Jones 69' |
  
  * Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Nathan Stagno (GIB)
  * 8 December 2009 16:05
  
  | Canada | 1 – 4 | South Africa |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tupper 59' | Report | Paton 30' Haley 41' Reid-Ross 46' Carr 65' |
  
  * Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Diego Barbas (ARG)
  * 8 December 2009 18:05
  
  | Argentina | 3 – 1 | Pakistan |
  | - | - | - |
  | Callioni 1' Ibarra 31', 52' | Report | Abbas 66' |
  
  * Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)
  * 10 December 2009 12:05
  
  | Pakistan | 4 – 1 | South Africa |
  | - | - | - |
  | Abbas 20' Abbasi 49' Khan 53' Ali 63' | Report | Norris-Jones 33' |
  
  * Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)
  * 10 December 2009 18:05
  
  | Canada | 3 – 2 | Argentina |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tupper 50' Wright 62' Fernandes 70+' | Report | Ibarra 54', 69' |
  
  * Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
  
  ### Fifth to eighth place classification
  
  | Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 |
  | Belgium | 3 |
  | Belgium | 3 | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
  | South Africa | 4 | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
  | South Africa | 4 | South Africa | 5 |
  | 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | | South Africa | 5 |
  | 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | China | 0 |
  | Canada | 1 | China | 0 |
  | China | 3 | | |
  | China | 3 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
  | | | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
  | | | Belgium | 2 |
  | | | Canada | 0 |
  
  **Crossover**
  
  * 12 December 2009 09:05
  
  | Belgium | 3 – 4 | South Africa |
  | - | - | - |
  | Dekeyser 8', 14' Charlier 51' | Report | Paton 17' Robinson 25' Reid-Ross 65' Madsen 70' |
  
  * Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
  * 12 December 2009 11:35
  
  | Canada | 1 – 3 | China |
  | - | - | - |
  | Pearson 7' | Report | Song Yi 11', 28' Lu Fenghui 39' |
  
  * Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Haider Rasool (PAK)
  
  **Seventh and eighth place**
  
  * 13 December 2009 09:05
  
  | Belgium | 2 – 0 | Canada |
  | - | - | - |
  | Depaeuw 24' Pangrazio 50' | Report | |
  
  * Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
  
  **Fifth and sixth place**
  
  * 13 December 2009 11:35
  
  | South Africa | 5 – 0 | China |
  | - | - | - |
  | McDade 8' Hykes 26' Reid-Ross 38' Carr 42' Smith 68' | Report | |
  
  * Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Daniel Lopez Ramos (URU)
  
  ### First to fourth place classification
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 |
  | Argentina | 2 |
  | Argentina | 2 | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
  | New Zealand | 3 | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
  | New Zealand | 3 | New Zealand | 4 |
  | 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | | New Zealand | 4 |
  | 12 December 2009 | 12 December 2009 | Pakistan | 2 |
  | India | 3 | Pakistan | 2 |
  | Pakistan | 6 | | |
  | Pakistan | 6 | Third place | Third place |
  | | | 13 December 2009 | 13 December 2009 |
  | | | Argentina | 2 |
  | | | India | 3 |
  
  **Semifinals**
  
  * 12 December 2009 14:05
  
  | Argentina | 2 – 3 | New Zealand |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ibarra 18' L. Vila 66' | Report | Hayward 2' Burrows 32' McAleese 45' |
  
  * Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Deon Nel (RSA)
  * 12 December 2009 16:35
  
  | India | 3 – 6 | Pakistan |
  | - | - | - |
  | Mahadik 8', 62' Ram 67' | Report | Butt 2', 29', 64' Abbas 32', 70' Khan 58' |
  
  * Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Roel van Eert (NED)
  
  **Third and fourth place**
  
  * 13 December 2009 14:05
  
  | Argentina | 2 – 3 | India |
  | - | - | - |
  | Callioni 22', 29' | Report | Raghunath 35+' Gurbaj 54' Mahadik 69' |
  
  * Umpires: Francisco Vazquez (ESP) Deon Nel (RSA)
  
  **Final**
  
  * 13 December 2009 16:35
  
  | New Zealand | 4 – 2 | Pakistan |
  | - | - | - |
  | Archibald 15' Burrows 20', 66' Edwards 65' | Report | Abbas 7' Butt 35' |
  
  * Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
  
  ## Awards
  
  | Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Fair Play Trophy |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Pedro Ibarra | Sardar Singh | Kyle Pontifex | Argentina |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Final ranking
  
  * New Zealand
  * Pakistan
  * India
  * Argentina
  * South Africa
  * China
  * Belgium
  * Canada
  