2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

The 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 37th and the last edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for men.^[1] It was held from 23 June to 1 July 2018 in Breda, Netherlands.^[2] The tournament will be replaced by the Hockey Pro League (HPL) in 2019.

2018 Men's Hockey
Champions Trophy

Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy Breda 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Breda
Dates	23 June – 1 July
Teams	6 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	BH & BC Breda
Final positions
Champions	Australia (15th title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	69 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gonzalo Peillat (6 goals)
Best player	Aran Zalewski
← 2016 (previous)

Australia won their 15th title by defeating India in the final after penalties.^[3]

Qualification

Alongside the host nation, the defending champions, the last Olympic, World Cup and World League champions qualified automatically. The remaining spots were nominated by the FIH Executive Board, making a total of 6 competing teams. If teams qualified under more than one criterion, the additional teams were invited by the FIH Executive Board as well.^[4][5]

•  Netherlands (Host nation)
•  Australia (Defending champions and champions of the 2014 World Cup and 2016–17 World League)
•  Argentina (Champions of 2016 Summer Olympics)
•  Belgium (Invited by the FIH Executive Board)
•  India (Invited by the FIH Executive Board)
•  Pakistan (Invited by the FIH Executive Board)

Squads

 Argentina^[6]

Head coach: Germán Orozco

1. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
2. Gonzalo Peillat
4. Juan Ignacio Gilardi
5. Pedro Ibarra (C)
6. Santiago Tarazona
9. Maico Casella
10. Matías Paredes
11. Joaquín Menini
12. Lucas Vila
16. Ignacio Ortiz
17. Juan Martín López
18. Nicolás della Torre
20. Isidoro Ibarra
21. Tomás Santiago (GK)
22. Matías Rey
23. Lucas Martínez
24. Nicolas Cicileo
30. Agustín Bugallo

 Australia^[7]

Head coach: Colin Batch

1. Lachlan Sharp
2. Tom Craig
4. Jake Harvie
7. Jeremy Edwards (C)
8. Johan Durst (GK)
11. Eddie Ockenden
12. Jake Whetton
13. Blake Govers
14. Aaron Kleinschmidt
16. Tim Howard
17. Aran Zalewski
20. Matthew Swann
22. Flynn Ogilvie
23. Daniel Beale
24. Tyler Lovell (GK)
25. Trent Mitton
29. Tim Brand
32. Jeremy Hayward

 Belgium^[8]

Head coach: Shane McLeod

2. Loic van Doren (GK)
4. Arthur van Doren
6. Dorian Thiery
7. John-John Dohmen
8. Florent van Aubel
9. Sébastien Dockier
10. Cédric Charlier
11. Amaury Keusters
12. Gauthier Boccard
13. Nicolas de Kerpel
14. Augustin Meurmans
16. Alexander Hendrickx
17. Thomas Briels (C)
19. Felix Denayer
21. Vincent Vanasch (GK)
22. Simon Gougnard
23. Arthur de Sloover
24. Antoine Kina
25. Loïck Luypaert
26. Victor Wegnez
27. Tom Boon
32. Tanguy Cosyns

 India^[9]

Head coach: Harendra Singh

1. Harmanpreet Singh
2. Dilpreet Singh
4. Jarmanpreet Singh
6. Surender Kumar
7. Manpreet Singh
8. Sardar Singh
10. Simranjeet Singh
11. Mandeep Singh
14. Lalit Upadhyay
16. P. R. Sreejesh (GK) (C)
19. Krishan Pathak (GK)
22. Varun Kumar
24. S. V. Sunil
26. Birendra Lakra
29. Chinglensana Singh
30. Amit Rohidas
31. Ramandeep Singh
32. Vivek Prasad

 Netherlands^[10]

Head coach: Max Caldas

2. Jeroen Hertzberger
4. Lars Balk
5. Thijs van Dam
6. Jonas de Geus
7. Jorrit Croon
9. Seve van Ass (C)
10. Valentin Verga
11. Glenn Schuurman
13. Sander Baart
14. Robbert Kemperman
16. Mirco Pruyser
19. Bob de Voogd
22. Sam van der Ven
23. Joep de Mol
24. Roel Bovendeert
25. Thierry Brinkman
26. Pirmin Blaak (GK)
28. Floris Wortelboer

 Pakistan^[11]

Head coach: Roelant Oltmans

1. Imran Butt (GK) (C)
2. Muhammad Aleem Bilal
3. Mubashar Ali
4. Muhammad Rizwan Sr.
5. Toseeq Arshad
6. Rashid Mehmood
7. Muhammad Qadir
8. Muhammad Irfan
9. Muhammad Dilber
10. Ali Shan
11. Muhammad Rizwan Jr.
12. Mazhar Abbas (GK)
13. Muhammad Irfan Jr.
14. Muhammad Umar Bhutta
16. Ammad Butt
17. Shafqat Rasool
19. Suhail Riaz
20. Ajaz Ahmad
21. Tasawar Abbas
22. Amjad Ali (GK)
27. Abu Bakar Mahmood
31. Muhammad Yaqoob

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).^[12]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	3	1	1	13	10	+3	10	Final
2	India	5	2	2	1	10	6	+4	8
3	Netherlands (H)	5	2	1	2	13	7	+6	7	Third place game
4	Argentina	5	2	1	2	8	10	−2	7
5	Belgium	5	1	3	1	10	13	−3	6	Fifth place game
6	Pakistan	5	1	0	4	7	15	−8	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[13]
(H) Hosts

Results

23 June 2018 14:00 India  4–0  Pakistan Ramandeep  26' Dilpreet  54' Mandeep  57' Upadhyay  60' Report Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Coen van Bunge (NED)

23 June 2018 16:00 Netherlands  1–2  Argentina Pruyser  14' Report Peillat  34' Paredes  60' Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

23 June 2018 18:00 Australia  3–3  Belgium Mitton  20' Sharp  21' Whetton  50' Report Charlier  9' De Sloover  37' Boon  47' Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

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24 June 2018 12:00 India  2–1  Argentina Harmanpreet  17' Mandeep  28' Report Peillat  30' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Federico García (URU)

24 June 2018 14:00 Netherlands  6–1  Belgium Van Ass  4' Bovendeert  6', 6' Hertzberger  22', 58' Pruyser  29' Report Dohmen  41' Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

24 June 2018 16:00 Australia  2–1  Pakistan Mitton  12' Govers  56' Report Ahmad  9' Umpires: Sebastien Duterme (BEL) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

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26 June 2018 18:00 Argentina  1–1  Belgium Peillat  14' Report Keusters  37' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Bruce Bale (ENG)

26 June 2018 20:00 Netherlands  4–0  Pakistan Kemperman  25' Verga  29' Van Dam  47' Pruyser  50' Report Umpires: Sebastien Duterme (BEL) Federico García (URU)

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27 June 2018 15:00 India  2–3  Australia V. Kumar  10' Harmanpreet  58' Report Sharp  6' Craig  15' Mitton  33' Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

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28 June 2018 15:00 Argentina  1–4  Pakistan Paredes  29' Report Irfan  10' Ali  47' Ahmad  49' Bilal  58' Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)

28 June 2018 17:00 India  1–1  Belgium Harmanpreet  10' Report Luypaert  59' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

28 June 2018 19:30 Netherlands  1–3  Australia Pruyser  23' Report Harvie  30' Govers  35', 55' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

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29 June 2018 15:00 Belgium  4–2  Pakistan Briels  36' Keusters  39' Charlier  51' van Aubel  54' Report Bilal  11', 38' Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Federico García (URU)

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30 June 2018 14:00 Argentina  3–2  Australia Peillat  13', 21', 51' Report Brand  16', 52' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)

30 June 2018 16:00 Netherlands  1–1  India Brinkman  55' Report Mandeep  47' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

1 July 2018 11:30 Belgium  2–2  Pakistan Boon  27' van Aubel  34' Report Shan  16' Arshad  60' Penalties Gougnard Denayer Wegnez Van Doren De Sloover 2–1 Arshad Mahmood Bhutta Shan Rasool Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Coen van Bunge (NED)

Third and fourth place

1 July 2018 13:45 Netherlands  2–0  Argentina Hertzberger  47' Pruyser  54' Report Umpires: Federico García (URU) Bruce Bale (ENG)

Final

1 July 2018 16:00 Australia  1–1  India Govers  24' Report Prasad  42' Penalties Zalewski Beale Swann Craig Edwards 3–1 Sardar Harmanpreet Upadhyay Manpreet Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Christian Blasch (GER)

Statistics

Final standings

1.  Australia
2.  India
3.  Netherlands
4.  Argentina
5.  Belgium
6.  Pakistan

Awards

The following individual awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[3]

Best Coach	Best Rising Player	Best Goalkeeper	Top Scorer	Best Player
Colin Batch	Jake Harvie	P. R. Sreejesh	Gonzalo Peillat	Aran Zalewski

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Gonzalo Peillat

5 goals

• Mirco Pruyser

4 goals

• Blake Govers

3 goals

• Trent Mitton
• Harmanpreet Singh
• Mandeep Singh
• Jeroen Hertzberger
• Aleem Bilal

2 goals

• Matías Paredes
• Tim Brand
• Lachlan Sharp
• Tom Boon
• Cédric Charlier
• Amaury Keusters
• Florent van Aubel
• Roel Bovendeert
• Ajaz Ahmad

1 goal

• Tom Craig
• Jake Harvie
• Jake Whetton
• Thomas Briels
• Arthur De Sloover
• John-John Dohmen
• Loïck Luypaert
• Varun Kumar
• Vivek Prasad
• Dilpreet Singh
• Ramandeep Singh
• Lalit Upadhyay
• Thierry Brinkman
• Robbert Kemperman
• Seve van Ass
• Thijs van Dam
• Valentin Verga
• Mubashar Ali
• Muhammad Irfan Jr.
• Ali Shan
• Toseeq Arshad