Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Men's hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Tournament details
Host country	England
City	Birmingham
Dates	17–25 March 2006
Teams	10 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	State Netball and Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	135 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sandeep Singh (7 goals)
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Men's field hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place between 17 March and 25 March. The competition consisted of a round robin stage of two groups of five with the winners and runners-up of each group qualifying for the semifinals.^[1] All matches were played at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in the Parkville area of Melbourne.^[2]^[3]

The competition was won by Australia who defeated Pakistan 3–0 to claim their third successive commonwealth title.

Squads

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	4	4	0	20	5	+15	12	Semi-finals
2	England	4	3	1	13	10	+3	9	Semi-finals
3	New Zealand	4	2	2	14	10	+4	6
4	Scotland	4	1	3	4	13	−9	3
5	Canada	4	0	4	3	16	−13	0

Source: The CGF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

17 March 2006
10:30

New Zealand	3–4	England
Hari 4' H. Shaw 38' Hopping 65'	Report	Mantell 19' Alexander 32' Daly 46' Middleton 56'

Umpires:
Syed Kamran Shah (PAK)
Ravinderpal Singh (MAS)

17 March 2006
19:00

Australia	5–1	Scotland
Butler 2' Livermore 12' Wells 31' Doerner 50' Brooks 59'	Report	Stott 5'

Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)
Javed Shaikh (IND)

18 March 2006
08:30

New Zealand	4–1	Canada
Child 15' McAleese 21', 60' Brooks 62'	Report	Fernandes 10'

Umpires:
Syed Kamran Shah (PAK)
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)

18 March 2006
20:30

Scotland	1–3	England
Mitchell 16'	Report	Mantell 9' Daly 11' Jones 51'

Umpires:
Ravinderpal Singh (MAS)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

19 March 2006
16:00

Canada	1–5	Australia
Wettlaufer 68'	Report	McCann 8', 28' Eglington 27' George 45', 58'

Umpires:
Gary Simmonds (RSA)
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)

20 March 2006
18:30

New Zealand	5–0	Scotland
Hari 30' Burrows 42', 61' H. Shaw 54', 67'	Report

Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

21 March 2006
10:30

Australia	5–1	England
Eglington 2', 32', 63' Livermore 37', 40'	Report	Tindall 59'

Umpires:
Gary Simmonds (RSA)
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)

21 March 2006
16:30

Canada	0–2	Scotland
	Report	Christie 7' Ralph 47'

Umpires:
Ravinderpal Singh (MAS)
Syed Kamran Shah (PAK)

22 March 2006
16:00

England	5–1	Canada
Tindall 12' Daly 24', 40', 52' Mantell 47'	Report	Grimes 39'

Umpires:
Syed Kamran Shah (PAK)
Javed Shaikh (IND)

22 March 2006
18:00

Australia	5–2	New Zealand
Dwyer 38' Knowles 43' De Young 58' Schubert 63' Doerner 67'	Report	Brooks 36' Child 69'

Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)
Ravinderpal Singh (MAS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	4	3	1	0	18	8	+10	10	Semi-finals
2	Malaysia	4	2	1	1	16	8	+8	7	Semi-finals
3	India	4	2	1	1	14	6	+8	7
4	South Africa	4	1	1	2	8	6	+2	4
5	Trinidad and Tobago	4	0	0	4	3	31	−28	0

Source: The CGF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

17 March 2006
08:30

Malaysia	1–1	India
Amin 25'	Report	Sandeep 44'

Umpires:
Gerald Curran (SCO)
Simon Taylor (NZL)

17 March 2006
16:00

Trinidad and Tobago	1–6	South Africa
Quan Chan 50'	Report	Symons 8' Tsolekile 15' Phillips 18' Madsen 23' Paul 32' Reid-Ross 60'

Umpires:
Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)
Paul Ludwig (AUS)

18 March 2006
15:30

Pakistan	4–1	India
Khan 23' Aziz 39' Maqsood 41', 61'	Report	Tejbir 14'

Umpires:
Paul Ludwig (AUS)
Gerald Curran (SCO)

18 March 2006
18:30

Trinidad and Tobago	0–8	Malaysia
	Report	Mohan 14', 38' Amin 17', 20', 33', 54' Azlan 35' Logan 58'

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)

19 March 2006
18:00

South Africa	1–1	Pakistan
Basson 55'	Report	Warsi 66'

Umpires:
Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)
Simon Taylor (NZL)

20 March 2006
18:00

India	10–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Rajpal 4' Deepak 9', 17', 30' Sandeep 38', 57', 64', 70' Kanwalpreet 41' Tushar 45'	Report	Quan Chan 18'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Gerald Curran (SCO)

21 March 2006
08:30

South Africa	1–2	Malaysia
Symons 27'	Report	Logan 45' Chua 46'

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)

21 March 2006
14:00

Pakistan	7–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Abbasi 5' Imran 9' Butt 12', 14', 25' Zubair 33' Shabbir 53'	Report	Quan Chan 29'

Umpires:
Gerald Curran (SCO)
Christopher Wilson (CAN)

22 March 2006
11:00

India	2–0	South Africa
Sandeep 5' Tushar 51'	Report

Umpires:
Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)
Simon Taylor (NZL)

22 March 2006
13:00

Malaysia	5–6	Pakistan
Kuhan 5', 24', 45', 58' Chua 48'	Report	Maqsood 8' Abbasi 10' Shabbir 14' Imran 21' Butt 37', 61'

Umpires:
Gerald Curran (SCO)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

Classification matches

Ninth and tenth place

24 March 2006
08:30

Canada	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Pearson 28' P. Short 34'	Report

Umpires:
Syed Kamran Shah (PAK)
Ravinderpal Singh (MAS)

Seventh and eighth place

24 March 2006
20:00

Scotland	2–1	South Africa
Ralph 30' Stott 61'	Report	Symons 49'

Umpires:
Paul Ludwig (AUS)
Christopher Wilson (CAN)

Fifth and sixth place

24 March 2006
13:30

New Zealand	2–1 (a.e.t.)	India
Burrows 59' Hari 73'	Report	Sandeep 22'

Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)
Nicholas Lockhart (ENG)

Medal round

Semi-finals		Final

24 March 2006

Australia	6
		26 March 2006
Malaysia	0
		Australia	3
24 March 2006
		Pakistan	0
Pakistan (a.e.t)	2

England	1
		Third place

		26 March 2006

		Malaysia	2

		England	0

Semi-finals

24 March 2006
11:00

Australia	6–0	Malaysia
Livermore 31', 50' Dwyer 42' Doerner 57', 70' De Young 67'	Report

Umpires:
Gerald Curran (SCO)
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)

24 March 2006
17:30

Pakistan	2–1 (a.e.t.)	England
Abbasi 54', 73'	Report	Daly 68'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Simon Taylor (NZL)

Bronze medal match

26 March 2006
10:30

Malaysia	2–0	England
Amin 33' Tengku 59'	Report

Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Paul Ludwig (AUS)

Gold medal match

26 March 2006
13:00

Australia	3–0	Pakistan
De Young 18' Doerner 58' Dwyer 61'	Report

Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)
Gerald Curran (SCO)

Final standings

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	Final result
	Australia (H)	6	6	0	0	29	5	+24	18	Gold Medal
	Pakistan	6	4	1	1	20	12	+8	13	Silver Medal
	Malaysia	6	3	1	2	18	14	+4	10	Bronze Medal
4	England	6	3	0	3	14	14	0	9
5	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	16	11	+5	9
6	India	5	2	1	2	15	8	+7	7
7	Scotland	5	2	0	3	6	14	−8	6
8	South Africa	5	1	1	3	9	8	+1	4
9	Canada	5	1	0	4	5	16	−11	3
10	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	0	5	3	33	−30	0

Source: The CGF
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 135 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.

7 goals

Sandeep Singh

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ "Hockey Schedule and Results". 2006 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
^ "2006 Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
^ "Hockey Schedule and Results". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation.

[1] "Hockey Schedule and Results". 2006 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2012.

[2] "2006 Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

[3] "Hockey Schedule and Results". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation.

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