The 2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers were the 12th edition of the Hockey World Cup qualification tournament. Three events were held between October and November 2009 in France, New Zealand and Argentina and only the winner of each would earn a berth to play in the 2010 World Cup, to be held in New Delhi, India.
Pakistan, New Zealand and Argentina each won one of the three tournaments.
Entrants All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition.
DatesEventLocationQualifier(s)7–15 March 20092009 Pan American CupSantiago, Chile9–16 May 20092009 Hockey Asia CupKuantan, Malaysia10–18 July 20092009 Hockey African Cup for NationsAccra, Ghana—1–8 August 20092009 EuroHockey Nations TrophyWrexham, Wales22–30 August 20092009 EuroHockey Nations ChampionshipAmsterdam, Netherlands25–29 August 20092009 Oceania CupInvercargill, New ZealandInvitational
–Egypt withdrew from participating. Italy was called to participate instead.
Qualifier 1
Umpires Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
Richmond Attipoe (GHA) Diego Barbas (ARG) Will Drury (WAL) Murray Grime (AUS) Jang Jung-min (KOR) Vincent Loos (BEL) Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Amarjit Singh (IND) Gus Soteriades (USA)
Pool All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)
Classification Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
Final
Final standings RankTeam123456
Qualified for the 2010 World Cup
Awards Top GoalscorerPlayer of the TournamentGoalkeeper of the TournamentFair Play Trophy Sohail Abbas Matthieu Durchon Mariusz Chyla
Qualifier 2
Umpires Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
Saleem Aaron (USA) Stewart Dearing (AUS) Marcin Grochal (POL) Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Satinder Kumar (IND) Warren McCully (IRL) Tim Pullman (AUS) Peter Wright (RSA)
Pool All times are New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00)
Classification Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
Final
Final standings RankTeam123456
Qualified for the 2010 World Cup
Awards Top GoalscorerPlayer of the TournamentGoalkeeper of the TournamentFair Play Trophy Andrew Hayward Ryan Archibald Kumar Subramaniam
Qualifier 3
Umpires Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
Michiel Bruning (NED) Nigel Iggo (NZL) Adam Kearns (AUS) Andrew Kennedy (ENG) Marc Knulle (FRA) Martin Madden (SCO) Francesco Parisi (ITA) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
Pool All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00)
Classification Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
Final
Final standings RankTeam123456
Qualified for the 2010 World Cup
Awards Top GoalscorerPlayer of the TournamentGoalkeeper of the TournamentFair Play Trophy Pedro Ibarra Félix Denayer Filip Neusser
References
External links Official FIH website (Qualifier 1) Official FIH website (Qualifier 2) Official FIH website (Qualifier 3)