The 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 24 November to 2 December 2012 in Quilmes, Argentina. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy to be held in India as the winner earned an automatic berth to compete.
This was the seventh edition of the competition initiated by the International Hockey Federation in 2001 to broaden hockey's competitive base globally and featured the 8 teams just behind the top six teams in the world.
Argentina won the tournament for the third time after defeating Korea 5–0 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy after their absence in the previous four editions.
Qualification The following eight teams announced by the FIH competed in this tournament.
(Host nation) (Eighth in 2011 Champions Trophy) (Winners of 2011 Champions Challenge II) (Third in 2011 Champions Challenge I) (Fifth in 2011 Champions Challenge I) (Sixth in 2011 Champions Challenge I) (Seventh in 2011 Champions Challenge I) (Eighth in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
Umpires Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
Geoff Conn Michael Eilmer Fernando Gómez Adam Kearns Satoshi Kondo Eduardo Lizana Javed Shaikh Aiden Shrives Gregory Uyttenhove You Suolong
Results All times are Argentine Time (UTC−03:00)
First round
Pool A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts3300124+893111811−34310289–13301259−41
Pool B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts3300105+5931118804310268−23301269−21
Second round
Quarterfinals
Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification
Semifinals
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards Top GoalscorerPlayer of the TournamentGoalkeeper of the TournamentFair Play Trophy Jang Jong-Hyun Lucas Vila David Harte
Statistics Final ranking
References
External links Official FIH website