The 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, officially known as the Owen G Glenn FIH Men's Champions Trophy, was the 33rd edition of the Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) confirmed India as the host country, and announced New Delhi as the host city on February 4, 2011. The tournament dates were December 3 to December 11, 2011. However, on September 6, 2011, the FIH announced that India would no longer host the tournament due to a governance issue, and announced Auckland, New Zealand, as the new host on September 13, 2011 with the same time schedule. The tournament was held at North Harbour Hockey Stadium.
Australia won the title for the fourth consecutive and twelfth time total by defeating Spain 1–0 in the final.
Host city change For the 33rd edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy, India was elected to host the tournament by the FIH on February 4, 2011. But due to an ongoing governance issue with the Indian Hockey Federation, the FIH announced that India would no longer host the competition, instead; Auckland, New Zealand hosted the tournament. New Zealand businessman Owen Glenn was instrumental in gaining the hosting rights for New Zealand. He funded Hockey New Zealand to gain the hosting rights.
The tournament was expected to have a television audience of approximately 38 million people, the largest hockey event held in New Zealand to that point, and was forecast to inject around $1 million to the local economy.
Qualification The new qualification criteria were determined by International Hockey Federation (FIH), as follows:
(2010 World Cup Champions) (2008 Olympics Champions and 2010 World Cup Runners-up) (Third in 2010 World Cup) (Fourth in 2010 World Cup as England) (Fifth in 2010 World Cup) (Invitational) (Invitational) (Host nation)
Results All times are New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00)
First round Pool A
Pool B
Second round Pool C
Pool D
Classification Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards Player of the TournamentTop GoalscorerGoalkeeper of the TournamentFair Play Trophy Santi Freixa Jamie Dwyer Kyle Pontifex
Statistics Final standings
Goalscorers
References
External links Official FIH website