2012 Men's Hockey Düsseldorf Masters

2012 Men's Hockey
Düsseldorf Masters
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Düsseldorf
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Germany (12th title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	26 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Christopher Zeller (6 goals)
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The 2012 Men's Hockey Düsseldorf Masters was the seventeenth edition of the Hamburg Masters, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 21 to 24 June 2012, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.^[1]

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country	December 2011 FIH Ranking^[2]	Best World Cup Finish	Best Olympic Games Finish
Belgium	11	Eighth Place (1973)	Third Place (1920)
Germany	2	Champions (2002, 2006)	Champions (1992, 2008)
Netherlands	3	Champions (1973, 1990, 1998)	Champions (1996, 2000)
Spain	5	Runners-Up (1971, 1998)	Runners-Up (1980, 1996, 2008)

Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:^[3]

Christian Bläsch (GER)
Roel van Eert (NED)
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

Results

All times are local (Central European Summer Time).

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	12	8	+4	7	Tournament Champion
2	Belgium	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Spain	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

21 June 2012
16:30

Netherlands	3–0	Belgium
Weusthof 19', 40' Verga 46'	Report

Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)
Christian Bläsch (GER)

21 June 2012
18:45

Germany	6–3	Spain
Stralkowski 27' C. Zeller 35', 40', 61' Fuchs 42', 60'	Report	Quemada 29' Freixa 52' Amat 70'

Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

23 June 2012
13:00

Belgium	3–3	Germany
Boccard 11' Reckinger 35' Luycx 64'	Report	Witthaus 18' C. Zeller 22' Montag 29'

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)

23 June 2012
15:30

Netherlands	0–2	Spain
	Report	Amat 5' Freixa 53'

Umpires:
Christian Bläsch (GER)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

24 June 2012
12:30

Belgium	1–0	Spain
Luycx 23'	Report

Umpires:
Christian Bläsch (GER)
Roel van Eert (NED)

24 June 2012
15:00

Germany	3–2	Netherlands
C. Zeller 23', 44' Fuchs 60'	Report	Bakker 5' De Wijn 7'

Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRE)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

There were 26 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

6 goals

Christopher Zeller

3 goals

Florian Fuchs

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ "ERGO Masters Düsseldorf". hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "FIH MEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - 12 DECEMBER 2011" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "FIH OUTDOOR APPOINTMENTS - 2012" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

External links

Deutscher Hockey-Bund Archived 2020-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "ERGO Masters Düsseldorf". hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

[2] "FIH MEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - 12 DECEMBER 2011" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

[3] "FIH OUTDOOR APPOINTMENTS - 2012" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

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