2002 Men's Hockey World Cup
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The 2002 Hockey World Cup for men is the 10th tournament of the Hockey World Cup
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, held from February 24 to March 9, 2002 in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
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, Malaysia. Germany
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 won its first ever Hockey World Cup championship with a 2–1 win over Australia, while the Netherlands
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 defeated Korea
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 2–1 after extra time to finish third.

In this tournament, the nations participating have been increased to 16 from the previous 12 and each squad can consist of 18 players instead of the normal 16 after the FIH
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 considered the hot and humid conditions in Malaysia.

Qualification

The Qualification Tournament was held in Edinburgh
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, Scotland
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 from July 17 to July 29, 2001. Below are the final rankings after the tournament ended; bold means the nations qualified for the final tournament:

Participating nations

Five teams from the continental champions and seven teams from qualification respectively, plus three teams qualified from 2000 Summer Olympics
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 and host Malaysia. All sixteen teams are listed below:

(Defending champions) (Host) (European champion) (Asian champion) (African champion) (Americas champion) (Third in 2000 Summer Olympics) (Fourth in 2000 Summer Olympics)
(Sixth in 2000 Summer Olympics)

Umpires

The International Hockey Federation
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 has appointed twenty umpires for this tournament:

Xavier Adell Santiago Deo Henrik Ehlers Peter Elders David Gentles Steve Graham Murray Grime Han Jin-soo Hamish Jamson Jason McCracken
Clive McMurray Raymond O'Connor Sumesh Putra Mahmood Butt Raashed Edmundo Saladino Amarjit Singh Satinder Kumar Pedro Teixeira Richard Wolter John Wright

Pool A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
18 7 6 0 1 19 8
11
16 7 5 1 1 17 5
12
15 7 5 0 2 18 12
6
12 7 4 0 3 16 9
7
11 7 3 2 2 12 11
1
6 7 2 0 5 9 18 −9
4 7 1 1 5 7 19 −12
0 7 0 0 7 7 23 −16


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Pool B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
21 7 7 0 0 28 6
22
15 7 5 0 2 20 11
9
13 7 4 1 2 14 13
1
12 7 4 0 3 15 7
8
10 7 3 1 3 10 15 −5
7 7 2 1 4 18 15
3
4 7 1 1 5 9 19 −10
0 7 0 0 7 7 35 −28


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Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification

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Fifteenth and sixteenth place

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Thirteenth and fourteenth place

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Ninth to twelfth place classification

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Eleventh and twelfth place

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Ninth and tenth place

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Fifth to eighth place classification

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Seventh and eighth place

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Fifth and sixth place

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First to fourth place classification

Semi finals

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Third and fourth place

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Final

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Awards

Top Scorers Man of the Final Award Player of the Tournament Fair Play Trophy
  Sohail Abbas
Sohail Abbas
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  Jorge Lombi
Jorge Lombi
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  Florian Kunz
Florian Kunz
Florian Kunz is a former field hockey defender from Germany. He was the captain of the side which won the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup.-References:* *...

  Troy Elder
Troy Elder
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