The 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was the fourth edition of the bi-annual Champions Challenge

Champions Challenge (field hockey)

The Hockey Champions Challenge is an international field hockey tournament, played every two years. It was introduced in 2001 by the International Hockey Federation in order to broaden hockey's competitive base at world level.-Men:...

. It took place in Boom

Boom, Antwerp

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, Belgium

Belgium

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 from June 23 to July 1, 2007.

Participating nations were Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, hosting nation Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

, England

England

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, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Japan

Japan

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, and New Zealand

New Zealand

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. Argentina, Belgium and England were coming to Boom for their third Champions Challenge appearances, while India, Japan and New Zealand participated in this competition for the second time. Argentina earned a spot at the 2008 Champions Trophy

2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

The 2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 30th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for men. It was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from June 21 to June 29, 2008.-Participating nations:...

 in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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, Netherlands

Netherlands

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 after having defeated New Zealand in the final.

1. Juan Manuel Vivaldi
   Juan Manuel Vivaldi
   Juan Manuel Vivaldi is a field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who plays club hockey in his native country for Banco Provincia. He is a member of the Men's National Team since 2001, and was the stand-in for first choice goalie Pablo Moreira at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the South...
   
    (gk)
2. Juan Gilardi
6. Mariano Chao
   Mariano Chao
   Mariano Rodolfo Chao is a field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...
   
    (gk)
7. Mario Almada 
8. Lucas Rey
9. Rodrigo Vila
11. Lucas Cammareri
    Lucas Cammareri
    Lucas Hernán Cammareri is a field hockey forward from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 2002, and competed for his native country in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He played in Holland for a while, at Dutch club Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club, just like his brother Matias...
    
    

12. Lucas Vila
    Lucas Vila
    Lucas Vila is a field hockey striker from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 2005, after having played the Junior World Cup in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Since the 2004 Summer Olympics, in which he didn't compete, he is playing for Dutch club TMHC Tilburg in The Netherlands...
    
    
13. Jorge Lombi
    Jorge Lombi
    Jorge Maximiliano Lombi Etulain is a field hockey player from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 1991 in a friendly against Spain. He's the penalty corner specialist, who currently plays for Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain...
    
    
14. Fernando Zylberberg
    Fernando Zylberberg
    Shilo Zylberberg is a field hockey midfielder from Argentina, who made his debut for the ZAG national field hockey team in 1997, and competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics...
    
    
18. Juan Garreta
20. Tomás Argento
    Tomás Argento
    Tomás Argento is a field hockey striker from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 2005, after having played the Junior World Cup in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He finished in tenth position with his national team at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach.-References:*...
    
    
22. Matias Rey
24. Lucas Argento

26. Pedro Ibarra
    Pedro Ibarra
    Pedro Ibarra is a field hockey striker from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 2005, after having played the Junior World Cup in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He finished in tenth place with his national team at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach.-References:*...
    
    
27. Lucas Rossi
29. Agustin Corradini
31. Ignacio Bergner

Head Coach:

1. Cédric Degreve (gk)
2. Xavier Reckinger
5. Jérôme Dekeyser
6. Loïc Vandeweghe
7. John-John Dohmen
8. Thomas Van Den Balck
9. Maxime Luycx

11. Charles Vandeweghe
    Charles Vandeweghe
    Charles Vandeweghe is a field hockey forward from Belgium, who was a member of the Men's National Team that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
    
    
14. Phillippe Goldberg
15. Gregory Gucasoff
16. Fabrice Bourdeaud'hui
17. Thomas Briels
18. Patrice Houssein
21. David van Rysselberghe (gk)

22. Simon Gougnard
26. Benjamin van Hove
27. Amaury De Cock
28. Jérôme Truyens

Head Coach:

3. Nick Brothers (gk)
4. Glenn Kirkham
   Glenn Kirkham
   Glenn Charles W. Kirkham is an English field hockey player.-Early life:He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford...
   
    
5. Richard Alexander
   Richard Alexander (field hockey)
   Richard Alexander is an English field hockey defender, who made his international senior debut for the national squad in January 2005 against South Africa.-References:** *...
   
   
6. Richard Mantell
   Richard Mantell
   Richard Mantell is an English field hockey full back, who made his international senior debut for the national squad on 10 February 2003. He is nicknamed Rick or Ricky or Tricky, and played club hockey for Canterbury.Currently Mantell is playing for Reading...
   
   
7. Ashley Jackson
   Ashley Jackson (field hockey)
   Ashley Jackson when he was in year 7 he joined rose hill school in Tunbridge Wells. He is an English field hockey player...
   
   
8. Simon Mantell
   Simon Mantell
   Simon Douglas Mantell is an English field hockey forward, who made his international senior debut for the national squad on 9 November 2005 versus Ireland at Beeston...
   
   
9. Martin Jones

10. Matt Daly
    Matt Daly
    Matt Daly is an English field hockey player who plays as a centre forward or right wing.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He has 66 caps representing England and 29 caps representing Great...
    
    
11. Brett Garrard
12. Jonty Clarke
    Jonty Clarke
    Jonathan Clarke is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Clarke was brought up in the town of Southend and was educated at Southend High School...
    
    
13. Rob Moore
14. Ben Hawes
    Ben Hawes
    Benjamin Robert Hawes is an English field hockey player who plays in midfield or as a half back.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...
    
    
15. Scott Cordon
18. Barry Middleton
    Barry Middleton
    Barry John Middleton is an English field hockey player. He was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and fifth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the England Squad that won the 2009 Eurohockey Nations Cup and gained silver at the 2010...
    
    

20. James Tindall
    James Tindall
    James Tindall is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward. He was named as the Hockey Writers Club Player of the Year in 2005....
    
    
21. Jon Bleby
    Jon Bleby
    Jon Bleby is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he is representing Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
    
    
24. Ben Marsden
    Ben Marsden
    Benjamin Marsden is an English field hockey player who plays as a half back.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he is representing Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
    
    
25. James Fair (gk)

Head Coach:

1. Adrian d'Souza
   Adrian D'Souza
   Adrian Albert D'souza is a field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made is international debut for the Men's National Team in January 2004 during the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Adrian has more than 100 International Caps for his country in all competitions...
   
    (gk)
2. Dilip Tirkey
   Dilip Tirkey
   Dilip Tirkey hailing from Sundargarh, Orissa is a former Indian hockey player and his playing position was of full back. He was best known for his penalty corner hit. Dilip was one of the most difficult defenders to beat in the world...
   
   
3. Sandeep Singh
   Sandeep Singh
   Sandeep Singh is an Indian National Hockey Player and an ex-Captain of the Indian National team. He generally features as a full back and is a penalty corner specialist for the team...
   
   
4. Shivendra Singh
   Shivendra Singh
   Shivendra Singh Born in Uttar Pradesh is the centre forward in Indian hockey team.He started his hockey career seriously from SAI Sefai, Uttar Pradesh.-2010:...
   
   
5. Rajpal Singh
   Rajpal Singh
   Rajpal Singh is the captain of India national hockey team. He plays from the forward position.-FIH World Cup:...
   
   
6. Prabodh Tirkey
   Prabodh Tirkey
   Prabodh Tirkey is an Indian hockey midfielder. He is an ex-captain of Indian hockey team.-Personal life:Prabodh is the younger brother of Indian Hockey player Ignace Tirkey, who also has captained the Indian Senior Team...
   
    
7. Bimal Lakra

8. Damandeep Singh
9. William Xalxo
10. Sunil Yadav
11. Sardar Singh
12. Prabhjot Singh
13. Gurbaj Singh
14. Bharat Chikkara

15. Tushar Khandker
16. Baljit Singh (gk)
17. Roshan Minz
18. Vickram Kanth

Head Coach:

2. Shunsuke Nagaoka (gk)
3. Kazuo Yoshida
4. Mitsuru Ito
5. Yutaka Bito
7. Kei Kawakami
8. Kenichi Katayama
9. Kazuyuki Ozawa 

10. Kazuhiro Tsubouchi
11. Hiroto Noda
12. Takahiko Yamabori
13. Ryuji Furusato
15. Akira Ito
17. Yuji Chaki
18. Keiji Maeda

19. Takayasu Mizawa
20. Katsuyoshi Nagasawa
21. Yoshihiro Anai
23. Katsuya Takase (gk)

Head Coach:

3. David Kosoof
   David Kosoof
   David William Kosoof is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who finished in sixth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
   
   
4. Nicholas Haig
5. Andrew Hayward
6. Simon Child
   Simon Child
   Simon Child is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2005 against Malaysia. At the age of sixteen he became the second youngest player to turn out for the New Zealand Men’s Hockey Team while still a student at King's...
   
   
7. Blair Hopping
8. Dean Couzins
9. Casey Henwood

10. Ryan Archibald 
12. Bradley Shaw
14. Bevan Hari
16. Paul Woolford (gk)
17. Kyle Pontifex (gk)
18. Phillip Burrows
19. Hayden Shaw
    Hayden Shaw
    Hayden Jonathan Shaw is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2002 against Australia. He has played for HC 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.Shaw is often involved in penalty corner set moves and can perform a drag...
    
    

21. Bryce Collins
22. Lloyd Stephenson
    Lloyd Stephenson
    Lloyd Stephenson is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in April 2001. Originally from Thames Valley, the striker/midfielder was based in Perth for 2005, but played in New Zealand most recently for North Harbour...
    
    
30. Benjamin Collier
31. Steven Edwards

Head Coach:

Results

All times local (UTC+1

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Standings

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3

2

1

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		11	5	3	2	0	15	7
2.		10	5	3	1	1	13	10
3.		9	5	3	0	2	12	10
4.		6	5	2	0	3	16	15
5.		4	5	1	1	3	10	17	–7
6.		3	5	1	0	4	8	15	–7

Play-offs

Fifth Place Match
Bronze Medal Match
Final

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
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5.
6.

Topscorers

Pos	Player	FG	PC	PS	Total
1.		0	9	0	9
2.		1	6	0	7
3.		0	5	0	5
4.		0	4	0	4
		2	1	1
		3	1	0
7.		2	1	0	3
		0	3	0
		2	1	0
		0	2	1
		0	3	0