2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II
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The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II is the inaugural tournament of the Hockey Champions Challenge II
Hockey Champions Challenge II
The Hockey Champions Challenge II is an international field hockey competition introduced by the International Hockey Federation in 2009. The tournament is held in an uneven year, and contested by eight teams based on the qualification criteria set by the federation that usually not competing in...

 for men. Introduce for the first time by the International Hockey Federation
International Hockey Federation
The International Field Hockey Federation is the global governing body of field hockey...

, the tournament is competing by eight teams. It was held from July 6 to July 12, 2009 in Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 with Poland won the title.

Teams

Eight teams competing in this tournament, based on equal ranked in the qualifying tournaments for 2008 Summer Olympics
Men's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Men’s field hockey Qualifying Tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics were qualification tournaments to determined the final three spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournaments, which involved 18 teams divided into three groups, with three separate qualifying tournaments, were...

, they are:
(Second) (Third) (Third) (Third) (Fourth) (Fourth) (Fourth) (Fifth)

Pool A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
9 3 3 0 0 9 6
3
6 3 2 0 1 8 3
5
3 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1
0 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7

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Pool B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
9 3 3 0 0 11 7
4
6 3 2 0 1 12 8
4
1 3 0 1 2 10 13 −3
1 3 0 1 2 7 12 −5

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Crossover

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Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

Semi-finals

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Third and fourth place

Final

Awards

Topscorer Player of the tournament
  John Jermyn   Tomasz Dutkiewicz
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