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2006 Men's Hockey World Cup

2006 Hockey World Cup
Hockey Weltmeisterschaften 2006
World Hockey Cup.jpg
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country Germany
City Mönchengladbach
Teams 12
Venue(s) Warsteiner HockeyPark
Top three teams
Champions  Germany (2nd title)
Runner-up  Australia
Third place  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played 42
Goals scored 174 (4.14 per match)
Top scorer(s) Netherlands Taeke Taekema (11 goals)
Best player Australia Jamie Dwyer
2002 (previous) (next) 2010

The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held between 6–17 September 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

Germany won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating Australia 4–3 in the final. Spain won the third place match by defeating Korea 3–2 with a golden goal.

Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European confederation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings. Alongside the five teams qualifying through the Qualifier, twelve teams competed in this tournament.

The International Hockey Federation appointed 14 umpires for this tournament:

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)


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