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2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers

Tournament details
Host country France
City Lille
Teams 6
Venue(s) Lille Hockey Club
Top three teams
Champions  Pakistan
Runner-up  Japan
Third place  Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 18
Goals scored 86 (4.78 per match)
Top scorer(s) Pakistan Sohail Abbas (9 goals)
Best player France Matthieu Durchon
2006 (previous)
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
City Invercargill
Teams 6
Venue(s) ILT Hockey Turf
Top three teams
Champions  New Zealand
Runner-up  Malaysia
Third place  Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 18
Goals scored 79 (4.39 per match)
Top scorer(s) New Zealand Andrew Hayward (7 goals)
Best player New Zealand Ryan Archibald
2006 (previous)
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
City Quilmes
Teams 6
Venue(s) Estadio Nacional de Hockey
Top three teams
Champions  Argentina
Runner-up  Belgium
Third place  Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 18
Goals scored 88 (4.89 per match)
Top scorer(s) Argentina Pedro Ibarra (11 goals)
Best player Belgium Félix Denayer
2006 (previous)

The 2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers were the 12th edition of the Hockey World Cup qualification tournament. Three events were held between October and November 2009 in France, New Zealand and Argentina and only the winner of each would earn a berth to play in the 2010 World Cup, to be held in New Delhi, India.

Pakistan, New Zealand and Argentina each won one of the three tournaments.

All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition.

Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

All times are New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00)

Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00)


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