2003 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters

2003 Men's Hockey
Hamburg Masters
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Hamburg
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Uhlenhorster HC
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	31 (5.17 per match)
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The 2003 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters was the ninth edition of the Hamburg Masters, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Hamburg, Germany, from 27 to 29 June 2003, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.^[1]

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Argentina, India, Spain, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country	2003 FIH Ranking^[2]	Best World Cup Finish	Best Olympic Games Finish
Argentina	7	Sixth Place (1986, 2002)	Fifth Place (1948)
Germany	1	Champions (2002)	Champions (1992)
India	6	Champions (1975)	Champions (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980)
Spain	9	Runners-Up (1971, 1998)	Runners-Up (1980, 1996)

Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:^[3]

Björn Bachmann (GER)
Henrik Ehlers (AUT)
Daniel Santí (ARG)
Guillermo Sánchez (ESP)
Javeed Sheikh (IND)

Results

All times are local (Central European Summer Time).

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	India	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	6	Tournament Champion
2	Germany (H)	3	1	2	0	9	8	+1	5
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	Argentina	3	0	1	2	6	10	−4	1

Source: Deutscher Hockey-Bund
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

27 June 2003
16:30

Argentina	1–4	India
Retegui 52'	Report	D. Tirkey 6' Jugraj 26' Baljit 42' Gagan Ajit 60'

Umpires:
Björn Bachmann (GER)
Guillermo Sánchez (ESP)

27 June 2003
18:45

Germany	2–2	Spain
Reinelt 43' Weißenborn 44'	Report	Ribas 14' Escarré 30'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (AUT)
Daniel Santí (ARG)

28 June 2003
14:30

Argentina	1–2	Spain
Retegui 64'	Report	Escarré 41', 44'

Umpires:
Björn Bachmann (GER)
Javeed Sheikh (IND)

28 June 2003
17:00

India	2–3	Germany
D. Tirkey 33' Gagan Ajit 47'	Report	Kunz 36' Wein 41' Emmerling 63'

Umpires:
Guillermo Sánchez (ESP)
Henrik Ehlers (AUT)

29 June 2003
12:00

India	4–2	Spain
Kanwalpreet 3' Gagan Ajit 18' Deepak 24' D. Tirkey 59'	Report	Aguilar 34' Escarré 56'

Umpires:
Daniel Santí (ARG)
Björn Bachmann (GER)

29 June 2003
14:30

Germany	4–4	Argentina
Eimer 4' Witthaus 15' Emmerling 27' Michel 63'	Report	M. Vila 12', 39' Almada 29' Retegui 64'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (AUT)
Javeed Sheikh (IND)

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

There were 31 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5.17 goals per match.

4 goals

Juan Escarré

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ "Hamburg Masters 2003". hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ "ABN AMRO MEN'S WORLD RANKINGS -- 2003-2009" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ "FIH Men's Appointments December 2003" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

External links

Deutscher Hockey-Bund Archived 2020-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
Official website

[1] "Hamburg Masters 2003". hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

[2] "ABN AMRO MEN'S WORLD RANKINGS -- 2003-2009" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

[3] "FIH Men's Appointments December 2003" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

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