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2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers

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Host country
  
France

Teams
  
6

Champions
  
Pakistan

City
  
Lille

Venue(s)
  
Lille Hockey Club

Runner-up
  
Japan

2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers

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.

Contents

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

Qualification

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.

^1 –Egypt withdrew from participating. Italy was called to participate instead.

Qualifier 1

  • Lille, France, 31 October–8 November 2009.
  • Umpires

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

    Pool

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

         Advanced to final

    Qualifier 2

  • Invercargill, New Zealand, 7–15 November 2009.
  • Umpires

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

    Pool

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

         Advanced to final

    Qualifier 3

  • Quilmes, Argentina, 14–22 November 2009.
  • Umpires

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

    Pool

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

         Advanced to final

    References

    2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers Wikipedia