International Field Hockey Competitions Hosted by Malaysia - 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup, 1981 Women's Hockey World Cup, 1983 Women's Hockey World Cup, (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup, 1981 Women's Hockey World Cup, 1983 Women's Hockey World Cup, 1993 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, 1997 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier, 2001 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge, 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup, 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, 2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup, 2009 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup, 2011 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, 2012 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Men's hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Excerpt: The 2009 Hockey Junior World Cup was the ninth tournament of the Hockey Junior World Cup. The tournament was co-hosted in both Johor Bahru, Malaysia and Singapore from June 7 to June 21, 2009. It was contested by 20 teams with Germany defeating Netherlands in the final to claim their fifth Junior World Cup title. The teams were announced by the International Hockey Federation on November 12, 2008. The teams listed are sorted by the ranking obtained in each qualification tournament. The FIH released the pools on January 26, 2009 and the schedule on February 2, 2009. All times are Malaysia Time and Singapore Time (UTC+08:00) The 2002 Hockey World Cupwas the 10th edition of the Hockey World Cup for men. It was held from 24 February to 9 March 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Germany won their first title after defeating Australia 2-1 in the final. Netherlands won the third place match by defeating Korea 3-2 with a golden goal. For this tournament, the participating nations were increased from the standard 12 (as in the 5 previous editions) to 16 and each squad could consist of 18 players instead of the normal 16 after the FIH considered the hot and humid conditions in Malaysia. 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. Australia, ...