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2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The 2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the tenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held on the complex of the hockey club ATV Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany from 28 August to 4 September 2005. For the first time, there were just eight teams competing instead of twelve. From 2005 on the competition has been held every two years, while the lower-ranked teams got their own championship, divided into a 2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, Nations Trophy ("B"-nations) and a 2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, Nations Challenge ("C"-nations). Spain men's national field hockey team, Spain won their second title by defeating the Netherlands men's national field hockey team, Netherlands 4–2 in the final. The hosts and four-time defending champions Germany men's national field hockey team, Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig
Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Germany and is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. The name of the city is usually interpreted as a Slavic term meaning ''place of linden trees'', in line with many other Slavic placenames in the region. Leipzig is located about southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain (the Leipzig Bay), at the confluence of the White Elster and its tributaries Pleiße and Parthe. The Leipzig Riverside Forest, Europe's largest intra-city riparian forest, has developed along these rivers. Leipzig is at the centre of Neuseenland (''new lake district''). This district has Bodies of water in Leipzig, several artificial lakes created from former lignite Open-pit_mining, open-pit mines. Leipzig has been a trade city s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Zeller
Christopher Zeller (born 14 September 1984) is a German national representative field hockey player. As of 2008, his current club is Rot-Weiss Köln. Zeller represented Germany in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal life Born in Munich, he is the younger brother of Philipp Zeller. Career Zeller was a member of the Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ... and scored the only goal in the final. Two years earlier, he also won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup where he scored two goals in the final match and was chosen as the ''Most Promising Player'' of the tournament. Zeller played in the gold medal match for field hockey at the 2012 Olympics which Germany won. References The Off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ralph
David Ralph (born 17 August 1972) is a former international hockey player who played as a forward for Scotland. Biography Ralph earned his first Scotland cap in 1994. Ralph played club hockey for Kelburne in the Scottish leagues and Loughborough Students' Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League. Ralph was part of the Scotland Commonwealth Games team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Ralph, an experienced international hockey coach was appointed Head Coach for the England and Great Britain women's hockey teams in September 2021. He has previously been Assistant Head Coach for the England women's national field hockey team and Great Britain women's national field hockey team and the England men's national field hockey team and Great Britain men's national field hockey team. His first coaching position was held at Brentwood Hockey Club, Essex before moving onto become head coach for Loughborough Students. In 2013, he left Loughborough at the same time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Christie (field Hockey)
John Christie may refer to: Sport * John Christie (footballer, born 1881) (1881–1934), Scottish footballer * John Christie (footballer, born 1929) (1929–2014), Scottish football goalkeeper who played for Southampton * Jack Christie (born 1926), Scottish international lawn bowler Others * John Christie (artist) (born 1945), British artist and film-maker * John Christie (headmaster) (1899–1980), headmaster of Repton School and Westminster School, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford * John Christie (industrialist) (1774–1858), industrialist born in Scotland * J. Walter Christie (1865–1944), American inventor * John Alexander Christie (1895–1967), British Victoria Cross recipient * John Christie (landowner) (1824–1902), Scottish industrialist, arboriculturalist and landowner * John Christie (mayor) (1883–1953), Scottish-born South African politician * John Christie (minister) (born 1947), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2010–2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Garrard
Brett Spencer Garrard (born 21 August 1976) is a British former field hockey player. Garrard competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Biography Garrard played club hockey for Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League before joining Guildford for one season and Teddington for two seasons. Garrard made his England debut on 16 March 1997 against Pakistan. After joining Teddington he represented England and won a bronze medal in the men's hockey, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and participated in the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup. Garrad returned to Surbiton for the 1999/2000 season and during his second spell at Surbiton he made his first Olympic appearance representing Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. He then competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and at 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he captained the Great Britain team. Garrard represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where he was aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Daly
Matthew Daly (born 8 July 1983) is an English field hockey player who played for England and Great Britain and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Biography Daly was born in Saudi Arabia. He played club hockey for Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League from 2002 to 2016. While at Surbtion, Daly made his international debut in 2005. He competed for at numerous tournaments, including representing England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and playing for Great Britain in the 2008 men's tournament at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Four years later he represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 2012 field hockey tournament. In 2016 he left Surbiton to join Teddington and became their Performance Director in 2020. He is currently a senior member of staff and hockey coach at Kingston Grammar School Kingston Grammar School is a private co-educational day school in Kingston upon Thames, England. The school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Philippe Brulé
Jean-Philippe Brulé (born May 13, 1981) is a field hockey player from Belgium, who was a member of the national squad that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Belgium finished in 8th place at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Madrid, in March 2004, after losing on penalty strokes against South Africa. Brulé, a defender from a club called Pingouin, is famous for his penalty corner In field hockey, a penalty corner, sometimes known as a short corner, is a penalty given against the defending team. It is predominantly awarded for a defensive infringement in the ''Field hockey pitch#Penalty circle, penalty circle'' or for a de .... His nickname is ''Zoulou''. References Tophockey Belgium 1981 births Living people Belgian male field hockey players 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niklas Meinert
Niklas Meinert (born 1 May 1981 in Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a field hockey midfielder from Germany, who played for Mannheimer HC. He made his international senior debut for the Men's National Team on 23 March 2003 in a friendly match against Pakistan in Ipoh, Malaysia. As of 23 March 2008, Meinert earned 109 caps for his native country, in which he scored 16 goals. International senior tournaments * 2003 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (6th place) * 2004 – Champions Trophy, Lahore (5th place) * 2005 – European Nations Cup, Leipzig (3rd place) * 2005 – Champions Trophy, Chennai (4th place) * 2006 – 11th World Cup, Mönchengladbach (1st place) * 2007 – European Nations Cup, Manchester (4th place) * 2007 – Champions Trophy The ICC Champions Trophy, formerly known as the ICC Knock Out Trophy, is an international One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthias Witthaus
Matthias Witthaus (born 11 October 1982 in Oberhausen) is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and again at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He played a total of 335 caps for the national team from 1999 until 2012, with 335 caps he is the most capped German player of all time. International senior tournaments * 1999 – European Nations Cup, Padua (1st place) * 2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place) * 2000 – Summer Olympics, Sydney (5th place) * 2001 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Luzern(1st place) * 2001 – Champions Trophy, Rotterdam (1st place) * 2002 – 10th World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (1st place) * 2002 – Champions Trophy, Cologne (2nd place) * 2003 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Santander (1st place) * 2003 – 1st World Indoor Cup, Leipzig (1st place) * 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hawes
Benjamin Robert Hawes (born 28 July 1980) is a former English field hockey player who played for the England and the Great Britain national team in midfield or as a halfback. He represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2004, 2008 (as captain) and 2012 Summer Olympics. Biography Hawes played club hockey for Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League and while at Surbiton represented Great Britain at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He moved to play in Amsterdam and represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He returned to Surbiton and at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he represented Great Britain again and was the captain of the team during the tournament. Hawes left Surbiton at the end of 2010 season and joined Wimbledon and while at the club represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Hawes earned 132 caps representing England and 99 caps representing Great Britain (231 international caps) before he announced his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ralph (field Hockey)
Mark Ralph (born 10 February 1980) is a former field hockey midfield player from Scotland. Biography Ralph earned his first cap for Scotland in 2001 against India. His cousin David was also capped for Scotland. He was part of the Scotland Commonwealth Games team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Ralph played his club hockey for Kelburne but after missing out on Olympic selection in 2008, he joined Dutch club Klein Zwitzerland afterwards. On his return to Scotland he became the Player Coach of Kelburne HC for 5 seasons and helped the club achieve 11 National League titles in a row and compete with European clubs at the EHL, making the KO16 at his first attempt at coaching at this level. While at Kelburne, Ralph played for Scotland during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. At retirment Ralph had won 154 caps for Scotland and 24 caps for Great Britain. He scored 74 goals Scotland and 1 goal for GB. Ralph scored many of his goals due to a trademark drag flick. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
