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Floris Evers
Floris Maarten Alphons Maria Evers (born 26 February 1983 in Tilburg, North Brabant) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the captain of the team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He has played in all the top leagues the world of field hockey. After the London Olympics, along with Teun de Noijer, he retired from international hockey. In 2013, he played with the Ranchi Rhinos in the Indian hockey league. Club career He played most of his career for Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club, Amsterdam where he announced his retirement in 2015. Since 2006, Evers had been playing at Amsterdam, with which he became the national champion in 2011 and 2012. Before that, he played for GHHC Groningen, Groningen, Hattemse Mixed Hockey Club, Hattem and Stichtsche Cricket en Hockey Club, Stichtsche. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilburg
Tilburg () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. With a population of 229,833 (January 2, 2024), it is the second-largest city or municipality in North Brabant after Eindhoven and the seventh-largest in the Netherlands. Tilburg University is located in Tilburg, as are Avans University of Applied Sciences and Fontys University of Applied Sciences. There are three railway stations within the municipality: Tilburg railway station, Tilburg, Tilburg Universiteit railway station, Tilburg Universiteit and Tilburg Reeshof railway station, Tilburg Reeshof. The "Spoorzone" area around Tilburg Central station, once a Dutch Railways train maintenance yard, has been purchased by the city and is being transformed into an urban zone. History Little is known about the beginnings of Tilburg. The name ''Tilliburg'' fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 13th edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 20 to 28 August 2011 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. This tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2012 Olympics, with the finalists and the team finishing in third position earning a spot. However, because England finished in the top three, the fourth team (Belgium) qualified instead, as England cannot qualify as a nation for the Olympics (they automatically participated as Great Britain). The hosts Germany won its seventh title by defeating the Netherlands 4–2 in the final. The defending champions England won the bronze medal by defeating Belgium 2–1. Qualified teams Results ''All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).'' Pool A ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- Fifth to eighth place classification The points obtained in the prelimina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stichtsche Cricket En Hockey Club
Stichtsche Cricket en Hockey Club, commonly known as SCHC, is a Dutch professional sports club based in Bilthoven, Utrecht. The club was founded on 22 November 1906. The club is best known for its field hockey department but it also has a rugby union and a cricket section. The first men's hockey team played in de the second division until the 2020–21 season called the Promotieklasse after being relegated in the 2018–19 season. While the women's team has played on the highest level since 2004. Honours Men * National title ** Winners (1): 1958–59 * Hoofdklasse indoor ** Winners (2): 1999–2000, 2018–19 Women * EuroHockey Club Cup ** Winners (1): 2015 ** Runners-up (1): 2016 * Gold Cup ** Winners (2): 2022–23, 2023–24 ** Runners up (1): 2021–22 * Hoofdklasse indoor ** Winners (1): 2023–24 * EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup ** Runners-up (1): 2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranchi Rhinos
Ranchi Rhinos was a professional field hockey team based in Ranchi, Jharkhand, that played in the Hockey India League. The team won the inaugural season of Hockey India League defeating Delhi Waveriders by 2-1. It was owned by Patel-Uniexcel Group. South African Gregg Clark was the head coach for the team, assisted by Baljit Singh Saini. German midfielder, two time Olympic champion, Moritz Fürste is the captain of the team. It was dissolved in 2014 after its owners had a dispute with HIL management. It was replaced by Ranchi Rays. Franchise details Coaching staff The goalkeeping coach of South Africa, David Staniforth, acted as the goalkeeping coach and video analyst for the team. David Ian John of Australia was the exercise physiologist for the team. Ownership The team was jointly bought by Patel - PS Group and Uniexcel Group on 14 September 2012. Final squad Statistics Fixtures and results 2013 * Goals For: 32 (2.29 per match) * Goals Against: 25 (1.79 per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Hockey Centre located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex. The competitions for both men and women was split into two groups with the top two teams after the preliminary rounds progressing through to the semi-finals. Men's tournament Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Medal round Final standings # # # # # # # # # # # # Women's tournament Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Medal round Final standings # # # # # # # # # # Medal summary Medal table Medalists References External linksOfficial result book – Hockey {{DEFAULTSORT:Field Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics Events at the 2004 Summer Olympics O Field hockey at the Summer Olympics 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of Provinces of the Netherlands, twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares Maritime boundary, maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. The official language is Dutch language, Dutch, with West Frisian language, West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English_language, English, and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean Netherlands, Caribbean territories. The people who are from the Netherlands is often referred to as Dutch people, Dutch Ethnicity, Ethnicity group, not to be confused by the language. ''Netherlands'' literally means "lower countries" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper. Teams must move a hockey ball around a field by hitting it with a field hockey stick, hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting circle and then into the goal (sports), goal. The match is won by the team that scores the most goals. Matches are played on grass, watered turf, artificial turf, although grass has become increasingly rare as a playing surface. Indoor hockey is usually played on a synthetic hard court or hardwood sports flooring, and beach version is played on sand. The stick has evolved significantly over the game's history in its composition and shape. Wooden sticks, though once standard, have become increasingly uncommon as technological advancements have made synthetic materials cheaper. Today, sticks are typicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Brabant
North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the west, and the Flemish provinces of Antwerp and Limburg to the south. The northern border follows the Meuse westward to its mouth in the Hollands Diep strait, part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. North Brabant had a population of about 2,626,000 as of January 2023. Major cities in North Brabant are Eindhoven (pop. 231,642), Tilburg (pop. 217,259), Breda (pop. 183,873), its provincial capital 's-Hertogenbosch (pop. 154,205), and Helmond (pop. 94,967) History The Duchy of Brabant was a state of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1183 or 1190. It developed from the Landgraviate of Brabant and formed the heart of the historic Low Countries, part of the Burgundian Netherlands from 1430 and of the Habsburg Netherlands f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 29th men's field hockey tournament for the Hockey Champions Trophy. It was held from November 29 to December 9, 2007, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, having moved away from Lahore, Pakistan. Teams The teams are determined after the 2006 World Cup in Germany, based on the criteria set: * (Hockey competition champion in 2004 Summer Olympics) * (2006 Hockey World Cup Champion) * (Fourth in 2006 Hockey World Cup) * (defending champion) * (Former host) * (Third in 2006 Hockey World Cup) * (host) * (Invitee) Squads Head Coach: Barry Dancer # Jamie Dwyer # Liam de Young # Robert Hammond # Nathan Eglington #Mark Knowles # Russell Ford # Eddie Ockenden # David Guest # Luke Doerner # Grant Schubert # Bevan George # Andrew Smith # Stephen Lambert (GK) # Matthew Naylor # Aaron Hopkins # Matthew Wells # Travis Brooks # Brent Livermore (c) # Dean Butler # Daniel McPherson (GK) Head Coach: Markus Weise # Christian Schulte (GK) # Philip Witte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Men's Champions Trophy (field Hockey)
The 2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 28th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy, an annual international men's field hockey tournament organized by the FIH. It was held in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain from 22–30 July 2006. The Netherlands won the tournament after beating Germany 2–1 in the final. Squads Head Coach: Sergio Vigil Head Coach: Colin Batch Head Coach: Bernhard Peters Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans Head Coach: Asif Bajwa Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks Results ''All times are Central European Summer Time Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central E ... ( UTC+02:00)'' Pool ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification Fifth and sixth place Third and fourth place Final Awards Final standings # # # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Men's Champions Trophy (field Hockey)
The 2005 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 27th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Chennai, India from 10–18 December 2005. Squads Head Coach: Barry Dancer Head Coach: Bernhard Peters Head Coach: Rajinder Singh Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans Head Coach: Asif Bajwa Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks Umpires The following umpires were nominated by International Hockey Federation (FIH) for this tournament: *Xavier Adell (ESP) *David Gentles (AUS) *Satinder Kumar (IND) *David Leiper (SCO) *Jason McCracken (NZL) *Philip Schellekens (NED) *John Wright (RSA) *Raghu Prasad (IND) Results ''All times are Indian Standard Time ( UTC+05:30)'' Pool ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification Fifth and sixth place Third and fourth place Final Awards *Topscorer ** Santi Freixa *Best Player ** Bevan George *Fair Play Trophy ** Final stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Men's Champions Trophy (field Hockey)
The 2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 26th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Lahore, Pakistan from December 4–12, 2004. __TOC__ Squads Head Coach: Bernhard Peters Head Coach: Gerhard Rach Head Coach: Terry Walsh Head Coach: Kevin Towns Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks Umpires Below is the eight umpires appointed by International Hockey Federation (FIH): *Rashad Butt (PAK) *Ged Curran (SCO) *Muhammad Faiz (PAK) *Hamish Jamson (ENG) *Tim Pullman (AUS) *Daniel Santi (ARG) *Virendra Singh (IND) *Rob ten Cate (NED) Results ''All times are Pakistan Standard Time ( UTC+05:00)'' Pool ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification Fifth and sixth place Third and fourth place Final Awards Final standings # # # # # # External linksOfficial FIH website {{CT field hockey C C 2004 2004 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
