First Mens World Cup in Germany
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Issue 1/2006 ...news...news...news... +++ The World Cup tournament First Mens World Cup in Germany begins with a preliminary from 6 until Germany's first national hockey stadium, the Warsteiner HockeyPark in 13 September, in which the twelve Mönchengladbach, is the scene of the BDO field hockey World Champion- participants, divided into two groups of ship for men from 6 until 17 September 2006. The twelve best nations in the six, will play in the mode „each against world will battle for the crown of hockey. each“. The best two teams of each group will reach the semi finals on the 15th of Matthias September. On that 15 and 16 September Witthaus moreover a positioning round will take (front) and place around the places five to twelve. Tibor Wei- The final and the match for third place are ßenborn played on the 17th of September. +++ (behind, during the +++ Tickets for the BDO Hockey World EC agains Cup Men 2006 can be ordered on the Belgium) website of the official ticketing partner were also Ticket-online (www.ticket-online.de) or part of the by telephone + 49 (0) 1805 – 4470 (12 WC win- eurocents per minute). Currently only ning Ger- tournament tickets are available, priced man team at 200,- Euro.(discountprice valid until of 2002 April 30th) After the BDO qualification tournament, that runs until the 23rd of Host Germany begins this Champi- away from the World Cup venue in April in China and in which the last five onship as title defender. The team of Mönchengladbach. starting places will be issued, the playing national trainer Bernhard Peters had Els van Breda-Vriesmann, the presi- schedule will be completed. After that, been able to win the World Cup title dent of the world hockey association also day tickets can be acquired. +++ 2002 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) for (FIH) has already payed the Warstei- the first time in German history. The ner HockeyPark a first visit in the +++ The official website for the BDO 11th levy of the world title battles beginning of March. She said: I am World Cup Men 2006 reads www. since 1971 is the first World Cham- very impressed with the new stadi- hockeyworldcup.de. Here hockey fans can pionship for men that takes place um. Especially impressive I find the find all information to the tournament in Germany. Until now the German distribution concept of the coloured as well as to the participating nations. hockey association (DHB) only hosted seats. I have the feeling that we will During the tournament, the website (in a World Championship a single time, experience a real family happening, English and German) among other things exactly 30 years ago in Berlin, where where each age group will feel at becomes the information channel of all the second ladies World Champion- home.ì parties, features game reports, pictures ship was held. Patron of the BDO World Cup Men is and many extras. +++ The organization committee expects the President of the German Federal the stadium, with approximately Republic Horst Köhler. In January +++ The matches of the BDO World 14.000 seats, to be sold out during the soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer, Cup Men 2006 are transmitted all over finals-weekend and at the highpoints responsible for the organization of the world. An international signal of the group phase. Hockey fans from the FIFA soccer world championship will be made available by the German all over the world have announced 2006, that will be held in Germany hockey association (DHB) through a themselves in Mönchengladbach, es- also, three months before the hockey host broadcaster. In Germany, beside pecially many from the hockeyenthu- World Cup, received the first Guest Of the public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, siast neighbouring country of the Honour Card from the organization. primarely the West German Broadcasting Netherlands, whose eastern border Beckenbauer then already confirmed Company (WDR) will transmit the is only a fifteen minutes drive by car his presence in Mönchengladbach. matches. +++ printed by WM-NewsletterID.indd 1 10-04-2006 12:18:21 Welcome +++ Topstars +++ Participants +++ Warsteiner HockeyPark +++ Moenchengladbach +++ Champions +++ Program Willkommen +++ Topstars +++ Teilnehmer +++ Warsteiner HockeyPark +++ Mönchengladbach +++ Champions +++ Programm Most modern hockey stadium in the world Editorial... The Deutscher Hockey-Bund is proud and excited to be host of the BDO Hockey World Cup Men, which will be held from 6 to 17 September 2006 in Mˆnchengladbach. We thank the International Hockey Fede- ration for the confidence which they ex- pressed with the assignment of this high level tournament to the DHB. Everything will be done to accomplish this tourna- ment on the highest level. To be able to experience a world championship in your own country is the greatest thing for sport fans - for the active ones it is something unique, something of which sportsmen You can certainly speak of a jewel, selected for the Hockey stadium. A will later tell their grandchildren. Also the if it concerns the Warsteiner Ho- computer program calculated the impressive new stadium, the Warsteiner ckeyPark. The venue of the 11th colour distribution of the seats. HockeyPark, which will be inaugurated BDO Hockey World Cup Men 2006 The sequence appears arbitrary, Easter 2006 with a four-nation tourna- in Mönchengladbach (Germany) but nowhere are two seats of the ment, will surely contribute to this. The is finished in March of this year same colour arranged directly over German hockey family will do all possible and offers both fans and players or next to each other. 'The psycho- efforts to prepare unforgettable days for an impressive atmosphere. FIH logical effect that results from this the sport friends from all over the world president Els van Breda even called multicoloured appearance is that who come to visit the World Cup. Nu- the arena the most beautiful Ho- the stadium already appears fully merous international meetings, parents ckeystadium of the World, during occupied, even when there are -, leisure and schoolhockeytournaments her first attendance. no spectators', says the stadium’s will frame the championship. This will Exactly 9.046 multicoloured seats managing director Michael Hil- give all hockeyfans a platform to meet give the Warsteiner HockeyPark gers. 'Because in the context of new friends. The BDO hockey World Cup its unmistakable appearance. Du- the World Championship we will Men 2006 will become a meeting for the ring the World Cup two additional also have days on which the arena entire family, because it is the genera- grandstands will bring the total will not be fully occupied, it never- tions connecting component, which is so number of seats to 14.000. The theless always provides a good at- particularly in our sport. I invite you to multicoloured feature is based mosphere.' The HockeyPark Sports come to Mˆnchengladbach and experience on the examples from the LTU Bar offers a special treat: Apart together with us this absolute Hockey arena in Düsseldorf and the in- from the classic design features in highlight. It would make me happy to door ball stadium in Frankfurt. the interior the fans can also de- welcome you at the BDO Hockey World The six colours (three blue tones, cide for a place on the enormous Cup Men 2006. two yellow tones and one orange terrace, which offers a complete tone), which also can be found in and unique view over the stadium. Stephan Abel the logo of the stadium’s executi- Here each visitor surely can find his President ve company, have been especially own personal lodge” Deutscher Hockey-Bund WM-NewsletterID.indd 2 10-04-2006 12:18:24 Welcome +++ Topstars +++ Participants +++ Warsteiner HockeyPark +++ Moenchengladbach +++ Champions +++ Program Willkommen +++ Topstars +++ Teilnehmer +++ Warsteiner HockeyPark +++ Mönchengladbach +++ Champions +++ Programm 'Who is who' in hockey land The Star players of the teams already qualified Seven of the twelve participating nations have already qualified for the BDO Hockey World Cup Men 2006. The other five will have to Jamie Dwyer (26, Australia) qualify in the BDO World Cup Qualifier, played 12 - 23 April in China. The World Hockey Player of the Year 2004 Already qualified are the five continental winners Australia, India, -Ar scored the goal that brought Australia the gentina, South Africa and Spain, with the Netherlands and Germany. gold medal in the Olympic final from Athens. Dwyer has an extremely hard and accurate Australien ist der Olympiasieger Australia because of a golden goal shot and can score from almost every angle. Australia is the Olympic winner in the extension period. The line up After the victory of the Australian team at the of Athens 2004 and the current for the BDO World Championship Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, a few holder of the Champions Trophy, now already reads like the 'Who is weeks ago, the 26 year old absolutely wants the annual tournament of the six who' of world hockey. A further to stand on top of the podium too at the best nations of the World. The five top nations will be added World Cup 2006 in Germany (Mönchenglad- first on the world ranking list is after the BDO Qualifier in China. bach). considered one of the favourites In Changzhou also twelve nations in Mönchengladbach, even though will compete for the five World the 'Kookaburras' won their last Cup starting tickets. In group A Teun de Nooijer (30, Netherlands) The two times Word Hockey Player of the Year world title 20 years ago. Africa’s Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, (2003 and 2005) among the experts still counts continental master South Africa Ireland and record world cham- as the most complete participant of them all. (WRL place 10), Pan American pion Pakistan will meet. In group With his club, HC Bloemendaal, de Nooijer in Champion Argentina (8th), record B China, France, Japan, Malaysia, this year is one of the first candidates to win Olympic winner India (6th) and South Korea and New Zealand will the title in the Dutch Premier League.