FIH names WorldHockey All Star Teams 2009
December 18, 2009
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) released on Thursday the names of the 2009 Men’s and Women’s WorldHockey All Star Teams. As with the previous four editions, only the best players in the world were selected.
Among the very best was Tsawwassen, British Columbia native Rob Short.
The WorldHockey All Star Teams 2009 were selected by visitors of the official website of the FIH www.worldhockey.org. Out of the hundreds of people voting, the FIH created the Men’s and Women’s All Star Team. The composition of each team is 18 players and two coaches.
The following players were selected for the Men’s WorldHockey All Star Team 2009
· Pol Amat (ESP)
· Simon Child (NZL)
· Jamie Dwyer (AUS)
· Moritz Furste (GER)
· Myung Ho Lee (KOR)
· Ashley Jackson (ENG)
· Mark Knowles (AUS)
· Barry Middleton (ENG)
· Maximilian Muller (GER)
· Teun de Nooijer (NED)
· Eddie Ockenden (AUS)
· Jong Ho Seo (KOR)
· Rob Short (CAN)
· Prabhjot Singh (IND)
· Austin Smith (RSA)
· Taeke Taekema (NED)
· Christopher Zeller (GER)
· Coaches: Ric Charlesworth (AUS) & Markus Weise (GER)
Please click here for an overview of the Men’s WorldHockey All Star Team 2009
The following players were selected for the Women’s WorldHockey All Star Team 2009
· Luciana Aymar (ARG)
· Tina Bachmann (GER)
· Noel Barrionuevo (ARG)
· Madonna Blyth (AUS)
· Tony Cronk (AUS)
· Casey Eastham (AUS)
· Gemma Flynn (NZL)
· Baorong Fu (CHN)
· Surinder Kaur (IND)
· Natascha Keller (GER)
· Yibo Ma (CHN)
· Marsha Marescia (RSA)
· Miyuki Nakagawa (JPN)
· Maartje Paumen (NED)
· Helen Richardson (ENG)
· Janneke Schopman (NED)
· Belen Succi (ARG)
· Coaches: Carlos Retegui (ARG) & Frank Murray (AUS)
Please click here for an overview of the Women’s WorldHockey All Star Team 2009
