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2004 WorldHockey Men’s Player of the Year Nominations Announced

This year’s WorldHockey Men’s Player of the Year nominations are as follows:

Nominations – WorldHockey Men’s Young Player of the Year 2004
(under 23 age limit, as of 1st January 2004)

1. Salman Akbar (PAK)
2. Adrian D'Souza (IND)
3. Floris Evers (NED)
4. Santi Freixa (ESP)
5. Rob Hammond (AUS)
6. Mark Knowles (AUS)
7. Matias Paredes (ARG)
8. Edi Tubau (ESP)
9. Matthias Witthaus (GER)
10. Christoph Zeller (GER)

Nominations - WorldHockey Men’s Player of the Year 2004

1. Sohail Abbas (PAK)
2. Gagan Ajit Singh (IND)
3. Ronald Brouwer (NED)
4. Jeroen Delmee (NED)
5. Jamie Dwyer (AUS)
6. Bevan George (AUS)
7. Craig Jackson (RSA)
8. Muhammad Nadeem (PAK)
9. Dilip Tirkey (IND)
10. Xavier Ribas (ESP)

Nominations have been proposed by an international panel of expert coaches and journalists:

Coaches
Ric Charlesworth
Terry Walsh

Journalists
Bruce Hamilton
Sardar Khan
Pat Rowley
S Thyagarajan

This year for the first time, the award winners will be determined by a secret ballot of the players at the Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy, currently taking in place at the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.

Players will vote for their choice of the best player, taking into account performances at the following major FIH and IOC events in 2004:
- Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Madrid, March 2004
- Olympic Games, Athens, August 2004
- Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy, Lahore, December 2004

Who do you think deserves the WorldHockey Men’s Player of the Year Award? Vote now in our online poll on WorldHockey.org!

Winners will be presented at a short press conference at 2.00pm local time (9.00am GMT), on Thursday 9th December, at the Lahore Pearl Continental Hotel. All accredited press, event officials and players are cordially invited to attend the function.

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