Chennai: India captain Dilip Tirkey has been selected in the world hockey All-Star 2006 squad released by the FIH.
“Journalists present at both the men’s and women’s World Cup tournaments held in Germany and Spain, respectively, and the visitors to the FIH website voted for their favourite stars. After counting hundreds of votes, the fih announced the two teams,” said an FIH release.
THE SQUADS
Men: Goalkeepers: Stephen Mowlam (Aus), Ulrich Bubloz (Ger); Defenders: Taeke Taekema (Ned), Philipp Crone (Ger), Bevan George (Aus), Hayden Shaw (NZ), Richard Mantell (Eng), Dilip Tirkey (Ind).Midfielders: Teun De Nooijer (Ned), Brent Livermore (Aus), Yong Bee Kim (Kor), Jeroen Delmee (Ned), Tibor Weissenborn (Ger); Forwards: Jamie Dwyer (Aus), Santiago Freixa (Spa), Christopher Zeller (Ger), Pol Amat (Esp), Shakeel Abbasi (Pak); Coaches: Barry Dancer (Aus), Bernhard Peters (Ger).
Women: Goalkeepers: Amy Tran (US), Maria Jesus Rosa Duran (Esp); Defenders: Minke Booij (Ned), Magdalena Aicega (Arg), Akem Kato (Jpn), Angie Skirving (Aus), Christa Cullen (Eng), Janneke Schopman (Ned). Midfielders: Luciana Aymar (Arg), Mi Hyun Park (Kor), Silvia Munoz Escude (Esp), Fanny Rinne (Ger), Miek Van Geenhuizen (Ned);
Forwards: Nikki Hudson (Aus), Bao Rong Fu (Chn), Sylvia Karres (Ned), Natascha Keller (Ger), Kaori Chiba (Jpn); Coaches: Marc Lammers (Ned), Frank Murray (Aus).
