The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced the nominations for the 2005 WorldHockey Men's Player of the Year awards.
The nominations are as follows:
2005 WorldHockey Men's Player of the Year
Salman Akbar (PAK)
Pol Amat (ESP)
Teun de Nooijer (NED)
Jeroen Delmee (NED)
Jamie Dwyer (AUS)
Santi Freixa (ESP)
Brent Livermore (AUS)
German Orozco (ARG)
V S Vinaya (
Christopher Zeller (GER)
2005 WorldHockey Men's Young Player of the Year
Shakeel Abbasi (PAK)
Robert van der Horst (NED)
Mark Knowles (AUS)
Sandeep Singh (
Lucas Villa (ARG)
Nominations were decided by a survey of international coaches, with player of the tournament voting and performances at events in 2005 also taken into consideration.
The award winners will be determined by a ballot of players and coaches from the six competing teams at the Sahara Hockey Champions Trophy, currently being held in
The awards will be presented at a function at the Hotel Taj Connemara in Chennai on Saturday ,17 December, at 4pm.
