The 2001 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 7 to December 15, 2001. Participating nations were Argentina, Belgium, host Malaysia, India, Japan, and South Africa. The winner earned a spot at the 2002 Champions Trophy in Cologne, Germany. India defeated South Africa 2–1 in the final to win the competition.

Squads

Head Coach: Jorge Ruiz

1. Pablo Moreira (GK / C)
2. Juan Pablo Hourquebie
3. Maximiliano Caldas
4. Matias Vila
5. Ezequiel Paulón
6. Mario Almada
7. Tomás MacCormik
8. Santiago Capurro
9. Marcos Riccardi
10. Jorge Lombi
11. Fernando Zylberberg
12. Germán Orozco
13. Fernando Oscaris
14. Matias Paredes
15. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
16. Leonardo Deambarsi
17. Vincent Deneumostier (GK)
18. Maxime Luycx
19. Jean-Philippe Brulé
20. Thierry Renaer
21. Xavier-Charles Letier
22. Xavier de Scheemaeker
23. Joeri Beunen
24. Thomas van den Balck
25. Xavier Brooke
26. Robin Geens
27. Christophe Moraux (GK)
28. Marc Coudron (C)
29. Fabian Bueger
30. Xavier Reckinger
31. Charles Vandeweghe
32. Phillippe Goldberg Head Coach: Cedric d'Souza
33. Devesh Chauhan (GK)
34. Lazarus Barla
35. Thirumal Valavan
36. Sukhbir Singh Gill
37. Dhanraj Pillay
38. Baljit Singh Dhillon (C)
39. Prabhjot Singh
40. Jude Menezes (GK)
41. Jugraj Singh
42. Daljit Singh Dhillon
43. Kanwalpreet Singh
44. Arjun Halappa
45. Deepak Thakur
46. Bipin Fernandez
47. Vikram Pillay
48. Gagan Ajit Singh
49. Takahiko Yamabori (C)
50. Naoya Iwadate
51. Ryuji Furasato
52. Akira Takahashi
53. Kenichi Katayama
54. Naohiko Tobita
55. Kazuyuki Ozawa
56. Atsushi Takehara
57. Daisuke Hokaze
58. Akihiko Hirata
59. Mitsuru Ito
60. Jun Takahashi (GK)
61. Yasuhiro Nobui (GK)
62. Ryuhie Harada
63. Fumihiro Matsui
64. Toshiai Fukuda Head Coach: Paul Lissek
65. Roslan Jamaluddin (GK)
66. Singh Maninderijt
67. Chua Boon Huat
68. Gobinathan Krishnamurthy
69. Kuhan Shanmuganathan
70. Nor Azlan Bakar
71. Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
72. Mohammed Madzli Ikmar
73. Tajol Rosli Mohamed
74. Mohamed Rodhanizam Radzi
75. Keevan Raj Kalikavandan
76. Mirnawan Nawawi
77. Logan Kali Kavandan
78. Ibrahim Mohd Nasihin Nubli
79. Shankar Shanmugam Head Coach: Rob Pullen
80. Chris Hibbert (GK)
81. Warren Bond
82. Craig Jackson (C)
83. Craig Fulton
84. Bruce Jacobs
85. Gareth Murray
86. Mike Cullen
87. Clyde Abrahams
88. Justin King
89. Ken Forbes
90. Kevin Chree
91. Brenton Key
92. Darryn Gallagher
93. David Staniforth (GK)
94. Denzil Dolley
95. Marvin Bam

Results

Pool

Classification

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Statistics

Final ranking

Awards