Chennai: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced on Thursday the All Star World teams 2009 for men and women based on the nominations made by the visitors to the official FIH website.
The teams:
Men: Salman Akbar (Pak), 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) and Markus Weise (Ger).
Women: Naomi van As (Ned), 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) andFrank Murray (Aus). — Hockey Correspondent