1996 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the complex of Catalan sports club Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from Friday January 19 to Sunday January 28, 1996. Eight nations took part, and they played a round robin. The top five teams joined Australia (Oceania Cup winner), Argentina (Pan American Games winner), Pakistan (World Cup winner), South Korea (Asian Games winner), Germany (European Nations Cup winner) and South Africa (All Africa Games winner), and the United States (hosts).

Contents

Squads

 Belarus

  • Igor Barkov
  • Vitali Bondarenko
  • Alexandre Boudnikov
  • Guennadi Bribovski
  • Youri Canja
  • Serguey Drozdov
  • Alexandre Eklemenko (gk)
  • Dmitri Yukovski
  • Stepan Klimovich
  • Yuri Korottchenko
  • Alexandre Mankovski
  • Nikolay Sankovets
  • Andrei Tchebotarev
  • Albert Vintekevich
  • Igor Voltyuk
  • Alexandre Yukovets
Head Coach
unknown

 Belgium

  • Fabian Berger
  • Joeri Beunen
  • Mick Beunen
  • Alexandre de Chaffoy
  • Marc Coudron
  • Jean-Michel Deville
  • Gérald Dewamme
  • Philippe van Hemelen
  • Laurent Kelecom
  • Michel Kinnen
  • Michel van Oost (gk)
  • Patrick Pille
  • Thierry Renear
  • Vincent Van Diest
Head Coach
Alain Geens

Canada

Head Coach
Shiaz Virjee

 Great Britain

  • Robert Thompson
  • Jon Wyatt
Head Coach
unknown

 India

Head Coach
Cedric D'Souza

 Malaysia

  • Lim Chiow Chuan
  • Charles David
  • Calvin Fernandez
  • Nadarajan Marathumuthu (gk)
  • Maninderjt Singh
  • Lailin Abu Hassan
  • Brian Jayhan Siva
  • Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
  • Lum Mun Fatt
  • Shankar Ramu
  • Nor Saiful Nasiruddin
  • Mirnawan Nawawi
  • Aphtar Singh
  • Arul Selvaraj Sami
  • Kuhan Shanmuganathan
  • Yahia Vickneswaran
Head Coach
unknown

 Netherlands

Head Coach
Roelant Oltmans

 Spain

Head Coach
Toni Forrellat

Umpires

  •  Xavier Adell (ESP)
  •  Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
  •  Santiago Deo (ESP)
  •  Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
  •  Floris Idenburg (NED)
  •  Sergey Platonov (RUS)
  •  Donald Prior (AUS)
  •  Peter von Reth (NED)
  •  Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
  •  Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
  •  Roger St Rose (TRI)
  •  Richard Wolter (GER)

Round robin

Match 1
Malaysia  2 – 1  Belgium Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Peter von Reth (NED)
Mirnawan Nawawi 18'
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 47'		 Joeri Beunen 25'
Match 2
Spain  3 – 1  Belarus Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
Antonio Iglesias 38'
Juan Escarré 47'
Javier Arnau 67'		 Yuri Korotchenko 13'
Match 3
Netherlands  5 – 1  Canada Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Sergey Platonov (RUS)
Stephan Veen 4'
Remco van Wijk 34'
Remco van Wijk 48'
Stephan Veen 49'
Marc Delissen 61'		 Rob Short 66'
Match 4
India  3 – 3  Great Britain Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Sanjeev Kumar 4'
Mukesh Kumar 54'
Dhanraj Pillay 57'		 Calum Giles 16'
Robert Thompson 30'
Calum Giles 35'
Match 5
Belgium  0 – 4  Spain Umpires:
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Javier Arnau 1'
Javier Arnau 50'
Javier Arnau 55'
Juan Escarré 67'
Match 6
Malaysia  2 – 0  Belarus Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Donald Prior (AUS)
Mirnawan Nawawi 60'
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 67'
Match 7
Netherlands  1 – 4  India Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Taco van den Honert 34' Harpreet Singh 24'
Harpreet Singh 30'
Dhanraj Pillay 43'
Dhanraj Pillay 57'
Match 8
Great Britain  1 – 1  Canada Umpires:
Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
Peter von Reth (NED)
Robert Thompson 1' Chris Gifford 63'
Match 9
Spain  0 – 0  India Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Donald Prior (AUS)
Match 10
Netherlands  4 – 1  Malaysia Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Sergey Platonov (RUS)
Taco van den Honert 7'
Stephan Veen 11'
Stephan Veen 25'
Jacques Brinkman 31'		 Mirnawan Nawawi 63'
Match 11
Great Britain  4 – 1  Belarus Umpires:
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Richard Wolter (GER)
Jon Wyatt 3'
Calum Giles 6'
Nick Thompson 15'
Nick Thompson 61'		 Guennadi Bribovski 52'
Match 12
Canada  3 – 2  Belgium Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Peter Milkovich 7'
Peter Milkovich 22'
Rick Roberts 40'		 Marc Coudron 26'
Joeri Beunen 55'
Match 13
Malaysia  2 – 1  Canada Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Mirnawan Nawawi 27'
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 43'		 Robin D'Abreo 40'
Match 14
India  2 – 0  Belarus Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Pargat Singh 47'
Dhanraj Pillay 63'
Match 15
Spain  2 – 2  Great Britain Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Peter von Reth (NED)
Jaime Amat 43'
Juantxo García-Mauriño 56'		 Calum Giles 17'
Robert Thompson 45'
Match 16
Netherlands  9 – 4  Belgium Umpires:
Donald Prior (AUS)
Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
Maurits Crucq 4'
Stephan Veen 5'
Taco van den Honert 17'
Taco van den Honert 37'
Marc Delissen 48'
Taco van den Honert 50'
Stephan Veen 59'
Taco van den Honert 62'
Taco van den Honert 65'		 Fabian Berger 9'
Joeri Beunen 23'
Joeri Beunen 46'
Mick Beunen 54'
Match 17
India  2 – 1  Canada Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Gavin Ferreira 13'
Mukesh Kumar 37'		 Peter Milkovich 69'
Match 18
Spain  2 – 0  Malaysia Umpires:
Sergey Platonov (RUS)
Donald Prior (AUS)
Javier Escudé 57'
Antonio Iglesias 61'
Match 19
Netherlands  2 – 2  Great Britain Umpires:
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Taco van den Honert 23'
Taco van den Honert 45'		 Chris Mayer 36'
Calum Giles 68'
Match 20
Belgium  2 – 2  Belarus Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Peter von Reth (NED)
Joeri Beunen 23'
Gérald Dewamme 55'
Joeri Beunen 69'		 Dmitri Yukovski 40'
Match 21
Malaysia  2 – 3  Great Britain Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 14'
Mirnawan Nawawi 62'		 Robert Thompson 3'
Calum Giles 17'
Nick Thompson 29'
Match 22
India  4 – 2  Belgium Umpires:
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Sergey Platonov (RUS)
Pargat Singh 26'
Ramandeep Singh 32'
Pargat Singh 59'
Pargat Singh 68'		 Joeri Beunen 7'
Joeri Beunen 41'
Match 23
Spain  3 – 3  Canada Umpires:
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Jaime Amat 11'
Antonio Iglesias 41'
Javier Escudé 63'		 Marek Gacek 6'
Paul Chohan 15'
Peter Milkovich 57'
Match 24
Netherlands  4 – 0  Belarus Umpires:
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
Taco van den Honert 7'
Stephan Veen 45'
Taco van den Honert 60'
Taco van den Honert 65'
Match 25
Belgium  0 – 2  Great Britain Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Calum Giles 43'
Calum Giles 58'
Match 26
India  0 – 0  Malaysia Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Match 27
Belarus  1 – 7  Canada Umpires:
Donald Prior (AUS)
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Alexandre Boudnikov 8' Peter Milkovich 7'
Rob Short 27'
Alan Brahmst 30'
Peter Milkovich 48'
Ken Pereira 52'
Peter Milkovich 60'
John Desouza 68'
Match 28
Spain  1 – 2  Netherlands Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Javier Arnau 58' Rogier van der Wal 9'
Marc Delissen 18'

Final Rankings

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Netherlands 11 7 5 1 1 27 13 +14
2.  India 11 7 4 3 0 15 7 +8
3.  Great Britain 10 7 3 4 0 17 11 +7
4.  Spain 9 7 3 3 1 15 7 +8
5.  Malaysia 7 7 3 1 3 9 11 –2
6.  Canada 6 7 2 2 3 17 16 +1
7.  Belgium 2 7 1 0 6 12 25 –13
8.  Belarus 0 7 0 0 7 4 25 –21

Remarks

Topscorers

RANK PLAYER GOALS
1.  Taco van den Honert (NED) 12
2.  Joeri Beunen (BEL) 8
 Calum Giles (GBR)
4.  Stephan Veen (NED) 7
5.  Peter Milkovich (CAN) 6

See also