1997 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier

The sixth Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier for the World Cup in Utrecht, The Netherlands was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Tuesday March 4 to Saturday March 15, 1997. Twelve nations took part, and they were divided into two groups of six in the preliminary round. The top six teams joined the other six that have already qualified: Australia, England, Germany, India, Netherlands, and Pakistan.

Contents

Squads

 Argentina

    • (15.) Andrés Castelli
    • (16.) Eduardo Peralta
    • Head Coach
unknown

 Belarus

    • ( 1.) Edouard Gordich
    • ( 2.) Dmitry Youkovskyi
    • ( 3.) Sergey Drozdov
    • ( 4.) Leonid Onyouk
    • ( 5.) Igor Voytiouk
    • ( 6.) Alexandre Mankovskyi
    • ( 7.) Alexandre Boudnikov
    • ( 8.) Andrey Tcheboharev
    • ( 9.) Vladimir Kachkar
    • (10.) Nikolay Sankovets
    • (11.) Stepan Klimovitch
    • (12.) Yuriy Korotchenho
    • (13.) Albert Vintskevich
    • (14.) Igor Pakhalchuk
    • (15.) Igor Tsarev
    • (16.) Valentinas Vachkis
    • Head Coach
unknown

 Belgium

    • ( 1.) Vincent Deneumostier (gk)
    • ( 2.) Hugues Ciselet
    • ( 3.) John Toussaint
    • ( 4.) Thierry Renaer
    • ( 5.) Maximilien Willems
    • ( 6.) Sebastien Mommens
    • ( 7.) Joeri Beunen
    • ( 8.) Philippe van Hemelen
    • ( 9.) Alexandre de Chaffoy
    • (10.) Michel Kinnen
    • (11.) Gérald Dewamme
    • (12.) Patrick Pille
    • (13.) Mick Beunen
    • (14.) Jean Willems
    • (15.) Marc Coudron
    • (16.) Yves Henet (gk)
    • Head Coach
unknown

 Canada

    • Head Coach
Shiaz Virjee

 Ireland

    • ( 1.) Ivan Bateman (gk)
    • ( 2.) Nigel Henderson
    • ( 3.) Neil Cooke
    • ( 4.) Alan Dowd
    • ( 5.) Alastair Dunne
    • ( 6.) Colin Hade
    • ( 7.) Chris Jackson
    • ( 8.) Erroll Lutton
    • ( 9.) David McAnulty
    • (10.) Mark Irwin
    • (11.) Gregg Ian Sterritt
    • (12.) Julian Stevenson
    • (13.) Robert Taylor
    • (14.) Lee Tumilty
    • (15.) Mark Tumilty
    • (16.) Daniel Clarke
    • Head Coach
unknown

 Malaysia

    • ( 1.) Paul Lopez
    • ( 2.) Singh Maninderijt
    • ( 3.) Lailin Abu Hassan
    • ( 4.) Singh Kerpal
    • ( 5.) Abdul Rahman Shaiful Azli
    • ( 6.) Nor Azian Haji Bakar
    • ( 7.) Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
    • ( 8.) Lam Mun Fatt
    • ( 9.) Shanker Ramu
    • (10.) Nor Saiful Nasiruddin
    • (11.) Kaliswaran Muniandy
    • (12.) Singh Aphthar
    • (13.) Mirnawan Nawawi
    • (14.) Mohammed Nizam Nordin
    • (15.) Arul Selvaraj Anthonisamy
    • (16.) Ahmad Suffian
    • Head Coach
unknown

 New Zealand

    • Head Coach
Jim Cahill

 Poland

    • ( 1.) Paweł Sobczak (gk)
    • ( 2.) Slawomir Lukaszewski
    • ( 3.) Paweł Jakubiak
    • ( 4.) Dariusz Małecki
    • ( 5.) Maciej Matuszynski
    • ( 6.) Tomasz Szmidt
    • ( 7.) Robert Grzeszczak
    • ( 8.) Zbigniew Juszczak
    • ( 9.) Marcin Nyckowiak
    • (10.) Rafał Grotowski
    • (11.) Karol Podzorski
    • (12.) Marcin Pobuta (gk)
    • (13.) Krzysztof Wybieralski
    • (14.) Lukasz Wybieralski
    • (15.) Piotr Mikula
    • (16.) Tomasz Cichy
    • Head Coach
Mariusz Kubiak

 South Africa

    • ( 1.) Brian Myburgh (gk)
    • ( 2.) Gregor Maier (gk)
    • ( 3.) Shaun Cooke
    • ( 4.) Craig Jackson
    • ( 5.) Craig Fulton
    • ( 6.) Bradley Michalaro
    • ( 7.) Gregg Clark
    • ( 8.) Gary Boddington
    • ( 9.) Wayne Denne
    • (10.) Mike Cullen
    • (11.) Kevin Chree
    • (12.) Grant Fulton
    • (13.) Greg Nicol
    • (14.) Matthew Hallowes
    • (15.) Grant Von Mayer
    • (16.) Brenton Key
    • Head Coach
unknown

 Korea

    • ( 1.) Koo Jin-Soo (gk)
    • ( 2.) Ji Seung-Hwan
    • ( 3.) Han Beung-Kook
    • ( 4.) Han Hyung-Bae
    • ( 5.) Cho Myung-Jun
    • ( 6.) Jeon Jong-Ha
    • ( 7.) Hong Kyung-Seon
    • ( 8.) Shin Seok-Kyo
    • ( 9.) Song Seung-Tae
    • (10.) Kang Keon-Wook
    • (11.) Jeong Yong-Kyun
    • (12.) Lee Young-Hwang
    • (13.) Kim Jung-Chul
    • (14.) Yoo Mun-Ki
    • Head Coach
unknown

 Spain

    • Head Coach
Toni Forrellat

 Switzerland

    • ( 1.) Roger Thoma
    • ( 2.) Adrian Berger
    • ( 3.) Christian Arnold
    • ( 4.) Reto Muggli
    • ( 5.) Matthias Conz
    • ( 6.) Stefan Bircher
    • ( 7.) Daniel Pfister
    • ( 8.) Benjamin Steinemann
    • ( 9.) Alex Wintenberger
    • (10.) Toni Haberthur
    • (11.) Patrick Stutz
    • (12.) Olivier Bilgerig
    • (13.) Andy Gasser
    • (14.) Thierry Grandchamp
    • (15.) Christian Cavallet
    • (16.) Hugo Lessert
    • Head Coach
unknown

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 15 5 5 0 0 14 4 +10
2.  Poland 9 5 3 0 2 16 16 0
3.  Malaysia 7 5 2 1 2 16 16 0
4.  Canada 6 5 2 0 3 13 15 –2
5.  Switzerland 5 5 1 2 3 11 15 –4
6.  South Africa 1 5 0 1 4 13 17 –4
1997-03-04
Malaysia  4 – 5  Poland Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Peter von Reth (NED)
Mirnawan Nawawi 11'
Kaliswaran Muniandy 19'
Mirnawan Nawawi 66'
Mirnawan Nawawi 70'		 Marcin Nyckowiak 12'
Slawomir Lukaszewski 16' (pc)
Karol Podzorski 24'
Maciej Matuszynski 59'
Robert Grzeszczak 69'
1997-03-05
Switzerland  1 – 4  Spain Umpires:
Nor Piza Hassan (MAS)
Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
Benjamin Steinemann 64' (pc) Javier Arnau 22' (pc)
Narcis Ventallo 35'
Javier Arnau 45'
Javier Arnau 63'
1997-03-05
Canada  5 – 4  South Africa Umpires:
Eric Denis (BEL)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Marek Gacek 28'
Andrew Griffiths 52'
Peter Milkovich 65'
Chris Gifford 67' (pc)
Andrew Griffiths 69'		 Greg Nicol 17' (pc)
Greg Nicol 19'
Gregg Clark 47' (pc)
Mike Cullen 49'
1997-03-06
Poland  0 – 1  Spain Umpires:
Nor Piza Hassan (MAS)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Javier Arnau 23'
1997-03-06
Canada  1 – 4  Malaysia Umpires:
Nirut Woningang (THA)
Ray O'Connor (IRL).
Rob Short 35' Abdul Rahman Shaiful Azli 49' (pc)
Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz 52' (pc)
Arul Selvaraj Anthonisamy 59'
Abdul Rahman Shaiful Azli 67'
1997-03-06
South Africa  2 – 2  Switzerland Umpires:
Steven Horgan (USA)
Zaidi Irfan (PAK)
Gary Boddington 7'
Greg Nicol 11'		 Olivier Bilgerig 65'
Olivier Bilgerig 67' (pc)
1997-03-07
Spain  2 – 0  Canada Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Edmundo Saladinon (ARG)
Javier Arnau 12'
Javier Arnau 65'
1997-03-08
Malaysia  4 – 3  South Africa Umpires:
Eric Denis (BEL)
Nirut Woningang (THA)
scorers unknown scorers unknown
1997-03-08
Switzerland  3 – 5  Poland Umpires:
Nor Piza Hassan (Mal)
Peter von Reth (NED)
scorers unknown scorers unknown
1997-03-09
Malaysia  2 – 2  Switzerland Umpires:
Zaidi Irfan (PAK)
Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz 44'
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 55' (pc)		 Olivier Bilgerig 58'
Benjamin Steinemann 69' (pc)
1997-03-10
Poland  2 – 5  Canada Umpires:
Eric Denis (BEL)
Steven Horgan (USA)
Piotr Mikula 7'
Slawomir Lukaszewski 69' (pc)		 Peter Milkovich 10' (ps)
Chris Gifford 17'
Ken Pereira 28'
Rob Short 39'
Rob Short 54'
1997-03-10
South Africa  1 – 2  Spain Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Gregg Clark 30' (pc) Pablo Usoz 13' (pc)
Juan Escarré 67'
1997-03-11
Switzerland  3 – 2  Canada Umpires:
Nor Piza Hassan (MAS)
Nirut Woningang (THA)
Christian Cavallet 40' (pc)
Thierry Grandchamp 42'
Benjamin Steinemann 70'		 Marek Gacek 49' (pc)
Peter Milkovich 61' (pc)
1997-03-11
South Africa  3 – 4  Poland Umpires:
Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
Zaidi Irfan (PAK)
Greg Nicol 6'
Greg Nicol 23' (pc)
Gary Boddington 49'		 Karol Podzorski 7'
Karol Podzorski 28'
Krzysztof Wybieralski 34'
Krzysztof Wybieralski 66'
1997-03-11
Spain  5 – 2  Malaysia Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
Eric Denis (BEL)
Juan Escarré 6'
Jordi Casas 47' (pc)
Jordi Casas 60' (pc)
Javier Arnau 65' (ps)
Juan Escarré 66'		 Abdul Rahman Shaiful Azli 8' (pc)
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 21' (pc)

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Korea 13 5 4 1 0 18 10 +8
2.  New Zealand 10 5 3 1 1 10 5 +5
3.  Argentina 9 5 3 0 2 22 11 +11
4.  Belgium 7 5 2 1 2 15 16 –1
5.  Ireland 4 5 1 1 3 7 17 –10
6.  Belarus 0 5 0 0 5 10 23 –13
1997-03-04
Belgium  2 – 1  Ireland Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Steven Horgan (USA)
Joeri Beunen 3' (pc)
Gérald Dewamme 61'		 Alastair Dunne 51' (pc)
1997-03-04
New Zealand  3 – 1  Argentina Umpires:
Garth Proudfoot (RSA)
John Wright (RSA)
John Radovonich 10'
Richard Tattershaw 26' (pc)
Umesh Parag 36'		 Jorge Lombi 14' (pc)
1997-03-04
Korea  4 – 2  Belarus Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Surjit Singh (MAS)
Kang Keon-Wook 13'
Shin Seok-Kyo 19'
Jeong Yong-Kyun 34' (pc)
Yoo Mun-Ki 38'		 Stepan Klimovitch 14'
Yuriy Korotchenho 60'
1997-03-05
New Zealand  2 – 0  Belarus Umpires:
Zaidi Irfan (PAK)
Andrez Budasz (POL)
John Radovonich 13'
Richard Tattershaw 51' (pc)
1997-03-05
Ireland  1 – 3  Korea Umpires:
Nirut Woningang (THA)
Steven Horgan (USA)
Julian Stevenson 62' Song Seung-Tae 44'
Song Seung-Tae 49'
Song Seung-Tae 69'
1997-03-06
Argentina  3 – 1  Belgium Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
Surjit Singh (MAS)
Jorge Lombi 21'
Rodolfo Pérez 37'
Santiago Capurro 50'		 Alexandre de Chaffoy 26'
1997-03-07
Argentina  9 – 1  Ireland Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Andrez Budasz (POL)
Carlos Geneyro 11'
Rodolfo Pérez 24'
Santiago Capurro 34'
Jorge Lombi 42' (ps)
Santiago Capurro 45'
Jorge Lombi 46' (pc)
Eduardo Peralta 53'
Carlos Geneyro 56' (pc)
Germán Orozco 58'		 Neil Cooke 50' (pc)
1997-03-07
Korea  2 – 1  New Zealand Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
John Wright (RSA).
Kang Keon-Wook 25'
Shin Seok-Kyo 45'		 Brett Leaver 40' (pc)
1997-03-07
Belarus  5 – 7  Belgium Umpires:
Garth Proudfoot (RSA)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Alexandre Boudnikov 33'
Yuri Korotchenho 56'
Dmitri Youkovski 59'
Vladimir Kachkar 62' (pc)
Nikolay Sankovets 66'		 Marc Coudron 3'
Gérald Dewamme 15'
Joeri Beunen 19'
Alexandre de Chaffoy 34'
Jean Willems 49'
Joeri Beunen 54' (pc)
Jean Willems 57'
1997-03-09
Ireland  1 – 1  New Zealand Umpires:
Surjit Singh (MAS) en Garth Proudfoot (RSA).
Robert Taylor 57' (pc) Jamie Smith 42'
1997-03-09
Belarus  1 – 7  Argentina Umpires:
Wen-Yaw Chang (TPE)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Dmitri Youkovski 5' (pc) Rodolfo Pérez 13' (pc0
Maximiliano Caldas 20' (pc)
Carlos Geneyro 23'
Santiago Capurro 51'
Santiago Capurro 52'
Santiago Capurro 55'
Carlos Geneyro 68'
1997-03-09
Belgium  4 – 4  Korea Umpires:
Andrez Budasz (POL)
John Wright (RSA)
Joeri Beunen 2' (pc)
Philippe van Hemelen 11' (pc)
Jean Willems 60' (ps)
Joeri Beunen 64' (pc)		 Song Seung-Tae 5'
Kang Keon-Wook 23'
Shin Seok-Kyo 24' (pc)
Kang Keon-Wook 29'
1997-03-10
Belarus  2 – 3  Ireland Umpires:
Andrez Budasz (POL)
Garth Proudfoot (RSA)
Dmitri Youkovski 6' (pc)
Nikolay Sankovets 28'		 Daniel Clarke 10'
David McAnulty 59'
Julian Stevenson 60'
1997-03-10
New Zealand  3 – 1  Belgium Umpires:
Wen-Yaw Chang (TPE)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
John Radovonich 63'
John Radovonich 67'
John Radovonich 69'		 Alexandre de Chaffoy 3'
1997-03-11
Korea  5 – 2  Argentina Umpires:
Wen-Yaw Chang (TPE)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Hong Kyung-Seon 2'
Song Seung-Tae 13'
Kang Keon-Wook 24'
Kang Keon-Wook 34'
Song Seung-Tae 43'		 Carlos Geneyro 28' (pc)
Rodolfo Pérez 42' (pc)

Semi finals

9th/12th place
1997-03-13
South Africa  4 – 0  Ireland Umpires:
unknown
Greg Nicol 28'
Mike Cullen 43'
Craig Fulton 65'
Greg Nicol 66'
9th/12th place
1997-03-13
Switzerland  2 – 0  Belarus Umpires:
unknown
Patrick Stutz 18'
Alex Wintenberger 31'
5th/8th place
1997-03-13
Canada  2 – 0  Argentina Umpires:
unknown
Peter Milkovich 5'
Peter Milkovich 42' (ps)
5th/8th place
1997-03-13
Malaysia  3 – 0  Belgium Umpires:
unknown
Abdul Rahman Shaiful Azli 42' (pc)
Abdul Rahman Shaiful Azli 66' (pc)
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 69'
1st/4th place
1997-03-13
Spain  5 – 1  New Zealand Umpires:
unknown
Javier Arnau 3'
Javier Arnau 6' (pc)
Juan Escarré 13'
Victor Pujol 60' (pc)
Jordi Casas 68' (pc)		 Ken Robinson 30'
1st/4th place
1997-03-13
Poland  0 – 1  Korea Umpires:
unknown
Song Seung-Tae 37'

Finals

11th place
1997-03-14
Belarus  2 – 1  Ireland Umpires:
unknown
Vladimir Kachkar 13' (pc)
Igor Tsarev 29'		 Julian Stevenson 43'
9th place
1997-03-14
South Africa  3 – 2  Switzerland Umpires:
unknown
Mike Cullen 5'
Greg Nicol 32'
Brenton Key 52' (pc)		 Stefan Bircher 41' (pc)
Christian Cavallet 53'
7th place
1997-03-14
Argentina  2 – 1  Belgium Umpires:
unknown
Rodolfo Pérez 10'
Santiago Capurro 62'		 Philippe van Hemelen 45'
5th place
1997-03-14
Malaysia  1 – 3  Canada Umpires:
unknown
Kaliswaran Muniandy 23' Peter Milkovich 2' (pc)
Andrew Griffiths 29' (pc)
Robin d'Abreo 31'
3rd place
1997-03-15
Poland  0 – 3  New Zealand Umpires:
unknown
John Radovonich 22'
John Radovonich 26'
Ken Robinson 54'
1st place
1997-03-15
Korea  2 – 3 [aet]  Spain Umpires:
unknown
Song Seung-Tae 23'
Kang Keon-Wook 28'		 Jordi Casas 22' (pc)
Javier Arnau 54'
Pablo Amat 81'

Final ranking

RANK TEAM
1.  Spain
2.  Korea
3.  New Zealand
4.  Poland
5.  Canada
6.  Malaysia
7.  Argentina
8.  Belgium
9.  South Africa
10.  Switzerland
11.  Belarus
12.  Ireland

Remarks

See also

References