2000 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Osaka, Japan, from Thursday March 9 to Sunday March 20, 2000. Twelve nations took part, and they played a round robin divided into two groups. The top six teams joined Australia (Oceania Cup winner and hosts), Canada (Pan American Games winner), Netherlands (World Cup winner), India (Asian Games winner), Germany (European Nations Cup winner), and South Africa (All Africa Games winner).

Contents

Squads

 Belgium

  • ( 1.) Vincent Deneumostier (gk)
  • ( 3.) Collin Thibault
  • ( 4.) Thierry Renaer
  • ( 5.) Fabian Berger
  • ( 6.) Sébastien Mommens
  • ( 7.) Joeri Beunen
  • ( 8.) Philippe van Hemelen
  • ( 9.) Alexandre de Chaffoy
  • (10.) Erik Vandergracht
  • (11.) Vitali Kholopov
  • (12.) Xavier Smilovlci
  • (13.) Mick Beunen
  • (14.) Jean Willems
  • (15.) Marc Coudron
  • (16.) Yves Henet
  • (18.) Gérald Dewamme
  • (19.) Patrick Gierts
Head Coach
Alain Geens

 Japan

  • ( 1.) Jun Takahashi (gk)
  • ( 2.) Akihiko Hirata
  • ( 3.) Atsushi Takehara
  • ( 4.) Daisuke Hokaze
  • ( 5.) Akira Takahashi
  • ( 7.) Shuji Fukazawa
  • ( 8.) Kenichi Katayama
  • ( 9.) Takahiko Yamabori
  • (10.) Kotaro Iwayama
  • (11.) Shinji Iwata
  • (13.) Takoyuki Sakai
  • (14.) Naoya Iwadate
  • (15.) Naohike Tobiita
  • (16.) Yushieo Nobui
  • (18.) Akihiro Yoshioka
  • (20.) Hiroki Yoshizaki
Head Coach
unknown

 New Zealand

Head Coach
unknown

Umpires

  •  Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
  •  Xavier Adell (ESP)
  •  Murray Grime (AUS)
  •  Pedro Teixeira (POR)
  •  Amarjit Singh (MAS)
  •  Steve Horgan (USA)
  •  Peter Elders (NED)
  •  Keith Roper (ENG)
  •  Jason McCracken (NZL)
  •  John Wright (RSA)
  •  Roger St Rose (TRI)
  •  Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
  •  Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  South Korea 15 5 5 0 0 20 6 +14
2.  Poland 9 5 3 0 2 11 10 +1
3.  Japan 7 5 2 1 2 10 12 –2
4.  Great Britain 7 5 2 1 2 13 16 –3
5.  New Zealand 4 5 1 1 3 10 15 –5
6.  Belgium 1 5 0 1 4 12 17 –5
Match 1
10:05
Great Britain  4 – 2  Japan Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Murray Grime (AUS)
Calum Giles 25'
Ben Sharpe 28'
Calum Giles 29'
Calum Giles 41'		 Akira Takahashi 3'
Shuji Fukazawa 70'
Match 2
12:05
Belgium  1 – 2  South Korea Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Patrick Gierts 43' Kang Keon-Wook 57'
Hwang Jong-Hyun 59'
Match 5
10:05
Great Britain  2 – 2  New Zealand Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Tom Bertram 27'
Daniel Hall 60'		 Brett Leaver 34'
Phillip Burrows 69'
Match 6
14:05
South Korea  4 – 1  Poland Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
John Wright (RSA)
Hwang Jong-Hyun 11'
Yeo Woon-Kon 21'
Ji Seong-Hwan 61'
Song Seung-Tae 70'		 Eugeniusz Gaczkowski 42'
Match 9
10:05
New Zealand  5 – 4  Belgium Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Brett Leaver 34'
Ryan Archibald 41'
Darren Smith 44'
Umesh Parag 56'
Craig Reynold 62'		 Gérald Dewamme 7'
Erik Vandergracht 16'
Erik Vandergracht 30'
Joeri Beunen 49'
Match 10
12:35
Poland  0 – 2  Japan Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Shinji Iwata 6'
Takahiko Yamabori 58'
Match 13
12:05
Great Britain  1 – 4  South Korea Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Duncan Woods 16' Yeo Woon-Kon 18'
Kang Keon-Wook 45'
Kang Keon-Wook 46'
Kim Jung-Chul 54'
Match 17
14:05
Japan  2 – 0  New Zealand Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
John Wright (RSA)
Takahiko Yamabori 17'
Naohike Tobiita 38'
Match 18
16:05
Belgium  1 – 3  Poland Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Vitali Kholopov 51' Piotr Mikula 20'
Dariusz Malecki 33'
Zbigniew Juszczak 67'
Match 21
14:05
Japan  1 – 5  South Korea Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Shinji Iwata 24' Kim Jung-Chul 13'
Hwang Jong-Hyun 34'
Song Seong-Tae 39'
Jeon Hong-Kwon 61'
Yeo Woon-Kon 67'
Match 22
16:05
Poland  5 – 2  Great Britain Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Piotr Mikula 4'
Piotr Mikula 43'
Piotr Mikula 50'
Piotr Mikula 55'
Piotr Mikula 70'		 Calum Giles 53'
Craig Parnham 63'
Match 25
14:05
South Korea  5 – 2  New Zealand Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Peter Elders (NED)
Kang Keon-Wook 24'
Yeo Woon-Kon 30'
Jeon Jong-Ha 45'
Jeon Jong-Ha 49'
Lee Jung-Seon 59'		 Craig Reynold 44'
Bevan Hari 61'
Match 26
16:05
Great Britain  4 – 3  Belgium Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Murray Grime (AUS)
Mark Pearn 11'
Mark Pearn 26'
Ben Sharpe 49'
Danny Hall 66'		 Marc Coudron 48'
Marc Coudron 65'
Gérald Dewamme 69'
Match 29
14:05
New Zealand  1 – 2  Poland Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Ryan Archibald 56' Krzysztof Wybieralski 29'
Krzysztof Wybieralski 64'
Match 30
16:05
Belgium  3 – 3  Japan Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Alexandre de Chaffoy 1'
Joeri Beunen 8'
Erik Vandergracht 28'		 Akira Takahashi 18'
Kenichi Katayama 64'
Kenichi Katayama 66'

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 13 5 4 1 0 25 8 +17
2.  Pakistan 10 5 3 1 1 25 13 +12
3.  Argentina 7 5 2 1 2 18 16 +2
4.  Malaysia 7 5 2 1 2 18 19 –1
5.  Switzerland 6 5 2 0 3 10 16 –6
6.  Belarus 0 5 0 0 5 2 26 –24
Match 3
14:05
Spain  7 – 1  Malaysia Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Peter Elders (NED)
Juan Dinarés 12'
Eduardo Tubau 21'
Xavier Ribas 29'
Pablo Amat 32'
Xavier Ribas 38'
Pablo Amat 43'
Josep Sanchez 44'		 Kuhan Shanmuganathan 15'
Match 4
16:05
Argentina  1 – 3  Switzerland Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Keith Roper (ENG)
Jorge Lombi 55' Sacha Overhoff 25'
Christian Cavallet 67'
Sacha Overhoff 60'
Match 7
14:05
Belarus  1 – 7  Malaysia Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Peter Elders (NED)
Igor Pakhalchouk 38' Mirnawan Nawawi 5'
Kuhan Shanmuganathan 10'
Ibrahim Suhaimi 22'
Ibrahim Suhaimi 54'
Kaliswaran Muniandy 63'
Chairil Anwar Abdulaziz 66'
Ibrahim Suhaimi 69'
Match 8
16:05
Pakistan  7 – 3  Switzerland Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Keith Roper (ENG)
Kamran Ashraf 23'
Kasif Jawad 37'
Muhammad Sarwar 39'
Muhammad Anis 43'
Muhammad Anis 48'
Sohail Abbas 64'
Sohail Abbas 69'		 Thierry Grandchamp 4'
Benjamin Steinemann 20'
Olivier Bilgerig 51'
Match 11
15:05
Belarus  0 – 6  Argentina Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
John Wright (RSA)
Jorge Lombi 9'
Santiago Capurro 24'
Mario Almada 29'
Jorge Lombi 45'
Jorge Lombi 65'
Jorge Lombi 66'
Josep Sanchez 44'
Match 12
17:35
Spain  4 – 4  Pakistan Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Juan Dinarés 17'
Xavier Ribas 33'
Xavier Ribas 34'
Eduardo Tubau 62'		 Sohail Abbas 4'
Sohail Abbas 8'
Sohail Abbas 26'
Sohail Abbas 41'
Match 14
14:05
Malaysia  4 – 4  Argentina Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Murray Grime (AUS)
Chairil Anwar Abdulaziz 13'
Kuhan Shanmuganathan 33'
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 52'
Kuhan Shanmuganathan 64'		 Jorge Lombi 2'
Jorge Lombi 16'
Jorge Lombi 25'
Matias Vila 41'
Match 15
16:05
Switzerland  0 – 3  Spain Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Peter Elders (NED)
Javier Arnau 8'
Juan Dinarés 11'
Pablo Amat 21'
Match 16
12:05
Pakistan  6 – 0  Belarus Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Muhammad Nadeem 3'
Sohail Abbas 21'
Sohail Abbas 25'
Sohail Abbas 40'
Kashif Jawwad 55'
Ali Raza 69'
Match 19
10:05
Switzerland  2 – 4  Malaysia Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
John Wright (RSA)
Thierry Grandchamp 52'
Thierry Grandchamp 67'		 Keevan Raj Kalikavandan 21'
Kuhan Shanmuganathan 47'
Mirnawan Nawawi 54'
Ibrahim Suhaimi 64'
Match 20
12:05
Argentina  3 – 6  Spain Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Keith Roper (ENG)
Matias Vila 35'
Rodrigo Vila 44'
Jorge Lombi 47'		 Josep Sanchez 6'
Pol Amat 50'
Eduardo Tubau 55'
Eduardo Tubau 58'
Pol Amat 65'
Javier Arnau 70'
Match 23
10:05
Malaysia  2 – 5  Pakistan Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Keith Roper (ENG)
Mirnawan Nawawi 48'
Kuhan Shanmuganathan 64'		 Muhammad Nadeem 22'
Kashif Jawwad 40'
Muhammad Sarwar 61'
Muhammad Nadeem 63'
Imran Yousaf 67'
Match 24
12:05
Spain  5 – 0  Belarus Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Juan Dinarés 2'
Eduardo Tubau 24'
Pol Amat 28'
Francisco Fábregas 42'
Josep Sanchez 69'
Match 27
10:05
Pakistan  3 – 4  Argentina Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Sohail Abbas 11'
Muhammad Anis 33'
Muhammad Nadeem 67'		 Jorge Lombi 18'
Maximo Pellegrino 23'
Santiago Capurro 31'
Santiago Capurro 46'
Match 28
12:05
Belarus  1 – 2  Switzerland Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Keith Roper (ENG)
Stepan Klimovich 23' Olivier Bilgerig 13'
Thierry Grandchamp 27'

Play-offs

Match 31
5th/8th place
10:05
Great Britain  3 – 1  Argentina Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Danny Hall 8'
Calum Giles 15'
Calum Giles 42'		 Maximo Pellegrino 58'
Match 32
5th/8th place
12:35
Japan  1 – 2  Malaysia Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Keith Roper (ENG)
Daisuke Hokaze 6' Ibrahim Suhaimi 29'
Kuhan Shanmuganathan 65'


Match 33
1st/4th place
15:05
South Korea  1 – 3  Pakistan Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
John Wright (RSA)
Jeon Jong-Ha 44' Sohail Abbas 52'
Haider Hussain 64'
Haider Hussain 70'
Match 34
1st/4th place
17:35
Poland  1 – 4  Spain Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Arthur Mikula 61' Pol Amat 37'
Pol Amat 41'
Javier Arnau 53'
Pablo Usoz 57'
Match 35
9th/12th place
10:05
New Zealand  6 – 3  Belarus Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Umesh Parag 4'
Phillip Burrows 25'
Craig Reynold 28'
Craig Reynold 31'
Brett Leaver 50'
Mitesh Patel 69'		 Igor Voityuk 44'
Stepan Klimovich 25'
Igor Voityuk 61'
Match 36
9th/12th place
12:35
Belgium  6 – 1  Switzerland Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Joeri Beunen 13'
Erik Vandergracht 17'
Joeri Beunen 24'
Fabian Berger 54'
Jean Collin 68'
Joeri Beunen 70'		 Xavier Peny 30'


Match 37
7th place
15:05
Japan  0 – 1  Argentina Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Keith Roper (ENG)
Maximo Pellegrino 15'
Match 38
5th place
17:35
Great Britain  2 – 1  Malaysia Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
John Wright (RSA)
Calum Giles 46'
Stuart Head 61'		 Mirnawan Nawawi 70'
Match 39
11th place
10:05
Switzerland  4 – 1  Belarus Umpires:
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Benjamin Steinemann 28'
Thierry Grandchamp 47'
Thierry Grandchamp 56'
Xavier Peny 59'		 Stepan Klimovich 48'
Match 40
9th place
12:35
Belgium  1 – 0  New Zealand Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Joeri Beunen 22'
Match 41
3rd place
15:05
South Korea  2 – 1  Poland Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Peter Elders (NED)
Hwang Jong-Hyun 13'
Kang Keon-Wook 27'		 Rafal Grotowski 67'
Match 42
1st place
17:35
Pakistan  2 – 3  Spain Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Murray Grime (AUS)
Sohail Abbas 43'
Sohail Abbas 70'		 Eduardo Tubau 17'
Xavier Ribas 34'
Javier Arnau 57'

Final ranking

RANK TEAM
1.  Spain
2.  Pakistan
3.  South Korea
4.  Poland
5.  Great Britain
6.  Malaysia
7.  Argentina
8.  Japan
9.  Belgium
10.  New Zealand
11.  Switzerland
12.  Belarus

Remarks

Topscorers

RANK PLAYER GOALS
1.  Sohail Abbas (PAK) 13

See also

References