2004 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the two artificial pitches of Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain, from March 2 until 13 2004. Twelve nations took part, and they played a round robin in two groups of six. The top six or seven teams – depending the protest of Greece (see later on) – joined Australia (Oceania Cup winner), Argentina (Pan American Games winner), South Korea (Asian Games winner), Germany (European Nations Cup winner) and Egypt (All Africa Games winner).

Contents

Team squads

 Belgium

(1.) Cédric Degreve (gk), (2.) Xavier Reckinger, (4.) Thierry Renaer, (5.) Xavier-Charles Letier, (6.) Loïc Vandeweghe, (7.) Jean-Philippe Brulé, (8.) Thomas Van Den Balck, (9.) Maxime Luycx, (10.) Mike Dewever, (11.) Charles Vandeweghe, (12.) Dennis Dijkshoorn, (13.) Gilles Petre, (14.) Phillippe Goldberg, (15.) Marc Coudron , (16.) Xavier Brooke, (17.) Manu Leroy (gk), and (18.) Patrice Houssein. Head Coach: Gilles Bonnet.

 Canada

(1.) Bindi Kullar, (2.) Mike Mahood (gk), (3.) Mike Oliver, (5.) Robin D'Abreo, (6.) Steve Davis, (9.) Ken Pereira, (10.) Wayne Fernandes, (11.) Peter Short, (12.) David Jameson, (13.) Rob Short , (14.) Ronnie Jagday, (15.) Sean Campbell, (16.) Scott Sandison, (18.) Paul Wettlaufer, (20.) Ranjeev Deol, (21.) Ravi Kahlon, (24.) Connor Grimes, and (29.) Jon MacKinnon. Head Coach: Gene Muller.

 Great Britain

(1.) Simon Mason (gk), (2.) Jimi Lewis (gk), (3.) Jason Collins, (4.) Russell Garcia, (6.) Craig Parnham, (7.) Niall Stott, (8.) Tom Bertram, (9.) Mark Pearn, (10.) Jimmy Wallis, (11.) Brett Garrard , (12.) Ben Hawes, (13.) Daniel Hall, (14.) Michael Johnson, (15.) Martin Jones, (18.) Barry Middleton, (19.) Graham Dunlop, and (22.) Graham Moodie. Head Coach: Jason Lee.

 India

(1.) Devesh Chauhan (gk), (2.) Kanwalpreet Singh, (3.) Dilip Tirkey , (4.) Baljit Singh Saini, (5.) Bimal Lakra, (6.) Ignace Tirkey, (8.) Deepak Thakur, (10.) Baljit Singh Dhillon, (11.) Gagan Ajit Singh, (12.) Len Aiyappa, (14.) Prabjoth Singh, (15.) Daljit Singh Dhillon, (18.) Viren Rasquinha, (20.) William Xalxo, (23.) Arjun Halappa, (26.) Bhowath Chetri (gk), and (28.) Sandeel Michael. Head Coach: Rajinder Singh.

 Japan

(1.) Takahiko Yamabori, (2.) Naoya Iwadate, (3.) Kenji Asai, (4.) Makoto Karuo, (5.) Ryuji Furasato, (6.) Akira Takahashi, (7.) Kenichi Katayama , (8.) Naohiko Tobita, (9.) Kazuyuki Ozawa, (10.) Atsushi Takehara, (11.) Daisuke Hokaze, (12.) Akihiko Hirata, (14.) Mitsuru Ito, (15.) Jun Takahashi (gk), (16.) Yasuhiro Nobui (gk), (19.) Yasuhiro Kikkawa, and (21.) Kazuo Yoshida. Head Coach: Yoshinori Takahashi.

 Malaysia

(1.) Roslan Jamaluddin (gk), (2.) Muhamad Amin Rahim, (3.) Chua Boon Huat, (4.) Lugan Kali, (5.) Kuhan Shanmuganathan , (6.) Nor Azlan Bakar, (7.) Gobinathan Krishnamurthy, (8.) Jiwa Mohan, (9.) Mohammed Madzli Ikmar, (10.) Tajol Rosli Mohamed, (11.) Mohamed Rodhanizam Radzi, (12.) Keevan Raj Kalikavandan, (13.) Ismail Abu, (14.) Azlan Misron, (15.) Norazlan Rahim, (16.) Kumar Subramamiam (gk), (17.) Shanker Shanmugam, and (18.) Mohammed Sukri Abdul. Head Coach: Paul Lissek.

 Netherlands

(1.) Guus Vogels (gk), (2.) Bram Lomans, (3.) Geert-Jan Derikx, (4.) Erik Jazet, (5.) Rob Derikx, (6.) Floris Evers, (7.) Sander van der Weide), (8.) Ronald Brouwer, (9.) Piet-Hein Geeris, (10.) Taeke Taekema, (12.) Jeroen Delmee , (13.) Klaas Veering (gk), (14.) Teun de Nooijer, (15.) Karel Klaver, (18.) Rob Reckers, (19.) Matthijs Brouwer, (21.) Nick Meijer, and (22.) Egbert Ho. Head Coach: Terry Walsh.

 New Zealand

(1.) Simon Towns , (2.) Mitesh Patel, (3.) David Kosoof, (4.) Darren Smith, (5.) Wayne McIndoe, (6.) Dion Gosling, (7.) Blair Hopping, (8.) Dean Couzins, (10.) Ryan Archibald, (11.) Umesh Parag, (13.) Dharmesh Puna, (16.) Paul Woolford (gk), (17.) Kyle Pontifex (gk), (18.) Phillip Burrows, (19.) Hayden Shaw, (20.) James Nation, (22.) Lloyd Stephenson, and (24.) Gareth Brooks. Head Coach: Kevin Towns.

 Pakistan

(1.) Ahmed Alam (gk), (2.) Muhammad Nadeem , (3.) Kashif Jawwad, (4.) Ghazanfar Ali, (5.) Muhammad Saqlain, (6.) Waseem Ahmad, (7.) Dilawar Hussain, (8.) Rehan Butt, (9.) Sohail Abbas, (10.) Ali Raza, (11.) Shabbir Hussain, (12.) Salman Akbar (gk), (13.) Mudassar Ali Khan, (14.) Muhammad Sarwar, (15.) Zeeshan Ashraf, (16.) Shakeel Abbasi, and (17.) Adnan Maqsood. Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans.

 Poland

(1.) Marcin Trzaskawka (gk), (2.) Tomasz Dutkiewicz, (3.) Miroslaw Juszczak, (5.) Miroslaw Kluczynski, (6.) Sebastian Wladysiak, (7.) Marcin Grotowski, (8.) Zbigniew Juszczak, (9.) Dariusz Rachwalski, (11.) Marcin Nyckowiak, (12.) Arkadiusz Matuszak (gk), (13.) Slawomir Choczaj, (14.) Tomasz Choczaj, (15.) Piotr Mikula , (16.) Artur Mikula, (17.) Tomasz Gorny, (18.) Tomasz Marcinkowski, and (20.) Krzystof Kmiec. Head Coach: Jerzy Jóskowiak.

 South Africa

(1.) David Staniforth (gk), (3.) Ken Forbes, (4.) Craig Jackson , (5.) Craig Fulton, (6.) Bruce Jacobs, (7.) Gregg Clark, (8.) Iain Evans, (9.) Emile Smith, (11.) Clyde Abrahams, (13.) Steve Evans, (14.) Eric Rose-Innes, (16.) Marvin Bam, (17.) Reece Basson, (18.) Wayne Denne, (19.) Chris Hibbert (gk), (22.) Ian Symons, (25.) Ryan Ravenscroft, and (29.) Greg Nicol. Head Coach: Paul Revington.

 Spain

(1.) Bernardino Herrera (gk), (2.) Santi Freixa, (4.) Marc Garcia-Cascon, (5.) Francisco "Kiko" Fábregas , (6.) Miquel Codina, (7.) Juan Escarré, (8.) Alex Fábregas, (9.) Pablo Amat, (10.) Eduardo Tubau, (12.) Alberto Esteban, (13.) Ramón Alegre, (14.) Josep Sánchez, (15.) Víctor Sojo, (16.) Xavier Ribas, (17.) Albert Sala, (18.) Rodrigo Garza, (22.) Francisco Cortes (gk), and (23.) David Alegre. Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks.

Standings

Pool A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Netherlands 13 5 4 1 0 23 6 +17
2.  Spain 13 5 4 1 0 18 5 +13
3.  Great Britain 6 5 2 0 3 9 7 +2
4.  South Africa 6 5 2 0 3 10 14 –4
5.  Poland 4 5 1 1 3 6 21 –15
6.  Japan 1 5 0 1 4 9 22 –13

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

Match 1
12:00
South Africa  1–5 (1–1)  Netherlands Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
Match 3
14:00
Poland  2–1 (0–0)  Great Britain Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Match 5
16:00
Spain  6–1 (3–1)  Japan Umpires:
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Match 7
14:00
Japan  4–4 (2–3)  Poland Umpires:
Philip Schellekens (NED)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Match 8
16:00
South Africa  1–2 (1–1)  Spain Umpires:
Christian Bläsch (GER)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Match 9
18:00
Netherlands  3–0 (2–0)  Great Britain Umpires:
Juan Requena (ESP)
John Wright (RSA)
Match 13
14:00
Japan  0–1 (0–1)  Great Britain Umpires:
Philip Schellekens (NED)
Faiz Muhammad Faizi (PAK)
Match 14
16:00
Spain  2–2 (1–2)  Netherlands Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Match 15
18:00
Poland  0–6 (0–4)  South Africa Umpires:
Juan Requena (ESP)
Pedro Texeira (POR)
Match 19
12:00
Great Britain  1–2 (0–0)  Spain Umpires:
Christian Bläsch (GER)
Pedro Texeira (POR)
Match 20
14:00
South Africa  2–1 (0–1)  Japan Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
Match 21
16:00
Netherlands  4–0 (2–0)  Poland Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Juan Requena (ESP)
Match 26
12:30
Japan  3–9 (1–2)  Netherlands Umpires:
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Match 28
14:30
South Africa  0–6 (0–3)  Great Britain Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Match 29
16:00
Spain  6–0 (4–0)  Poland Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Faiz Muhammad Faizi (PAK)

Pool B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Pakistan 13 5 4 1 0 15 6 +9
2.  India 10 5 3 1 1 17 13 +4
3.  New Zealand 7 5 2 1 2 8 10 –2
4.  Belgium 6 5 1 3 1 7 8 –1
5.  Malaysia 4 5 1 1 3 7 10 –3
6.  Canada 1 5 0 1 4 12 19 –7
Match 2
12:30
New Zealand  1–0 (1–0)  Malaysia Umpires:
Faiz Muhammad Faizi (PAK)
John Wright (RSA)
Hayden Shaw 3' (pc)
Match 4
14:30
Pakistan  4–2 (0–0)  Canada Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Match 6
18:00
India  1–1 (0–0)  Belgium Umpires:
Christian Bläsch (GER)
Pedro Texeira (POR)
Match 10
14:00
Belgium  0–2 (0–0)  Pakistan Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Match 11
16:00
Malaysia  3–5 (2–3)  India Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
Match 12
18:00
Canada  2–4 (0–2)  New Zealand Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Match 16
12:00
New Zealand  2–2 (2–1)  Belgium Umpires:
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Match 17
14:00
Canada  2–3 (1–2)  Malaysia Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
David Gentles (AUS)
Match 18
16:00
Pakistan  5–3 (3–1)  India Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Match 22
12:00
Belgium  2–2 (1–2)  Canada Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Match 23
14:00
India  2–0 (1–0)  New Zealand Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Match 24
16:00
Malaysia  0–0 (0–0)  Pakistan Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Christian Bläsch (GER)
Match 25
12:00
Canada  4–6 (0–4)  India Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Philip Schellekens (NED)
Match 27
14:00
Belgium  2–1 (1–1)  Malaysia Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Match 30
18:00
New Zealand  1–4 (1–2)  Pakistan Umpires:
Pedro Texeira (POR)
John Wright (RSA)

Play-offs

Thursday March 11, 2004

5th/8th place
11:30
Match 31
Belgium  1–2 (1–2)  Great Britain Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Marc Coudron 33' Barry Middleton 7'
Tom Bertram 8'
9th/12th place
12:30
Match 32
Poland  2–1 (1–0)  Canada Umpires:
Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Zbigniew Juszczak 22'
Zbigniew Juszczak 37'		 Wayne Fernandes 46'
5th/8th place
14:00
Match 33
New Zealand  3–2 (1–2)  South Africa Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Christian Bläsch (GER)
Hayden Shaw 16'
Hayden Shaw 40'
Gareth Brooks 41'		 Greg Nicol 6'
Greg Nicol 32'
9th/12th place
15:00
Match 34
Malaysia  3–2 (1–1)  Japan Umpires:
Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Gobinathan Krishnamurthy 13'
Kuhan Shanmuganathan 42'
Azlan Misron 49'		 Takahiko Yamabori 28'
Kazuyuki Ozawa 38'
1st/4th place
16:30
Match 35
Netherlands  4–2 (2–1)  India Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Richard Wolter (GER)
Taeke Taekema 13'
Taeke Taekema 34'
Matthijs Brouwer 47'
Matthijs Brouwer 65'		 Gagan Ajit Singh 30'
Deepak Thakur 42'
1st/4th place
19:00
Match 36
Pakistan  2–3 (1–1)  Spain Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (GBR)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Shakeel Abassi 30'
Mudassar Ali Khan 67'		 Eduardo Tubau 14'
Eduardo Tubau 39'
Santi Freixa 68'

Friday March 12, 2004

11th/12th place
12:00
Match 37
Canada  3–2 (2–0)  Japan Umpires:
Mohammed Faizi (PAK)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Connor Grimes 8'
Ravi Kahlon 29'
Ken Pereira 40'		 Ryuji Furusato 42'
Naohito Tobita 70'
9th/10th place
14:30
Match 38
Poland  4–2 (1–1)  Malaysia Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Pedro Texeira (POR)
Tomasz Choczaj 20'
Dariusz Rachwalski 41'
Slawomir Choczaj 50'
Krzystof Kmiec 60'		 Boon Huat Chua 29'
Tajol Rosli Mohamed 39'
5th/6th place
17:00
Match 39
Great Britain  3–2 (1–0)  New Zealand Umpires:
Philip Schellekens (NED)
Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
Ben Hawes 27'
Graham Dunlop 43'
Russell Garcia 46'		 David Kosoof 49'
Ryan Archibald 62'

Saturday March 13, 2004

7th/8th place
12:00
Match 40
Belgium  2–2 (2–1)  South Africa Umpires:
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Christian Bläsch (GER)
Charles Vandeweghe 2'
Jean-Philippe Brulé 9'		 Iain Evans 14'
Gregg Clark 70'
Penalty Strokes
Jean-Philippe Brulé Y
Marc Coudron Y
Maxime Luyckx N
Gilles Petre Y
Xavier Reckinger N
---
Jean-Philippe Brulé N		 3–4 Y Greg Nicol
Y Ian Symons
NWayne Denne
NSteve Evans
Y Craig Fulton
---
Y Ian Symons
3rd/4th place
14:30
Match 41
India  2–4 (1–1)  Pakistan Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (GBR)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Prabjoth Singh 22'
Gagan Ajit Singh 59'		 Muhammad Shabbir 15'
Sohail Abbas 43'
Shakeel Abassi 55'
Kashif Jawwad 69'
1st/2nd place
17:00
Match 42
Netherlands  2–1 (0–1)  Spain Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Teun de Nooijer 44'
Ronald Brouwer 71' (golden goal)		 Santi Freixa 31'

Final Rankings

RANK TEAM
1.  Netherlands
2.  Spain
3.  Pakistan
4.  India
5.  Great Britain
6.  New Zealand
7.  South Africa
8.  Belgium
9.  Poland
10.  Malaysia
11.  Canada
12.  Japan

Awards

Topscorers

  1. Sohail Abbas (Pakistan) → 9 goals
  2. Greg Nicol (South Africa) → 8 goals
  3. Deepak Thakur (India) → 7 goals

Best Player

  1. Francisco Fábregas (Spain)

Best Young Player

  1. Floris Evers (Netherlands)

Best Goalkeeper

  1. Simon Mason (Great Britain)

References