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 2–13, 2004. Twelve nations took part, and they played a round robin in two groups of six. The top six or seven teams qualified for the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Squads

 Belgium 

Head Coach: Gilles Bonnet

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 (c)
16. Xavier Brooke
17. Manu Leroy (GK)
18. Patrice Houssein

 Canada 

Head Coach: Gene Muller

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 (c)
14. Ronnie Jagday
15. Sean Campbell
16. Scott Sandison
18. Paul Wettlaufer
20. Ranjeev Deol
21. Ravi Kahlon
24. Connor Grimes
29. Jon MacKinnon

 Great Britain 

Head Coach: Jason Lee

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 (c)
12. Ben Hawes
13. Danny Hall
14. Michael Johnson
15. Martin Jones
18. Barry Middleton
19. Graham Dunlop
22. Graham Moodie

 India 

Head Coach: Rajinder Singh

1. Devesh Chauhan (GK)
2. Kanwalpreet Singh
3. Dilip Tirkey (c)
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)
28. Sandeel Michael

 Japan 

Head Coach: Yoshinori Takahashi

1. Takahiko Yamabori
2. Naoya Iwadate
3. Kenji Asai
4. Makoto Karuo
5. Ryuji Furasato
6. Akira Takahashi
7. Kenichi Katayama (c)
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
21. Kazuo Yoshida

 Malaysia 

Head Coach: Paul Lissek

1. Roslan Jamaluddin (GK)
2. Muhamad Amin Rahim
3. Chua Boon Huat
4. Lugan Kali
5. Kuhan Shanmuganathan (c)
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
18. Mohammed Sukri Abdul

 Netherlands 

Head Coach: Terry Walsh

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 (c)
13. Klaas Veering (GK)
14. Teun de Nooijer
15. Karel Klaver
18. Rob Reckers
19. Matthijs Brouwer
21. Nick Meijer
22. Egbert Ho

 New Zealand 

Head Coach: Kevin Towns

1. Simon Towns (c)
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
24. Gareth Brooks

 Pakistan 

Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans

1. Ahmed Alam (GK)
2. Muhammad Nadeem (c)
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
17. Adnan Maqsood

 Poland 

Head Coach: Jerzy Jóskowiak

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 (c)
16. Artur Mikula
17. Tomasz Gorny
18. Tomasz Marcinkowski
20. Krzystof Kmiec

 South Africa 

Head Coach: Paul Revington

1. David Staniforth (GK)
3. Ken Forbes
4. Craig Jackson (c)
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
29. Greg Nicol

 Spain 

Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks

1. Bernardino Herrera (GK)
2. Santi Freixa
4. Marc Garcia-Cascon
5. Francisco "Kiko" Fábregas (c)
6. Miquel Codina
7. Juan Escarré
8. Alex Fábregas
9. Pol 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)
23. David Alegre

Results

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

Pools

Pool A

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

2 March 2004 12:00 South Africa  1 – 5  Netherlands Smith  1' Report Taekema  21' R. Brouwer  44' Lomans  50' Evers  52' Klaver  61' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)

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2 March 2004 14:00 Poland  2 – 1  Great Britain T. Choczaj  45' Dutkiewicz  67' Report Hall  62' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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2 March 2004 16:00 Spain  6 – 1  Japan Amat  22', 34', 67' Fàbregas  25' Codina  57' Ribas  65' Report Furusato  32' Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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3 March 2004 14:00 Japan  4 – 4  Poland Katayama  14', 70' Yamabori  19' Tobita  61' Report A. Mikula  7' P. Mikula  10', 51' Z. Juszczak  33' Umpires: Philip Schellekens (NED) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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3 March 2004 16:00 South Africa  1 – 2  Spain Evans  6' Report Freixa  30' Ribas  70+' Umpires: Christian Bläsch (GER) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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3 March 2004 18:00 Netherlands  3 – 0  Great Britain Taekema  4' de Nooijer  31' van der Weide  64' Report Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) John Wright (RSA)

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5 March 2004 14:00 Japan  0 – 1  Great Britain Report Bertram  35' Umpires: Philip Schellekens (NED) Faiz Mohammad Faizi (PAK)

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5 March 2004 16:00 Spain  2 – 2  Netherlands Freixa  35+', 52' Report Reckers  7' Meijer  23' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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5 March 2004 18:00 Poland  0 – 6  South Africa Report Nicol  5', 13', 34', 69' Denne  26' Basson  52' Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) Pedro Texeira (POR)

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7 March 2004 12:00 Great Britain  1 – 2  Spain Hall  37' Report Ribas  41', 55' Umpires: Christian Bläsch (GER) Pedro Texeira (POR)

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7 March 2004 14:00 South Africa  2 – 1  Japan Nicol  43', 65' Report Yamabori  14' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)

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7 March 2004 16:00 Netherlands  4 – 0  Poland Evers  11' Jazet  26' de Nooijer  66', 70' Report Umpires: Han Jin-Soo (KOR) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

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9 March 2004 12:30 Japan  3 – 9  Netherlands Ozawa  5' Yamabori  50' Ito  65' Report Meijer  1' R. Brouwer  12', 51', 54' M. Brouwer  39' Reckers  45' de Nooijer  55' Lomas  68', 70+' Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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9 March 2004 14:30 South Africa  0 – 6  Great Britain Report Hawes  7', 14', 69' Hall  9' Pearn  37' Moodie  70' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

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9 March 2004 16:00 Spain  6 – 0  Poland Freixa  22' Sala  23' Ribas  28' Escarré  33', 51' Amat  63' Report Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Faiz Muhammad Faizi (PAK)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakistan	5	4	1	0	15	6	+9	13
India	5	3	1	1	17	13	+4	10
New Zealand	5	2	1	2	8	10	–2	7
Belgium	5	1	3	1	7	8	–1	6
Malaysia	5	1	1	3	7	10	–3	4
Canada	5	0	1	4	12	19	–7	1

2 March 2004 12:30 New Zealand  1 – 0  Malaysia Shaw  3' Report Umpires: Faiz Muhammad Faizi (PAK) John Wright (RSA)

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2 March 2004 14:30 Pakistan  4 – 2  Canada Abbas  38', 51' Jawad  40' Abbasi  58' Report Pereira  68' Wettlaufer  70' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

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2 March 2004 18:00 India  1 – 1  Belgium Aiyappa  61' Report Vandeweghe  64' Umpires: Christian Bläsch (GER) Pedro Texeira (POR)

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4 March 2004 14:00 Belgium  0 – 2  Pakistan Report Jawad  50' Saqlain  61' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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4 March 2004 16:00 Malaysia  3 – 5  India Chua Boon Huat  10' Shanmuganathan  13' A. Rahim  60' Report Thakur  16' GA Singh  27', 46' D. Tirkey  29' Dhillon  63' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)

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4 MArch 2004 18:00 Canada  2 – 4  New Zealand R. Short  59' Kahlon  63' Report Smith  12', 37' Burrows  18', 47' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

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6 March 2004 12:00 New Zealand  2 – 2  Belgium Shaw  16' Burrows  25' Report Houssein  18', 69' Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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6 March 2004 14:00 Canada  2 – 3  Malaysia Fernandes  4', 55' Report Mohd Nor  21' Chua Boon Huat  27' Rahim  68' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)

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6 March 2004 16:00 Pakistan  5 – 3  India Abbas  2', 28', 41', 62' Butt  34' Report Thakur  33' GA Singh  42', 44' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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8 March 2004 12:00 Belgium  2 – 2  Canada Brulé  24' Dewever  49' Report Campbell  30' R. Short  32' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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8 March 2004 14:00 India  2 – 0  New Zealand Halappa  2' Thakur  67' Report Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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8 March 2004 16:00 Malaysia  0 – 0  Pakistan Report Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Christian Bläsch (GER)

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9 March 2004 12:00 Canada  4 – 6  India Campbell  37', 68' R. Short  55' Wettlaufer  59' Report Thakur  6', 35', 36' Halappa  8' D. Tirkey  19' I. Tirkey  69' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Philip Schellekens (NED)

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9 March 2004 14:00 Belgium  2 – 1  Malaysia Dewever  14' Brulé  49' Report Shanmuganathan  31' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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9 March 2004 18:00 New Zealand  1 – 4  Pakistan Shaw  21' Report Abbas  25', 35' Khan  41' Muhammad  43' Umpires: Pedro Texeira (POR) John Wright (RSA)

Ninth to twelfth place classification

Crossover

11 March 2004 12:30 Poland  2 – 1  Canada Z. Juszczak  22', 37' Report Fernandes  46' Umpires: Edmundo Saladino (ARG) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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11 March 2004 15:00 Malaysia  3 – 2  Japan Krishna Murthy  13' Shanmuganathan  42' Misron  49' Report Yamabori  28' Ozawa  38' Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

Eleventh and twelfth

12 March 2004 12:00 Canada  3 – 2  Japan Grimes  8' Kahlon  29' Pereira  40' Report Furusato  42' Tobita  70' Umpires: Mohammed Faizi (PAK) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Ninth and tenth

12 March 2004 14:30 Poland  4 – 2  Malaysia T. Choczaj  20' Rachwalski  41' S. Choczaj  50' Kmiec  60' Report Chua Boon Huat  29' Mohamad  39' Umpires: Han Jin-Soo (KOR) Pedro Texeira (POR)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

11 March 2004 11:30 Great Britain  2 – 1  Belgium Middleton  7' Bertram  8' Report Coudron  33' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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11 March 2004 14:00 New Zealand  3 – 2  South Africa Shaw  16', 40' Brooks  41' Report Nicol  6', 32' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Christian Bläsch (GER)

Fifth and sixth

12 March 2004 17:00 Great Britain  3 – 2  New Zealand Hawes  27' Dunlop  43' Garcia  46' Report Kosoof  49' Archibald  62' Umpires: Philip Schellekens (NED) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)

Seventh and eighth

13 March 2004 12:00 Belgium  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)  South Africa Vandeweghe  2' Brulé  9' Report Evans  14' Clark  70' Penalties Brulé Coudron Luyckx Petre Reckinger --- Brulé 3 – 4 Nicol Symons Denne Evans Fulton --- Symons Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Christian Bläsch (GER)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

11 March 2004 16:30 Netherlands  4 – 2  India Taekema  13', 34' M. Brouwer  47', 65' Report GA Singh  30' Thakur  42' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Richard Wolter (GER)

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11 March 2004 19:00 Pakistan  2 – 3  Spain Abbasi  30' Khan  67' Report Tubau  14', 39' Freixa  68' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Satinder Kumar (IND)

Third and fourth

13 March 2004 14:30 India  2 – 4  Pakistan P. Singh  22' GA Singh  59' Report Muhammad  15' Abbas  43' Abbasi  55' Jawad  69' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Xavier Adell (ESP)

Final

13 March 2004 17:00 Netherlands  2 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Spain de Nooijer  44' R. Brouwer  71' Report Freixa  31' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Satinder Kumar (IND)

Awards

• Topscorer: Sohail Abbas
• Best Player: Francisco Fábregas
• Best Young Player: Floris Evers
• Best Goalkeeper: Simon Mason

References

• Official FIH website