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).

Squads

Belarus

Head Coach: unknown

Belgium

Head Coach: Alain Geens

Canada

André Rousseau (gk)
Rob Short

Head Coach: Shiaz Virjee

Great Britain

Head Coach: unknown

India

Head Coach: Cedric D'Souza

Malaysia

Head Coach: Volker Knapp

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

Friday January 19, 1996

Match 1

Malaysia	2 – 1	Belgium
Mirnawan Nawawi 18' Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 47'		Joeri Beunen 25'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Peter von Reth (NED)

Match 2

Spain	3 – 1	Belarus
Antonio Iglesias 38' Juan Escarré 47' Javier Arnau 67'		Yuri Korotchenko 13'

Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)

Match 3

Netherlands	5 – 1	Canada
Stephan Veen 4' Remco van Wijk 34' Remco van Wijk 48' Stephan Veen 49' Marc Delissen 61'		Rob Short 66'

Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Sergey Platonov (RUS)

Match 4

India	3 – 3	Great Britain
Sanjeev Kumar 4' Mukesh Kumar 54' Dhanraj Pillay 57'		Calum Giles 16' Robert Thompson 30' Calum Giles 35'

Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Santiago Deo (ESP)

Saturday January 20, 1996

Match 5

Belgium	0 – 4	Spain
		Javier Arnau 1' Javier Arnau 50' Javier Arnau 55' Juan Escarré 67'

Umpires:
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Floris Idenburg (NED)

Match 6

Malaysia	2 – 0	Belarus
Mirnawan Nawawi 60' Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 67'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Donald Prior (AUS)

Sunday January 21, 1996

Match 7

Netherlands	1 – 4	India
Taco van den Honert 34'		Harpreet Singh 24' Harpreet Singh 30' Dhanraj Pillay 43' Dhanraj Pillay 57'

Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Match 8

Great Britain	1 – 1	Canada
Robert Thompson 1'		Chris Gifford 63'

Umpires:
Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
Peter von Reth (NED)

Monday January 22, 1996

Match 9

Spain	0 – 0	India

Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Donald Prior (AUS)

Match 10

Netherlands	4 – 1	Malaysia
Taco van den Honert 7' Stephan Veen 11' Stephan Veen 25' Jacques Brinkman 31'		Mirnawan Nawawi 63'

Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Sergey Platonov (RUS)

Match 11

Great Britain	4 – 1	Belarus
Jon Wyatt 3' Calum Giles 6' Nick Thompson 15' Nick Thompson 61'		Guennadi Bribovski 52'

Umpires:
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Richard Wolter (GER)

Match 12

Canada	3 – 2	Belgium
Peter Milkovich 7' Peter Milkovich 22' Rick Roberts 40'		Marc Coudron 26' Joeri Beunen 55'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Santiago Deo (ESP)

Wednesday January 24, 1996

Match 13

Malaysia	2 – 1	Canada
Mirnawan Nawawi 27' Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 43'		Robin D'Abreo 40'

Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

Match 14

India	2 – 0	Belarus
Pargat Singh 47' Dhanraj Pillay 63'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

Match 15

Spain	2 – 2	Great Britain
Jaime Amat 43' Juantxo García-Mauriño 56'		Calum Giles 17' Robert Thompson 45'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Peter von Reth (NED)

Match 16

Netherlands	9 – 4	Belgium
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'

Umpires:
Donald Prior (AUS)
Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)

Thursday January 25, 1996

Match 17

India	2 – 1	Canada
Gavin Ferreira 13' Mukesh Kumar 37'		Peter Milkovich 69'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Floris Idenburg (NED)

Match 18

Spain	2 – 0	Malaysia
Javier Escudé 57' Antonio Iglesias 61'

Umpires:
Sergey Platonov (RUS)
Donald Prior (AUS)

Match 19

Netherlands	2 – 2	Great Britain
Taco van den Honert 23' Taco van den Honert 45'		Chris Mayer 36' Calum Giles 68'

Umpires:
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Roger St Rose (TRI)

Match 20

Belgium	2 – 2	Belarus
Joeri Beunen 23' Gérald Dewamme 55' Joeri Beunen 69'		Dmitri Yukovski 40'

Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Peter von Reth (NED)

Saturday January 27, 1996

Match 21

Malaysia	2 – 3	Great Britain
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 14' Mirnawan Nawawi 62'		Robert Thompson 3' Calum Giles 17' Nick Thompson 29'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

Match 22

India	4 – 2	Belgium
Pargat Singh 26' Ramandeep Singh 32' Pargat Singh 59' Pargat Singh 68'		Joeri Beunen 7' Joeri Beunen 41'

Umpires:
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Sergey Platonov (RUS)

Match 23

Spain	3 – 3	Canada
Jaime Amat 11' Antonio Iglesias 41' Javier Escudé 63'		Marek Gacek 6' Paul Chohan 15' Peter Milkovich 57'

Umpires:
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

Match 24

Netherlands	4 – 0	Belarus
Taco van den Honert 7' Stephan Veen 45' Taco van den Honert 60' Taco van den Honert 65'

Umpires:
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)

Sunday January 28, 1996

Match 25

Belgium	0 – 2	Great Britain
		Calum Giles 43' Calum Giles 58'

Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
Roger St Rose (TRI)

Match 26

India	0 – 0	Malaysia

Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Match 27

Belarus	1 – 7	Canada
Alexandre Boudnikov 8'		Peter Milkovich 7' Rob Short 27' Alan Brahmst 30' Peter Milkovich 48' Ken Pereira 52' Peter Milkovich 60' John Desouza 68'

Umpires:
Donald Prior (AUS)
Santiago Deo (ESP)

Match 28

Spain	1 – 2	Netherlands
Javier Arnau 58'		Rogier van der Wal 9' Marc Delissen 18'

Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

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

The first five (Netherlands, India, Great Britain, Spain, and Malaysia) qualified for this year's Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Topscorers

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