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, 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).

quads

fh|BLR

*Igor Barkov
*Vitali Bondarenko
*Alexandre Boudnikov
*Guennadi Bribovski
*Youri Canja
*Serguey Drozdov
*Alexandre Eklemenko (gk)
*Dmitri Yukovski
*Stepan Klimovich
*Yuri Korottchenko
*Alexandre Mankovski
*Nikolay Sankovets
*Andrei Tchebotarev
*Albert Vintekevich
*Igor Voltyuk
*Alexandre Yukovets ;Head Coach: "unknown"

fh|BEL

*Fabian Berger
*Joeri Beunen
*Mick Beunen
*Alexandre de Chaffoy
*Marc Coudron
*Jean-Michel Deville
*Gérald Dewamme
*Philippe van Hemelen
*Laurent Kelecom
*Michel Kinnen
*Michel van Oost (gk)
*Patrick Pille
*Thierry Renear
*Vincent Van Diest
*Bruno Vuylsteke
*Jean Willems ;Head Coach: Alain Geens

fh|CAN

*Alan Brahmst
*Patrick Burrows
*Paul Chohan
*Robin D'Abreo
*John Desouza
*Rob Edamura
*Adam Evans
*Marek Gacek
*Chris Gifford
*Doug Harris
*Hari Kant (gk)
*Peter Milkovich
*Ken Pereira
*Rick Roberts
*André Rousseau (gk)
*Rob Short ;Head Coach: Shiaz Virjee

fh|GBR

*Guy Fordham
*Calum Giles
*Daniel Hall
*Julian Halls
*Simon Hazlitt
*Howard Hoskin
*Jason Laslett
*David Luckes (gk)
*Simon Mason (gk)
*Chris Mayer
*John Shaw
*Soma Singh
*Nick Thompson
*Robert Thompson
*Kalbir Takher
*Jon Wyatt ;Head Coach: "unknown"

fh|IND

*Anil Aldrin
*Edward Alloysins (gk)
*Bopaiah Anjapara (gk)
*Gavin Ferreira
*Sandeep Hamachimana
*Sanjeev Khumar
*Mukesh Kumar
*Dhanraj Pillay
*Mohamed Riaz Nabi
*Baljeet Singh Dhillon
*Baljeet Singh Saini
*Harpreet Singh
*Ramandeep Singh
*Pargat Singh
*Dilip Tirkey
*Sabu Varkey ;Head Coach: Cedric D'Souza

fh|MAS

*Lim Chiow Chuan
*Charles David
*Calvin Fernandez
*Nadarajan Marathumuthu (gk)
*Maninderjt Singh
*Lailin Abu Hassan
*Brian Jayhan Siva
*Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
*Lum Mun Fatt
*Shankar Ramu
*Nor Saiful Nasiruddin
*Mirnawan Nawawi
*Aphtar Singh
*Arul Selvaraj Sami
*Kuhan Shanmuganathan
*Yahia Vickneswaran ;Head Coach: "unknown"

fh|NED

*Jacques Brinkman
*Maurits Crucq
*Marc Delissen
*Jeroen Delmee
*Sander van Heeswijk
*Taco van den Honert
*Ronald Jansen (gk)
*Erik Jazet
*Leo Klein Gebbink
*Teun de Nooijer
*Wouter van Pelt
*Stephan Veen
*Guus Vogels (gk)
*Rogier van der Wal
*Remco van Wijk
*Rochus Westbroek ;Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans

fh|ESP

*Oriol Alcarez
*Jaime Amat
*Javier Arnau
*Jordi Arnau
*Oscar Barrena
*Juan Dinarés
*Juan Escarré
*Javier Escudé
*Juantxo García-Mauriño
*Antonio González (gk)
*Antonio Iglesias
*Ramon Jufresa (gk)
*Joaquim Malgosa
*Victor Pujol
*Ramón Sala
*Pablo Usoz ;Head Coach: Toni Forrellat

Umpires

*flagathlete|Xavier Adell|ESP
*flagathlete|Patrick van Beneden|BEL
*flagathlete|Santiago Deo|ESP
*flagathlete|Henrik Ehlers|DEN
*flagathlete|Floris Idenburg|NED
*flagathlete|Sergey Platonov|RUS
*flagathlete|Donald Prior|AUS
*flagathlete|Peter von Reth|NED
*flagathlete|Eduardo Ruiz|ARG
*flagathlete|Vasutheven Sasidharan|MAS
*flagathlete|Roger St Rose|TRI
*flagathlete|Richard Wolter|GER

Round Robin

*Friday January 19, 1996
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date = Match 1
team1 = fh-rt|MAS
team2 = fh|BEL
score = 2 – 1
goals1 = Mirnawan Nawawi 18' (pc)
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 47' (pc)
goals2 = Joeri Beunen 25' (pc)
umpires = Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Peter von Reth (NED)
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date = Match 2
team1 = fh-rt|ESP
team2 = fh|BLR
score = 3 – 1
goals1 = Antonio Iglesias 38' (ps)
Juan Escarré 47' (pc)
Javier Arnau 67' (ps)
goals2 = Yuri Korotchenko 13'
umpires = Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
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date = Match 3
team1 = fh-rt|NED
team2 = fh|CAN
score = 5 – 1
goals1 = Stephan Veen 4'
Remco van Wijk 34'
Remco van Wijk 48' (pc)
Stephan Veen 49'
Marc Delissen 61' (ps)
goals2 = Rob Short 66'
umpires = Richard Wolter (GER) Sergey Platonov (RUS)
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date = Match 4
team1 = fh-rt|IND
team2 = fh|GBR
score = 3 – 3
goals1 = Sanjeev Kumar 4' (pc)
Mukesh Kumar 54'
Dhanraj Pillay 57'
goals2 = Calum Giles 16' (pc)
Robert Thompson 30'
Calum Giles 35' (pc)
umpires = Patrick van Beneden (BEL) Santiago Deo (ESP)
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*Saturday January 20, 1996
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date = Match 5
team1 = fh-rt|BEL
team2 = fh|ESP
score = 0 – 4
goals1 =
goals2 = Javier Arnau 1'
Javier Arnau 50' (pc)
Javier Arnau 55'
Juan Escarré 67'
umpires = Roger St Rose (TRI) Floris Idenburg (NED)
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date = Match 6
team1 = fh-rt|MAS
team2 = fh|BLR
score = 2 – 0
goals1 = Mirnawan Nawawi 60'
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 67' (pc)
goals2 =
umpires = Xavier Adell (ESP) Donald Prior (AUS)
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*Sunday January 21, 1996
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date = Match 7
team1 = fh-rt|NED
team2 = fh|IND
score = 1 – 4
goals1 = Taco van den Honert 34'(pc)
goals2 = Harpreet Singh 24' (ps)
Harpreet Singh 30' (ps)
Dhanraj Pillay 43'
Dhanraj Pillay 57'
umpires = Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
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date = Match 8
team1 = fh-rt|GBR
team2 = fh|CAN
score = 1 – 1
goals1 = Robert Thompson 1'
goals2 = Chris Gifford 63'
umpires = Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS) Peter von Reth (NED)
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*Monday January 22, 1996
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date = Match 9
team1 = fh-rt|ESP
team2 = fh|IND
score = 0 – 0
goals1 =
goals2 =
umpires = Richard Wolter (GER) Donald Prior (AUS)
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date = Match 10
team1 = fh-rt|NED
team2 = fh|MAS
score = 4 – 1
goals1 = Taco van den Honert 7' (pc)
Stephan Veen 11'
Stephan Veen 25'
Jacques Brinkman 31'
goals2 = Mirnawan Nawawi 63' (pc)
umpires = Patrick van Beneden (BEL) Sergey Platonov (RUS)
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date = Match 11
team1 = fh-rt|GBR
team2 = fh|BLR
score = 4 – 1
goals1 = Jon Wyatt 3' (pc)
Calum Giles 6' (pc)
Nick Thompson 15'
Nick Thompson 61'
goals2 = Guennadi Bribovski 52' (pc)
umpires = Roger St Rose (TRI) Richard Wolter (GER)
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date = Match 12
team1 = fh-rt|CAN
team2 = fh|BEL
score = 3 – 2
goals1 = Peter Milkovich 7' (pc)
Peter Milkovich 22' (pc)
Rick Roberts 40'
goals2 = Marc Coudron 26' (pc)
Joeri Beunen 55' (pc)
umpires = Xavier Adell (ESP) Santiago Deo (ESP)
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*Wednesday January 24, 1996
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date = Match 13
team1 = fh-rt|MAS
team2 = fh|CAN
score = 2 – 1
goals1 = Mirnawan Nawawi 27'
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 43' (pc)
goals2 = Robin D'Abreo 40' (pc)
umpires = Richard Wolter (GER) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
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date = Match 14
team1 = fh-rt|IND
team2 = fh|BLR
score = 2 – 0
goals1 = Pargat Singh 47' (pc)
Dhanraj Pillay 63'
goals2 =
umpires = Xavier Adell (ESP) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
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date = Match 15
team1 = fh-rt|ESP
team2 = fh|GBR
score = 2 – 2
goals1 = Jaime Amat 43'
Juantxo García-Mauriño 56'
goals2 = Calum Giles 17' (pc)
Robert Thompson 45'
umpires = Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Peter von Reth (NED)
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date = Match 16
team1 = fh-rt|NED
team2 = fh|BEL
score = 9 – 4
goals1 = Maurits Crucq 4'
Stephan Veen 5'
Taco van den Honert 17' (pc)
Taco van den Honert 37' (pc)
Marc Delissen 48'
Taco van den Honert 50' (pc)
Stephan Veen 59'
Taco van den Honert 62' (pc)
Taco van den Honert 65' (pc)
goals2 = Fabian Berger 9'
Joeri Beunen 23' (pc)
Joeri Beunen 46' (pc)
Mick Beunen 54'
umpires = Donald Prior (AUS) Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
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*Thursday January 25, 1996
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date = Match 17
team1 = fh-rt|IND
team2 = fh|CAN
score = 2 – 1
goals1 = Gavin Ferreira 13'
Mukesh Kumar 37' (pc)
goals2 = Peter Milkovich 69' (pc)
umpires = Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Floris Idenburg (NED)
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date = Match 18
team1 = fh-rt|ESP
team2 = fh|MAS
score = 2 – 0
goals1 = Javier Escudé 57'
Antonio Iglesias 61' (pc)
goals2 =
umpires = Sergey Platonov (RUS) Donald Prior (AUS)
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date = Match 19
team1 = fh-rt|NED
team2 = fh|GBR
score = 2 – 2
goals1 = Taco van den Honert 23'
Taco van den Honert 45' (pc)
goals2 = Chris Mayer 36'
Calum Giles 68' (pc)
umpires = Santiago Deo (ESP) Roger St Rose (TRI)
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date = Match 20
team1 = fh-rt|BEL
team2 = fh|BLR
score = 2 – 2
goals1 = Joeri Beunen 23' (pc)
Gérald Dewamme 55'
Joeri Beunen 69' (pc)
goals2 = Dmitri Yukovski 40' (ps)
umpires = Richard Wolter (GER) Peter von Reth (NED)
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*Saturday January 27, 1996
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date = Match 21
team1 = fh-rt|MAS
team2 = fh|GBR
score = 2 – 1
goals1 = Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 14' (pc)
Mirnawan Nawawi 62'
goals2 = Robert Thompson 3'
Calum Giles 17' (pc)
Nick Thompson 29' (pc)
umpires = Xavier Adell (ESP) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
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date = Match 22
team1 = fh-rt|IND
team2 = fh|BEL
score = 4 – 2
goals1 = Pargat Singh 26' (pc)
Ramandeep Singh 32' (ps)
Pargat Singh 59' (pc)
Pargat Singh 68' (pc)
goals2 = Joeri Beunen 7' (pc)
Joeri Beunen 41' (pc)
umpires = Santiago Deo (ESP) Sergey Platonov (RUS)
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date = Match 23
team1 = fh-rt|ESP
team2 = fh|CAN
score = 3 – 3
goals1 = Jaime Amat 11' (pc)
Antonio Iglesias 41'
Javier Escudé 63'
goals2 = Marek Gacek 6'
Paul Chohan 15'
Peter Milkovich 57' (ps)
umpires = Floris Idenburg (NED) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
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date = Match 24
team1 = fh-rt|NED
team2 = fh|BLR
score = 4 – 0
goals1 = Taco van den Honert 7'
Stephan Veen 45'
Taco van den Honert 60' (pc)
Taco van den Honert 65'
goals2 =
umpires = Roger St Rose (TRI) Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
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*Sunday January 28, 1996
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date = Match 25
team1 = fh-rt|BEL
team2 = fh|GBR
score = 0 – 2
goals1 =
goals2 = Calum Giles 43' (pc)
Calum Giles 58' (pc)
umpires = Peter von Reth (NED) Roger St Rose (TRI)
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date = Match 26
team1 = fh-rt|IND
team2 = fh|MAS
score = 0 – 0
goals1 =
goals2 =
umpires = Richard Wolter (GER) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
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date = Match 27
team1 = fh-rt|BLR
team2 = fh|CAN
score = 1 – 7
goals1 = Alexandre Boudnikov 8'
goals2 = Peter Milkovich 7' (pc)
Rob Short 27' (pc)
Alan Brahmst 30'
Peter Milkovich 48' (ps)
Ken Pereira 52'
Peter Milkovich 60' (pc)
John Desouza 68'
umpires = Donald Prior (AUS) Santiago Deo (ESP)
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date = Match 28
team1 = fh-rt|ESP
team2 = fh|NED
score = 1 – 2
goals1 = Javier Arnau 58' (pc)
goals2 = Rogier van der Wal 9'
Marc Delissen 18'
umpires = Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

Final Rankings

Remarks

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

Topscorers

ee also

*1995 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier