1996 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

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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[]

 Belgium[]

Canada[]

 Great Britain[]

 India[]

 Malaysia[]

 Netherlands[]

 Spain[]

Umpires[]

Round robin[]

• Friday January 19, 1996

Match 1 Malaysia  2 – 1  Belgium Mirnawan Nawawi  18' Nor Saiful Nasiruddin  47'  25' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Peter von Reth (NED)

Match 2 Spain  3 – 1  Belarus  38' Juan Escarré  47' Javier Arnau  67'  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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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'  52' Umpires: Roger St Rose (TRI) Richard Wolter (GER)

Match 12 Canada  3 – 2  Belgium Peter Milkovich  7' Peter Milkovich  22' Rick Roberts  40'  26'  55' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Santiago Deo (ESP)

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• 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'  9'  23'  46'  54' Umpires: Donald Prior (AUS) Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)

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• 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'  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  23'  55'  69'  40' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Peter von Reth (NED)

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• 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'  7'  41' Umpires: Santiago Deo (ESP) Sergey Platonov (RUS)

Match 23 Spain  3 – 3  Canada Jaime Amat  11'  41' Javier Escudé  63'  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)

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• 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  8' Peter Milkovich  7' Rob Short  27' Alan Brahmst  30' Peter Milkovich  48' Ken Pereira  52' Peter Milkovich  60'  68' Umpires: Donald Prior (AUS) Santiago Deo (ESP)

Match 28 Spain  1 – 2  Netherlands Javier Arnau  58'  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.	(BEL)	8
	Calum Giles (GBR)
4.	Stephan Veen (NED)	7
5.	Peter Milkovich (CAN)	6

See also[]

• 1995 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier