2000 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Osaka, Japan, from March 9–20, 2000. Twelve nations took part, and they played a round robin divided into two groups. The top six teams qualify through to the Olympics.

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	5	5	0	0	20	6	+14	15
Poland	5	3	0	2	11	10	+1	9
Japan	5	2	1	2	10	12	−2	7
Great Britain	5	2	1	2	13	16	−3	7
New Zealand	5	1	1	3	10	15	−5	4
Belgium	5	0	1	4	12	17	−5	1

9 March 2000
10:05

Great Britain	4–2	Japan
Giles 25', 29', 41' Sharpe 28'		Takahashi 3' 70'

Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Murray Grime (AUS)

9 March 2000
12:05

Belgium	1–2	South Korea
43'		Kang Keon-Wook 57' Hwang Jong-Hyun 59'

Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

10 March 2000
10:05

Great Britain	2–2	New Zealand
Bertram 27' Hall 60'		Leaver 34' Burrows 69'

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

10 March 2000
14:05

South Korea	4–1	Poland
Hwang Jong-Hyun 11' Yeo Woon-Kon 21' Ji Seung-Hwan 61' Song Seung-Tae 70'		Gaczkowski 42'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
John Wright (RSA)

11 March 2000
10:05

New Zealand	5–4	Belgium
Leaver 34' Archibald 41' Smith 44' Parag 56' 62'		7' 16', 30' 49'

Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)

11 March 2000
12:35

Poland	0–2	Japan
		Iwata 6' 58'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Roger St Rose (TRI)

12 March 2000
12:05

Great Britain	1–4	South Korea
Woods 16'		Yeo Woon-Kon 18' Kang Keon-Wook 45', 46' Kim Jung-Chul 54'

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)

13 March 2000
14:05

Japan	2–0	New Zealand
17' 38'

Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
John Wright (RSA)

13 March 2000
16:05

Belgium	1–3	Poland
51'		Mikula 20' Malecki 33' Juszczak 67'

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

14 March 2000
14:05

Japan	1–5	South Korea
Iwata 24'		Kim Jung-Chul 13' Hwang Jong-Hyun 34' Song Seung-Tae 39' Jeon Hong-Kwon 61' Yeo Woon-Kon 67'

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

14 March 2000
16:05

Poland	5–2	Great Britain
Mikula 4', 43', 50', 55', 70'		Giles 53' Parnham 63'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

15 March 2000
14:05

South Korea	5–2	New Zealand
Kang Keon-Wook 24' Yeo Woon-Kon 30' Jeon Jong-Ha 45', 49' Lee Jung-Seon 59'		44' Hari 61'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Peter Elders (NED)

15 March 2000
16:05

Great Britain	4–3	Belgium
Pearn 11', 26' Sharpe 49' Hall 66'		48', 65' 69'

Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Murray Grime (AUS)

16 March 2000
14:05

New Zealand	1–2	Poland
Archibald 56'		Wybieralski 29', 64'

Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

16 March 2000
16:05

Belgium	3–3	Japan
1' 8' 28'		Takahashi 18' 64', 66'

Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Pool B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	5	4	1	0	25	8	+17	13
Pakistan	5	3	1	1	25	13	+12	10
Argentina	5	2	1	2	18	16	+2	7
Malaysia	5	2	1	2	18	19	−1	7
Switzerland	5	2	0	3	10	16	−6	6
Belarus	5	0	0	5	2	26	−24	0

Thursday March 9, 2000

Match 3
14:05

Spain	7–1	Malaysia
Juan Dinarés 12' Eduardo Tubau 21' Xavier Ribas 29' Pablo Amat 32' Xavier Ribas 38' Pablo Amat 43' Josep Sanchez 44'		Kuhan Shanmuganathan 15'

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Peter Elders (NED)

Match 4
16:05

Argentina	1–3	Switzerland
Jorge Lombi 55'		25' 67' 60'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Keith Roper (ENG)

Friday March 10, 2000

Match 7
14:05

Belarus	1–7	Malaysia
38'		Mirnawan Nawawi 5' Kuhan Shanmuganathan 10' Ibrahim Suhaimi 22' Ibrahim Suhaimi 54' Kaliswaran Muniandy 63' 66' Ibrahim Suhaimi 69'

Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Peter Elders (NED)

Match 8
16:05

Pakistan	7–3	Switzerland
Kamran Ashraf 23' 37' Muhammad Sarwar 39' Muhammad Anis 43' Muhammad Anis 48' Sohail Abbas 64' Sohail Abbas 69'		4' 20' 51'

Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Keith Roper (ENG)

Saturday March 11, 2000

Match 11
15:05

Belarus	0–6	Argentina
		Jorge Lombi 9' Santiago Capurro 24' Mario Almada 29' Jorge Lombi 45' Jorge Lombi 65' Jorge Lombi 66' Josep Sanchez 44'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
John Wright (RSA)

Match 12
17:35

Spain	4–4	Pakistan
Juan Dinarés 17' Xavier Ribas 33' Xavier Ribas 34' Eduardo Tubau 62'		Sohail Abbas 4' Sohail Abbas 8' Sohail Abbas 26' Sohail Abbas 41'

Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Jason McCracken (NZL)

Sunday March 12, 2000

Match 14
14:05

Malaysia	4–4	Argentina
13' Kuhan Shanmuganathan 33' Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 52' Kuhan Shanmuganathan 64'		Jorge Lombi 2' Jorge Lombi 16' Jorge Lombi 25' Matias Vila 41'

Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Murray Grime (AUS)

Match 15
16:05

Switzerland	0–3	Spain
		Javier Arnau 8' Juan Dinarés 11' Pablo Amat 21'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Peter Elders (NED)

Monday March 13, 2000

Match 16
12:05

Pakistan	6–0	Belarus
Muhammad Nadeem 3' Sohail Abbas 21' Sohail Abbas 25' Sohail Abbas 40' Kashif Jawwad 55' Ali Raza 69'

Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Roger St Rose (TRI)

Tuesday March 14, 2000

Match 19
10:05

Switzerland	2–4	Malaysia
52' 67'		21' Kuhan Shanmuganathan 47' Mirnawan Nawawi 54' Ibrahim Suhaimi 64'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
John Wright (RSA)

Match 20
12:05

Argentina	3–6	Spain
Matias Vila 35' Rodrigo Vila 44' Jorge Lombi 47'		Josep Sanchez 6' Pol Amat 50' Eduardo Tubau 55' Eduardo Tubau 58' Pol Amat 65' Javier Arnau 70'

Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Keith Roper (ENG)

Wednesday March 15, 2000

Match 23
10:05

Malaysia	2–5	Pakistan
Mirnawan Nawawi 48' Kuhan Shanmuganathan 64'		Muhammad Nadeem 22' Kashif Jawwad 40' Muhammad Sarwar 61' Muhammad Nadeem 63' Imran Yousaf 67'

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Keith Roper (ENG)

Match 24
12:05

Spain	5–0	Belarus
Juan Dinarés 2' Eduardo Tubau 24' Pol Amat 28' Francisco Fábregas 42' Josep Sanchez 69'

Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Jason McCracken (NZL)

Thursday March 16, 2000

Match 27
10:05

Pakistan	3–4	Argentina
Sohail Abbas 11' Muhammad Anis 33' Muhammad Nadeem 67'		Jorge Lombi 18' Maximo Pellegrino 23' Santiago Capurro 31' Santiago Capurro 46'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

Match 28
12:05

Belarus	1–2	Switzerland
23'		13' 27'

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Keith Roper (ENG)

Play-offs[]

Saturday March 18, 2000

Match 31
5th/8th place
10:05

Great Britain	3–1	Argentina
Danny Hall 8' Calum Giles 15' Calum Giles 42'		Maximo Pellegrino 58'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

Match 32
5th/8th place
12:35

Japan	1–2	Malaysia
6'		Ibrahim Suhaimi 29' Kuhan Shanmuganathan 65'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Keith Roper (ENG)

Match 33
1st/4th place
15:05

South Korea	1–3	Pakistan
Jeon Jong-Ha 44'		Sohail Abbas 52' Haider Hussain 64' Haider Hussain 70'

Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
John Wright (RSA)

Match 34
1st/4th place
17:35

Poland	1–4	Spain
61'		Pol Amat 37' Pol Amat 41' Javier Arnau 53' Pablo Usoz 57'

Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Sunday March 19, 2000

Match 35
9th/12th place
10:05

New Zealand	6–3	Belarus
Umesh Parag 4' Phil Burrows 25' 28' 31' Brett Leaver 50' Mitesh Patel 69'		44' 25' 61'

Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Match 36
9th/12th place
12:35

Belgium	6–1	Switzerland
13' 17' 24' 54' 68' 70'		30'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)

Match 37
7th place
15:05

Japan	0–1	Argentina
		Maximo Pellegrino 15'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Keith Roper (ENG)

Match 38
5th place
17:35

Great Britain	2–1	Malaysia
Calum Giles 46' Stuart Head 61'		Mirnawan Nawawi 70'

Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
John Wright (RSA)

Monday March 20, 2000

Match 39
11th place
10:05

Switzerland	4–1	Belarus
28' 47' 56' 59'		48'

Umpires:
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)

Match 40
9th place
12:35

Belgium	1–0	New Zealand
22'

Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

Match 41
3rd place
15:05

South Korea	2–1	Poland
Hwang Jong-Hyun 13' Kang Keon-Wook 27'		Rafal Grotowski 67'

Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Peter Elders (NED)

19 March 2000
17:35

Pakistan	2–3	Spain
Abbas 43', 70'		Tubau 17' Ribas 34' Arnau 57'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Murray Grime (AUS)

References[]

Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament