Men's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Dates2 February – 13 April 2008
Teams18 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored341 (6.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile (11 goals)
2004 (previous) (next) 2012

The Men’s field hockey Qualifying Tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics were qualification tournaments to determine the final three spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournaments, which involved 18 teams divided into three groups, with three separate qualifying tournaments, were held in New Zealand, Chile and Japan, at different times in 2008. Only the winners of each qualifying tournament earnt a berth in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Teams[]

Below is the list of 18 teams who participated in these qualifying tournaments:[1]

Date Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
4–14 December 2006 2006 Asian Games Doha, Qatar 3  Japan
 India
 Malaysia
 Bangladesh[a]
14–22 July 2007 2007 African Olympic Qualifier Nairobi, Kenya 0  Egypt[b]
15–25 July 2007 2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3  Argentina
 Chile
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Cuba[c]
19–26 August 2007 2007 EuroHockey Championship Manchester, England 4  Germany
 Great Britain
 France
 Ireland
 Czech Republic [d]
9–16 September 2007 2007 EuroHockey Nations Trophy Lisbon, Portugal 3   Switzerland
 Austria
 Poland
11–16 September 2007 2007 Oceania Cup Buderim, Australia 1  New Zealand

In addition, International Hockey Federation also named four reserve teams after four of the above teams are failed to make it in this qualifying tournament, two of them already confirmed to be in the reserve list:[2][3]

  1.  United States (replace Cuba in Qualifying 1)
  2.  Mexico (replace Egypt in Qualifying 2)
  3.  Russia (replace Bangladesh in Qualifying 2)[4]
  4.  Italy (replace Czech Republic in Qualifying 3)[5]

Qualifying 1[]

Olympic Qualifier New Zealand
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
CityNorth Shore City
Dates2–10 February 2008
Teams6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)Crown Relocations Stadium
Final positions
Champions New Zealand
Runner-up Argentina
Third place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored109 (6.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ireland Mark Gleghorne (9 goals)
Best playerNew Zealand Blair Hopping

Pool[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand (H) 5 4 0 1 22 4 +18 12 Final
2  Argentina 5 4 0 1 23 6 +17 12
3  Ireland 5 4 0 1 21 5 +16 12 Third place game
4  France 5 2 0 3 14 16 −2 6
5  United States 5 1 0 4 9 30 −21 3 Fifth place game
6  Trinidad and Tobago 5 0 0 5 7 35 −28 0
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host

Results[]

All times are New Zealand Summer Time (UTC+13)

2 February 2008
12:00
France  0 – 4  Ireland
Gleghorne Goal 7'
Jermyn Goal 40'
Watt Goal 55'69'
Umpires:
Rob ten Cate (NED)
David Leiper (GBR)
2 February 2008
14:00
New Zealand  12 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago
H. Shaw Goal 9'
Kosoof Goal 11'22'32'49'
Child Goal 14'34'61'64'
Burrows Goal 28'69'
Archibald Goal 57'
Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Daniel Lopez (URU)
2 February 2008
16:00
Argentina  9 – 1  United States
L. Vila Goal 1'25'39'
Goal 16'
Almada Goal 33'64'
M. Vila Goal 35'
Rossi Goal 40'
Zylberberg Goal 70'
Goal 70'
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Nigel Iggo (NZL)

3 February 2008
13:15
New Zealand  3 – 1  Ireland
Kosoof Goal 25'
Collier Goal 26'45'
Gleghorne Goal 16'
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Rob ten Cate (NED)
3 February 2008
15:15
United States  4 – 7  France
Goal 1'
Goal 6'
Goal 37'
Goal 43'
Soyez Goal 24'26'41'48'52'
Goal 51'
Goal 70'
Umpires:
Chris Wilson (CAN)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
3 February 2008
17:15
Argentina  7 – 1  Trinidad and Tobago
R. Vila Goal 3'
M. Vila Goal 21'68'
Rossi Goal 27'
L. Vila Goal 31'43'
Zylberberg Goal 59'
Goal 62'
Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Zulfiqar Haider (PAK)

5 February 2008
14:00
Ireland  7 – 2  Trinidad and Tobago
Goal 8'
Gleghorne Goal 14'37'
Magee Goal 18'
Jermyn Goal 48'
Goal 65'
Gormley Goal 68'
Goal 35'
Goal 36'
Umpires:
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
5 February 2008
16:00
France  2 – 4  Argentina
Goal 4'
Soyez Goal 58'
L. Vila Goal 14'
R. Vila Goal 18'
Goal 32'
Cammareri Goal 59'
Umpires:
Nigel Iggo (NZL)
Chris Wilson (CAN)
5 February 2008
18:00
United States  0 – 4  New Zealand
Burrows Goal 9'51'
Child Goal 35'
H. Shaw Goal 47'
Umpires:
Daniel Lopez (URU)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

6 February 2008
14:00
Trinidad and Tobago  2 – 5  France
Goal 9'
Goal 57'
Goal 2'
Soyez Goal 28'
Goal 34'40'
Goal 69'
Umpires:
Daniel Lopez (URU)
Chris Wilson (CAN)
6 February 2008
16:00
New Zealand  1 – 3  Argentina
Collier Goal 63' Cammareri Goal 16'
R. Vila Goal 23'58'
Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
6 February 2008
18:00
Ireland  8 – 0  United States
Magee Goal 8'
Gleghorne Goal 15'28'40'43'70'
Goal 37'
Gormley Goal 46'
Umpires:
Zulfiqar Haider (PAK)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

9 February 2008
10:15
Trinidad and Tobago  2 – 4  United States
Goal 14'
Browne Goal 19'
Goal 29'
Goal 42'48'
Goal 66'
Umpires:
Nigel Iggo (NZL)
Zulfiqar Haider (PAK)
9 February 2008
12:15
Argentina  0 – 1  Ireland
Gormley Goal 55'
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
David Leiper (GBR)
9 February 2008
14:15
France  0 – 2  New Zealand
Archibald Goal 13'
Burrows Goal 14'
Umpires:
Daniel Lopez (URU)
Rob ten Cate (NED)

Fifth and sixth[]

10 February 2008
09:45
United States  2 – 3  Trinidad and Tobago
Goal 29'
Goal 32'
Goal 21'
Goal 41'
Goal 68'
Umpires:
Daniel Lopez (URU)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

Third and fourth[]

10 February 2008
12:15
Ireland  1 – 2  France
Goal 43' Goal 64'
Soyez Goal 69'
Umpires:
Chris Wilson (CAN)
Rob ten Cate (NED)

Final[]

10 February 2008
14:45
New Zealand  3 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Argentina
Kosoof Goal 49'
H. Shaw Goal 65'
B. Shaw Goal 85'
L. Vila Goal 24'
M. Vila Goal 65'
Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

Awards[]

Fair Play Trophy Best Goalkeeper Top Goalscorer Best Player
 France Argentina Juan Manuel Vivaldi Ireland Mark Gleghorne New Zealand Blair Hopping

Final standings[]

Rank Team
Gold medal icon.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svg  Argentina
Bronze medal icon.svg  France
4  Ireland
5  United States
6  Trinidad and Tobago

  Qualified for the Summer Olympics

Qualifying 2[]

Olympic Qualifier Chile
Tournament details
Host countryChile
CitySantiago
Dates1–9 March 2008
Teams6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)Prince of Wales Country Club
Final positions
Champions Great Britain
Runner-up India
Third place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored135 (7.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile (11 goals)
Best playerIndia Prabhjot Singh

Pool[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Great Britain 5 5 0 0 30 3 +27 15 Final
2  India 5 4 0 1 39 8 +31 12
3  Austria 5 3 0 2 15 19 −4 9 Third place game
4  Russia 5 2 0 3 15 23 −8 6
5  Chile (H) 5 1 0 4 10 14 −4 3 Fifth place game
6  Mexico 5 0 0 5 3 45 −42 0
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host

Results[]

All times are Chile Summer Time (UTC-3)

1 March 2008
14:30
Great Britain  11 – 0  Mexico
S. Mantell Goal 13'51'
R. Mantell Goal 23'
Dick Goal 47'
Alexander Goal 50'
Middleton Goal 54'
Daly Goal 57'68'
Moore Goal 61'
Jackson Goal 63'
Tindall Goal 70'
Report
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Gus Soteriades (USA)
1 March 2008
16:30
India  8 – 0  Russia
D. Tirkey Goal 14'
P. Singh Goal 19'29'65'
S. Singh Goal 30'
Khandekar Goal 36'
S. Singh Goal 45'
Raghunath Goal 54'
Report
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Marc Knulle (FRA)
1 March 2008
19:00
Chile  3 – 4  Austria
Goal 1'46'64' Report Goal 20'
Goal 32'
Goal 42'
Goal 44'
Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

2 March 2008
16:00[6]
Great Britain  8 – 0  Russia
Middleton Goal 7'37'
Kirkham Goal 11'65'
Daly Goal 25'46'
Ralph Goal 31'
Tindall Goal 41'
Report
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
2 March 2008
18:00[6]
Mexico  0 – 4  Chile
Report Goal 29'46'70'
Goal 68'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Marc Knulle (FRA)
2 March 2008
20:00[6]
Austria  3 – 7  India
Goal 2'
Goal 28'60'
Report D. Tirkey Goal 9'23'
I. Tirkey Goal 41'
S. Singh Goal 51'55'
Goal 53'
R. Singh Goal 53'
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

4 March 2008
15:30
Mexico  1 – 18  India
Goal 70' Report P. Singh Goal 9'50'60'61'
R. Singh Goal 11'21'30'39'69'
S. Singh Goal 16'24'
Khandekar Goal 19'
Raghunath Goal 29'37'54'57'62'
S. Singh Goal 65'
Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
Richard Attipoe (GHA)
4 March 2008
17:30
Austria  5 – 4  Russia
Goal 28'59'
Goal 49'
Proksch Goal 53'65'
Report Goal 23'52'
Goal 25'
Goal 67'
Umpires:
Gus Soteriades (USA)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
4 March 2008
19:30
Chile  1 – 4  Great Britain
Goal 47' Report R. Mantell Goal 42'
Middleton Goal 50'
Tindall Goal 56'66'
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

6 March 2008
14:00
India  2 – 3  Great Britain
Goal 3'64' Report R. Mantell Goal 15'
Clarke Goal 45'
Moore Goal 69'
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
6 March 2008
17:30
Austria  3 – 1  Mexico
Goal 6'64'
Goal 55'
Report Goal 12'
Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
Marc Knulle (FRA)
6 March 2008
19:30
Russia  2 – 1  Chile
Goal 48'
Goal 68'
Report Goal 65'
Umpires:
Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
Gus Soteriades (USA)

8 March 2008
15:00
Great Britain  4 – 0  Austria
Tindall Goal 5'
Jackson Goal 12'
R. Mantell Goal 22'
Moore Goal 69'
Report
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Gus Soteriades (USA)
8 March 2008
17:00
Russia  9 – 1  Mexico
Goal 2'26'
Goal 9'
Goal 18'
Goal 32'
Goal 46'
Goal 51'
Goal 55'
Goal 62'
Report Goal 39'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
8 March 2008
19:00
Chile  1 – 4  India
Goal 64' Report P. Singh Goal 9'
Goal 23'61'
Goal 24'
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

Fifth and sixth[]

9 March 2008
13:00
Chile  9 – 3  Mexico
Goal 9'16'28'58'
Goal 14'
Goal 21'49'
Goal 38'
Goal 52'
Report Goal 10'67'
Goal 35'
Umpires:
Marc Knulle (FRA)
Gus Soteriades (USA)

Third and fourth[]

9 March 2008
15:30
Austria  3 – 6  Russia
Proksch Goal 18'
Goal 49'
Goal 65'
Report Goal 1'23'31'61'
Goal 6'
Goal 58'
Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

Final[]

9 March 2008
18:00
Great Britain  2 – 0  India
Middleton Goal 4'
R. Mantell Goal 10'
Report
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Awards[]

Best Player Best Goalkeeper Top Goalscorer Fair Play Trophy
India Prabhjot Singh Mexico Chile  Austria

Final standings[]

Rank Team
Gold medal icon.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg  India
Bronze medal icon.svg  Russia
4  Austria
5  Chile
6  Mexico

  Qualified for the Summer Olympics

Qualifying 3[]

Olympic Qualifier Japan
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
CityKakamigahara
Dates5–13 April 2008
Teams6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium
Final positions
Champions Germany
Runner-up Japan
Third place Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored97 (5.39 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Christopher Zeller (9 goals)
Best playerGermany Timo Weß

Pool[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 5 5 0 0 30 0 +30 15 Final
2  Japan (H) 5 3 1 1 16 10 +6 10
3  Malaysia 5 2 2 1 13 14 −1 8 Third place game
4  Poland 5 2 0 3 11 15 −4 6
5   Switzerland 5 1 0 4 10 19 −9 3 Fifth place game
6  Italy 5 0 1 4 5 27 −22 1
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host

Results[]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

5 April 2008
12:05[7]
Germany  8 – 0  Italy
Goal 11'30'
C. Zeller Goal 24'25'38'
Witthaus Goal 40'55'
B. Weß Goal 68'
Umpires:
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
Chen Dekang (CHN)
5 April 2008
14:05[7]
Malaysia  2 – 1  Poland
Goal 39'58' Goal 20'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Kim Hong-Lee (KOR)
5 April 2008
16:05[7]
Switzerland   1 – 2  Japan
Goal 40' Goal 42'
Goal 61'
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (GBR)
Deon Nel (RSA)

6 April 2008
13:05[7]
Switzerland   0 – 10  Germany
Witthaus Goal 8'31'
T. Weß Goal 9'38'65'
B. Weß Goal 14'
Witte Goal 32'
Keller Goal 42'45'59'
Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Murray Grime (AUS)
6 April 2008
15:05[7]
Japan  6 – 1  Poland
A. Ito Goal 23'
Goal 35'
Goal 45'
Goal 52'
Goal 60'
Goal 63'
Goal 11'
Umpires:
Kim Hong-Lee (KOR)
Deon Nel (RSA)
6 April 2008
17:05[7]
Italy  4 – 4  Malaysia
Goal 23'
Goal 44'
Goal 64'
Goal 66'
Goal 35'70'
Goal 45'
Mohan Goal 58'
Umpires:
German Montes de Oca (ARG)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

8 April 2008
13:00
Poland  3 – 2   Switzerland
Goal 38'
Goal 51'
T. Choczaj Goal 67'
Goal 11'
Goal 20'
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (GBR)
Kim Hong-Lee (KOR)
8 April 2008
15:00
Japan  5 – 1  Italy
Goal 12'21'31'
Goal 57'
Goal 65'
Goal 28'
Umpires:
Deon Nel (RSA)
German Montes de Oca (ARG)
8 April 2008
17:00
Germany  3 – 0  Malaysia
C. Zeller Goal 23'
Korn Goal 43'
T. Weß Goal 58'
Umpires:
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

10 April 2008
12:00
Malaysia  4 – 3   Switzerland
Goal 15'67'
Chua Boon Huat Goal 35'
Goal 41'
Goal 15'64'
Goal 70+'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Chen Dekang (CHN)
10 April 2008
14:00
Italy  0 – 6  Poland
T. Choczaj Goal 16'
Goal 26'
Goal 33'67'
Goal 37'
Goal 63'
Umpires:
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
10 April 2008
16:00
Germany  4 – 0  Japan
P. Zeller Goal 21'
Fürste Goal 49'
C. Zeller Goal 62'65'
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (GBR)
German Montes de Oca (ARG)

12 April 2008
13:05[7]
Poland  0 – 5  Germany
T. Weß Goal 11'
Korn Goal 29'
C. Zeller Goal 35'
Fürste Goal 64'
Witthaus Goal 67'
Umpires:
German Montes de Oca (ARG)
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
12 April 2008
15:05[7]
Japan  3 – 3  Malaysia
A. Ito Goal 21'
Goal 35'
Goal 69'
Chua Boon Huat Goal 10'
Mohan Goal 28'
Goal 33'
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (GBR)
Murray Grime (AUS)
12 April 2008
17:05[7]
Switzerland   4 – 0  Italy
Goal 25'33'69'
Goal 44'
Umpires:
Chen Dekang (CHN)
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)

Fifth and sixth[]

13 April 2008
09:00
Switzerland   2 – 3  Italy
Goal 50'
Goal 58'
Goal 25'60'
Goal 48'
Umpires:
Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
Deon Nel (RSA)

Third and fourth[]

13 April 2008
11:30
Malaysia  3 – 0  Poland
Goal 26'69'
Goal 53'
Umpires:
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
Kim Hong-Lee (KOR)

Final[]

13 April 2008
14:00
Germany  4 – 0  Japan
Keller Goal 16'
C. Zeller Goal 39'47'
Goal 68'
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (GBR)
Murray Grime (AUS)

Awards[]

Top Goalscorer Best Player Best Goalkeeper Fair Play Trophy
Germany Christopher Zeller Germany Timo Weß Malaysia Kumar Subramaniam  Italy

Final standings[]

Rank Team
Gold medal icon.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg  Malaysia
4  Poland
5  Italy
6   Switzerland

  Qualified for the Summer Olympics

Notes[]

  1. ^ Withdrew and was replaced by Russia
  2. ^ Withdrew and was replaced by Mexico
  3. ^ Withdrew and was replaced by the United States
  4. ^ Withdrew and was replaced by Italy

References[]

  1. ^ "Allocation of Teams for Olympic Qualification Tournaments". Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
  2. ^ "FIH nominates reserve countries for WorldHockey Olympic Qualifiers". Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
  3. ^ "Allocation of Teams For Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
  4. ^ "Russia replaces Bangladesh at WorldHockey Olympic Qualifier". Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  5. ^ Italy completes WorldHockey Olympic Qualifiers[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Match schedule for WorldHockey Olympic Qualifier in Chile modified". Retrieved 2007-02-28.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Tournament Schedule – Minor Changes Announced
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