# 2004 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier was the fourth edition of the Men's Field hockey Olympic Qualification Tournament. It was held at Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain from 2 until 13 March 2004. Twelve nations took part, and they played a round-robin tournament in two groups of six. The top six or seven teams qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

## Squads

Head Coach: Gilles Bonnet
* Cédric Degreve (GK)
* Xavier Reckinger
* Thierry Renaer
* Xavier-Charles Letier
* Loïc Vandeweghe
* Jean-Philippe Brulé
* Thomas Van Den Balck
* Maxime Luycx
* Mike Dewever
* Charles Vandeweghe
* Dennis Dijkshoorn
* Gilles Petre
* Phillippe Goldberg
* Marc Coudron (c)
* Xavier Brooke
* Manu Leroy (GK)
* Patrice Houssein
Head Coach: Gene Muller
* Bindi Kullar
* Mike Mahood (GK)
* Mike Oliver
* Robin D'Abreo
* Steve Davis
* Ken Pereira
* Wayne Fernandes
* Peter Short
* David Jameson
* Rob Short (c)
* Ronnie Jagday
* Sean Campbell
* Scott Sandison
* Paul Wettlaufer
* Ranjeev Deol
* Ravi Kahlon
* Connor Grimes
* Jon MacKinnon
Head Coach: Jason Lee
* Simon Mason (GK)
* Jimi Lewis (GK)
* Jason Collins
* Russell Garcia
* Craig Parnham
* Niall Stott
* Tom Bertram
* Mark Pearn
* Jimmy Wallis
* Brett Garrard (c)
* Ben Hawes
* Danny Hall
* Michael Johnson
* Martin Jones
* Barry Middleton
* Graham Dunlop
* Graham Moodie
Head Coach: Rajinder Singh
* Devesh Chauhan (GK)
* Kanwalpreet Singh
* Dilip Tirkey (c)
* Baljit Singh Saini
* Bimal Lakra
* Ignace Tirkey
* Deepak Thakur
* Baljit Singh Dhillon
* Gagan Ajit Singh
* Len Aiyappa
* Prabhjot Singh
* Daljit Singh Dhillon
* Viren Rasquinha
* William Xalxo
* Arjun Halappa
* Bhowath Chetri (GK)
* Sandeel Michael
Head Coach: Yoshinori Takahashi
* Takahiko Yamabori
* Naoya Iwadate
* Kenji Asai
* Makoto Karuo
* Ryuji Furasato
* Akira Takahashi
* Kenichi Katayama (c)
* Naohiko Tobita
* Kazuyuki Ozawa
* Atsushi Takehara
* Daisuke Hokaze
* Akihiko Hirata
* Mitsuru Ito
* Jun Takahashi (GK)
* Yasuhiro Nobui (GK)
* Yasuhiro Kikkawa
* Kazuo Yoshida
Head Coach: Paul Lissek
* Roslan Jamaluddin (GK)
* Muhamad Amin Rahim
* Chua Boon Huat
* Lugan Kali
* Kuhan Shanmuganathan (c)
* Nor Azlan Bakar
* Gobinathan Krishnamurthy
* Jiwa Mohan
* Mohammed Madzli Ikmar
* Tajol Rosli Mohamed
* Mohamed Rodhanizam Radzi
* Keevan Raj Kalikavandan
* Ismail Abu
* Azlan Misron
* Norazlan Rahim
* Kumar Subramamiam (GK)
* Shanker Shanmugam
* Mohammed Sukri Abdul
Head Coach: Terry Walsh
* Guus Vogels (GK)
* Bram Lomans
* Geert-Jan Derikx
* Erik Jazet
* Rob Derikx
* Floris Evers
* Sander van der Weide
* Ronald Brouwer
* Piet-Hein Geeris
* Taeke Taekema
* Jeroen Delmee (c)
* Klaas Veering (GK)
* Teun de Nooijer
* Karel Klaver
* Rob Reckers
* Matthijs Brouwer
* Nick Meijer
* Egbert Ho
Head Coach: Kevin Towns
* Simon Towns (c)
* Mitesh Patel
* David Kosoof
* Darren Smith
* Wayne McIndoe
* Dion Gosling
* Blair Hopping
* Dean Couzins
* Ryan Archibald
* Umesh Parag
* Dharmesh Puna
* Paul Woolford (GK)
* Kyle Pontifex (GK)
* Phil Burrows
* Hayden Shaw
* James Nation
* Lloyd Stephenson
* Gareth Brooks
Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans
* Ahmed Alam (GK)
* Muhammad Nadeem (c)
* Kashif Jawwad
* Ghazanfar Ali
* Muhammad Saqlain
* Waseem Ahmad
* Dilawar Hussain
* Rehan Butt
* Sohail Abbas
* Ali Raza
* Shabbir Hussain
* Salman Akbar (GK)
* Mudassar Ali Khan
* Muhammad Sarwar
* Zeeshan Ashraf
* Shakeel Abbasi
* Adnan Maqsood
Head Coach: Jerzy Jóskowiak
* Marcin Trzaskawka (GK)
* Tomasz Dutkiewicz
* Miroslaw Juszczak
* Miroslaw Kluczynski
* Sebastian Wladysiak
* Marcin Grotowski
* Zbigniew Juszczak
* Dariusz Rachwalski
* Marcin Nyckowiak
* Arkadiusz Matuszak (GK)
* Slawomir Choczaj
* Tomasz Choczaj
* Piotr Mikula (c)
* Artur Mikula
* Tomasz Gorny
* Tomasz Marcinkowski
* Krzystof Kmiec
Head Coach: Paul Revington
* David Staniforth (GK)
* Ken Forbes
* Craig Jackson (c)
* Craig Fulton
* Bruce Jacobs
* Gregg Clark
* Iain Evans
* Emile Smith
* Clyde Abrahams
* Steve Evans
* Eric Rose-Innes
* Marvin Bam
* Reece Basson
* Wayne Denne
* Chris Hibbert (GK)
* Ian Symons
* Ryan Ravenscroft
* Greg Nicol
Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks
* Bernardino Herrera (GK)
* Santi Freixa
* Marc Garcia-Cascon
* Francisco "Kiko" Fábregas (c)
* Miquel Codina
* Juan Escarré
* Alex Fábregas
* Pol Amat
* Eduardo Tubau
* Alberto Esteban
* Ramón Alegre
* Josep Sánchez
* Víctor Sojo
* Xavier Ribas
* Albert Sala
* Rodrigo Garza
* Francisco Cortes (GK)
* David Alegre

## Results

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

### Pools
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | +17 | 13 | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Spain (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 13 | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | 5th–8th place classification |
| 4 | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 6 | 5th–8th place classification |
| 5 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 4 | 9th–12th place classification |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 1 | 9th–12th place classification |
* 2 March 2004 12:00
| South Africa | 1–5 | Netherlands |
| Smith 1' | Report | Taekema 21' R. Brouwer 44' Lomans 50' Evers 52' Klaver 61' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
* 2 March 2004 14:00
| Poland | 2–1 | Great Britain |
| T. Choczaj 45' Dutkiewicz 67' | Report | Hall 62' |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 2 March 2004 16:00
| Spain | 6–1 | Japan |
| Amat 22', 34', 67' Fàbregas 25' Codina 57' Ribas 65' | Report | Furusato 32' |
* Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 3 March 2004 14:00
| Japan | 4–4 | Poland |
| Katayama 14', 70' Yamabori 19' Tobita 61' | Report | A. Mikula 7' P. Mikula 10', 51' Z. Juszczak 33' |
* Umpires: Philip Schellekens (NED) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 3 March 2004 16:00
| South Africa | 1–2 | Spain |
| Evans 6' | Report | Freixa 30' Ribas 70+' |
* Umpires: Christian Bläsch (GER) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 3 March 2004 18:00
| Netherlands | 3–0 | Great Britain |
| Taekema 4' De Nooijer 31' Van der Weide 64' | Report | |
* Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) John Wright (RSA)
* 5 March 2004 14:00
| Japan | 0–1 | Great Britain |
| | Report | Bertram 35' |
* Umpires: Philip Schellekens (NED) Faiz Mohammad Faizi (PAK)
* 5 March 2004 16:00
| Spain | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| Freixa 35+', 52' | Report | Reckers 7' Meijer 23' |
* Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 5 March 2004 18:00
| Poland | 0–6 | South Africa |
| | Report | Nicol 5', 13', 34', 69' Denne 26' Basson 52' |
* Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) Pedro Texeira (POR)
* 7 March 2004 12:00
| Great Britain | 1–2 | Spain |
| Hall 37' | Report | Ribas 41', 55' |
* Umpires: Christian Bläsch (GER) Pedro Texeira (POR)
* 7 March 2004 14:00
| South Africa | 2–1 | Japan |
| Nicol 43', 65' | Report | Yamabori 14' |
* Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
* 7 March 2004 16:00
| Netherlands | 4–0 | Poland |
| Evers 11' Jazet 26' De Nooijer 66', 70' | Report | |
* Umpires: Han Jin-Soo (KOR) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
* 9 March 2004 12:30
| Japan | 3–9 | Netherlands |
| Ozawa 5' Yamabori 50' Ito 65' | Report | Meijer 1' R. Brouwer 12', 51', 54' M. Brouwer 39' Reckers 45' de Nooijer 55' Lomas 68', 70+' |
* Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Xavier Adell (ESP)
* 9 March 2004 14:30
| South Africa | 0–6 | Great Britain |
| | Report | Hawes 7', 14', 69' Hall 9' Pearn 37' Moodie 70' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
* 9 March 2004 16:00
| Spain | 6–0 | Poland |
| Freixa 22' Sala 23' Ribas 28' Escarré 33', 51' Amat 63' | Report | |
* Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Faiz Muhammad Faizi (PAK)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 13 | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 2 | India | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 10 | Advance to the semi-finals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | 5th–8th place classification |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | 5th–8th place classification |
| 5 | Malaysia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 4 | 9th–12th place classification |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 1 | 9th–12th place classification |
* 2 March 2004 12:30
| New Zealand | 1–0 | Malaysia |
| Shaw 3' | Report | |
* Umpires: Faiz Muhammad Faizi (PAK) John Wright (RSA)
* 2 March 2004 14:30
| Pakistan | 4–2 | Canada |
| Abbas 38', 51' Jawad 40' Abbasi 58' | Report | Pereira 68' Wettlaufer 70' |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
* 2 March 2004 18:00
| India | 1–1 | Belgium |
| Aiyappa 61' | Report | Vandeweghe 64' |
* Umpires: Christian Bläsch (GER) Pedro Texeira (POR)
* 4 March 2004 14:00
| Belgium | 0–2 | Pakistan |
| | Report | Jawad 50' Saqlain 61' |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Xavier Adell (ESP)
* 4 March 2004 16:00
| Malaysia | 3–5 | India |
| Chua 10' Kuhan 13' A. Rahim 60' | Report | Thakur 16' GA Singh 27', 46' D. Tirkey 29' Dhillon 63' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)
* 4 March 2004 18:00
| Canada | 2–4 | New Zealand |
| R. Short 59' Kahlon 63' | Report | Smith 12', 37' Burrows 18', 47' |
* Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
* 6 March 2004 12:00
| New Zealand | 2–2 | Belgium |
| Shaw 16' Burrows 25' | Report | Houssein 18', 69' |
* Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Xavier Adell (ESP)
* 6 March 2004 14:00
| Canada | 2–3 | Malaysia |
| Fernandes 4', 55' | Report | Madzli 21' Chua 27' A. Rahim 68' |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)
* 6 March 2004 16:00
| Pakistan | 5–3 | India |
| Abbas 2', 28', 41', 62' Butt 34' | Report | Thakur 33' GA Singh 42', 44' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 8 March 2004 12:00
| Belgium | 2–2 | Canada |
| Brulé 24' Dewever 49' | Report | Campbell 30' R. Short 32' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 8 March 2004 14:00
| India | 2–0 | New Zealand |
| Halappa 2' Thakur 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 8 March 2004 16:00
| Malaysia | 0–0 | Pakistan |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Christian Bläsch (GER)
* 9 March 2004 12:00
| Canada | 4–6 | India |
| Campbell 37', 68' R. Short 55' Wettlaufer 59' | Report | Thakur 6', 35', 36' Halappa 8' D. Tirkey 19' I. Tirkey 69' |
* Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Philip Schellekens (NED)
* 9 March 2004 14:00
| Belgium | 2–1 | Malaysia |
| Dewever 14' Brulé 49' | Report | Kuhan 31' |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 9 March 2004 18:00
| New Zealand | 1–4 | Pakistan |
| Shaw 21' | Report | Abbas 25', 35' Khan 41' Muhammad 43' |
* Umpires: Pedro Texeira (POR) John Wright (RSA)

### Ninth to twelfth place classification

| Crossovers | Crossovers | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 11 March | 11 March |
| Poland | 2 |
| Poland | 2 | 12 March | 12 March |
| Canada | 1 | 12 March | 12 March |
| Canada | 1 | Poland | 4 |
| 11 March | 11 March | | Poland | 4 |
| 11 March | 11 March | Malaysia | 2 |
| Malaysia | 3 | Malaysia | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | | |
| Japan | 2 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 12 March | 12 March |
| | | Canada | 3 |
| | | Japan | 2 |

#### Cross-overs

* 11 March 2004 12:30
| Poland | 2–1 | Canada |
| Z. Juszczak 22', 37' | Report | Fernandes 46' |
* Umpires: Edmundo Saladino (ARG) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 11 March 2004 15:00
| Malaysia | 3–2 | Japan |
| Gobinathan 13' Kuhan 42' Azlan 49' | Report | Yamabori 28' Ozawa 38' |
* Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

#### Eleventh and twelfth place

* 12 March 2004 12:00
| Canada | 3–2 | Japan |
| Grimes 8' Kahlon 29' Pereira 40' | Report | Furusato 42' Tobita 70' |
* Umpires: Mohammed Faizi (PAK) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

#### Ninth and tenth place

* 12 March 2004 14:30
| Poland | 4–2 | Malaysia |
| T. Choczaj 20' Rachwalski 41' S. Choczaj 50' Kmiec 60' | Report | Chua Boon Huat 29' Mohamad 39' |
* Umpires: Han Jin-Soo (KOR) Pedro Texeira (POR)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Cross-overs | Cross-overs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 11 March | 11 March |
| Great Britain | 2 |
| Great Britain | 2 | 12 March | 12 March |
| Belgium | 1 | 12 March | 12 March |
| Belgium | 1 | Great Britain | 3 |
| 11 March | 11 March | | Great Britain | 3 |
| 11 March | 11 March | New Zealand | 2 |
| New Zealand | 3 | New Zealand | 2 |
| South Africa | 2 | | |
| South Africa | 2 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 13 March | 13 March |
| | | Belgium | 2 (3) |
| | | South Africa (p.s.o.) | 2 (4) |

#### Cross-overs

* 11 March 2004 11:30
| Great Britain | 2–1 | Belgium |
| Middleton 7' Bertram 8' | Report | Coudron 33' |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 11 March 2004 14:00
| New Zealand | 3–2 | South Africa |
| Shaw 16', 40' Brooks 41' | Report | Nicol 6', 32' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Christian Bläsch (GER)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 12 March 2004 17:00
| Great Britain | 3–2 | New Zealand |
| Hawes 27' Dunlop 43' Garcia 46' | Report | Kosoof 49' Archibald 62' |
* Umpires: Philip Schellekens (NED) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 13 March 2004 12:00
| Belgium | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | South Africa |
| Vandeweghe 2' Brulé 9' | Report | Evans 14' Clark 70' |
| Penalties |||
| Brulé Coudron Luyckx Petre Reckinger Brulé | 3–4 | Nicol Symons Denne Evans Fulton Symons |
* Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Christian Bläsch (GER)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 11 March | 11 March |
| Netherlands | 4 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 13 March | 13 March |
| India | 2 | 13 March | 13 March |
| India | 2 | Netherlands (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| 11 March | 11 March | | Netherlands (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| 11 March | 11 March | Spain | 1 |
| Pakistan | 2 | Spain | 1 |
| Spain | 3 | | |
| Spain | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 13 March | 13 March |
| | | India | 2 |
| | | Pakistan | 4 |

#### Semi-finals

* 11 March 2004 16:30
| Netherlands | 4–2 | India |
| Taekema 13', 34' M. Brouwer 47', 65' | Report | GA Singh 30' Thakur 42' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Richard Wolter (GER)
* 11 March 2004 19:00
| Pakistan | 2–3 | Spain |
| Abbasi 30' Khan 67' | Report | Tubau 14', 39' Freixa 68' |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Satinder Kumar (IND)

#### Third and fourth place

* 13 March 2004 14:30
| India | 2–4 | Pakistan |
| P. Singh 22' GA Singh 59' | Report | Muhammad 15' Abbas 43' Abbasi 55' Jawad 69' |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Xavier Adell (ESP)

#### Final

* 13 March 2004 17:00
| Netherlands | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
| De Nooijer 44' R. Brouwer 71' | Report | Freixa 31' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Satinder Kumar (IND)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Netherlands |
| | Spain |
| | Pakistan |
| 4 | India |
| 5 | Great Britain |
| 6 | New Zealand |
| 7 | South Africa |
| 8 | Belgium |
| 9 | Poland |
| 10 | Malaysia |
| 11 | Canada |
| 12 | Japan |
Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

### Awards

| Topscorer | Best Player | Best Young Player | Best Goalkeeper |
| Sohail Abbas | Francisco Fábregas | Floris Evers | Simon Mason |