# 2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers

The 2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers was the final stage of the qualification for the men's field hockey event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was held in October and November 2019.

## Format

In the first part of the qualification, the five continental champions automatically gained an Olympic berth, where they were joined by the hosts, Japan. Originally, twelve teams were to take part in the Olympic qualifying events. These teams were to be drawn into six pairs; each pair playing a two-match, aggregate score series, and the winner of each series qualifying for the Olympics. As Japan won the 2018 Asian Games (thereby qualifying twice, once as host and once as Asian champions), there instead were 14 teams, seven of whom qualified. The seven Olympic qualifiers each featured two nations playing two back-to-back matches, with nations drawn to play each other based on their rankings at the end of the 2018 / 2019 Continental Championships. It was held in October and November 2019 and the matches were hosted by the higher-ranked of the two competing nations.

## Qualification

The participating teams were confirmed on 29 August 2019 by the International Hockey Federation.
| Dates | Event(s) | Location | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
| 19 January – 30 June 2019 | 2019 FIH Pro League | 2019 FIH Pro League | 2 | Australia Belgium Great Britain Netherlands |
| 26 April – 4 May 2019 | 2018–19 FIH Series Finals | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 2 | Canada Malaysia |
| 6–15 June 2019 | 2018–19 FIH Series Finals | Bhubaneswar, India | 1 | India South Africa |
| 15–23 June 2019 | 2018–19 FIH Series Finals | Le Touquet, France | 2 | France Ireland |
| 8 September 2019 | FIH World Rankings | FIH World Rankings | 7 | Austria Egypt Germany New Zealand Pakistan Russia South Korea Spain |
| Total | Total | Total | 14 | |

## Seeding

The seeding was announced on 8 September 2019.
Pot 1 (Host teams) :
| Team | Rank |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| India | 5 |
| Germany | 6 |
Pot 2 (Host teams) :
| Team | Rank |
| Great Britain | 7 |
| Spain | 8 |
| New Zealand | 9 |
| Canada | 10 |
Pot 3 (Away teams) :
| Team | Rank |
| Malaysia | 11 |
| France | 12 |
| Ireland | 13 |
| South Korea | 16 |
Pot 4 (Away teams) :
| Team | Rank |
| Pakistan | 17 |
| Austria | 20 |
| Russia | 22 |

## Overview

The first legs were played on 25 and 26 October or 1 and 2 November 2019, and the second legs on 26 and 27 October or 2 and 3 November 2019.
All times are local.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Spain | 6–5 | France | 3–3 | 3–2 |
| Netherlands | 10–5 | Pakistan | 4–4 | 6–1 |
| Canada | 6–6 (5–4 p.s.o.) | Ireland | 3–5 | 3–1 |
| India | 11–3 | Russia | 4–2 | 7–1 |
| New Zealand | 6–2 | South Korea | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Germany | 10–3 | Austria | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| Great Britain | 9–3 | Malaysia | 4–1 | 5–2 |

### Matches

* 25 October 2019 18:00
| Spain | 3–3 | France |
| Lleonart 30' Quemada 41', 50' | Report | Charlet 19' Baumgarten 26' Bellenger 30' |
* Estadio Betero, Valencia Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 26 October 2019 18:00
| Spain | 3–2 | France |
| Delas 21' Iglesias 28' Lleonart 40' | Report | Baumgarten 3' Goyet 39' |
* Estadio Betero, Valencia Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Raghu Prasad (IND)
Spain won 6–5 on aggregate.
* 26 October 2019 16:00
| Netherlands | 4–4 | Pakistan |
| Van der Weerden 20', 60' Kellerman 21' Kemperman 52' | Report | M. Ali 5', 58' Ghazanfar 25' Rizwan Sr. 38' |
* Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Sean Rapaport (RSA)
* 27 October 2019 16:00
| Netherlands | 6–1 | Pakistan |
| Kellerman 9' Van der Weerden 17', 29' Pruyser 22' Pieters 39' Janssen 43' | Report | R. Ali 53' |
* Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Netherlands won 10–5 on aggregate.
* 26 October 2019 14:00
| Canada | 3–5 | Ireland |
| Johnston 15' Pereira 23', 48' | Report | Cargo 8' O'Donoghue 33', 53' Murray 37', 51' |
* Ambleside Rutledge Field, West Vancouver Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 27 October 2019 14:00
| Canada | 3–1 | Ireland |
| Johnston 21' Scholfield 37' Tupper 60+' | Report | McKee 6' |
| Penalties |||
| Johnston S. Panesar Pereira Wallace Froese Johnston Froese | 5–4 | Magee McKee Caruth Robson O'Donoghue Magee McKee |
* Ambleside Rutledge Field, West Vancouver Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Ben Göntgen (GER)
6–6 on aggregate. Canada won 5–4 after penalty-shootout.
* 1 November 2019 20:00
| India | 4–2 | Russia |
| Harmanpreet 5' Mandeep 24', 53' Sunil 48' | Report | Kuraev 17' Matkovskiy 60' |
* Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
* 2 November 2019 20:00
| India | 7–1 | Russia |
| Lalit 17' Akashdeep 23', 29' Nilakanta 47' Rupinder 48', 59' Amit 60+' | Report | Sobolevskiy 1' |
* Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
India won 11–3 on aggregate.
* 2 November 2019 15:00
| New Zealand | 3–2 | South Korea |
| Jenness 3', 17' Child 52' | Report | Lee N. 15' Jang 33' |
* Taranaki Hockey Club, Stratford Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 3 November 2019 15:00
| New Zealand | 3–0 | South Korea |
| Jenness 16' Lane 23' Russell 42' | Report | |
* Taranaki Hockey Club, Stratford Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
New Zealand won 6–2 on aggregate.
* 2 November 2019 18:30
| Germany | 5–0 | Austria |
| Windfeder 11' Staib 19' Rühr 27' Fuchs 42' Oruz 49' | Report | |
* Warsteiner HockeyPark, Mönchengladbach Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 3 November 2019 16:30
| Germany | 5–3 | Austria |
| Grambusch 14' Miltkau 15' Staib 39' Wellen 57' Rühr 58' | Report | Körper 14', 40', 41' |
* Warsteiner HockeyPark, Mönchengladbach Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Marcin Grochal (POL)
Germany won 10–3 on aggregate.
* 2 November 2019 16:30
| Great Britain | 4–1 | Malaysia |
| Ward 33' Roper 36' Forsyth 42' Gall 47' | Report | Nabil 6' |
* Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 3 November 2019 15:00
| Great Britain | 5–2 | Malaysia |
| Forsyth 9', 56', 57' Ward 11', 31' | Report | Fitri 24' Razie 40' |
* Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)
Great Britain won 9–3 on aggregate.

## Goalscorers

There were 85 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 6.07 goals per match.
4 goals
* Alan Forsyth
* Mink van der Weerden
3 goals
* Michael Körper
* Samuel Ward
* Stephen Jenness
2 goals
* Gordon Johnston
* Keegan Pereira
* Gaspard Baumgarten
* Christopher Rühr
* Akashdeep Singh
* Mandeep Singh
* Rupinder Pal Singh
* Sean Murray
* Shane O'Donoghue
* Bjorn Kellerman
* Mubashar Ali
* Xavi Lleonart
* Pau Quemada
1 goal
* Oliver Scholfield
* Scott Tupper
* Amaury Bellenger
* Victor Charlet
* François Goyet
* Florian Fuchs
* Timur Oruz
* Constantin Staib
* Niklas Wellen
* Lukas Windfeder
* James Gall
* Phil Roper
* Nilakanta Sharma
* Harmanpreet Singh
* S. V. Sunil
* Lalit Upadhyay
* Amit Rohidas
* Chris Cargo
* John McKee
* Fitri Saari
* Nabil Fiqri
* Razie Rahim
* Jip Janssen
* Robbert Kemperman
* Terrance Pieters
* Mirco Pruyser
* Simon Child
* Sam Lane
* Kane Russell
* Rizwan Ali
* Ali Ghazanfar
* Muhammad Rizwan Sr.
* Andrey Kuraev
* Semen Matkovskiy
* Alexey Sobolevskiy
* Jang Jong-hyun
* Lee Nam-yong
* Miquel Delas
* Álvaro Iglesias
Source: FIH