# 1996 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The 1996 Men's Olympic Qualifier was a field hockey tournament held in Barcelona, Spain, from 19–28 January 1996. The tournament was held at the Real Club de Polo.
Eight nations competed at the tournament, with the top five earning qualification to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

## Squads

* Igor Barkov
* Vitali Bondarenko
* Alexandre Boudnikov
* Guennadi Bribovski
* Youri Canja
* Serguey Drozdov
* Alexandre Eklemenko (gk)
* Dmitri Yukovski
* Stepan Klimovich
* Yuri Korottchenko
* Alexandre Mankovski
* Nikolay Sankovets
* Andrei Tchebotarev
* Albert Vintekevich (c)
* Igor Voltyuk
* Alexandre Yukovets

### Head Coach

    unknown
* Fabian Berger
* Joeri Beunen
* Mick Beunen
* Alexandre de Chaffoy
* Marc Coudron (c)
* Jean-Michel Deville
* Gérald Dewamme
* Philippe van Hemelen
* Laurent Kelecom
* Michel Kinnen
* Michel van Oost (gk)
* Patrick Pille
* Thierry Renear
* Vincent Van Diest
* Bruno Vuylsteke
* Jean Willems

### Head Coach

    Alain Geens
* Alan Brahmst
* Patrick Burrows (c)
* Paul Chohan
* Robin D'Abreo
* John Desouza
* Rob Edamura
* Adam Evans
* Marek Gacek
* Chris Gifford
* Doug Harris
* Hari Kant (gk)
* Peter Milkovich
* Ken Pereira
* Rick Roberts
* André Rousseau (gk)
* Rob Short

### Head Coach

    Shiaz Virjee
* Guy Fordham
* Calum Giles
* Daniel Hall
* Julian Halls
* Simon Hazlitt
* Howard Hoskin
* Jason Laslett (c)
* David Luckes (gk)
* Simon Mason (gk)
* Chris Mayer
* John Shaw
* Soma Singh
* Kalbir Takher
* Nick Thompson
* Robert Thompson
* Jon Wyatt

### Head Coach

    unknown
* Anil Aldrin
* Edward Alloysins (gk)
* Bopaiah Anjapara (gk)
* Gavin Ferreira
* Sandeep Hamachimana
* Sanjeev Khumar
* Mukesh Kumar
* Dhanraj Pillay
* Mohamed Riaz Nabi
* Baljeet Singh Dhillon
* Baljeet Singh Saini
* Harpreet Singh
* Ramandeep Singh
* Pargat Singh (c)
* Dilip Tirkey
* Sabu Varkey

### Head Coach

    Cedric D'Souza
* Lim Chiow Chuan
* Charles David
* Calvin Fernandez
* Nadarajan Marathumuthu (gk)
* Maninderjt Singh
* Lailin Abu Hassan
* Brian Jayhan Siva
* Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
* Lum Mun Fatt
* Shankar Ramu
* Nor Saiful Nasiruddin (c)
* Mirnawan Nawawi
* Aphtar Singh
* Arul Selvaraj Sami
* Kuhan Shanmuganathan
* Yahia Vickneswaran

### Head Coach

    Volker Knapp
* Jacques Brinkman
* Maurits Crucq
* Marc Delissen (c)
* Jeroen Delmee
* Sander van Heeswijk
* Taco van den Honert
* Ronald Jansen (gk)
* Erik Jazet
* Leo Klein Gebbink
* Teun de Nooijer
* Wouter van Pelt
* Stephan Veen
* Guus Vogels (gk)
* Rogier van der Wal
* Remco van Wijk
* Rochus Westbroek

### Head Coach

    Roelant Oltmans
* Oriol Alcarez
* Jaime Amat
* Javier Arnau
* Jordi Arnau
* Óscar Barrena
* Juan Dinarés
* Juan Escarré
* Javier Escudé
* Juantxo García-Mauriño
* Antonio González (gk)
* Antonio Iglesias
* Ramón Jufresa (gk)
* Joaquim Malgosa (c)
* Victor Pujol
* Ramón Sala
* Pablo Usoz

### Head Coach

    Toni Forrellat

## Officials

* Xavier Adell (ESP)
* Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
* Santiago Deo (ESP)
* Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* Floris Idenburg (NED)
* Sergey Platonov (RUS)
* Donald Prior (AUS)
* Peter von Reth (NED)
* Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
* Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
* Roger St Rose (TRI)
* Richard Wolter (GER)

## Results
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| | Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 11 | Qualified for 1996 Summer Olympics |
| | India | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 11 | Qualified for 1996 Summer Olympics |
| | Great Britain | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 10 | Qualified for 1996 Summer Olympics |
| 4 | Spain | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 9 | Qualified for 1996 Summer Olympics |
| 5 | Malaysia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 7 | Qualified for 1996 Summer Olympics |
| 6 | Canada | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 6 | |
| 7 | Belgium | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 2 | |
| 8 | Belarus | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 0 | |

### Fixtures

* 19 January 1996 09:30
| Malaysia | 2–1 | Belgium |
| Mirnawan 18' Saiful 47' | Report | J. Beunen 25' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Peter von Reth (NED)
* 19 January 1996 11:30
| Spain | 3–1 | Belarus |
| Iglesias 38' Escarré 47' Arnau 67' | Report | Korotchenko 13' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Ruíz (ARG) Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
* 19 January 1996 13:30
| Netherlands | 5–1 | Canada |
| Veen 4', 49' Van Wijk 34', 48' Delissen 61' | Report | Short 66' |
* Umpires: Richard Wölter (GER) Sergey Platonov (RUS)
* 19 January 1996 15:30
| Great Britain | 3–3 | India |
| Giles 16', 35' R. Thompson 30' | Report | Sanjeev 4' Mukesh 54' Pillay 57' |
* Umpires: Patrick van Beneden (BEL) Santiago Deo (ESP)
* 20 January 1996 15:30
| Belgium | 0–4 | Spain |
| | Report | Arnau 1', 50', 55' Escarré 67' |
* Umpires: Roger St. Rose (TTO) Floris Idenburg (NED)
* 20 January 1996 17:30
| Malaysia | 2–0 | Belarus |
| Mirnawan 60' Saiful 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Donald Prior (AUS)
* 21 January 1996 15:30
| Netherlands | 1–4 | India |
| Van den Honert 34' | Report | Harpreet 24', 30' Pillay 43', 57' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Ruíz (ARG) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* 21 January 1996 17:30
| Canada | 1–1 | Great Britain |
| Gifford 63' | Report | R. Thompson 1' |
* Umpires: Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS) Peter von Reth (NED)
* 22 January 1996 09:30
| India | 0–0 | Spain |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Richard Wölter (GER) Donald Prior (AUS)
* 22 January 1996 11:30
| Malaysia | 1–4 | Netherlands |
| Mirnawan 63' | Report | Van den Honert 7' Veen 11', 25' Brinkman 31' |
* Umpires: Patrick van Beneden (BEL) Sergey Platonov (RUS)
* 22 January 1996 13:30
| Great Britain | 4–1 | Belarus |
| Wyatt 3' Giles 6' N. Thompson 15', 61' | Report | Bribovski 52' |
* Umpires: Roger St. Rose (TTO) Richard Wölter (GER)
* 22 January 1996 15:30
| Canada | 3–2 | Belgium |
| Milkovich 7', 22' Roberts 40' | Report | Coudron 26' J. Beunen 55' |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Santiago Deo (ESP)
* 24 January 1996 09:30
| Canada | 1–2 | Malaysia |
| D'Abreo 40' | Report | Mirnawan 27' Saiful 43' |
* Umpires: Richard Wölter (GER) Eduardo Ruíz (ARG)
* 24 January 1996 11:30
| Belarus | 0–2 | India |
| | Report | Pargat 47' Pillay 63' |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
* 24 January 1996 13:30
| Spain | 2–2 | Great Britain |
| Amat 43' García-Mauriño 56' | Report | Giles 17' R. Thompson 45' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Peter von Reth (NED)
* 24 January 1996 15:30
| Netherlands | 9–4 | Belgium |
| Crucq 4' Veen 5', 59' Van den Honert 17', 37', 50', 62', 65' Delissen 48' | Report | Berger 9' J. Beunen 23', 46' M. Beunen 54' |
* Umpires: Donald Prior (AUS) Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
* 25 January 1996 09:30
| India | 2–1 | Canada |
| Ferreira 13' Mukesh 37' | Report | Milkovich 69' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Floris Idenburg (NED)
* 25 January 1996 11:30
| Spain | 2–0 | Malaysia |
| Escudé 57' Iglesias 61' | Report | |
* Umpires: Sergey Platonov (RUS) Donald Prior (AUS)
* 25 January 1996 13:30
| Great Britain | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| Mayer 36' Giles 68' | Report | Van den Honert 23', 45' |
* Umpires: Santiago Deo (ESP) Roger St. Rose (TTO)
* 25 January 1996 15:30
| Belgium | 3–1 | Belarus |
| J. Beunen 23', 69' Dewamme 55' | Report | Yukovski 40' |
* Umpires: Richard Wölter (GER) Peter von Reth (NED)
* 27 January 1996 09:30
| Great Britain | 3–2 | Malaysia |
| R. Thompson 3' Giles 17' N. Thompson 29' | Report | Saiful 14' Mirnawan 62' |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Eduardo Ruíz (ARG)
* 27 January 1996 11:30
| India | 4–2 | Belgium |
| Pargat 26', 59', 68' Ramandeep 32' | Report | J. Beunen 7', 41' |
* Umpires: Santiago Deo (ESP) Sergey Platonov (RUS)
* 27 January 1996 13:30
| Spain | 3–3 | Canada |
| Amat 11' Iglesias 41' Escudé 63' | Report | Gacek 6' Chohan 15' Milkovich 57' |
* Umpires: Floris Idenburg (NED) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
* 27 January 1996 15:30
| Belarus | 0–4 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Van den Honert 7', 60', 65' Veen 45' |
* Umpires: Roger St. Rose (TTO) Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
* 28 January 1996 09:00
| Belgium | 0–2 | Great Britain |
| | Report | Giles 43', 58' |
* Umpires: Roger St. Rose (TTO) Peter von Reth (NED)
* 28 January 1996 11:00
| India | 0–0 | Malaysia |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Richard Wölter (GER) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* 28 January 1996 13:00
| Belarus | 1–7 | Canada |
| Boudnikov 8' | Report | Milkovich 7', 48', 60' Short 27' Brahmst 30' Pereira 52' Desouza 68' |
* Umpires: Donald Prior (AUS) Santiago Deo (ESP)
* 28 January 1996 15:00
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Spain |
| Van der Wal 9' Delissen 18' | Report | Arnau 58' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Ruíz (ARG) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

## Final standings

* The top five teams qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
* Netherlands
* India
* Great Britain
* Spain
* Malaysia
* Canada
* Belgium
* Belarus

## Goalscorers

There were 116 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.
12 goals
* Taco van den Honert
8 goals
* Joeri Beunen
* Calum Giles
7 goals
* Peter Milkovich
* Stephan Veen
5 goals
* Mirnawan Nawawi
* Javier Arnau
4 goals
* Robert Thompson
* Dhanraj Pillay
* Pargat Singh
* Nor Saiful Nasiruddin
3 goals
* Nicholas Thompson
* Marc Delissen
* José Antonio Iglesias
2 goals
* Robert Short
* Mukesh Kumar
* Harpreet Singh
* Remco van Wijk
* Jaime Amat
* Juan Escarré
* Javier Escudé
1 goal
* Alexandre Boudnikov
* Guennadi Bribovski
* Yuri Korotchenko
* Dmitri Yukovski
* Mick Beunen
* Fabian Berger
* Marc Coudron
* Gérald Dewamme
* Alan Brahmst
* Paul Chohan
* Robin D'Abreo
* John DeSouza
* Marek Gacek
* Christopher Gifford
* Kenneth Pereira
* Richard Roberts
* Christopher Mayer
* Jonathan Wyatt
* Gavin Ferreira
* Sanjeev Kumar
* Ramandeep Singh
* Jacques Brinkman
* Maurits Crucq
* Rogier van der Wal
* Juantxo García-Mauriño