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

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 earned a berth in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

## Teams

Below is the list of 18 teams who participated in these qualifying tournaments:
| Date | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 4–14 December 2006 | 2006 Asian Games | Doha, Qatar | 3 | Japan India Malaysia Bangladesh |
| 14–22 July 2007 | 2007 African Olympic Qualifier | Nairobi, Kenya | 0 | Egypt |
| 15–25 July 2007 | 2007 Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3 | Argentina Chile Trinidad and Tobago Cuba |
| 19–26 August 2007 | 2007 EuroHockey Championship | Manchester, England | 4 | Germany Great Britain France Ireland Czech Republic |
| 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:
* United States (replace Cuba in Qualifying 1)
* Mexico (replace Egypt in Qualifying 2)
* Russia (replace Bangladesh in Qualifying 2)
* Italy (replace Czech Republic in Qualifying 3)

## Qualifying 1
### 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 | Final |
| 3 | Ireland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 12 | Third place game |
| 4 | France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 6 | Third place game |
| 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 | Fifth place game |

### Results

All times are New Zealand Summer Time (UTC+13)
* 2 February 2008 12:00
| France | 0 – 4 | Ireland |
| | | Gleghorne 7' Jermyn 40' Watt 55', 69' |
* Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) David Leiper (GBR)
* 2 February 2008 14:00
| New Zealand | 12 – 0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| H. Shaw 9' Kosoof 11', 22', 32', 49' Child 14', 34', 61', 64' Burrows 28', 69' Archibald 57' | | |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Daniel Lopez (URU)
* 2 February 2008 16:00
| Argentina | 9 – 1 | United States |
| L. Vila 1', 25', 39' Garreta 16' Almada 33', 64' M. Vila 35' Rossi 40' Zylberberg 70' | | Coolidge 70' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Nigel Iggo (NZL)
* 3 February 2008 13:15
| New Zealand | 3 – 1 | Ireland |
| Kosoof 25' Collier 26', 45' | | Gleghorne 16' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Rob ten Cate (NED)
* 3 February 2008 15:15
| United States | 4 – 7 | France |
| Martin 1' Harris 6' Coolidge 37' Sheridan 43' | | Soyez 24', 26', 41', 48', 52' Branquard 51' Gouedard Comte 70' |
* Umpires: Chris Wilson (CAN) Xavier Adell (ESP)
* 3 February 2008 17:15
| Argentina | 7 – 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| R. Vila 3' M. Vila 21', 68' Rossi 27' L. Vila 31', 43' Zylberberg 59' | | Toussaint 62' |
* Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Zulfiqar Haider (PAK)
* 5 February 2008 14:00
| Ireland | 7 – 2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Maguire 8' Gleghorne 14', 37' Magee 18' Jermyn 48' Hobbs 65' Gormley 68' | | James 35' Wren 36' |
* Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Xavier Adell (ESP)
* 5 February 2008 16:00
| France | 2 – 4 | Argentina |
| Gaillard 4' Soyez 58' | | L. Vila 14' R. Vila 18' Garreta 32' Cammareri 59' |
* Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Chris Wilson (CAN)
* 5 February 2008 18:00
| United States | 0 – 4 | New Zealand |
| | | Burrows 9', 51' Child 35' H. Shaw 47' |
* Umpires: Daniel Lopez (URU) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 6 February 2008 14:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 – 5 | France |
| Legerton 9' Wren 57' | | Genestet 2' Soyez 28' Durchon 34', 40' Branquard 69' |
* Umpires: Daniel Lopez (URU) Chris Wilson (CAN)
* 6 February 2008 16:00
| New Zealand | 1 – 3 | Argentina |
| Collier 63' | | Cammareri 16' R. Vila 23', 58' |
* Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Xavier Adell (ESP)
* 6 February 2008 18:00
| Ireland | 8 – 0 | United States |
| Magee 8' Gleghorne 15', 28', 40', 43', 70' Barbour 37' Gormley 46' | | |
* Umpires: Zulfiqar Haider (PAK) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 9 February 2008 10:15
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 – 4 | United States |
| Toussaint 14' Browne 19' | | Harris 29' Sheridan 42', 48' Martin 66' |
* Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Zulfiqar Haider (PAK)
* 9 February 2008 12:15
| Argentina | 0 – 1 | Ireland |
| | | Gormley 55' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) David Leiper (GBR)
* 9 February 2008 14:15
| France | 0 – 2 | New Zealand |
| | | Archibald 13' Burrows 14' |
* Umpires: Daniel Lopez (URU) Rob ten Cate (NED)

#### Fifth and sixth

* 10 February 2008 09:45
| United States | 2 – 3 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Harris 29' Martin 32' | | Legerton 21' Whittington 41' Quan Chan 68' |
* Umpires: Daniel Lopez (URU) Tim Pullman (AUS)

#### Third and fourth

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

#### Final

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

### Awards

| Fair Play Trophy | Best Goalkeeper | Top Goalscorer | Best Player |
| France | Juan Manuel Vivaldi | Mark Gleghorne | Blair Hopping |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | New Zealand |
| | Argentina |
| | France |
| 4 | Ireland |
| 5 | United States |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago |
Qualified for the Summer Olympics

## Qualifying 2
### 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 | Final |
| 3 | Austria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 9 | Third place game |
| 4 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 6 | Third place game |
| 5 | Chile (H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Mexico | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 45 | −42 | 0 | Fifth place game |

### Results

All times are Chile Summer Time (UTC-3)
* 1 March 2008 14:30
| Great Britain | 11 – 0 | Mexico |
| S. Mantell 13', 51' R. Mantell 23' Dick 47' Alexander 50' Middleton 54' Daly 57', 68' Moore 61' Jackson 63' Tindall 70' | Report | |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Gus Soteriades (USA)
* 1 March 2008 16:30
| India | 8 – 0 | Russia |
| D. Tirkey 14' P. Singh 19', 29', 65' S. Singh 30' Khandekar 36' S. Singh 45' Raghunath 54' | Report | |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Marc Knulle (FRA)
* 1 March 2008 19:00
| Chile | 3 – 4 | Austria |
| Montegu 1', 46', 64' | Report | Jelinek 20' Tobias Hübner 32' Stremitzer 42' Stanzl 44' |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 2 March 2008 16:00
| Great Britain | 8 – 0 | Russia |
| Middleton 7', 37' Kirkham 11', 65' Daly 25', 46' Ralph 31' Tindall 41' | Report | |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
* 2 March 2008 18:00
| Mexico | 0 – 4 | Chile |
| | Report | Montegu 29', 46', 70' Amoroso 68' |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Marc Knulle (FRA)
* 2 March 2008 20:00
| Austria | 3 – 7 | India |
| Buchta 2' Minar 28', 60' | Report | D. Tirkey 9', 23' I. Tirkey 41' S. Singh 51', 55' Bharath 53' R. Singh 53' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
* 4 March 2008 15:30
| Mexico | 1 – 18 | India |
| Moreno Quiroz 70' | Report | P. Singh 9', 50', 60', 61' R. Singh 11', 21', 30', 39', 69' S. Singh 16', 24' Khandekar 19' Raghunath 29', 37', 54', 57', 62' S. Singh 65' |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Richard Attipoe (GHA)
* 4 March 2008 17:30
| Austria | 5 – 4 | Russia |
| Körper 28', 59' Kolinek 49' Proksch 53', 65' | Report | Azarov 23', 52' Mamoshkin 25' Korolyov 67' |
* Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 4 March 2008 19:30
| Chile | 1 – 4 | Great Britain |
| Krainz 47' | Report | R. Mantell 42' Middleton 50' Tindall 56', 66' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* 6 March 2008 14:00
| India | 2 – 3 | Great Britain |
| Raghunath 3', 64' | Report | R. Mantell 15' Clarke 45' Moore 69' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* 6 March 2008 17:30
| Austria | 3 – 1 | Mexico |
| Körper 6', 64' Stanzl 55' | Report | Aguilar Montoya 12' |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Marc Knulle (FRA)
* 6 March 2008 19:30
| Russia | 2 – 1 | Chile |
| Mokrousov 48' Azarov 68' | Report | Stein 65' |
* Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) Gus Soteriades (USA)
* 8 March 2008 15:00
| Great Britain | 4 – 0 | Austria |
| Tindall 5' Jackson 12' R. Mantell 22' Moore 69' | Report | |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Gus Soteriades (USA)
* 8 March 2008 17:00
| Russia | 9 – 1 | Mexico |
| Azarov 2', 26' Platonov 9' Mayorov 18' Nikolaev 32' Lykov 46' Korolyov 51' Spishkovsky 55' Volkov 62' | Report | Moreno Quiroz 39' |
* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
* 8 March 2008 19:00
| Chile | 1 – 4 | India |
| Montegu 64' | Report | P. Singh 9' Raghunath 23', 61' Bharath 24' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

#### Fifth and sixth

* 9 March 2008 13:00
| Chile | 9 – 3 | Mexico |
| Montegu 9', 16', 28', 58' Casanova 14' Krainz 21', 49' Stein 38' Krussig 52' | Report | Aguilar Montoya 10', 67' Borquez Silva 35' |
* Umpires: Marc Knulle (FRA) Gus Soteriades (USA)

#### Third and fourth

* 9 March 2008 15:30
| Austria | 3 – 6 | Russia |
| Proksch 18' Buchta 49' Stanzl 65' | Report | Platonov 1', 23', 31', 61' Azarov 6' Korolyov 58' |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

#### Final

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

### Awards

| Best Player | Best Goalkeeper | Top Goalscorer | Fair Play Trophy |
| Prabhjot Singh | Moises Alejandro Vargas Garcia | Felipe Montegu | Austria |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Great Britain |
| | India |
| | Russia |
| 4 | Austria |
| 5 | Chile |
| 6 | Mexico |
Qualified for the Summer Olympics

## Qualifying 3
### 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 | Final |
| 3 | Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 8 | Third place game |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 6 | Third place game |
| 5 | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 1 | Fifth place game |

### Results

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
* 5 April 2008 12:05
| Germany | 8 – 0 | Italy |
| Draguhn 11', 30' C. Zeller 24', 25', 38' Witthaus 40', 55' B. Weß 68' | | |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Chen Dekang (CHN)
* 5 April 2008 14:05
| Malaysia | 2 – 1 | Poland |
| Tg Abdul Jalil 39', 58' | | Rachwalski 20' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Kim Hong-Lee (KOR)
* 5 April 2008 16:05
| Switzerland | 1 – 2 | Japan |
| Kloter 40' | | Katayama 42' Yamabori 61' |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 6 April 2008 13:05
| Switzerland | 0 – 10 | Germany |
| | | Witthaus 8', 31' T. Weß 9', 38', 65' B. Weß 14' Witte 32' Keller 42', 45', 59' |
* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Murray Grime (AUS)
* 6 April 2008 15:05
| Japan | 6 – 1 | Poland |
| A. Ito 23' Yoshida 35' Katayama 45' Anai 52' Yamabori 60' Sakamoto 63' | | Dutkiewicz 11' |
* Umpires: Kim Hong-Lee (KOR) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 6 April 2008 17:05
| Italy | 4 – 4 | Malaysia |
| Nanni 23' Lunetta 44' Malta 64' Lanzano 66' | | Abdullah 35', 70' Rahim 45' Mohan 58' |
* Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Chen Dekang (CHN)
* 8 April 2008 13:00
| Poland | 3 – 2 | Switzerland |
| Strykowski 38' Dutkiewicz 51' T. Choczaj 67' | | Keller 11' Gähwiler 20' |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Kim Hong-Lee (KOR)
* 8 April 2008 15:00
| Japan | 5 – 1 | Italy |
| Yamabori 12', 21', 31' Katayama 57' Furusato 65' | | Lanzano 28' |
* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 8 April 2008 17:00
| Germany | 3 – 0 | Malaysia |
| C. Zeller 23' Korn 43' T. Weß 58' | | |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
* 10 April 2008 12:00
| Malaysia | 4 – 3 | Switzerland |
| Abd Rahim 15', 67' Chua Boon Huat 35' Makbul Singh 41' | | Gähwiler 15', 64' Keller 70+' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Chen Dekang (CHN)
* 10 April 2008 14:00
| Italy | 0 – 6 | Poland |
| | | T. Choczaj 16' Górny 26' Strykowski 33', 67' Marcinkowski 37' Grotowski 63' |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
* 10 April 2008 16:00
| Germany | 4 – 0 | Japan |
| P. Zeller 21' Fürste 49' C. Zeller 62', 65' | | |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 12 April 2008 13:05
| Poland | 0 – 5 | Germany |
| | | T. Weß 11' Korn 29' C. Zeller 35' Fürste 64' Witthaus 67' |
* Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
* 12 April 2008 15:05
| Japan | 3 – 3 | Malaysia |
| A. Ito 21' Ono 35' Katayama 69' | | Chua Boon Huat 10' Mohan 28' Makbul Singh 33' |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Murray Grime (AUS)
* 12 April 2008 17:05
| Switzerland | 4 – 0 | Italy |
| Spörri 25', 33', 69' Gähwiler 44' | | |
* Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)

#### Fifth and sixth

* 13 April 2008 09:00
| Switzerland | 2 – 3 | Italy |
| Keller 50' Spörri 58' | | Lanzano 25', 60' Nunez 48' |
* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Deon Nel (RSA)

#### Third and fourth

* 13 April 2008 11:30
| Malaysia | 3 – 0 | Poland |
| Tg Abdul Jalil 26', 69' Rahim 53' | | |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Kim Hong-Lee (KOR)

#### Final

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

### Awards

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

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Germany |
| | Japan |
| | Malaysia |
| 4 | Poland |
| 5 | Italy |
| 6 | Switzerland |
Qualified for the Summer Olympics