2000 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

2000 Men's Field Hockey
Olympic Qualifier
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
City	Osaka
Dates	9–20 March
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Spain
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	224 (5.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sohail Abbas (13 goals)
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The 2000 Men's Olympic Qualifier was a field hockey tournament held in Osaka, Japan, from 9–20 March 2000.^[1]^[2]

Twelve nations competed at the tournament, with the top seven earning qualification to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Results[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	South Korea	5	5	0	0	20	6	+14	15	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Poland	5	3	0	2	11	10	+1	9	Advanced to Semi-finals
3	Japan (H)	5	2	1	2	10	12	−2	7
4	Great Britain	5	2	1	2	13	16	−3	7
5	New Zealand	5	1	1	3	10	15	−5	4
6	Belgium	5	0	1	4	12	17	−5	1

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

9 March 2000
10:05

Great Britain	4–2	Japan
Giles 25', 29', 41' Sharpe 28'		Takahashi 3' Fukazawa 70'

Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Murray Grime (AUS)

9 March 2000
12:05

Belgium	1–2	South Korea
Gierts 43'		Kang K. 57' Hwang 59'

Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

10 March 2000
10:05

Great Britain	2–2	New Zealand
Bertram 27' Hall 60'		Leaver 34' Burrows 69'

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

10 March 2000
14:05

South Korea	4–1	Poland
Hwang 11' Yeo 21' Ji 61' Song 70'		Gaczkowski 42'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
John Wright (RSA)

11 March 2000
10:05

New Zealand	5–4	Belgium
Leaver 34' Archibald 41' Smith 44' Parag 56' Reynolds 62'		Dewamme 7' Vandergracht 16', 30' J. Beunen 49'

Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)

11 March 2000
12:35

Poland	0–2	Japan
		Iwata 6' Yamabori 58'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Roger St Rose (TRI)

12 March 2000
12:05

Great Britain	1–4	South Korea
Woods 16'		Yeo 18' Kang K. 45', 46' Kim J. 54'

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)

13 March 2000
14:05

Japan	2–0	New Zealand
Yamabori 17' Tobita 38'

Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
John Wright (RSA)

13 March 2000
16:05

Belgium	1–3	Poland
Khopolov 51'		P. Mikula 20' Malecki 33' Juszczak 67'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

14 March 2000
14:05

Japan	1–5	South Korea
Iwata 24'		Kim J. 13' Hwang 34' Song 39' Jeon 61' Yeo 67'

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

14 March 2000
16:05

Poland	5–2	Great Britain
P. Mikula 4', 43', 50', 55', 70'		Giles 53' Parnham 63'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

15 March 2000
14:05

South Korea	5–2	New Zealand
Kang K. 24' Yeo 30' Jeon 45', 49' Lee J. 59'		Reynolds 44' Hari 61'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Peter Elders (NED)

15 March 2000
16:05

Great Britain	4–3	Belgium
Pearn 11', 26' Sharpe 49' Hall 66'		Coudron 48', 65' Dewamme 69'

Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Murray Grime (AUS)

16 March 2000
14:05

New Zealand	1–2	Poland
Archibald 56'		Wybieralski 29', 64'

Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

16 March 2000
16:05

Belgium	3–3	Japan
De Chaffoy 1' J. Beunen 8' Vandergracht 28'		Takahashi 18' Katayama 64', 66'

Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Pool B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Spain	5	4	1	0	25	8	+17	13	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Pakistan	5	3	1	1	25	13	+12	10	Advanced to Semi-finals
3	Argentina	5	2	1	2	18	16	+2	7
4	Malaysia	5	2	1	2	18	19	−1	7
5	Switzerland	5	2	0	3	10	16	−6	6
6	Belarus	5	0	0	5	2	26	−24	0

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.

9 March 2000
14:05

Spain	7–1	Malaysia
Dinarés 12' Tubau 21' Ribas 29', 38' Pa. Amat 32', 43' Sánchez 44'	Report	Kuhan 15'

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Peter Elders (NED)

9 March 2000
16:05

Argentina	1–3	Switzerland
Lombi 55'	Report	Overhoff 25', 60' Cavallet 67'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Keith Roper (ENG)

10 March 2000
14:05

Belarus	1–7	Malaysia
Pakhalchouk 38'	Report	Mirnawan 5' Kuhan 10' Ibrahim 22', 54', 69' Kaliswaran 63' Chairil 66'

Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Peter Elders (NED)

10 March 2000
16:05

Pakistan	7–3	Switzerland
Ashraf 23' Jawwad 37' Sarwar 39' Anis 43', 48' Abbas 64', 69'	Report	Grandchamp 4' Steinemann 20' Bilgerig 51'

Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Keith Roper (ENG)

11 March 2000
15:05

Belarus	0–6	Argentina
	Report	Lombi 9', 45', 65', 66' Capurro 24' Almada 29'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
John Wright (RSA)

11 March 2000
17:35

Spain	4–4	Pakistan
Dinarés 17' Ribas 33', 34' Tubau 62'	Report	Abbas 4', 8', 26', 41'

Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Jason McCracken (NZL)

12 March 2000
14:05

Argentina	4–4	Malaysia
Lombi 2', 26', 25' M. Vila 41'	Report	Chairil 13' Kuhan 33', 64' Saiful 52'

Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Murray Grime (AUS)

12 March 2000
16:05

Switzerland	0–3	Spain
	Report	Arnau 8' Dinarés 11' Pa. Amat 21'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Peter Elders (NED)

13 March 2000
12:05

Pakistan	6–0	Belarus
Nadeem 3' Abbas 21', 25', 40' Jawwad 55' Raza 69'	Report

Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Roger St. Rose (TTO)

14 March 2000
10:05

Switzerland	2–4	Malaysia
Grandchamp 52', 67'	Report	Keevan 21' Kuhan 47' Mirnawan 54' Ibrahim 64'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
John Wright (RSA)

14 March 2000
12:05

Argentina	3–6	Spain
M. Vila 35' R. Vila 44' Lombi 47'	Report	Sánchez 6' Po. Amat 50', 65' Tubau 55', 58' Arnau 70'

Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Keith Roper (ENG)

15 March 2000
10:05

Malaysia	2–5	Pakistan
Mirnawan 48' Kuhan 64'	Report	Nadeem 22', 63' Jawwad 40' Sarwar 61' Yousaf 67'

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Keith Roper (ENG)

15 March 2000
12:05

Spain	5–0	Belarus
Dinarés 2' Tubau 24' Po. Amat 28' Fábregas 42' Sánchez 69'	Report

Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Jason McCracken (NZL)

16 March 2000
10:05

Pakistan	3–4	Argentina
Abbas 11' Anis 33' Nadeem 67'	Report	Lombi 18' Pellegrino 23' Capurro 31', 46'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

16 March 2000
12:05

Belarus	1–2	Switzerland
Klimovich 23'	Report	Bilgerig 13' Grandchamp 27'

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Keith Roper (ENG)

Classification round[edit]

Ninth to twelfth place classification[edit]

Crossover		Ninth Place

19 March

New Zealand	6
		20 March
Belarus	3
		New Zealand	0
19 March
		Belgium	1
Switzerland	1

Belgium	6
		Eleventh place

		20 March

		Belarus	1

		Switzerland	4

Crossover[edit]

19 March 2000
10:05

New Zealand	6–3	Belarus
Parag 4' Burrows 25' Reynolds 28', 31' Leaver 50' Patel 69'	Report	Voityuk 44', 61' Klimovich 25'

Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

19 March 2000
12:35

Switzerland	1–6	Belgium
Peny 30'	Report	J. Beunen 13', 24', 70' Vandergracht 17' Berger 54' Collin 68'

Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)

Eleventh and twelfth place[edit]

20 March 2000
10:05

Belarus	1–4	Switzerland
Klimovich 48'	Report	Steinemann 28' Grandchamp 47', 56' Peny 59'

Umpires:
Roger St. Rose (TTO)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)

Ninth and tenth place[edit]

20 March 2000
12:35

New Zealand	0–1	Belgium
	Report	J. Beunen 22'

Umpires:
Toshimichi Fujimura (JPN)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification[edit]

Crossover		Fifth Place

18 March

Japan	1
		19 March
Malaysia	2
		Malaysia	1
18 March
		Great Britain	2
Argentina	1

Great Britain	3
		Seventh place

		19 March

		Japan	0

		Argentina	1

Crossover[edit]

18 March 2000
10:05

Argentina	1–3	Great Britain
Pellegrino 58'	Report	Hall 8' Giles 15', 42'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

18 March 2000
12:35

Japan	1–2	Malaysia
Hokaze 6'	Report	Ibrahim 29' Kuhan 65'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Keith Roper (ENG)

Seventh and eighth place[edit]

19 March 2000
15:05

Japan	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Pellegrino 15'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Keith Roper (ENG)

Fifth and sixth place[edit]

19 March 2000
17:35

Malaysia	1–2	Great Britain
Mirnawan 70'	Report	Giles 45' Head 61'

Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
John Wright (RSA)

First to fourth place classification[edit]

Semi-finals		Final

18 March

South Korea	1
		20 March
Pakistan	3
		Pakistan	2
18 March
		Spain	3
Spain	4

Poland	1
		Third place

		20 March

		South Korea	2

		Poland	1

Semi-finals[edit]

18 March 2000
15:05

South Korea	1–3	Pakistan
Jeon 44'	Report	Abbas 52' Hussain 64', 70'

Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
John Wright (RSA)

18 March 2000
17:35

Spain	4–1	Poland
Po. Amat 37', 41' Arnau 53' Usoz 57'	Report	A. Mikula 61'

Umpires:
Eduardo Ruíz (ARG)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Third and fourth place[edit]

20 March 2000
15:05

South Korea	2–1	Poland
Hwang 13' Kang K. 27'	Report	Grotowski 67'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Murray Grime (AUS)

Final[edit]

20 March 2000
17:35

Pakistan	2–3	Spain
Abbas 43', 70'	Report	Tubau 17' Ribas 34' Arnau 57'

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Murray Grime (AUS)

Final standings[edit]

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
	Spain	7	6	1	0	32	11	+21	19	Qualified for 2000 Summer Olympics
	Pakistan	7	4	1	2	30	17	+13	13
	South Korea	7	6	0	1	23	10	+13	18
4	Poland	7	3	0	4	13	16	−3	9
5	Great Britain	7	4	1	2	18	18	0	13
6	Malaysia	7	3	1	3	21	22	−1	10
7	Argentina	7	3	1	3	20	19	+1	10
8	Japan (H)	7	2	1	4	11	15	−4	7
9	Belgium	7	2	1	4	19	18	+1	7
10	New Zealand	7	2	1	4	16	19	−3	7
11	Switzerland	7	3	0	4	15	23	−8	9
12	Belarus	7	0	0	7	6	36	−30	0

Source: Todor66
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 224 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5.33 goals per match.

13 goals

Sohail Abbas

10 goals

Jorge Lombi

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References[edit]

^ "SUMMARY OF RANKINGS – FIH WORLD LEVEL EVENTS" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2006. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
^ "Men Field Hockey Olympic Games 2000 Qualification". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

[1] "SUMMARY OF RANKINGS – FIH WORLD LEVEL EVENTS" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2006. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

[2] "Men Field Hockey Olympic Games 2000 Qualification". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

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Results[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pool B[edit]

Classification round[edit]

Ninth to twelfth place classification[edit]

Crossover[edit]

Eleventh and twelfth place[edit]

Ninth and tenth place[edit]

Fifth to eighth place classification[edit]

Crossover[edit]

Seventh and eighth place[edit]

Fifth and sixth place[edit]

First to fourth place classification[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Third and fourth place[edit]

Final[edit]

Final standings[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]