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.

1996 Men's Field Hockey
Olympic Qualifier

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Barcelona
Dates	19–28 January
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands
Runner-up	India
Third place	Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	116 (4.14 per match)
Top scorer	Taco van den Honert (12 goals)
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Eight nations competed at the tournament, with the top five earning qualification to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Squads

Belarus

• 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

Belgium

• 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

Canada

• 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

Great Britain

• 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

India

• 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

Malaysia

• 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

Netherlands

• 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

Spain

• 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
	Great Britain	7	3	4	0	17	11	+6	10
4	Spain	7	3	3	1	15	8	+7	9
5	Malaysia	7	3	1	3	9	11	−2	7
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

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

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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.

1. Netherlands
2. India
3. Great Britain
4. Spain
5. Malaysia
6. Canada
7. Belgium
8. 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

See also

• 1995 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier