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	Template:Fh Template:Fh Template:Fh Template:FhTemplate:Efn
14–22 July 2007	2007 African Olympic Qualifier	Nairobi, Kenya	0	Template:FhTemplate:Efn
15–25 July 2007	2007 Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3	Template:Fh Template:Fh Template:Fh Template:FhTemplate:Efn
19–26 August 2007	2007 EuroHockey Championship	Manchester, England	4	Template:Fh Template:Fh Template:Fh Template:Fh Template:Fh Template:Efn
9–16 September 2007	2007 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Lisbon, Portugal	3	Template:Fh Template:Fh Template:Fh
11–16 September 2007	2007 Oceania Cup	Buderim, Australia	1	Template:Fh

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:

1. Template:Fh (replace Cuba in Qualifying 1)
2. Template:Fh (replace Egypt in Qualifying 2)
3. Template:Fh (replace Bangladesh in Qualifying 2)
4. Template:Fh (replace Czech Republic in Qualifying 3)

Qualifying 1

Results

All times are New Zealand Summer Time (UTC+13)

2 February 2008 12:00 France 0 – 4 Template:Fh Gleghorne Template:Fhgoal Jermyn Template:Fhgoal Watt Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) David Leiper (GBR)

2 February 2008 14:00 New Zealand 12 – 0 Template:Fh H. Shaw Template:Fhgoal Kosoof Template:Fhgoal Child Template:Fhgoal Burrows Template:Fhgoal Archibald Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Daniel Lopez (URU)

2 February 2008 16:00 Argentina 9 – 1 Template:Fh L. Vila Template:Fhgoal Garreta Template:Fhgoal Almada Template:Fhgoal M. Vila Template:Fhgoal Rossi Template:Fhgoal Zylberberg Template:Fhgoal Coolidge Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Nigel Iggo (NZL)

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3 February 2008 13:15 New Zealand 3 – 1 Template:Fh Kosoof Template:Fhgoal Collier Template:Fhgoal Gleghorne Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Rob ten Cate (NED)

3 February 2008 15:15 United States 4 – 7 Template:Fh Martin Template:Fhgoal Harris Template:Fhgoal Coolidge Template:Fhgoal Sheridan Template:Fhgoal Soyez Template:Fhgoal Branquard Template:Fhgoal Gouedard Comte Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Chris Wilson (CAN) Xavier Adell (ESP)

3 February 2008 17:15 Argentina 7 – 1 Template:Fh R. Vila Template:Fhgoal M. Vila Template:Fhgoal Rossi Template:Fhgoal L. Vila Template:Fhgoal Zylberberg Template:Fhgoal Toussaint Template:Fhgoal Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Zulfiqar Haider (PAK)

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5 February 2008 14:00 Ireland 7 – 2 Template:Fh Maguire Template:Fhgoal Gleghorne Template:Fhgoal Magee Template:Fhgoal Jermyn Template:Fhgoal Hobbs Template:Fhgoal Gormley Template:Fhgoal James Template:Fhgoal Wren Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Xavier Adell (ESP)

5 February 2008 16:00 France 2 – 4 Template:Fh Gaillard Template:Fhgoal Soyez Template:Fhgoal L. Vila Template:Fhgoal R. Vila Template:Fhgoal Garreta Template:Fhgoal Cammareri Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Chris Wilson (CAN)

5 February 2008 18:00 United States 0 – 4 Template:Fh Burrows Template:Fhgoal Child Template:Fhgoal H. Shaw Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Daniel Lopez (URU) Tim Pullman (AUS)

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6 February 2008 14:00 Trinidad and Tobago 2 – 5 Template:Fh Legerton Template:Fhgoal Wren Template:Fhgoal Genestet Template:Fhgoal Soyez Template:Fhgoal Durchon Template:Fhgoal Branquard Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Daniel Lopez (URU) Chris Wilson (CAN)

6 February 2008 16:00 New Zealand 1 – 3 Template:Fh Collier Template:Fhgoal Cammareri Template:Fhgoal R. Vila Template:Fhgoal Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Xavier Adell (ESP)

6 February 2008 18:00 Ireland 8 – 0 Template:Fh Magee Template:Fhgoal Gleghorne Template:Fhgoal Barbour Template:Fhgoal Gormley Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Zulfiqar Haider (PAK) Tim Pullman (AUS)

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9 February 2008 10:15 Trinidad and Tobago 2 – 4 Template:Fh Toussaint Template:Fhgoal Browne Template:Fhgoal Harris Template:Fhgoal Sheridan Template:Fhgoal Martin Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Zulfiqar Haider (PAK)

9 February 2008 12:15 Argentina 0 – 1 Template:Fh Gormley Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) David Leiper (GBR)

9 February 2008 14:15 France 0 – 2 Template:Fh Archibald Template:Fhgoal Burrows Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Daniel Lopez (URU) Rob ten Cate (NED)

Fifth and sixth

10 February 2008 09:45 United States 2 – 3 Template:Fh Harris Template:Fhgoal Martin Template:Fhgoal Legerton Template:Fhgoal Whittington Template:Fhgoal Quan Chan Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Daniel Lopez (URU) Tim Pullman (AUS)

Third and fourth

10 February 2008 12:15 Ireland 1 – 2 Template:Fh Barbour Template:Fhgoal Durchon Template:Fhgoal Soyez Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Chris Wilson (CAN) Rob ten Cate (NED)

Final

10 February 2008 14:45 New Zealand 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Template:Fh Kosoof Template:Fhgoal H. Shaw Template:Fhgoal B. Shaw Template:Fhgoal L. Vila Template:Fhgoal M. Vila Template:Fhgoal Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Xavier Adell (ESP)

Awards

Fair Play Trophy	Best Goalkeeper	Top Goalscorer	Best Player
Template:Fh	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Vivaldi	Template:Flagicon Mark Gleghorne	Template:Flagicon Blair Hopping

Final standings

Rank	Team
File:Gold medal icon.svg	Template:Fh
File:Silver medal icon.svg	Template:Fh
File:Bronze medal icon.svg	Template:Fh
4	Template:Fh
5	Template:Fh
6	Template:Fh

  Qualified for the Summer Olympics

Qualifying 2

Results

All times are Chile Summer Time (UTC-3)

1 March 2008 14:30 Great Britain 11 – 0 Template:Fh S. Mantell Template:Fhgoal R. Mantell Template:Fhgoal Dick Template:Fhgoal Alexander Template:Fhgoal Middleton Template:Fhgoal Daly Template:Fhgoal Moore Template:Fhgoal Jackson Template:Fhgoal Tindall Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Gus Soteriades (USA)

1 March 2008 16:30 India 8 – 0 Template:Fh D. Tirkey Template:Fhgoal P. Singh Template:Fhgoal S. Singh Template:Fhgoal Khandekar Template:Fhgoal S. Singh Template:Fhgoal Raghunath Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Marc Knulle (FRA)

1 March 2008 19:00 Chile 3 – 4 Template:Fh Montegu Template:Fhgoal Report Jelinek Template:Fhgoal Tobias Hübner Template:Fhgoal Stremitzer Template:Fhgoal Stanzl Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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2 March 2008 16:00 Great Britain 8 – 0 Template:Fh Middleton Template:Fhgoal Kirkham Template:Fhgoal Daly Template:Fhgoal Ralph Template:Fhgoal Tindall Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

2 March 2008 18:00 Mexico 0 – 4 Template:Fh Report Montegu Template:Fhgoal Amoroso Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Marc Knulle (FRA)

2 March 2008 20:00 Austria 3 – 7 Template:Fh Buchta Template:Fhgoal Minar Template:Fhgoal Report D. Tirkey Template:Fhgoal I. Tirkey Template:Fhgoal S. Singh Template:Fhgoal Bharath Template:Fhgoal R. Singh Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

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4 March 2008 15:30 Mexico 1 – 18 Template:Fh Moreno Quiroz Template:Fhgoal Report P. Singh Template:Fhgoal R. Singh Template:Fhgoal S. Singh Template:Fhgoal Khandekar Template:Fhgoal Raghunath Template:Fhgoal S. Singh Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Richard Attipoe (GHA)

4 March 2008 17:30 Austria 5 – 4 Template:Fh Körper Template:Fhgoal Kolinek Template:Fhgoal Proksch Template:Fhgoal Report Azarov Template:Fhgoal Mamoshkin Template:Fhgoal Korolyov Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

4 March 2008 19:30 Chile 1 – 4 Template:Fh Krainz Template:Fhgoal Report R. Mantell Template:Fhgoal Middleton Template:Fhgoal Tindall Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

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6 March 2008 14:00 India 2 – 3 Template:Fh Raghunath Template:Fhgoal Report R. Mantell Template:Fhgoal Clarke Template:Fhgoal Moore Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

6 March 2008 17:30 Austria 3 – 1 Template:Fh Körper Template:Fhgoal Stanzl Template:Fhgoal Report Aguilar Montoya Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Marc Knulle (FRA)

6 March 2008 19:30 Russia 2 – 1 Template:Fh Mokrousov Template:Fhgoal Azarov Template:Fhgoal Report Stein Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) Gus Soteriades (USA)

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8 March 2008 15:00 Great Britain 4 – 0 Template:Fh Tindall Template:Fhgoal Jackson Template:Fhgoal R. Mantell Template:Fhgoal Moore Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Gus Soteriades (USA)

8 March 2008 17:00 Russia 9 – 1 Template:Fh Azarov Template:Fhgoal Platonov Template:Fhgoal Mayorov Template:Fhgoal Nikolaev Template:Fhgoal Lykov Template:Fhgoal Korolyov Template:Fhgoal Spishkovsky Template:Fhgoal Volkov Template:Fhgoal Report Moreno Quiroz Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

8 March 2008 19:00 Chile 1 – 4 Template:Fh Montegu Template:Fhgoal Report P. Singh Template:Fhgoal Raghunath Template:Fhgoal Bharath Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

Fifth and sixth

9 March 2008 13:00 Chile 9 – 3 Template:Fh Montegu Template:Fhgoal Casanova Template:Fhgoal Krainz Template:Fhgoal Stein Template:Fhgoal Krussig Template:Fhgoal Report Aguilar Montoya Template:Fhgoal Borquez Silva Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Marc Knulle (FRA) Gus Soteriades (USA)

Third and fourth

9 March 2008 15:30 Austria 3 – 6 Template:Fh Proksch Template:Fhgoal Buchta Template:Fhgoal Stanzl Template:Fhgoal Report Platonov Template:Fhgoal Azarov Template:Fhgoal Korolyov Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)

Final

9 March 2008 18:00 Great Britain 2 – 0 Template:Fh Middleton Template:Fhgoal R. Mantell Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Awards

Best Player	Best Goalkeeper	Top Goalscorer	Fair Play Trophy
Template:Flagicon Prabhjot Singh	Template:Flagicon Moises Alejandro Vargas Garcia	Template:Flagicon Felipe Montegu	Template:Fh

Final standings

Rank	Team
File:Gold medal icon.svg	Template:Fh
File:Silver medal icon.svg	Template:Fh
File:Bronze medal icon.svg	Template:Fh
4	Template:Fh
5	Template:Fh
6	Template:Fh

  Qualified for the Summer Olympics

Qualifying 3

Results

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

5 April 2008 12:05 Germany 8 – 0 Template:Fh Draguhn Template:Fhgoal C. Zeller Template:Fhgoal Witthaus Template:Fhgoal B. Weß Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Chen Dekang (CHN)

5 April 2008 14:05 Malaysia 2 – 1 Template:Fh Tg Abdul Jalil Template:Fhgoal Rachwalski Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Kim Hong-Lee (KOR)

5 April 2008 16:05 Switzerland 1 – 2 Template:Fh Kloter Template:Fhgoal Katayama Template:Fhgoal Yamabori Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Deon Nel (RSA)

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6 April 2008 13:05 Switzerland 0 – 10 Template:Fh Witthaus Template:Fhgoal T. Weß Template:Fhgoal B. Weß Template:Fhgoal Witte Template:Fhgoal Keller Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Murray Grime (AUS)

6 April 2008 15:05 Japan 6 – 1 Template:Fh A. Ito Template:Fhgoal Yoshida Template:Fhgoal Katayama Template:Fhgoal Anai Template:Fhgoal Yamabori Template:Fhgoal Sakamoto Template:Fhgoal Dutkiewicz Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Kim Hong-Lee (KOR) Deon Nel (RSA)

6 April 2008 17:05 Italy 4 – 4 Template:Fh Nanni Template:Fhgoal Lunetta Template:Fhgoal Malta Template:Fhgoal Lanzano Template:Fhgoal Abdullah Template:Fhgoal Rahim Template:Fhgoal Mohan Template:Fhgoal Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Chen Dekang (CHN)

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8 April 2008 13:00 Poland 3 – 2 Template:Fh Strykowski Template:Fhgoal Dutkiewicz Template:Fhgoal T. Choczaj Template:Fhgoal Keller Template:Fhgoal Gähwiler Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Kim Hong-Lee (KOR)

8 April 2008 15:00 Japan 5 – 1 Template:Fh Yamabori Template:Fhgoal Katayama Template:Fhgoal Furusato Template:Fhgoal Lanzano Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

8 April 2008 17:00 Germany 3 – 0 Template:Fh C. Zeller Template:Fhgoal Korn Template:Fhgoal T. Weß Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

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10 April 2008 12:00 Malaysia 4 – 3 Template:Fh Abd Rahim Template:Fhgoal Chua Boon Huat Template:Fhgoal Makbul Singh Template:Fhgoal Gähwiler Template:Fhgoal Keller Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Chen Dekang (CHN)

10 April 2008 14:00 Italy 0 – 6 Template:Fh T. Choczaj Template:Fhgoal Górny Template:Fhgoal Strykowski Template:Fhgoal Marcinkowski Template:Fhgoal Grotowski Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

10 April 2008 16:00 Germany 4 – 0 Template:Fh P. Zeller Template:Fhgoal Fürste Template:Fhgoal C. Zeller Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

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12 April 2008 13:05 Poland 0 – 5 Template:Fh T. Weß Template:Fhgoal Korn Template:Fhgoal C. Zeller Template:Fhgoal Fürste Template:Fhgoal Witthaus Template:Fhgoal Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

12 April 2008 15:05 Japan 3 – 3 Template:Fh A. Ito Template:Fhgoal Ono Template:Fhgoal Katayama Template:Fhgoal Chua Boon Huat Template:Fhgoal Mohan Template:Fhgoal Makbul Singh Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Murray Grime (AUS)

12 April 2008 17:05 Switzerland 4 – 0 Template:Fh Spörri Template:Fhgoal Gähwiler Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)

Fifth and sixth

13 April 2008 09:00 Switzerland 2 – 3 Template:Fh Keller Template:Fhgoal Spörri Template:Fhgoal Lanzano Template:Fhgoal Nunez Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Deon Nel (RSA)

Third and fourth

13 April 2008 11:30 Malaysia 3 – 0 Template:Fh Tg Abdul Jalil Template:Fhgoal Rahim Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Kim Hong-Lee (KOR)

Final

13 April 2008 14:00 Germany 4 – 0 Template:Fh Keller Template:Fhgoal C. Zeller Template:Fhgoal Draguhn Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Murray Grime (AUS)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Best Player	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Trophy
Template:Flagicon Christopher Zeller	Template:Flagicon Timo Weß	Template:Flagicon Kumar Subramaniam	Template:Fh

Final standings

Rank	Team
File:Gold medal icon.svg	Template:Fh
File:Silver medal icon.svg	Template:Fh
File:Bronze medal icon.svg	Template:Fh
4	Template:Fh
5	Template:Fh
6	Template:Fh

  Qualified for the Summer Olympics