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The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the two artificial pitches of Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain, from March 2 until 13, 2004. Twelve nations took part, and they played a round robin in two groups of six. The top six or seven teams – depening the protest of Greece (see later on) – joined Australia (Oceania Cup winner), Argentina (Pan American Games winner), South Korea (Asian Games winner), Germany (European Nations Cup winner) and Egypt (All Africa Games winner).

The tournament was hit by the Madrid bombings on March 11, killing 191 people, but continued with players wearing black sleeves on their shirts for the remaining three days of the event.

Team Squads

Results

Final Standings after Preliminary Round

MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2004 – POOL A	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1. Netherlands	5	4	1	0	23	6	13
2. Spain	5	4	1	0	18	5	13
3. Great Britain	5	2	0	3	9	7	6
4. South Africa	5	2	0	3	10	14	6
5. Poland	5	1	1	3	6	21	4
6. Japan	5	0	1	4	9	22	1

MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2004 – POOL B	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1. Pakistan	5	4	1	0	15	6	13
2. India	5	3	1	1	17	13	10
3. New Zealand	5	2	1	2	8	10	7
4. Belgium	5	1	3	1	7	8	6
5. Malaysia	5	1	1	3	7	10	4
6. Canada	5	0	1	4	12	19	1

Play-offs

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

Thursday March 11, 2004

5th/8th place
11:30
Match 31

BELGIUM

1–2 (1–2)

GREAT BRITAIN

Marc Coudron 33' (pc)

Goals

Barry Middleton 7'
Tom Bertram 8' (pc)

9th/12th place
12:30
Match 32

POLAND

2–1 (1–0)

CANADA

Zbigniew Juszczak 22' (pc)
Zbigniew Juszczak 37' (pc)

Goals

Wayne Fernandes 46'

5th/8th place
14:00
Match 33

NEW ZEALAND

3–2 (1–2)

SOUTH AFRICA

Hayden Shaw 16' (pc)
Hayden Shaw 40' (pc)
Gareth Brooks 41'

Goals

Greg Nicol 6' (pc)
Greg Nicol 32' (pc)

9th/12th place
15:00
Match 34

MALAYSIA

3–2 (1–1)

JAPAN

Gobinathan Krishnamurthy 13' (pc)
Kuhan Shanmuganathan 42' (pc)
Azlan Misron 49'

Goals

Takahiko Yamabori 28' (pc)
Kazuyuki Ozawa 38'

1st/4th place
16:30
Match 35

NETHERLANDS

4–2 (2–1)

INDIA

Taeke Taekema 13' (pc)
Taeke Taekema 34' (pc)
Matthijs Brouwer 47'
Matthijs Brouwer 65'

Goals

Gagan Ajit Singh 30'
Deepak Thakur 42' (pc)

1st/4th place
19:00
Match 36

PAKISTAN

2–3 (1–1)

SPAIN

Shakeel Abassi 30'
Mudassar Ali Khan 67'

Goals

Eduardo Tubau 14' (pc)
Eduardo Tubau 39'
Santi Freixa 68'

Friday March 12, 2004

11th/12th place
12:00
Match 37

CANADA

3–2 (2–0)

JAPAN

Connor Grimes 8'
Ravi Kahlon 29' (pc)
Ken Pereira 40' (pc)

Goals

Ryuji Furusato 42'
Naohito Tobita 70' (pc)

9th/10th place
14:30
Match 38

POLAND

4–2 (1–1)

MALAYSIA

Tomasz Choczaj 20'
Dariusz Rachwalski 41'
Slawomir Choczaj 50'
Krzystof Kmiec 60'

Goals

Boon Huat Chua 29'
Tajol Rosli Mohamed 39'

5th/6th place
17:00
Match 39

GREAT BRITAIN

3–2 (1–0)

NEW ZEALAND

Ben Hawes 27' (pc)
Graham Dunlop 43'
Russell Garcia 46'

Goals

David Kosoof 49' (pc)
Ryan Archibald 62' (pc)

Saturday March 13, 2004

7th/8th place
12:00
Match 40

BELGIUM

2–2 (2–1)

SOUTH AFRICA

Charles Vandeweghe 2'
Jean-Philippe Brulé 9' (pc)

Goals

Ian Evans 14'
Gregg Clark 70'

		Penalty Strokes
	Jean-Philippe Brulé: scored Marc Coudron: scored Maxime Luyckx: missed Gilles Petre: scored Xavier Reckinger: missed --- Jean-Philippe Brulé: missed	3–4	Greg Nicol: scored Ian Symons: scored Wayne Denne: missed Steve Evans: missed Craig Fulton: scored --- Ian Symons: scored

3th/4th place
14:30
Match 41

INDIA

2–4 (1–1)

PAKISTAN

Prabjoth Singh 22'
Gagan Ajit Singh 59'

Goals

Muhammad Shabbir 15'
Sohail Abbas 43' (pc)
Shakeel Abassi 55'
Kashif Jawwad 69'

1st/2nd place
17:00
Match 42

NETHERLANDS

2–1 (0–1)

SPAIN

Teun de Nooijer 44'
Ronald Brouwer 71' (golden goal)

Goals

Santi Freixa 31'

Final Rankings

1.

Netherlands*

2.

Spain*

3.

Pakistan*

4.

India*

5.

Great Britain*

6.

New Zealand*

7.

South Africa**

8.

Belgium

9.

Poland

10.

Malaysia

11.

Canada

12.

Japan

Remarks

The first six (Netherlands, Spain, Pakistan, India, Great Britain, and New Zealand) qualified for this year's Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
South Africa had to wait until the verdict of the CAS, after a protest by hosting nation Greece in February claiming a berth in the Olympics on grounds that they are the host country. The hosts had failed to win a place in the event despite being given two chances by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The first option for Greece to gain a place at the Olympics was by qualifying for the 2003 Men's Hockey European Nations Cup, held last year in Barcelona. Greece did not qualify for this tournament but there was a second opportunity for the country, which required Greece to beat Canada, the lowest ranked in the Olympic qualifier, in a best of three play-off competition. Greece participated under protest but lost the series 2-0.
On May 20, 2004, the FIH confirmed the participation of South Africa's Men's Team in the Athens Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport turned down Greece's appeal. South Africa thus became the 12th and final team to qualify for the event.

Awards

Topscorers

Sohail Abbas (Pakistan) → 9 goals
Greg Nicol (South Africa) → 8 goals
Deepak Thakur (India) → 7 goals

Best Player

Francisco Fábregas (Spain)

Best Young Player

Floris Evers (Netherlands)

Best Goalkeeper

Simon Mason (Great Britain)

References

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