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

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The Men’s field hockey Qualifying Tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics were qualification tournaments to determined 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 earnt a berth in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Teams

Below is the list of 18 teams who participated in these qualifying tournament:

Zone	Tournament	Qualifier(s)
Asia	2006 Asian Games	Japan India Malaysia Bangladesh
Africa	2007 African Olympic Qualifier	Egypt
Americas	2007 Pan American Games	Argentina Chile Trinidad and Tobago Cuba
Europe	2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Germany Great Britain France Ireland Czech Republic
	2007 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Switzerland Austria Poland
Oceania	2007 Oceania Cup	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:

1. United States (replace Cuba in Qualifying 1)
2. Mexico (replace Egypt in Qualifying 2)
3. Russia (replace Bangladesh in Qualifying 2)
4. Italy (replace Czech Republic in Qualifying 3)

Qualifying 1

Qualifying 1 was held from February 2 to February 10, 2008 in North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand.

Venue

• Crown Relocations Stadium, Albany

Pool

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	5	4	0	1	22	4	+18	12
Argentina	5	4	0	1	23	6	+17	12
Ireland	5	4	0	1	21	5	+16	12
France	5	2	0	3	14	16	–2	6
United States	5	1	0	4	9	30	–21	3
Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	0	5	7	35	–28	0

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

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

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

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2 February 2008 16:00 Argentina 9 – 1 United States 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 Ireland Kosoof Template:Fhgoal Collier Template:Fhgoal Gleghorne Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Rob ten Cate (NED)

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3 February 2008 15:15 United States 4 – 7 France 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)

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3 February 2008 17:15 Argentina 7 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago 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 Trinidad and Tobago 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)

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5 February 2008 16:00 France 2 – 4 Argentina 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)

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5 February 2008 18:00 United States 0 – 4 New Zealand 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 France 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)

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

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6 February 2008 18:00 Ireland 8 – 0 United States 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 United States Toussaint Template:Fhgoal Browne Template:Fhgoal Harris Template:Fhgoal Sheridan Template:Fhgoal Martin Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Zulfiqar Haider (PAK)

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

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

Classification

Fifth and sixth

10 February 2008 09:45 United States 2 – 3 Trinidad and Tobago 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 France 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.) Argentina 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
France	Juan Manuel Vivaldi	Mark Gleghorne	Blair Hopping

Qualifying 2

Qualifying 2 was held from March 1 to March 9 in Santiago, Chile.

Venue

• Prince of Wales Country Club

Pool

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Great Britain	5	5	0	0	30	3	+27	15
India	5	4	0	1	39	8	+31	12
Austria	5	3	0	2	15	19	–4	9
Russia	5	2	0	3	15	23	–8	6
Chile	5	1	0	4	10	14	–4	3
Mexico	5	0	0	5	3	45	–42	0

All times are Chile Summer Time (UTC-3)

1 March 2008 14:30 Great Britain 11 – 0 Mexico 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)

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1 March 2008 16:30 India 8 – 0 Russia 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)

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1 March 2008 19:00 Chile 3 – 4 Austria 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 Russia Middleton Template:Fhgoal Kirkham Template:Fhgoal Daly Template:Fhgoal Ralph Template:Fhgoal Tindall Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

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

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2 March 2008 20:00 Austria 3 – 7 India 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 India 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)

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4 March 2008 17:30 Austria 5 – 4 Russia 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)

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4 March 2008 19:30 Chile 1 – 4 Great Britain 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 Great Britain Raghunath Template:Fhgoal Report R. Mantell Template:Fhgoal Clarke Template:Fhgoal Moore Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

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

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6 March 2008 19:30 Russia 2 – 1 Chile 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 Austria Tindall Template:Fhgoal Jackson Template:Fhgoal R. Mantell Template:Fhgoal Moore Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Gus Soteriades (USA)

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8 March 2008 17:00 Russia 9 – 1 Mexico 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)

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

Classification

Fifth and sixth

9 March 2008 13:00 Chile 9 – 3 Mexico 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 Russia 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 India 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
Prabjot Singh	Moises Alejandro Vargas Garcia	Felipe Montegu	Austria

Qualifying 3

Qualifying 3 was held from April 5 to April 13, 2008 in Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan.

Venue

• Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium

Pool

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Germany	5	5	0	0	30	0	+30	15
Japan	5	3	1	1	16	10	+6	10
Malaysia	5	2	2	1	13	14	–1	8
Poland	5	2	0	3	11	15	–4	6
Switzerland	5	1	0	1	10	19	–9	3
Italy	5	0	1	4	5	27	–22	1

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

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

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

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5 April 2008 16:05 Switzerland 1 – 2 Japan 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 Germany Witthaus Template:Fhgoal T. Weß Template:Fhgoal B. Weß Template:Fhgoal Witte Template:Fhgoal Keller Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Murray Grime (AUS)

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6 April 2008 15:05 Japan 6 – 1 Poland 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)

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6 April 2008 17:05 Italy 4 – 4 Malaysia 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 Switzerland Strykowski Template:Fhgoal Dutkiewicz Template:Fhgoal T. Choczaj Template:Fhgoal Keller Template:Fhgoal Gähwiler Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Kim Hong-Lee (KOR)

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

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8 April 2008 17:00 Germany 3 – 0 Malaysia 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 Switzerland 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)

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

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10 April 2008 16:00 Germany 4 – 0 Japan 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 Germany 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)

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12 April 2008 15:05 Japan 3 – 3 Malaysia 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)

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

Classification

Fifth and sixth

13 April 2008 09:00 Switzerland 2 – 3 Italy 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 Poland 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 Japan 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
Christopher Zeller	Timo Weß	Kumar Subramaniam	Italy

External links

• Official website (Qualifying 1)
• Official website (Qualifying 2)
• Official website (Qualifying 3)