1996 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

1996 Men's Field Hockey
Olympic Qualifier
Tournament details
Host country Spain
CityBarcelona
Dates19–28 January
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Netherlands
Runner-up India
Third place Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored116 (4.14 per match)
Top scorerNetherlands Taco van den Honert (12 goals)
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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.[1][2]

Eight nations competed at the tournament, with the top five earning qualification to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Squads

  • 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
  • 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
Head Coach
Shiaz Virjee
Head Coach
Cedric D'Souza
Head Coach
Volker Knapp

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands 7 5 1 1 27 13 +14 11 Qualified for 1996 Summer Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  India 7 4 3 0 15 7 +8 11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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








Final standings

Goalscorers

There were 116 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

12 goals

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SUMMARY OF RANKINGS – FIH WORLD LEVEL EVENTS" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Men Field Hockey Olympic Games 1996 Qualification". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. Retrieved 14 September 2023.