2000 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

2000 Men's Field Hockey
Olympic Qualifier
Tournament details
Host country Japan
CityOsaka
Dates9–20 March
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Spain
Runner-up Pakistan
Third place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored224 (5.33 per match)
Top scorerPakistan Sohail Abbas (13 goals)
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The 2000 Men's Olympic Qualifier was a field hockey tournament held in Osaka, Japan, from 9–20 March 2000.[1][2]

Twelve nations competed at the tournament, with the top seven earning qualification to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  South Korea 5 5 0 0 20 6 +14 15 Advanced to Semi-finals
2  Poland 5 3 0 2 11 10 +1 9
3  Japan (H) 5 2 1 2 10 12 −2 7
4  Great Britain 5 2 1 2 13 16 −3 7
5  New Zealand 5 1 1 3 10 15 −5 4
6  Belgium 5 0 1 4 12 17 −5 1
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts







Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1  Spain 5 4 1 0 25 8 +17 13 Advanced to Semi-finals
2  Pakistan 5 3 1 1 25 13 +12 10
3  Argentina 5 2 1 2 18 16 +2 7
4  Malaysia 5 2 1 2 18 19 −1 7
5   Switzerland 5 2 0 3 10 16 −6 6
6  Belarus 5 0 0 5 2 26 −24 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.







Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

 
CrossoverNinth Place
 
      
 
19 March
 
 
 New Zealand6
 
20 March
 
 Belarus3
 
 New Zealand0
 
19 March
 
 Belgium1
 
  Switzerland1
 
 
 Belgium6
 
Eleventh place
 
 
20 March
 
 
 Belarus1
 
 
  Switzerland4
Crossover

Eleventh and twelfth place
Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

 
CrossoverFifth Place
 
      
 
18 March
 
 
 Japan1
 
19 March
 
 Malaysia2
 
 Malaysia1
 
18 March
 
 Great Britain2
 
 Argentina1
 
 
 Great Britain3
 
Seventh place
 
 
19 March
 
 
 Japan0
 
 
 Argentina1
Crossover

Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 March
 
 
 South Korea1
 
20 March
 
 Pakistan3
 
 Pakistan2
 
18 March
 
 Spain3
 
 Spain4
 
 
 Poland1
 
Third place
 
 
20 March
 
 
 South Korea2
 
 
 Poland1
Semi-finals

Third and fourth place
Final

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain 7 6 1 0 32 11 +21 19 Qualified for 2000 Summer Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Pakistan 7 4 1 2 30 17 +13 13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea 7 6 0 1 23 10 +13 18
4  Poland 7 3 0 4 13 16 −3 9
5  Great Britain 7 4 1 2 18 18 0 13
6  Malaysia 7 3 1 3 21 22 −1 10
7  Argentina 7 3 1 3 20 19 +1 10
8  Japan (H) 7 2 1 4 11 15 −4 7
9  Belgium 7 2 1 4 19 18 +1 7
10  New Zealand 7 2 1 4 16 19 −3 7
11   Switzerland 7 3 0 4 15 23 −8 9
12  Belarus 7 0 0 7 6 36 −30 0
Source: Todor66
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 224 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5.33 goals per match.

13 goals

10 goals

7 goals

6 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 15 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Men Field Hockey Olympic Games 2000 Qualification". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. Retrieved 15 September 2023.