2004 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Madrid
Dates	2–13 March
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Club de Campo
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	197 (4.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sohail Abbas (10 goals)
Best player	Francisco Fábregas
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The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier was the fourth edition of the Men's Field hockey Olympic Qualification Tournament. It was held at Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain from 2 until 13 March 2004. Twelve nations took part, and they played a round-robin tournament in two groups of six. The top six or seven teams qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	23	6	+17	13	Advance to the semi-finals
2	Spain (H)	5	4	1	0	18	5	+13	13
3	Great Britain	5	2	0	3	9	7	+2	6	5th–8th place classification
4	South Africa	5	2	0	3	10	14	−4	6
5	Poland	5	1	1	3	6	21	−15	4	9th–12th place classification
6	Japan	5	0	1	4	9	22	−13	1

2 March 2004 12:00 South Africa  1–5  Netherlands Smith  1' Report Taekema  21' R. Brouwer  44' Lomans  50' Evers  52' Klaver  61' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)

2 March 2004 14:00 Poland  2–1  Great Britain T. Choczaj  45' Dutkiewicz  67' Report Hall  62' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

2 March 2004 16:00 Spain  6–1  Japan Amat  22', 34', 67' Fàbregas  25' Codina  57' Ribas  65' Report Furusato  32' Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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3 March 2004 14:00 Japan  4–4  Poland Katayama  14', 70' Yamabori  19' Tobita  61' Report A. Mikula  7' P. Mikula  10', 51' Z. Juszczak  33' Umpires: Philip Schellekens (NED) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

3 March 2004 16:00 South Africa  1–2  Spain Evans  6' Report Freixa  30' Ribas  70+' Umpires: Christian Bläsch (GER) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

3 March 2004 18:00 Netherlands  3–0  Great Britain Taekema  4' De Nooijer  31' Van der Weide  64' Report Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) John Wright (RSA)

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5 March 2004 14:00 Japan  0–1  Great Britain Report Bertram  35' Umpires: Philip Schellekens (NED) Faiz Mohammad Faizi (PAK)

5 March 2004 16:00 Spain  2–2  Netherlands Freixa  35+', 52' Report Reckers  7' Meijer  23' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Satinder Kumar (IND)

5 March 2004 18:00 Poland  0–6  South Africa Report Nicol  5', 13', 34', 69' Denne  26' Basson  52' Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) Pedro Texeira (POR)

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7 March 2004 12:00 Great Britain  1–2  Spain Hall  37' Report Ribas  41', 55' Umpires: Christian Bläsch (GER) Pedro Texeira (POR)

7 March 2004 14:00 South Africa  2–1  Japan Nicol  43', 65' Report Yamabori  14' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)

7 March 2004 16:00 Netherlands  4–0  Poland Evers  11' Jazet  26' De Nooijer  66', 70' Report Umpires: Han Jin-Soo (KOR) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

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9 March 2004 12:30 Japan  3–9  Netherlands Ozawa  5' Yamabori  50' Ito  65' Report Meijer  1' R. Brouwer  12', 51', 54' M. Brouwer  39' Reckers  45' de Nooijer  55' Lomas  68', 70+' Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Xavier Adell (ESP)

9 March 2004 14:30 South Africa  0–6  Great Britain Report Hawes  7', 14', 69' Hall  9' Pearn  37' Moodie  70' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

9 March 2004 16:00 Spain  6–0  Poland Freixa  22' Sala  23' Ribas  28' Escarré  33', 51' Amat  63' Report Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Faiz Muhammad Faizi (PAK)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	5	4	1	0	15	6	+9	13	Advance to the semi-finals
2	India	5	3	1	1	17	13	+4	10
3	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	8	10	−2	7	5th–8th place classification
4	Belgium	5	1	3	1	7	8	−1	6
5	Malaysia	5	1	1	3	7	10	−3	4	9th–12th place classification
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	12	19	−7	1

2 March 2004 12:30 New Zealand  1–0  Malaysia Shaw  3' Report Umpires: Faiz Muhammad Faizi (PAK) John Wright (RSA)

2 March 2004 14:30 Pakistan  4–2  Canada Abbas  38', 51' Jawad  40' Abbasi  58' Report Pereira  68' Wettlaufer  70' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

2 March 2004 18:00 India  1–1  Belgium Aiyappa  61' Report Vandeweghe  64' Umpires: Christian Bläsch (GER) Pedro Texeira (POR)

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4 March 2004 14:00 Belgium  0–2  Pakistan Report Jawad  50' Saqlain  61' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Xavier Adell (ESP)

4 March 2004 16:00 Malaysia  3–5  India Chua  10' Kuhan  13' A. Rahim  60' Report Thakur  16' GA Singh  27', 46' D. Tirkey  29' Dhillon  63' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)

4 March 2004 18:00 Canada  2–4  New Zealand R. Short  59' Kahlon  63' Report Smith  12', 37' Burrows  18', 47' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

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6 March 2004 12:00 New Zealand  2–2  Belgium Shaw  16' Burrows  25' Report Houssein  18', 69' Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Xavier Adell (ESP)

6 March 2004 14:00 Canada  2–3  Malaysia Fernandes  4', 55' Report Madzli  21' Chua  27' A. Rahim  68' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)

6 March 2004 16:00 Pakistan  5–3  India Abbas  2', 28', 41', 62' Butt  34' Report Thakur  33' GA Singh  42', 44' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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8 March 2004 12:00 Belgium  2–2  Canada Brulé  24' Dewever  49' Report Campbell  30' R. Short  32' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Satinder Kumar (IND)

8 March 2004 14:00 India  2–0  New Zealand Halappa  2' Thakur  67' Report Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

8 March 2004 16:00 Malaysia  0–0  Pakistan Report Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Christian Bläsch (GER)

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9 March 2004 12:00 Canada  4–6  India Campbell  37', 68' R. Short  55' Wettlaufer  59' Report Thakur  6', 35', 36' Halappa  8' D. Tirkey  19' I. Tirkey  69' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Philip Schellekens (NED)

9 March 2004 14:00 Belgium  2–1  Malaysia Dewever  14' Brulé  49' Report Kuhan  31' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

9 March 2004 18:00 New Zealand  1–4  Pakistan Shaw  21' Report Abbas  25', 35' Khan  41' Muhammad  43' Umpires: Pedro Texeira (POR) John Wright (RSA)

	Crossovers				Ninth place
	11 March
	Poland	2
					12 March
	Canada	1
					Poland	4
	11 March
					Malaysia	2
	Malaysia	3
	Japan	2
					Eleventh place
					12 March
					Canada	3
					Japan	2

11 March 2004 12:30 Poland  2–1  Canada Z. Juszczak  22', 37' Report Fernandes  46' Umpires: Edmundo Saladino (ARG) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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11 March 2004 15:00 Malaysia  3–2  Japan Gobinathan  13' Kuhan  42' Azlan  49' Report Yamabori  28' Ozawa  38' Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

12 March 2004 12:00 Canada  3–2  Japan Grimes  8' Kahlon  29' Pereira  40' Report Furusato  42' Tobita  70' Umpires: Mohammed Faizi (PAK) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

12 March 2004 14:30 Poland  4–2  Malaysia T. Choczaj  20' Rachwalski  41' S. Choczaj  50' Kmiec  60' Report Chua Boon Huat  29' Mohamad  39' Umpires: Han Jin-Soo (KOR) Pedro Texeira (POR)

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	11 March
	Great Britain	2
					12 March
	Belgium	1
					Great Britain	3
	11 March
					New Zealand	2
	New Zealand	3
	South Africa	2
					Seventh place
					13 March
					Belgium	2 (3)
					South Africa (p.s.o.)	2 (4)

11 March 2004 11:30 Great Britain  2–1  Belgium Middleton  7' Bertram  8' Report Coudron  33' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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11 March 2004 14:00 New Zealand  3–2  South Africa Shaw  16', 40' Brooks  41' Report Nicol  6', 32' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Christian Bläsch (GER)

12 March 2004 17:00 Great Britain  3–2  New Zealand Hawes  27' Dunlop  43' Garcia  46' Report Kosoof  49' Archibald  62' Umpires: Philip Schellekens (NED) Edmundo Saladino (ARG)

13 March 2004 12:00 Belgium  2–2 (a.e.t.)  South Africa Vandeweghe  2' Brulé  9' Report Evans  14' Clark  70' Penalties Brulé Coudron Luyckx Petre Reckinger Brulé 3–4 Nicol Symons Denne Evans Fulton Symons Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Christian Bläsch (GER)

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 March
	Netherlands	4
					13 March
	India	2
					Netherlands (a.e.t.)	2
	11 March
					Spain	1
	Pakistan	2
	Spain	3
					Third place
					13 March
					India	2
					Pakistan	4

11 March 2004 16:30 Netherlands  4–2  India Taekema  13', 34' M. Brouwer  47', 65' Report GA Singh  30' Thakur  42' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Richard Wolter (GER)

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11 March 2004 19:00 Pakistan  2–3  Spain Abbasi  30' Khan  67' Report Tubau  14', 39' Freixa  68' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Satinder Kumar (IND)

13 March 2004 14:30 India  2–4  Pakistan P. Singh  22' GA Singh  59' Report Muhammad  15' Abbas  43' Abbasi  55' Jawad  69' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Xavier Adell (ESP)

13 March 2004 17:00 Netherlands  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Spain De Nooijer  44' R. Brouwer  71' Report Freixa  31' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Satinder Kumar (IND)

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Spain
	Pakistan
4	India
5	Great Britain
6	New Zealand
7	South Africa
8	Belgium
9	Poland
10	Malaysia
11	Canada
12	Japan

  Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

Topscorer	Best Player	Best Young Player	Best Goalkeeper
Sohail Abbas	Francisco Fábregas	Floris Evers	Simon Mason

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