1997 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier

The sixth Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier for the World Cup

1998 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 9th Hockey World Cup held in Utrecht, Netherlands. The competition was held from June 20 — July 1. The trophy was won by the Netherlands national field hockey team. Spain came second and Germany came third. The Dutch made history by being the only country to...

in Utrecht

Utrecht (city)

Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

, The Netherlands was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Tuesday March 4 to Saturday March 15, 1997. Twelve nations took part, and they were divided into two groups of six in the preliminary round. The top six teams joined the other six that have already qualified: Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, England

England

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, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, and Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

- ( 1.) Pablo Moreira (gk)
- ( 2.) Jorge Querejeta
  Jorge Querejeta
  Jorge Querejeta Capella is a former field hockey player from Argentina. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he finished in ninth place with the national squad. He won the gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games.-References:*...
- ( 3.) Edgardo Pailos
  Edgardo Pailos
  Edgardo Pailos Rugna is a former field hockey player from Argentina. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he finished in ninth place with the national squad. He won the gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games, and made his Olympic debut at the 1988 Summer...
- ( 4.) Maximiliano Caldas
- ( 5.) Diego Chiodo
  Diego Chiodo
  Diego Chiodo is a former field hockey player from Argentina. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he finished in ninth place with the national squad.-References:*...
- ( 6.) Fernando Moresi
  Fernando Moresi
  Fernando Moresi Vergara is a former field hockey player from Argentina. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he finished in ninth place with the national squad. He twice won a medal at the Pan American Games.-References:*...
- ( 7.) Rodolfo Pérez
  Rodolfo Pérez
  Rodolfo Adrian Pérez Gentile is a former field hockey player from Argentina. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996. Pérez finished in ninth and eleventh place with the national squad....

- ( 8.) Carlos Retegui
- ( 9.) Carlos Geneyro
- (10.) Santiago Capurro
- (11.) Jorge Lombi
  Jorge Lombi
  Jorge Maximiliano Lombi Etulain is a field hockey player from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 1991 in a friendly against Spain. He's the penalty corner specialist, who currently plays for Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain...
- (12.) Germán Orozco
- (13.) Rodolfo Schmitt
  Rodolfo Schmitt
  Rodolfo Schmitt Schefelis is a former field hockey player from Argentina. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where his national squad finished in ninth. He won the gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games....
  
  (gk)
- (14.) Martin Costanzo

- (15.) Andrés Castelli
- (16.) Eduardo Peralta

- Head Coach

unknown

- ( 1.) Edouard Gordich
- ( 2.) Dmitry Youkovskyi
- ( 3.) Sergey Drozdov
- ( 4.) Leonid Onyouk
- ( 5.) Igor Voytiouk
- ( 6.) Alexandre Mankovskyi
- ( 7.) Alexandre Boudnikov

- ( 8.) Andrey Tcheboharev
- ( 9.) Vladimir Kachkar
- (10.) Nikolay Sankovets
- (11.) Stepan Klimovitch
- (12.) Yuriy Korotchenho
- (13.) Albert Vintskevich
- (14.) Igor Pakhalchuk

- (15.) Igor Tsarev
- (16.) Valentinas Vachkis

- Head Coach

unknown

- ( 1.) Vincent Deneumostier (gk)
- ( 2.) Hugues Ciselet
- ( 3.) John Toussaint
- ( 4.) Thierry Renaer
  Thierry Renaer
  Thierry Renaer is a field hockey defender from Belgium, who made his debut for the Men's National Team in the late 1990s....
- ( 5.) Maximilien Willems
- ( 6.) Sebastien Mommens
- ( 7.) Joeri Beunen

- ( 8.) Philippe van Hemelen
- ( 9.) Alexandre de Chaffoy
- (10.) Michel Kinnen
- (11.) Gérald Dewamme
- (12.) Patrick Pille
- (13.) Mick Beunen
- (14.) Jean Willems

- (15.) Marc Coudron
- (16.) Yves Henet (gk)

- Head Coach

unknown

- ( 1.) Hari Kant
  Hari Kant
  Hari Kant is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Canada.Kant started to play in the 1981 Ontario Summer Games, at age eleven, when opportunity to travel provided ample incentive to participate...
  
  (gk)
- ( 2.) Mike Mahood
  Mike Mahood
  Michael Mahood is a field hockey goalkeeper from Canada, who earned his first international senior cap for the Men's National Team in 1995 against India in Italy.-International senior competitions:...
  
  (gk)
- ( 3.) Ian Bird
- ( 4.) Alan Brahmst
  Alan Brahmst
  Alan Brahmst is a former international and Olympic field hockey player from Canada.Brahmst earned his first international cap in 1986 for the Men's National Team against the Netherlands in Amstelveen...
- ( 5.) Robin d'Abreo
  Robin D'Abreo
  Robin D'Abreo is a Canadian field hockey player, who earned his first international cap in 1993 against France....
- ( 6.) Chris Gifford
  Chris Gifford
  Christopher Gifford is a former field hockey striker from Canada, who currently is working as a store manager...
- ( 7.) Patrick Burrows
  Patrick Burrows
  Patrick Burrows is a former field hockey defender from Canada. He played in the Summer Olympics in 1984 and 1988, and was an assistant coach for Canada's 2000 Olympic team. Burrows was also on Canada's gold-medal winning Pan American Games teams in 1983 and 1987...

- ( 8.) Andrew Griffiths
  Andrew Griffiths
  Andrew Griffiths is a former field hockey forward from Canada, who started playing hockey at age eight in Bermuda....
- ( 9.) Ken Pereira
  Ken Pereira
  Kenneth Pereira is a field hockey midfielder from Canada. He was a member of the Canadian field hockey team at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2008. Pereira has also been on several Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games teams, winning two gold medals in the latter competition in 1999 and 2007...
- (10.) Bubli Chohan
  Paul Chohan
  Paul Satinder "Bubli" Chohan is a former field hockey player from Canada.-International senior competitions:* 1975 – Pan American Games, Mexico * 1976 – Olympic Games, Montreal...
- (11.) Peter Milkovich
  Peter Milkovich
  Peter Milkovich is a Canadian field hockey player and coach.-References:* *...
- (12.) Bindi Kullar
  Bindi Kullar
  Bindi Singh Kullar is a Canadian field hockey player, who played his first international senior tournament for the Men's National Team in 1996, at the World Cup Preliminary in Sardinia...
- (13.) Rob Short
  Rob Short
  Rob Short is a Canadian field hockey player.- Career :Short played his first international senior tournament in 1995, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. Highlights include the 1998 World Cup in The Netherlands where the Canadian team finished 8th with Rob scoring 4 goals in the 7 games...
- (14.) Rob Edamura

- (15.) Marek Gacek
- (16.) Rick Roberts

- Head Coach

Shiaz Virjee

- ( 1.) Ivan Bateman (gk)
- ( 2.) Nigel Henderson
- ( 3.) Neil Cooke
  Neil Cooke
  Neil Cooke is an American mixed martial artist fighting primarily fighting for King of the Cage. Cooke is the former KOTC Super Heavyweight Champion.Cooke has a professional record of 6-1, with three wins coming by way of knock-out and three by submission...
- ( 4.) Alan Dowd
- ( 5.) Alastair Dunne
- ( 6.) Colin Hade
- ( 7.) Chris Jackson

- ( 8.) Erroll Lutton
- ( 9.) David McAnulty
- (10.) Mark Irwin
- (11.) Gregg Ian Sterritt
- (12.) Julian Stevenson
- (13.) Robert Taylor
- (14.) Lee Tumilty

- (15.) Mark Tumilty
- (16.) Daniel Clarke

- Head Coach

unknown

- ( 1.) Paul Lopez
- ( 2.) Singh Maninderijt
- ( 3.) Lailin Abu Hassan
- ( 4.) Singh Kerpal
- ( 5.) Abdul Rahman Shaiful Azli
- ( 6.) Nor Azian Haji Bakar
- ( 7.) Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz

- ( 8.) Lam Mun Fatt
- ( 9.) Shanker Ramu
- (10.) Nor Saiful Nasiruddin
- (11.) Kaliswaran Muniandy
- (12.) Singh Aphthar
- (13.) Mirnawan Nawawi
- (14.) Mohammed Nizam Nordin

- (15.) Arul Selvaraj Anthonisamy
- (16.) Ahmad Suffian

- Head Coach

unknown

- ( 1.) Paul Derham
- ( 2.) Dion Gosling
  Dion Gosling
  Dion Gosling is a field hockey player from New Zealand. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's team competition. He earned a total number of 169 caps during his career.-References:*...
- ( 3.) Gregory Russ
  Gregory Russ
  Gregory James Russ is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He was born in Auckland.-References:*...
- ( 4.) Umesh Parag
  Umesh Parag
  Umesh Vasan Parag is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won a silver medal with the team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester...
- ( 5.) Darren Smith
  Darren Smith (field hockey)
  Darren Campbell Smith is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 1995 against Spain....
- ( 6.) Andrew Timlin
  Andrew Timlin
  Andrew Timlin is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a regular member of the men's national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, during the 1990s. Timlin earned a total number of 43 caps during his career.-References:...
- ( 7.) Brett Leaver
  Brett Leaver
  Brett Leaver is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He was born in Auckland....

- ( 8.) Andrew Buckley
  Andrew Buckley (field hockey)
  Andrew Buckley is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a regular member of the men's national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Buckley earned a total number of 70 caps during his career.-References:**...
- ( 9.) Ken Robinson
  Ken Robinson (field hockey)
  Kenneth Edward Robinson is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a regular member of the men's national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, during the 1990s and early 2000s. Robinson earned a total number of 53 caps during his career.-References:**...
- (10.) Jamie Smith
  Jamie Smith (field hockey)
  Jamie Samuel Lawrence Smith is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Smith was captain of the New Zealand side from 1993-1998...
- (11.) Simon Towns
  Simon Towns
  Simon James Towns is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 1992 against Kenya....
- (12.) John Radovonich
  John Radovonich
  John Lewis Radovonich is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He was born in Christchurch.-References:*...
- (13.) Richard Tattershaw
- (14.) Andrew van der Bent

- (15.) Scott Anderson
  Scott Anderson (field hockey)
  Scott Warren Anderson is a former field hockey goalkeeper from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He was born in Oamaru....
  
  (gk)
- (16.) Grant Croft (gk)

- Head Coach

Jim Cahill

James Edward Cahill was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term from 1953 until 1956. He was also an indirectly elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1965 and 1970...

- ( 1.) Paweł Sobczak (gk)
- ( 2.) Slawomir Lukaszewski
- ( 3.) Paweł Jakubiak
- ( 4.) Dariusz Małecki
- ( 5.) Maciej Matuszynski
- ( 6.) Tomasz Szmidt
- ( 7.) Robert Grzeszczak

- ( 8.) Zbigniew Juszczak
- ( 9.) Marcin Nyckowiak
- (10.) Rafał Grotowski
- (11.) Karol Podzorski
- (12.) Marcin Pobuta (gk)
- (13.) Krzysztof Wybieralski
- (14.) Lukasz Wybieralski

- (15.) Piotr Mikula
- (16.) Tomasz Cichy

- Head Coach

Mariusz Kubiak

- ( 1.) Brian Myburgh (gk)
- ( 2.) Gregor Maier (gk)
- ( 3.) Shaun Cooke
- ( 4.) Craig Jackson
- ( 5.) Craig Fulton
- ( 6.) Bradley Michalaro
- ( 7.) Gregg Clark

- ( 8.) Gary Boddington
- ( 9.) Wayne Denne
- (10.) Mike Cullen
- (11.) Kevin Chree
- (12.) Grant Fulton
- (13.) Greg Nicol
- (14.) Matthew Hallowes

- (15.) Grant Von Mayer
- (16.) Brenton Key

- Head Coach

unknown

- ( 1.) Koo Jin-Soo (gk)
- ( 2.) Ji Seung-Hwan
  Ji Seung-Hwan
  Ji Seung-Hwan is a field hockey player from South Korea, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the final the Asians were beaten by title holders The Netherlands after penalty strokes...
- ( 3.) Han Beung-Kook
- ( 4.) Han Hyung-Bae
  Han Hyung-Bae
  Han Hyung-Bae is a field hockey player from South Korea, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the final the Asians were beaten by the title holders Netherlands after penalty strokes.-External links:*...
- ( 5.) Cho Myung-Jun
- ( 6.) Jeon Jong-Ha
- ( 7.) Hong Kyung-Seon

- ( 8.) Shin Seok-Kyo
- ( 9.) Song Seung-Tae
  Song Seung-Tae
  Song Seung-Tae is a field hockey striker from South Korea, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...
- (10.) Kang Keon-Wook
- (11.) Jeong Yong-Kyun
- (12.) Lee Young-Hwang
- (13.) Kim Jung-Chul
- (14.) Yoo Mun-Ki

- (15.) Yeo Woon-Kon
  Yeo Woon-Kon
  Yeo Woon-Kon is a field hockey player from South Korea, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the final the Asians were beaten by title holders The Netherlands after penalty strokes. Yeo also competed at the 2004 Summer...
- (16.) Kim Yoon (gk)

- Head Coach

unknown

- ( 1.) Ramón Jufresa
  Ramón Jufresa
  Ramón Jufresa Lluch is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Spain. He won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also participated in the 1992, and the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  (gk)
- ( 2.) Jordi Casas
- ( 3.) Joaquin Malgosa
  Joaquín Malgosa
  Joaquim Malgosa Morera is a former field hockey defender.He played for the Atlètic Terrassa Hoquei Club all his career, and won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
- ( 4.) Jordi Arnau
  Jordi Arnau
  Jorge Jordi Arnau Creus is a former field hockey player from Spain who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
- ( 5.) Juan de Dios
- ( 6.) Jaime Amat
  Jaime Amat
  Jaume Santi Amat Duran is a former field hockey player from Spain. He won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
- ( 7.) Juan Escarré
  Juan Escarré
  Juan Escarré Urueña is a Spanish field hockey player, who competed for Spain in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, when he captured the silver medal with his national side...

- ( 8.) Victor Pujol
  Victor Pujol
  Víctor Pujol Sala is a former field hockey midfielder from Spain. He won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he scored the only goal for the Spaniards in the final against the Netherlands .-References:*...
- ( 9.) Josep Sánchez
  Josep Sánchez
  Josep Sánchez Galobardes is a former field hockey midfielder from Spain. He represented the Men's National Team at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...
- (10.) Narcis Ventallo
- (11.) Javier Arnau
  Javier Arnau
  Xavier Arnau Creus is a former field hockey player from Spain. He won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The striker also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
- (12.) Ramon Sala
  Ramón Sala
  Ramón Sala Vallmonrat is a former field hockey defender from Spain, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
- (13.) Francisco Fabregas
- (14.) Pablo Amat
  Pablo Amat
  Pol Amat Escudé is a field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....

- (15.) Pablo Usoz
- (16.) Antonio González (gk)

- Head Coach

Toni Forrellat

- ( 1.) Roger Thoma
- ( 2.) Adrian Berger
- ( 3.) Christian Arnold
- ( 4.) Reto Muggli
- ( 5.) Matthias Conz
- ( 6.) Stefan Bircher
- ( 7.) Daniel Pfister

- ( 8.) Benjamin Steinemann
- ( 9.) Alex Wintenberger
- (10.) Toni Haberthur
- (11.) Patrick Stutz
- (12.) Olivier Bilgerig
- (13.) Andy Gasser
- (14.) Thierry Grandchamp

- (15.) Christian Cavallet
- (16.) Hugo Lessert

- Head Coach

unknown

Group A

10
Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	15	5	5	0	0	14	4
2.	9	5	3	0	2	16	16	0
3.	7	5	2	1	2	16	16	0
4.	6	5	2	0	3	13	15	–2
5.	5	5	1	2	3	11	15	–4
6.	1	5	0	1	4	13	17	–4

Group B

8
Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	13	5	4	1	0	18	10
2.	10	5	3	1	1	10	5
3.	9	5	3	0	2	22	11
4.	7	5	2	1	2	15	16	–1
5.	4	5	1	1	3	7	17	–10
6.	0	5	0	0	5	10	23	–13

Semi finals

Finals

Final ranking

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Remarks

The first six (Spain, South Korea, New Zealand, Poland, Canada, and Malaysia) participated in the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup
1998 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 9th Hockey World Cup held in Utrecht, Netherlands. The competition was held from June 20 — July 1. The trophy was won by the Netherlands national field hockey team. Spain came second and Germany came third. The Dutch made history by being the only country to...

in Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

, The Netherlands.

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