The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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 was held in Osaka, Japan, from Thursday March 9 to Sunday March 20, 2000. Twelve nations took part, and they played a round robin divided into two groups. The top six teams joined Australia

Australia

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 (Oceania Cup winner and hosts), Canada

Canada

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 (Pan American Games winner), Netherlands

Netherlands

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 (World Cup winner), India

India

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 (Asian Games winner), Germany

Germany

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 (European Nations Cup winner), and South Africa

South Africa

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 (All Africa Games winner).

• ( 1.) Vincent Deneumostier (gk)
• ( 3.) Collin Thibault
• ( 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.) Fabian Berger
• ( 6.) Sébastien Mommens
• ( 7.) Joeri Beunen
• ( 8.) Philippe van Hemelen

• ( 9.) Alexandre de Chaffoy
• (10.) Erik Vandergracht
• (11.) Vitali Kholopov
• (12.) Xavier Smilovlci
• (13.) Mick Beunen
• (14.) Jean Willems
• (15.) Marc Coudron

• (16.) Yves Henet
• (18.) Gérald Dewamme
• (19.) Patrick Gierts

Head Coach: Alain Geens

• ( 1.) Jun Takahashi (gk)
• ( 2.) Akihiko Hirata
• ( 3.) Atsushi Takehara
• ( 4.) Daisuke Hokaze
• ( 5.) Akira Takahashi
• ( 7.) Shuji Fukazawa
• ( 8.) Kenichi Katayama

• ( 9.) Takahiko Yamabori
• (10.) Kotaro Iwayama
• (11.) Shinji Iwata
• (13.) Takoyuki Sakai
• (14.) Naoya Iwadate
• (15.) Naohike Tobiita
• (16.) Yushieo Nobui

• (18.) Akihiro Yoshioka
• (20.) Hiroki Yoshizaki

Head Coach: unknown

• ( 1.) 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....
  
  
• ( 2.) Mitesh Patel
• ( 4.) 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....
  
  
• ( 5.) Wayne McIndoe
• ( 6.) Andrew Hastie
  Andrew Hastie
  Andrew Blair Hastie 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. Hastie earned a total number of 68 caps during his career.-References:**...
  
  
• ( 7.) Craig Reynold
• ( 9.) Brett Leaver
  Brett Leaver
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• (10.) Ryan Archibald
• (11.) Umesh Parag
  Umesh Parag
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• (12.) 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:*...
  
  
• (13.) Craig Russ
  Craig Russ
  Craig Sinclair 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 Hamilton, New Zealand.-References:*...
  
  
• (14.) Bevan Hari
• (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....
  
  
• (17.) Paul Woolford

• (18.) Phillip Burrows
• (19.) 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:...
  
  
• (20.) Hymie Gill
  Hymie Gill
  Hymie Maxwell Gill is a retired 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. Gill earned a total number of 79 caps during his career scoring 7 goals.-References:...
  
  

Head Coach: unknown

Group A

14

1

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		15	5	5	0	0	20	6
2.		9	5	3	0	2	11	10
3.		7	5	2	1	2	10	12	–2
4.		7	5	2	1	2	13	16	–3
5.		4	5	1	1	3	10	15	–5
6.		1	5	0	1	4	12	17	–5

• Thursday March 9, 2000

• Friday March 10, 2000

• Saturday March 11, 2000

• Sunday March 12, 2000

• Monday March 13, 2000

• Tuesday March 14, 2000

• Wednesday March 15, 2000

• Thursday March 16, 2000

Group B

17

12

2

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		13	5	4	1	0	25	8
2.		10	5	3	1	1	25	13
3.		7	5	2	1	2	18	16
4.		7	5	2	1	2	18	19	–1
5.		6	5	2	0	3	10	16	–6
6.		0	5	0	0	5	2	26	–24

• Thursday March 9, 2000

• Friday March 10, 2000

• Saturday March 11, 2000

• Sunday March 12, 2000

• Monday March 13, 2000

• Tuesday March 14, 2000

• Wednesday March 15, 2000

• Thursday March 16, 2000

Play-offs

• Saturday March 18, 2000

• Sunday March 19, 2000

• Monday March 20, 2000

Final ranking

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Remarks

• The first six (Spain, Pakistan, South Korea, Poland, Great Britain, and Malaysia) qualified for this year's Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Argentina eventually gained a ticket after South Africa was forced to withdraw by its own Olympic Committee.

Topscorers

RANK	PLAYER	GOALS
1.		13