2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers

The 2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers was the final stage of the qualification for the men's field hockey event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was held in October and November 2019.

2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates25 October – 3 November
Teams14 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored85 (6.07 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alan Forsyth
Mink van der Weerden (4 goals)

Format

In the first part of the qualification, the five continental champions automatically gained an Olympic berth, where they were joined by the hosts, Japan. Originally, twelve teams were to take part in the Olympic qualifying events. These teams were to be drawn into six pairs; each pair playing a two-match, aggregate score series, and the winner of each series qualifying for the Olympics. As Japan won the 2018 Asian Games (thereby qualifying twice, once as host and once as Asian champions), there instead were 14 teams, seven of whom qualified.[1] The seven Olympic qualifiers each featured two nations playing two back-to-back matches, with nations drawn to play each other based on their rankings at the end of the 2018 / 2019 Continental Championships. It was held in October and November 2019 and the matches were hosted by the higher-ranked of the two competing nations.[2]

Qualification

The participating teams were confirmed on 29 August 2019 by the International Hockey Federation.[3]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
19 January – 30 June 2019 2019 FIH Pro League 2  Australia[lower-alpha 1]
 Belgium[lower-alpha 1]
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
26 April – 4 May 2019 2018–19 FIH Series Finals Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2  Canada
 Malaysia
6–15 June 2019 Bhubaneswar, India 1  India
 South Africa[lower-alpha 1]
15–23 June 2019 Le Touquet, France 2  France
 Ireland
8 September 2019 FIH World Rankings 7  Austria
 Egypt[lower-alpha 2]
 Germany
 New Zealand
 Pakistan
 Russia
 South Korea
 Spain
Total 14

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 8 September 2019.[3][4]

Pot 1 (Host teams)
TeamRank
 Netherlands3
 India5
 Germany6
Pot 2 (Host teams)
TeamRank
 Great Britain7
 Spain8
 New Zealand9
 Canada10
Pot 3 (Away teams)
TeamRank
 Malaysia11
 France12
 Ireland13
 South Korea16
Pot 4 (Away teams)
TeamRank
 Pakistan17
 Austria20
 Russia22

Overview

The first legs were played on 25 and 26 October or 1 and 2 November 2019, and the second legs on 26 and 27 October or 2 and 3 November 2019.[5]

All times are local.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spain  6–5  France 3–3 3–2
Netherlands  10–5  Pakistan 4–4 6–1
Canada  6–6
(5–4 p.s.o.)
 Ireland 3–5 3–1
India  11–3  Russia 4–2 7–1
New Zealand  6–2  South Korea 3–2 3–0
Germany  10–3  Austria 5–0 5–3
Great Britain  9–3  Malaysia 4–1 5–2

Matches

25 October 2019
18:00
Spain  3–3  France
Lleonart  30'
Quemada  41', 50'
Report Charlet  19'
Baumgarten  26'
Bellenger  30'
Estadio Betero, Valencia
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
26 October 2019
18:00
Spain  3–2  France
Delas  21'
Iglesias  28'
Lleonart  40'
Report Baumgarten  3'
Goyet  39'
Estadio Betero, Valencia
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

Spain won 6–5 on aggregate.


26 October 2019
16:00
Netherlands  4–4  Pakistan
Van der Weerden  20', 60'
Kellerman  21'
Kemperman  52'
Report M. Ali  5', 58'
Ghazanfar  25'
Rizwan Sr.  38'
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
27 October 2019
16:00
Netherlands  6–1  Pakistan
Kellerman  9'
Van der Weerden  17', 29'
Pruyser  22'
Pieters  39'
Janssen  43'
Report R. Ali  53'
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

Netherlands won 10–5 on aggregate.


26 October 2019
14:00
Canada  3–5  Ireland
Johnston  15'
Pereira  23', 48'
Report Cargo  8'
O'Donoghue  33', 53'
Murray  37', 51'
Ambleside Rutledge Field, West Vancouver
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Diego Barbas (ARG)
27 October 2019
14:00
Canada  3–1  Ireland
Johnston  21'
Scholfield  37'
Tupper  60+'
Report McKee  6'
Penalties
Johnston
S. Panesar
Pereira
Wallace
Froese
Johnston
Froese
5–4 Magee
McKee
Caruth
Robson
O'Donoghue
Magee
McKee
Ambleside Rutledge Field, West Vancouver
Umpires:
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

6–6 on aggregate. Canada won 5–4 after penalty-shootout.


1 November 2019
20:00
India  4–2  Russia
Harmanpreet  5'
Mandeep  24', 53'
Sunil  48'
Report Kuraev  17'
Matkovskiy  60'
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Umpires:
Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)
Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
2 November 2019
20:00
India  7–1  Russia
Lalit  17'
Akashdeep  23', 29'
Nilakanta  47'
Rupinder  48', 59'
Amit  60+'
Report Sobolevskiy  1'
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Umpires:
Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)
Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

India won 11–3 on aggregate.


2 November 2019
15:00
New Zealand  3–2  South Korea
Jenness  3', 17'
Child  52'
Report Lee N.  15'
Jang  33'
Taranaki Hockey Club, Stratford
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Javed Shaikh (IND)
3 November 2019
15:00
New Zealand  3–0  South Korea
Jenness  16'
Lane  23'
Russell  42'
Report
Taranaki Hockey Club, Stratford
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

New Zealand won 6–2 on aggregate.


2 November 2019
18:30
Germany  5–0  Austria
Windfeder  11'
Staib  19'
Rühr  27'
Fuchs  42'
Oruz  49'
Report
Warsteiner HockeyPark, Mönchengladbach
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
3 November 2019
16:30
Germany  5–3  Austria
Grambusch  14'
Miltkau  15'
Staib  39'
Wellen  57'
Rühr  58'
Report Körper  14', 40', 41'
Warsteiner HockeyPark, Mönchengladbach
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Marcin Grochal (POL)

Germany won 10–3 on aggregate.


2 November 2019
16:30
Great Britain  4–1  Malaysia
Ward  33'
Roper  36'
Forsyth  42'
Gall  47'
Report Nabil  6'
Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London
Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Peter Wright (RSA)
3 November 2019
15:00
Great Britain  5–2  Malaysia
Forsyth  9', 56', 57'
Ward  11', 31'
Report Fitri  24'
Razie  40'
Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London
Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Christian Blasch (GER)

Great Britain won 9–3 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

There were 85 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 6.07 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

Notes

  1. Australia, Belgium and South Africa already qualified directly for the 2020 Summer Olympics by winning their continental championship so they were replaced by the highest ranked teams not already qualified.
  2. Egypt withdrew and was replaced by Russia.

See also

References

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