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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)United Kingdom Alan Forsyth
Netherlands Mink van der Weerden (4 goals)
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Format edit

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 edit

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

Dates Event(s) Location Quota Qualifier(s)
19 January – 30 June 2019 2019 FIH Pro League 2   Australia[a]
  Belgium[a]
  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[a]
15–23 June 2019 Le Touquet, France 2   France
  Ireland
8 September 2019 FIH World Rankings 7   Austria
  Egypt[b]
  Germany
  New Zealand
  Pakistan
  Russia
  South Korea
  Spain
Total 14

Seeding edit

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

Pot 1 (Host teams)
Team Rank
  Netherlands 3
  India 5
  Germany 6
Pot 2 (Host teams)
Team Rank
  Great Britain 7
  Spain 8
  New Zealand 9
  Canada 10
Pot 3 (Away teams)
Team Rank
  Malaysia 11
  France 12
  Ireland 13
  South Korea 16
Pot 4 (Away teams)
Team Rank
  Pakistan 17
  Austria 20
  Russia 22

Overview edit

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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ a b c 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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. ^ "About FIH Series". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b "FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers: draw live on 9 September". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  4. ^ "FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers: pots confirmed for tomorrow's draw". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  5. ^ "FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers: matches, dates and venues confirmed". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

External links edit

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