| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country |  Spain | ||
| City | Barcelona | ||
| Dates | 19–28 January | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Netherlands | ||
| Runner-up |  India | ||
| Third place |  Great Britain | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 28 | ||
| Goals scored | 116 (4.14 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Taco van den Honert (12 goals) | ||
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The 1996 Men's Olympic Qualifier was a field hockey tournament held in Barcelona, Spain, from 19–28 January 1996. The tournament was held at the Real Club de Polo.
Eight nations competed at the tournament, with the top five earning qualification to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Squads
Belarus
- Igor Barkov
- Vitali Bondarenko
- Alexandre Boudnikov
- Guennadi Bribovski
- Youri Canja
- Serguey Drozdov
- Alexandre Eklemenko (gk)
- Dmitri Yukovski
- Stepan Klimovich
- Yuri Korottchenko
- Alexandre Mankovski
- Nikolay Sankovets
- Andrei Tchebotarev
- Albert Vintekevich (c)
- Igor Voltyuk
- Alexandre Yukovets
- Head Coach
- unknown
Belgium
- Fabian Berger
- Joeri Beunen
- Mick Beunen
- Alexandre de Chaffoy
- Marc Coudron (c)
- Jean-Michel Deville
- Gérald Dewamme
- Philippe van Hemelen
- Laurent Kelecom
- Michel Kinnen
- Michel van Oost (gk)
- Patrick Pille
- Thierry Renear
- Vincent Van Diest
- Bruno Vuylsteke
- Jean Willems
- Head Coach
- Alain Geens
Canada
- Alan Brahmst
- Patrick Burrows (c)
- Paul Chohan
- Robin D'Abreo
- John Desouza
- Rob Edamura
- Adam Evans
- Marek Gacek
- Chris Gifford
- Doug Harris
- Hari Kant (gk)
- Peter Milkovich
- Ken Pereira
- Rick Roberts
- André Rousseau (gk)
- Rob Short
- Head Coach
- Shiaz Virjee
Great Britain
- Guy Fordham
- Calum Giles
- Daniel Hall
- Julian Halls
- Simon Hazlitt
- Howard Hoskin
- Jason Laslett (c)
- David Luckes (gk)
- Simon Mason (gk)
- Chris Mayer
- John Shaw
- Soma Singh
- Kalbir Takher
- Nick Thompson
- Robert Thompson
- Jon Wyatt
- Head Coach
- unknown
India
- Anil Aldrin
- Edward Alloysins (gk)
- Bopaiah Anjapara (gk)
- Gavin Ferreira
- Sandeep Hamachimana
- Sanjeev Khumar
- Mukesh Kumar
- Dhanraj Pillay
- Mohamed Riaz Nabi
- Baljeet Singh Dhillon
- Baljeet Singh Saini
- Harpreet Singh
- Ramandeep Singh
- Pargat Singh (c)
- Dilip Tirkey
- Sabu Varkey
- Head Coach
- Cedric D'Souza
Malaysia
- Lim Chiow Chuan
- Charles David
- Calvin Fernandez
- Nadarajan Marathumuthu (gk)
- Maninderjt Singh
- Lailin Abu Hassan
- Brian Jayhan Siva
- Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
- Lum Mun Fatt
- Shankar Ramu
- Nor Saiful Nasiruddin (c)
- Mirnawan Nawawi
- Aphtar Singh
- Arul Selvaraj Sami
- Kuhan Shanmuganathan
- Yahia Vickneswaran
- Head Coach
- Volker Knapp
Netherlands
- Jacques Brinkman
- Maurits Crucq
- Marc Delissen (c)
- Jeroen Delmee
- Sander van Heeswijk
- Taco van den Honert
- Ronald Jansen (gk)
- Erik Jazet
- Leo Klein Gebbink
- Teun de Nooijer
- Wouter van Pelt
- Stephan Veen
- Guus Vogels (gk)
- Rogier van der Wal
- Remco van Wijk
- Rochus Westbroek
- Head Coach
- Roelant Oltmans
Spain
- Oriol Alcarez
- Jaime Amat
- Javier Arnau
- Jordi Arnau
- Óscar Barrena
- Juan Dinarés
- Juan Escarré
- Javier Escudé
- Juantxo García-Mauriño
- Antonio González (gk)
- Antonio Iglesias
- Ramón Jufresa (gk)
- Joaquim Malgosa (c)
- Victor Pujol
- Ramón Sala
- Pablo Usoz
- Head Coach
- Toni Forrellat
Officials
- Xavier Adell (ESP)
- Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
- Santiago Deo (ESP)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)- Floris Idenburg (NED)
Sergey Platonov (RUS)
Donald Prior (AUS)- Peter von Reth (NED)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)- Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Richard Wolter (GER)
Results
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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Netherlands
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 11 | Qualified for 1996 Summer Olympics |
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India
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7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 11 | |
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Great Britain
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7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 10 | |
| 4 | Spain
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7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 9 | |
| 5 | Malaysia
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7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 7 | |
| 6 | Canada
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 6 | |
| 7 | Belgium
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7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 2 | |
| 8 | Belarus
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7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
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Final standings
- The top five teams qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Goalscorers
There were 116 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.
12 goals
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Alexandre Boudnikov
- Guennadi Bribovski
- Yuri Korotchenko
- Dmitri Yukovski
- Mick Beunen
- Fabian Berger
- Marc Coudron
- Gérald Dewamme
- Alan Brahmst
- Paul Chohan
- Robin D'Abreo
- John DeSouza
- Marek Gacek
- Christopher Gifford
- Kenneth Pereira
- Richard Roberts
- Christopher Mayer
- Jonathan Wyatt
- Gavin Ferreira
- Sanjeev Kumar
- Ramandeep Singh
- Jacques Brinkman
- Maurits Crucq
- Rogier van der Wal
- Juantxo García-Mauriño
See also
References
- "SUMMARY OF RANKINGS – FIH WORLD LEVEL EVENTS" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- "Men Field Hockey Olympic Games 1996 Qualification". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. Retrieved 14 September 2023.