Qualifying Tournaments for the 2012 Summer Olympics Teams (from 4 confederations)
The Men’s field hockey Qualifying Tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics are qualification tournaments to determine the final three spots for the 2012 Summer Olympics . The qualifying tournaments, which involve 18 teams divided into three groups, with three separate qualifying tournaments, are to be held in India , Ireland and Japan , at different times in 2012. Only the winners of each qualifying tournament earn a berth in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
India qualified to Olympics after beating France 8–1 in first qualifying tournament,[1] while South Korea qualified after beating Ireland 3–2 in the second qualifying tournament.[2] South Africa qualified after they beat Japan 2-1 in the third qualifying tournament.
Below is the list of 18 teams who participate in these qualifying tournaments:[3]
^1 – Replaced by Italy [4] ^2 – Replaced by Brazil [5] ^3 – Replaced by Singapore [6] ^4 – South Africa played in qualifying tournament, then gave up automatic berth which was given to Spain. Qualifying 1 [ edit ] Qualifying 1 was held from February 18 to February 25, 2012 in New Delhi , India .[3]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 India (H) 5 5 0 0 36 8 +28 15 Final 2 France 5 3 1 1 17 8 +9 10 3 Poland 5 3 0 2 24 13 +11 9 Third place game 4 Canada 5 2 1 2 29 8 +21 7 5 Italy 5 1 0 4 7 27 −20 3 Fifth place game 6 Singapore 5 0 0 5 5 54 −49 0
Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Christian Blasch (GER)
Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Tim Pullman (AUS)
Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Diego Estebanez (ESP)
Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Roderick Wijsnuller (NED)
Umpires: Bjorn Bachmann (GER) Diego Estebanez (ESP)
Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)
Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Bjorn Bachmann (GER)
Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Nigel Iggo (NZL)
Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
Umpires: Bjorn Bachmann (GER) Edurado Lizana (ESP)
Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Diego Estebanez (ESP)
Classification round [ edit ] Fifth place game [ edit ] Umpires: Bjorn Bachmann (GER) Diego Estebanez (ESP)
Third place game [ edit ] Umpires: Roderick Wijsmuller (NED) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)
Final standings [ edit ] Qualifying 2 [ edit ] Qualifying 2 was held from March 10 to March 18, 2012 in Dublin , Ireland .[3]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 South Korea 5 4 1 0 23 7 +16 13 Final 2 Ireland (H) 5 3 2 0 23 3 +20 11 3 Malaysia 5 3 1 1 19 8 +11 10 Third place game 4 Russia 5 2 0 3 10 20 −10 6 5 Chile 5 1 0 4 9 20 −11 3 Fifth place game 6 Ukraine 5 0 0 5 5 31 −26 0
Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) German Oca De Montes (ARG)
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Andrew Kennedy (GBR)
Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Javed Shaikh (IND)
Umpires: Martin Canniffe (IRL) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Michael Eilmer (AUT)
Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Andrew Kennedy (GBR)
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Deon Nel (RSA)
Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Javed Shaikh (IND)
Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Javed Shaikh (IND)
Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Andrew Kennedy (GBR)
Classification round [ edit ] Fifth place game [ edit ] Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) Deon Nel (RSA)
Third place game [ edit ] Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Michael Eilmer (AUT)
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
Final standings [ edit ] Qualifying 3 [ edit ] Qualifying 3 was held from April 26 to May 6, 2012 in Kakamigahara , Japan .[3]
Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Ged Curran (GBR)
Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Martin Madden (GBR)
Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Martin Madden (GBR)
Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Marcin Grochal (POL)
Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Raghu Prasad (IND)
Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Marcin Grochal (POL)
Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Raghu Prasad (IND)
Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Ged Curran (GBR)
Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Ged Curran (GBR)
Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Simon Taylor (NZL)
Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Martin Madden (GBR)
Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Raghu Prasad (IND)
Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Marcin Grochal (POL)
Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Adam Kearns (AUS)
Classification [ edit ] Fifth and sixth [ edit ] Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Adam Kearns (AUS)
Third and fourth [ edit ] Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Martin Madden (GBR)
Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Ged Curran (GBR)
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]