Men's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2012 Summer Olympics
# Men's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2012 Summer Olympics

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, while South Korea qualified after beating Ireland 3–2 in the second qualifying tournament. South Africa qualified after they beat Japan 2-1 in the third qualifying tournament.

## Teams

Below is the list of 18 teams who participate in these qualifying tournaments:

| Zone | Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| - | - | - |
| Asia | 2010 Asian Games | Malaysia India South Korea China Japan |
| Africa | 2011 African Olympic Qualifier | Egypt |
| Americas | 2011 Pan American Games | Canada Chile Cuba United States |
| Europe | 2011 EuroHockey Nations Championship | Ireland Spain Russia France |
| Europe | EuroHockey Nations Trophy | Poland Ukraine Austria Czech Republic |

    ^1 – Replaced by Italy
    ^2 – Replaced by Brazil
    ^3 – Replaced by Singapore
    ^4 – South Africa played in qualifying tournament, then gave up automatic berth which was given to Spain.

## Qualifying 1

Qualifying 1 was held from February 18 to February 25, 2012 in New Delhi, India.

### Pool

| 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 | Final |
| 3 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 9 | Third place game |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 7 | Third place game |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Singapore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 54 | −49 | 0 | Fifth place game |

* 18 February 2012 14:00

| Canada | 9–0 | Italy |
| - | - | - |
| Jameson 13' Guest 20', 56' Short 34', 57' Stewart 39' Smythe 54' Wright 60' Tupper 65' | Report | |

* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* 18 February 2012 16:00

| France | 2–1 | Poland |
| - | - | - |
| H. Genestet 9' Sevestre 39' | Report | Oszyjczyk 41' |

* Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Christian Blasch (GER)
* 18 February 2012 20:00

| India | 15–1 | Singapore |
| - | - | - |
| Chandi 10', 21', 40' Sardar 11' Shivendra 18', 30' Mujtaba 25', 52' Khandker 42' Sandeep 47' Uthappa 48' Walmiki 53' Sowmarpet Vitalacharya 54', 57' Lakra 70' | Report | Marican 39' |

* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 19 February 2012 12:00

| Canada | 2–3 | Poland |
| - | - | - |
| Smythe 35' Singh 54' | Report | Poltaszewski 18' Mikula 33' Rachwalski 70' |

* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
* 19 February 2012 16:00

| Singapore | 0–9 | France |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | M. Genestet 3', 30', 56', 58', 69' Jean-Jean 14', 41' Martin-Brisac 17' Magner 32' |

* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Diego Estebanez (ESP)
* 19 February 2012 20:00

| India | 8–1 | Italy |
| - | - | - |
| Sandeep 4', 22', 23' Vokkaliga Ramachandra 12' Vitalacharya 30', 38' Chandi 32' Shivendra 52' | Report | Nanni 17' |

* Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Roderick Wijsnuller (NED)
* 21 February 2012 14:00

| Singapore | 1–15 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Chia Kai Bin 13' | Report | Wright 7' Pearson 7', 35', 40', 52' Short 11', 50', 69' Tupper 19', 23', 29', 68' Singh 31' Hildreth 45' Guest 57' |

* Umpires: Bjorn Bachmann (GER) Diego Estebanez (ESP)
* 21 February 2012 16:00

| Poland | 7–2 | Italy |
| - | - | - |
| Juszczak 6', 34' Hutek 7' Oszyjczyk 16' Majchrzak 52' Gorny 65' Mikula 66' | Report | Malta 13', 32' |

* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
* 21 February 2012 20:00

| France | 2–6 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Sevestre 35' Magner 57' | Report | Shivendra 4' Sandeep 9', 30', 37' Sowmarpet Vitalacharya 39' Khandker 62' |

* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)
* 22 February 2012 12:00

| Poland | 11–3 | Singapore |
| - | - | - |
| Oszyjczyk 9', 59', 63' Nowakowski 24' Juszczak 35' Poltaszewski 40', 64' Zywiczka 50' Mikula 54' Gorny 56' Rataj 58' | Report | Kamsani 37', 49' Jailani 70' |

* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Roderick Wijsmuller (NED)
* 22 February 2012 16:00

| Italy | 0–3 | France |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Becuwe 43' M. Genestet 52' Verrier 57' |

* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Bjorn Bachmann (GER)
* 22 February 2012 20:00

| Canada | 2–3 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Pearson 50' Tupper 53' | Report | Shivendra 26' Sandeep 40', 61' |

* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Nigel Iggo (NZL)
* 24 February 2012 12:00

| Italy | 4–0 | Singapore |
| - | - | - |
| Salas 18' Nunez 35', 52' Melato 69' | Report | |

* Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
* 24 February 2012 16:00

| France | 1 – 1 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Magner 56' | Report | Smythe 35' |

* Umpires: Bjorn Bachmann (GER) Edurado Lizana (ESP)
* 24 February 2012 20:00

| India | 4–2 | Poland |
| - | - | - |
| Sandeep 26', 70' Shivendra 59' Vokkaliga Ramachandra 65' | Report | Dutkiewicz 13' Juszczak 63' |

* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Diego Estebanez (ESP)

### Classification round

**Fifth place game**

* 26 February 2012 15:00

| Italy | 5–0 | Singapore |
| - | - | - |
| Malta 28' Corsi 33' Nunez 42' Salas 47', 58' | Report | |

* Umpires: Bjorn Bachmann (GER) Diego Estebanez (ESP)

**Third place game**

* 26 February 2012 17:30

| Poland | 3–4 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Mikula 9' Oszyjczyk 28' Zywiczka 52' | Report | Pereira 4', 51' Short 27' Guest 41' |

* Umpires: Roderick Wijsmuller (NED) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

**Final**

* 26 February 2012 20:00

| India | 8–1 | France |
| - | - | - |
| Lakra 17' Sandeep 19', 26', 38', 49', 51' Sowmarpet Vitalacharya 43' Raghunath 56' | Report | Martin-Brisac 24' |

* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)

### Awards

* Best Player: Sardar Singh
* Best Goalkeeper: Mariusz Chyla
* Top Goalscorer: Sandeep Singh (16 goals)
* Fair Play: India

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | India (H) | 2012 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | France | |
| 3 | Canada | |
| 4 | Poland | |
| 5 | Italy | |
| 6 | Singapore | |

## Qualifying 2

Qualifying 2 was held from March 10 to March 18, 2012 in Dublin, Ireland.

### Pool

| 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 | Final |
| 3 | Malaysia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 10 | Third place game |
| 4 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 6 | Third place game |
| 5 | Chile | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 31 | −26 | 0 | Fifth place game |

* 10 March 2012 12:00

| Malaysia | 5–1 | Chile |
| - | - | - |
| Abdul Rahim 16', 51' Saari 37' Hanafi 49' Rahim 61' | Report | J. Richter 21' |

* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) German Oca De Montes (ARG)
* 10 March 2012 14:30

| Ireland | 6–1 | Russia |
| - | - | - |
| Jermyn 15' Cockram 16' Darling 44' Caruth 48' Harte 56' Watt 59' | Report | Zakirov 24' |

* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Andrew Kennedy (GBR)
* 10 March 2012 17:00

| South Korea | 8–2 | Ukraine |
| - | - | - |
| Jang Jong-Hyun 8', 35' Lee Nam-Yong 12', 15', 69' Nam Hyun-Woo 40', 41' Cho Suk-Hoon 48' | Report | Ozerskyi 10' Yasinskyi 64' |

* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
* 11 March 2012 12:30

| Malaysia | 6–2 | Russia |
| - | - | - |
| Rahim 27', 37', 54' Saari 45' Abdul Rahim 52' Hanafi 65' | Report | Golubev 16', 17' |

* Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Richmond Attipoe (GHA)
* 11 March 2012 15:00

| Ukraine | 0–12 | Ireland |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Cockram 15', 29', 63' Magee 21', 27' Darling 35', 43' Caruth 49' Watt 54', 59' Cargo 69' Jermyn 70' |

* Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 11 March 2012 17:30

| South Korea | 6–1 | Chile |
| - | - | - |
| Nam Hyun-Woo 31' Lee Nam-Yong 35' Yoon Sung-Hoon 43' Cha Jong-Bok 54' Kang Moon-Kweon 60', 61' | Report | S. Richter 62' |

* Umpires: Martin Canniffe (IRL) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 13 March 2012 13:00

| Ukraine | 1–5 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Paziuk 57' | Report | Tengku Abdul Jalil 26' Hanafi 32' Abdul Rahim 48' Rahim 60' Abdul Mutalib 69' |

* Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Michael Eilmer (AUT)
* 13 March 2012 15:30

| Russia | 4–3 | Chile |
| - | - | - |
| Platonov 16', 18' Golubev 54' Zhirkov 57' | Report | Gajardo 13' J. Richter 46' Berczely 48' |

* Umpires: Deon Nel (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 13 March 2012 18:00

| Ireland | 1–1 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| Ames 28' | Report | Nam Hyun-Woo 41' |

* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
* 15 March 2012 13:00

| Russia | 2–0 | Ukraine |
| - | - | - |
| Loginov 32' Platonov 66' | Report | |

* Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Andrew Kennedy (GBR)
* 15 March 2012 15:30

| Malaysia | 2–3 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| Hanafi 55' Tengku Abdul Jalil 59' | Report | You Hyo-Sik 5', 43' Jang Jong-Hyun 67' |

* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Deon Nel (RSA)
* 15 March 2012 18:00

| Chile | 0–3 | Ireland |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Cockram 6' Watt 43', 54' |

* Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 17 March 2012 10:00

| South Korea | 5–1 | Russia |
| - | - | - |
| You Hyo-Sik 9' Jang Jong-Hyun 11', 50' Jung Man-Jae 31' Seo Jong-Ho 43' | Report | Yankun 57' |

* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 17 March 2012 12:30

| Chile | 4–2 | Ukraine |
| - | - | - |
| M. Rodríguez 2', 48' Montegu 36' Berzcely 60' | Report | Polishcuk 6', 24' |

* Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 17 March 2012 15:00

| Ireland | 1–1 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Jermyn 60' | Report | Mohd Noor 40' |

* Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Andrew Kennedy (GBR)

### Classification round

**Fifth place game**

* 18 March 2012 11:00

| Chile | 1–2 | Ukraine |
| - | - | - |
| Zirpel 37' | Report | Ozerskyi 29', 63' |

* Umpires: Richmond Attipoe (GHA) Deon Nel (RSA)

**Third place game**

* 18 March 2012 13:30

| Malaysia | 6–1 | Russia |
| - | - | - |
| Misron 12' Abd Rahim 16', 32' Ahmad Tajuddin 46' Hanafi 65' Saari 68' | Report | Komarov 62' |

* Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Michael Eilmer (AUT)

**Final**

* 18 March 2012 16:00

| South Korea | 3–2 | Ireland |
| - | - | - |
| Lee Nam-Yong 30', 70' Nam Hyun-Woo 58' | Report | Caruth 14' Cockram 56' |

* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

### Awards

* Topscorer: Razie Rahim, Timothy Cockram, Lee Nam-Yong (6 goals)
* Best Player: You Hyo-Sik

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | South Korea | 2012 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Ireland (H) | |
| 3 | Malaysia | |
| 4 | Russia | |
| 5 | Ukraine | |
| 6 | Chile | |

## Qualifying 3

Qualifying 3 was held from April 26 to May 6, 2012 in Kakamigahara, Japan.

### Venue

* Gifu-ken Green Stadium

### Pool

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | +21 | 13 |
| South Africa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 11 |
| China | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 |
| Austria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | –1 | 7 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | –7 | 3 |
| Brazil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 38 | –36 | 0 |

* 26 April 2012 13:30

| China | 1 – 0 | Austria |
| - | - | - |
| Na Yubo 15' | Report | |

* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 26 April 2012 16:00

| Japan | 6 – 0 | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |
| Nagasawa 4', 23' Sakamoto 26', 40', 60' Kawakami 55' | Report | |

* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Ged Curran (GBR)
* 26 April 2012 18:30

| South Africa | 11 – 1 | Brazil |
| - | - | - |
| Norris-Jones 20', 70' Cronje 24' Drummond 29', 41' Reid-Ross 35', 44', 45', 69' Robinson 56' McDade 64' | Report | Borges 40' |

* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Martin Madden (GBR)
* 28 April 2012 10:00

| South Africa | 6 – 2 | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |
| Reid-Ross 4', 55' Drummond 7' Norris-Jones 28' Louw 29' McDade 70' | Report | Seemann 14' Bernatek 40' |

* Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Martin Madden (GBR)
* 28 April 2012 12:30

| Brazil | 0 – 8 | China |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Liu Yixian 4', 67', 69' Song Yixian 6' Sun Long 21' Liu Xiantang 32' Na Yubo 44' Dong Yang 55' |

* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Marcin Grochal (POL)
* 28 April 2012 15:00

| Japan | 4 – 1 | Austria |
| - | - | - |
| Nagasawa 4' Tachibana 23' Sakamoto 40' Fukushiro 64' | Report | Körper 56' |

* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 30 April 2012 13:30

| Austria | 2 – 1 | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |
| Körper 9', 26' | Report | Nicklas 11' |

* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Marcin Grochal (POL)
* 30 April 2012 16:00

| Brazil | 0 – 11 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Shiokawa 1' Sakamoto 11', 63' Tanaka 13', 14', 69' Kayukawa 20' Mizawa 35' Nagasawa 38', 70+' Fukushiro 49' |

* Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 30 April 2012 18:30

| China | 2 – 5 | South Africa |
| - | - | - |
| Na Yubo 47' Liu Yixian 69' | Report | Reid-Ross 17' Haley 20' Norris-Jones 31' Robinson 46', 50' |

* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Ged Curran (GBR)
* 2 May 2012 13:30

| Austria | 3 – 1 | Brazil |
| - | - | - |
| Körper 3', 30', 56' | Report | Borges 35+' |

* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Ged Curran (GBR)
* 2 May 2012 16:00

| Japan | 3 – 3 | South Africa |
| - | - | - |
| Kawakami 25' Nagasawa 42' Tanaka 53' | Report | Norris-Jones 29' Reid-Ross 45', 70+' |

* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 2 May 2012 18:30

| Czech Republic | 0 – 1 | China |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Na Yubo 47' |

* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Martin Madden (GBR)
* 4 May 2012 13:30

| Czech Republic | 5 – 0 | Brazil |
| - | - | - |
| Bernatek 7' Bures 10' Prochazka 27' Seemann 42' Vacek 62' | Report | |

* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 4 May 2012 16:00

| China | 2 – 3 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Na Yubo 10', 30' | Report | Kayukawa 26' Nagasawa 57' Kitazato 70' |

* Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Marcin Grochal (POL)
* 4 May 2012 18:30

| South Africa | 2 – 2 | Austria |
| - | - | - |
| Smith 49', 65' | Report | Körper 20' Jeliner 56' |

* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Adam Kearns (AUS)

### Classification

**Fifth and sixth**

* 6 May 2012 10:00

| Czech Republic | 5 – 1 | Brazil |
| - | - | - |
| Prochazka 4', 9' Bernatek 28', 56' Seemann 66' | Report | Pacheco 36' |

* Umpires: Kim Hong-Lae (KOR) Adam Kearns (AUS)

**Third and fourth**

* 6 May 2012 12:30

| China | 5 – 3 | Austria |
| - | - | - |
| Liu Xiantang 9' Song Yixian 15', 42' Na Yubo 31', 61' | Report | Schmidt 19', 53' Stremitzer 45' |

* Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Martin Madden (GBR)

**Final**

* 6 May 2012 15:00

| Japan | 1 – 2 | South Africa |
| - | - | - |
| Kitazato 64' | Report | McDade 44' Norris-Jones 54' |

* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Ged Curran (GBR)

### Awards

* Topscorer: Justin Reid-Ross
* Best Player: Na Yubo
* Best Goalkeeper: Shunsuke Nagaoka
* Fair Play: Brazil
