The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the

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, from Friday January 19 to Sunday January 28, 1996. Eight nations took part, and they played a round robin. The top five teams joined

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(Oceania Cup winner),

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(Pan American Games winner),

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(World Cup winner),

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(Asian Games winner),

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(European Nations Cup winner) and

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(All Africa Games winner), and the

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(hosts).

Squads

* 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''

* 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

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Alan Brahmst Alan Brahmst (born September 27, 1965) is a former international and Olympic field hockey player from Canada. Brahmst was national coach from 2008 to 2010 and coached at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (assistant) and 2010 World Cup in Delhi (head coa ...

Patrick Burrows Patrick Burrows (born November 5, 1959, in Barrie, Ontario) is a former field hockey defender from Canada. He played in the Summer Olympics in 1984 and 1988, and was an assistant coach for Canada's 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From lef ...

Paul Chohan Paul Satinder "Bubli" Chohan (born 2 July 1957 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India) is an Indian-born Canadian former field hockey player who represented Canada. International senior competitions * 1975 – Pan American Games, Mexico (2nd) * 1976 ...

Robin D'Abreo Robin D'Abreo (born March 3, 1975, in Bombay, India) is an Indian-born Canadian field hockey player who earned his first international cap in 1993 against France. The midfielder D'Abrero grew up with the sport in India, where both his father (R ...

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Rob Edamura Robert "Rob" Edamura (born 30 May 1965) is a Canadian retired field hockey player. Edamura was born in Toronto, Ontario. International competitions * 1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August ...

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* Marek Gacek * Chris Gifford * Doug Harris *

Hari Kant Hari Kant (born August 23, 1969) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Canada. The resident of Toronto, Ontario earned his first international cap for the Men's National Team in 1989 against Australia in Sydney. International senior compet ...

(gk) *

Peter Milkovich Peter Milkovich (born October 17, 1966) is a Canadian field hockey player and coach. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As ...

Ken Pereira Kenneth Pereira (born July 12, 1973 in Toronto, Ontario) is a field hockey midfielder from Canada. He was a member of the Canadian field hockey team at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2008. Pereira has also been on several Commonwealth Games and ...

* Rick Roberts *

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(gk) *

Rob Short Rob ("Shorty") Short (born August 11, 1972 in Maidstone, England) is a Canadian field hockey player. Career Short played his first international senior tournament in 1995, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. Highlights include the 1998 ...

;Head Coach: Shiaz Virjee

* Guy Fordham * Calum Giles * Daniel Hall * Julian Halls * Simon Hazlitt * Howard Hoskin * Jason Laslett (c) *

David Luckes David James Luckes (born 24 April 1969 in Newport, Monmouthshire) is a male former field hockey goalkeeper. Hockey career Luckes participated in three Summer Olympics for Great Britain: 1992, 1996 and 2000. He earned 125 caps for England an ...

(gk) * Simon Mason (gk) * Chris Mayer * John Shaw * Soma Singh * Kalbir Takher * Nick Thompson *Robert Thompson *

Jon Wyatt Jonathan Francis "Jon" Wyatt (born 12 February 1973) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games ...

;Head Coach: ''unknown''

* Anil Aldrin * Edward Alloysins (gk) * Bopaiah Anjapara (gk) *

Gavin Ferreira Gavin Ferreira is a former international field hockey player who resides in Orlem, Malad. He is an alumnus of St Anne's High School, Orlem and St Xavier's College, Mumbai. He has represented India in various field hockey tournaments internati ...

* Sandeep Hamachimana * Sanjeev Khumar * Mukesh Kumar *

Dhanraj Pillay Dhanraj Pillay (born 16 July 1968) is a retired Indian field hockey player and former captain of the Indian national team. He also looks after the Air India Sports Promotion Board as a Joint Secretary based in Mumbai. For the last 5 years, Dha ...

* Mohamed Riaz Nabi * Baljeet Singh Dhillon *

Baljeet Singh Saini Baljit ("Baljeet") Singh Saini (born 12 August 1976 in Ropar, Punjab) is a field hockey defender and midfielder from India who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1995 during the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup. Baljit ...

* Harpreet Singh * Ramandeep Singh * Pargat Singh (c) *

Dilip Tirkey Dilip Tirkey (born 25 November 1977), is a former Indian field hockey player, Politician and Sports Administrator. His former playing position was of full back. He was best known for his penalty corner hit. Dilip was one of the most ...

* Sabu Varkey ;Head Coach: Cedric D'Souza

* 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 Mirnawan Nawawi (born 19 September 1971) is a former field hockey player from Malacca, Malaysia. He went to the Royal Military College, Kuala Lumpur during his high school years. Mirnawan was the skipper for the Malaysia national team from 19 ...

* Aphtar Singh * Arul Selvaraj Sami * Kuhan Shanmuganathan * Yahia Vickneswaran ;Head Coach: Volker Knapp

Jacques Brinkman Jacques Brinkman (born 26 August 1966 in Utrecht) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who twice won the golden medal with the national squad: at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympi ...

Maurits Crucq Maurits Bourgon Crucq (born 10 February 1968 in Voorburg, South Holland) is a former field hockey defender from the Netherlands, who played 132 international matches for the Dutch national team, in which he scored eleven goals. A player ...

Marc Delissen Marcus Johannes Elisabeth Leopold "Marc" Delissen (born 14 January 1965) is a former field hockey player for the Netherlands. Delissen was born in Amsterdam, North Holland. He played 261 international matches for the Netherlands, scored 98 goal ...

Jeroen Delmee Jeroen Petrus Maria Delmee (born March 8, 1973 in Boxtel) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands. Delmee was an Olympic champion for the Netherlands in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, ...

*Sander van Heeswijk *

Taco van den Honert Taco Hajo van den Honert (born 14 February 1966 in Leiden) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics (1988, 1992 and 1996). At his last appearance ...

* Ronald Jansen (gk) *

Erik Jazet Erik Alexander Jazet (born 19 July 1971 in Schiedam) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 308 international matches for the Netherlands. The defender made his debut for the Dutch on 17 November 1990 in a match against ...

Leo Klein Gebbink Leo Klein Gebbink (born 9 January 1968 in Zelhem, Gelderland) is a former field hockey midfield player from The Netherlands, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics (1992 and 1996). At his last appearance in Atlanta, ...

Teun de Nooijer Teun Floris de Nooijer (born 22 March 1976) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who twice became Olympic champion with the Dutch national squad, in 1996 and in 2000, and was on the team in 2012. He curre ...

Wouter van Pelt Wouter van Pelt (born 23 April 1968 in Alphen aan den Rijn) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 236 international matches for the Netherlands, in which he scored 21 goals. The defender made his debut for the Dutch on 27 March 1989 ...

Stephan Veen Stephan Patrick Veen (born 27 July 1970, in Groningen) is a retired field hockey forward and midfielder from The Netherlands, who twice became olympic champion with the Dutch national squad: in 1996 and in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, Fro ...

Guus Vogels Augustinus ("Guus") Wilhelmus Johannes Marines Vogels (born March 26, 1975 in Naaldwijk, South Holland) is a Dutch field hockey goalkeeper, who twice won Olympic gold medals with the national squad: at the 1996 Summer Olymp ...

(gk) * Rogier van der Wal *

Remco van Wijk Remco van Wijk (born October 7, 1972 in Breda) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 242 international matches for the Netherlands, in which he scored 63 goals. The striker made his debut for the Dutch on May 5, 1993 in a friendly m ...

* Rochus Westbroek ;Head Coach:

Roelant Oltmans Roelant Wouter Oltmans (born May 25, 1954) is a Dutch field hockey coach who is the current head coach of Kampong first men's team. Earlier he coached the Larensche Mixed Hockey Club men's team. He coached the Netherlands men's, India men's, Pa ...

* Oriol Alcarez * Jaime Amat *

Javier Arnau Xavier ("Xavi") Arnau Creus (born 20 March 1973 in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a former field hockey player from Spain. He won the silver medal with the men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The striker also particip ...

Jordi Arnau Jorge Jordi Arnau Creus (born 7 April 1970 in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a former field hockey player from Spain who won the silver medal with the men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and ...

* Óscar Barrena * Juan Dinarés * Juan Escarré * Javier Escudé * Juantxo García-Mauriño * Antonio González (gk) * Antonio Iglesias * Ramón Jufresa (gk) * Joaquim Malgosa (c) *

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* Ramón Sala *

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;Head Coach: Toni Forrellat

Umpires

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Round robin

*Friday January 19, 1996

---- *Saturday January 20, 1996

---- *Sunday January 21, 1996

---- *Monday January 22, 1996

---- *Wednesday January 24, 1996

---- *Thursday January 25, 1996

---- *Saturday January 27, 1996

---- *Sunday January 28, 1996

Final rankings

Remarks

* The first five (Netherlands, India, Great Britain, Spain, and Malaysia) qualified for this year's

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Topscorers

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