2004 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier
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The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 was held at the two artificial pitches of Club de Campo
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid is a country club located in Madrid, Spain. The club was formed in 1929, and is regarded as one of the most prestigious in the country...

 in Madrid
Madrid
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, Spain
Spain
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, from March 2 until 13 2004. Twelve nations took part, and they played a round robin in two groups of six. The top six or seven teams – depending the protest of Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 (see later on) – joined Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 (Oceania Cup winner), Argentina
Argentina
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 (Pan American Games winner), South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

 (Asian Games winner), Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 (European Nations Cup winner) and Egypt
Egypt
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 (All Africa Games winner).

(1.) Cédric Degreve (gk), (2.) Xavier Reckinger, (4.) Thierry Renaer
Thierry Renaer
Thierry Renaer is a field hockey defender from Belgium, who made his debut for the Men's National Team in the late 1990s....

, (5.) Xavier-Charles Letier, (6.) Loïc Vandeweghe, (7.) Jean-Philippe Brulé
Jean-Philippe Brulé
Jean-Philippe Brulé is a field hockey player from Belgium, who was a member of the national squad that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Belgium finished in 8th place at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Madrid, in March 2004, after losing on penalty strokes against...

, (8.) Thomas Van Den Balck, (9.) Maxime Luycx, (10.) Mike Dewever, (11.) Charles Vandeweghe
Charles Vandeweghe
Charles Vandeweghe is a field hockey forward from Belgium, who was a member of the Men's National Team that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

, (12.) Dennis Dijkshoorn, (13.) Gilles Petre, (14.) Phillippe Goldberg, (15.) Marc Coudron , (16.) Xavier Brooke, (17.) Manu Leroy (gk), and (18.) Patrice Houssein. Head Coach: Gilles Bonnet.

(1.) Bindi Kullar
Bindi Kullar
Bindi Singh Kullar is a Canadian field hockey player, who played his first international senior tournament for the Men's National Team in 1996, at the World Cup Preliminary in Sardinia...

, (2.) Mike Mahood
Mike Mahood
Michael Mahood is a field hockey goalkeeper from Canada, who earned his first international senior cap for the Men's National Team in 1995 against India in Italy.-International senior competitions:...

 (gk), (3.) Mike Oliver, (5.) Robin D'Abreo
Robin D'Abreo
Robin D'Abreo is a Canadian field hockey player, who earned his first international cap in 1993 against France....

, (6.) Steve Davis, (9.) Ken Pereira
Ken Pereira
Kenneth Pereira 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 Pan American Games teams, winning two gold medals in the latter competition in 1999 and 2007...

, (10.) Wayne Fernandes
Wayne Fernandes
Wayne Fernandes is a Canadian field hockey player, who earned his first cap in 1996 against Pakistan....

, (11.) Peter Short
Peter Short (field hockey)
Peter Short is a field hockey player from Canada, whose brother Rob also represents the Men's National Team....

, (12.) David Jameson
David Jameson
David Jameson is a field hockey player from Canada, who was first selected to the Men's National Team for the 2002 Belgium Tour...

, (13.) Rob Short
Rob Short
Rob Short 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 World Cup in The Netherlands where the Canadian team finished 8th with Rob scoring 4 goals in the 7 games...

 , (14.) Ronnie Jagday
Ronnie Jagday
Ronnie Singh Jagday is an international Canadian field hockey player, who played his first international match for the Canadian Men's National team in 1998, in Barcelona against Spain...

, (15.) Sean Campbell
Sean Campbell
Sean Campbell is a field hockey player from Canada, who earned his first international cap at the 1999 Sultan Azlan Shah Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, where he also scored his first international goal....

, (16.) Scott Sandison
Scott Sandison
Scott Sandison is a field hockey midfielder from Canada. He was a member of the Canadian team that finished tenth at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-International senior competitions:...

, (18.) Paul Wettlaufer
Paul Wettlaufer
Paul Wettlaufer is a field hockey player from Canada.Wettlaufer earned his first international cap for the Men's National Team in 1998 against Spain in Barcelona...

, (20.) Ranjeev Deol
Ranjeev Deol
Ranjeev Deol is a Canadian field hockey player, who plays for Surrey Lions FHC.-Career:He played club hockey in the Netherlands since 2003, first at HC Rotterdam then HC MOP and later on with HC Den Bosch....

, (21.) Ravi Kahlon
Ravi Kahlon
Ravinder Kahlon is a Canadian field hockey player.Kahlon earned his first international senior cap for the Men's National Team in 2000 against Malaysia in Brussels...

, (24.) Connor Grimes
Connor Grimes
Connor Grimes is a field hockey player from Canada.Grimes competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, as part of the Canadian team which finished the field hockey tournament in 10th place.-References:...

, and (29.) Jon MacKinnon
Jon MacKinnon
Jon MacKinnon is a field hockey goalkeeper from Canada.MacKinnon joined the Junior National Team in 1994 and later on the Men's National Team. He has been associated with the National Field Hockey Program ever since...

. Head Coach: Gene Muller.

(1.) Simon Mason (gk), (2.) Jimi Lewis
Jimi Lewis
James "Jimi" Lewis is an English field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

 (gk), (3.) Jason Collins
Jason Collins
Jason Paul Collins is an American professional basketball player, who most recently played for the Atlanta Hawks. He graduated from Harvard-Westlake School, where his backup was actor Jason Segel...

, (4.) Russell Garcia, (6.) Craig Parnham
Craig Parnham
Craig Parnham is an English field hockey defender, who participated in two Summer Olympics for Great Britain: in 2000 and 2004...

, (7.) Niall Stott
Niall Stott
Niall Craig Stott is a Scottish field hockey player, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Dundee....

, (8.) Tom Bertram
Tom Bertram
Tom Quesenbery Bertram is an English field hockey player. Bertram played in two Summer Olympics for Great Britain in 2000 and 2004....

, (9.) Mark Pearn, (10.) Jimmy Wallis, (11.) Brett Garrard , (12.) Ben Hawes
Ben Hawes
Benjamin Robert Hawes is an English field hockey player who plays in midfield or as a half back.Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...

, (13.) Daniel Hall, (14.) Michael Johnson, (15.) Martin Jones, (18.) Barry Middleton
Barry Middleton
Barry John Middleton is an English field hockey player. He was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and fifth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the England Squad that won the 2009 Eurohockey Nations Cup and gained silver at the 2010...

, (19.) Graham Dunlop
Graham Dunlop
Graham Barry Dunlop is a Scottish field hockey player.Dunlop was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

, and (22.) Graham Moodie
Graham Moodie
Graham Thomas Moodie is a Scottish field hockey player, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

. Head Coach: Jason Lee.

(1.) Devesh Chauhan
Devesh Chauhan
Devesh Singh Chauhan is a field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in early 2000...

 (gk), (2.) Kanwalpreet Singh, (3.) Dilip Tirkey
Dilip Tirkey
Dilip Tirkey hailing from Sundargarh, Orissa is a former Indian hockey player and his playing position was of full back. He was best known for his penalty corner hit. Dilip was one of the most difficult defenders to beat in the world...

 , (4.) Baljit Singh Saini
Baljit Singh Saini
Baljit Singh Saini 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 Singh Saini represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta,...

, (5.) Bimal Lakra, (6.) Ignace Tirkey
Ignace Tirkey
Ignacious Tirkey is a member of India's hockey team. He plays as a midfielder and has captained the Indian team.He also serves the Madras Engineering Group Indian army as junior commisioned officer.He holds the rank of Subedar.-Early life:His younger brother Prabodh Tirkey also represented India...

, (8.) Deepak Thakur
Deepak Thakur
Deepak Thakur Sonkhla is a hockey forward in Indian team.-Family:His father Nardev Singh is a Army Man and his mother Lalita Thakur is a house-wife.Deepak got younger sister Navita Thakur who is a national badminton player.-Junior level:Deepak became popular after his solo effort to help India win...

, (10.) Baljit Singh Dhillon
Baljit Singh Dhillon
Baljit Singh Dhillon is a field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1993 during the test serie against South Africa...

, (11.) Gagan Ajit Singh
Gagan Ajit Singh
Gagan Ajit Singh is a field hockey striker from India, whose father Ajit Singh played for the national team at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He is a nephew of Harmik Singh...

, (12.) Len Aiyappa, (14.) Prabjoth Singh
Prabjoth Singh
Prabhjot Singh is a hockey forward in Indian team. He is best known for his fast and attacking play.-Personal life:He attended Jamia Millia Islamia for graduation. He got married to Jasmine Kaur on Feb 20, 2009.-Career:...

, (15.) Daljit Singh Dhillon, (18.) Viren Rasquinha
Viren Rasquinha
Viren Wilfred Rasquinha was the captain of India's national field hockey team. The midfielder made his international senior debut in May 2002, at a Four Nation Tournament in Adelaide. He studied at the St...

, (20.) William Xalxo, (23.) Arjun Halappa
Arjun Halappa
Arjun Halappa is a hockey striker from India.-Career:Midfield maestro Arjun Halappa is the son of former East Bengal Hockey Club player B.K. Halappa,...

, (26.) Bhowath Chetri (gk), and (28.) Sandeel Michael. Head Coach: Rajinder Singh.

(1.) Takahiko Yamabori, (2.) Naoya Iwadate, (3.) Kenji Asai, (4.) Makoto Karuo, (5.) Ryuji Furasato, (6.) Akira Takahashi, (7.) Kenichi Katayama , (8.) Naohiko Tobita, (9.) Kazuyuki Ozawa, (10.) Atsushi Takehara, (11.) Daisuke Hokaze, (12.) Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
was a Japanese film actor. While Hirata starred in many movies , he is most well known for his work in the kaiju genre, including such films as King Kong vs. Godzilla, The Mysterians, and his most famous role of Dr...

, (14.) Mitsuru Ito, (15.) Jun Takahashi (gk), (16.) Yasuhiro Nobui (gk), (19.) Yasuhiro Kikkawa, and (21.) Kazuo Yoshida. Head Coach: Yoshinori Takahashi.

(1.) Roslan Jamaluddin (gk), (2.) Muhamad Amin Rahim, (3.) Chua Boon Huat, (4.) Lugan Kali, (5.) Kuhan Shanmuganathan , (6.) Nor Azlan Bakar, (7.) Gobinathan Krishnamurthy, (8.) Jiwa Mohan, (9.) Mohammed Madzli Ikmar, (10.) Tajol Rosli Mohamed, (11.) Mohamed Rodhanizam Radzi, (12.) Keevan Raj Kalikavandan, (13.) Ismail Abu, (14.) Azlan Misron, (15.) Norazlan Rahim, (16.) Kumar Subramamiam (gk), (17.) Shanker Shanmugam, and (18.) Mohammed Sukri Abdul. Head Coach: Paul Lissek.

(1.) Guus Vogels
Guus Vogels
Augustinus Wilhelmus Johannes Marines Vogels is a Dutch field hockey goalkeeper, who twice won Olympic gold medals with the national squad: at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.In 2004 he was the starter and won the silver medal with...

 (gk), (2.) Bram Lomans
Bram Lomans
Abraham Robertus Lomans is a former Dutch field hockey player, who twice won the gold medal at the Olympics: in Atlanta Abraham ("Bram") Robertus Lomans (born on April 19, 1975 in Roosendaal) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who twice won the gold medal at the Olympics: in Atlanta Abraham...

, (3.) Geert-Jan Derikx
Geert-Jan Derikx
Geert-Jan Marie Derikx is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

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

, (5.) Rob Derikx
Rob Derikx
Rob Gerard Marie Derikx is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

, (6.) Floris Evers
Floris Evers
Floris Maarten Alphons Maria Evers is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...

, (7.) Sander van der Weide
Sander van der Weide
Sander Petrus Henricus van der Weide is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch team that won the golden medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....

), (8.) Ronald Brouwer
Ronald Brouwer
Ronald Leendert Brouwer is a field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. -References:...

, (9.) Piet-Hein Geeris
Piet-Hein Geeris
Piet-Hein Willem Geeris is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 194 international matches for The Netherlands, in which he scored 29 goals. The forward and midfielder made his debut for the Dutch on May 5, 1993 in a friendly match against Ireland...

, (10.) Taeke Taekema
Taeke Taekema
Taeke Wiebe Doekes Taekema is a Dutch field hockey player and drag flicker who won the silver medal with the national squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

, (12.) Jeroen Delmee
Jeroen Delmee
Jeroen Petrus Maria Delmee is a field hockey player from The Netherlands, who twice became Olympic champion with the Dutch national squad: in 1996 and in 2000.-External links:*...

 , (13.) Klaas Veering
Klaas Veering
Klaas Willem Veering is a field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. There he was the stand-in for first choice Guus Vogels.The goalie made his debut on 23 February 2003 in a friendly match in and...

 (gk), (14.) Teun de Nooijer
Teun de Nooijer
Teun Floris de Nooijer is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who twice became Olympic champion with the Dutch national squad: in 1996 and in 2000. He currently plays for Dutch side HC Bloemendaal.- Life and work :He made his debut on 4 June 1994 in a friendly match against New Zealand...

, (15.) Karel Klaver
Karel Klaver
Karel Klaver is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the national squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...

, (18.) Rob Reckers
Rob Reckers
Rob Reckers is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...

, (19.) Matthijs Brouwer
Matthijs Brouwer
Matthijs Christian Brouwer is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The striker made his debut on June 2, 2000 in a friendly match against Spain...

, (21.) Nick Meijer, and (22.) Egbert Ho
Egbert Ho
Egbert Ho is a former field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands, who earned a total number of sixteen caps for the Dutch national team in 2004 under coach Terry Walsh. Ho played club hockey for HC Klein Zwitserland in Den Haag....

. Head Coach: Terry Walsh
Terry Walsh
Terence Arthur Walsh is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who competed in two Olympic Games for his native country.-External links:*...

.

(1.) Simon Towns
Simon Towns
Simon James Towns is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 1992 against Kenya....

 , (2.) Mitesh Patel, (3.) David Kosoof
David Kosoof
David William Kosoof is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who finished in sixth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....

, (4.) Darren Smith
Darren Smith (field hockey)
Darren Campbell Smith is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 1995 against Spain....

, (5.) Wayne McIndoe, (6.) Dion Gosling
Dion Gosling
Dion Gosling is a field hockey player from New Zealand. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's team competition. He earned a total number of 169 caps during his career.-References:*...

, (7.) Blair Hopping, (8.) Dean Couzins, (10.) Ryan Archibald, (11.) Umesh Parag
Umesh Parag
Umesh Vasan Parag is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won a silver medal with the team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester...

, (13.) Dharmesh Puna, (16.) Paul Woolford (gk), (17.) Kyle Pontifex (gk), (18.) Phillip Burrows, (19.) Hayden Shaw
Hayden Shaw
Hayden Jonathan Shaw is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2002 against Australia. He has played for HC 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.Shaw is often involved in penalty corner set moves and can perform a drag...

, (20.) James Nation
James Nation
James Henry Nation is a field hockey player from New Zealand who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2001 against Malaysia. The midfielder provides support at centre and left half and is also an attacking penalty corner option...

, (22.) Lloyd Stephenson
Lloyd Stephenson
Lloyd Stephenson is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in April 2001. Originally from Thames Valley, the striker/midfielder was based in Perth for 2005, but played in New Zealand most recently for North Harbour...

, and (24.) Gareth Brooks
Gareth Brooks
Gareth Brooks is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2002...

. Head Coach: Kevin Towns
Kevin Towns
Kevin James Towns is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who became a hockey coach after his active career. He led New Zealand Hockey Team to the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. It was his second spell as coach of The Black Sticks...

.

(1.) Ahmed Alam (gk), (2.) Muhammad Nadeem , (3.) Kashif Jawwad, (4.) Ghazanfar Ali, (5.) Muhammad Saqlain
Muhammad Saqlain
Muhammad Saqlain is an international field hockey player from Pakistan. He plays Centre half. He made his international debut in 1998.-2006:He was part of the team which won the silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia....

, (6.) Waseem Ahmad
Waseem Ahmad
Waseem Ahmad is a Pakistan field hockey player and ex- captain of Pakistan hockey team...

, (7.) Dilawar Hussain, (8.) Rehan Butt
Rehan Butt
Rehan Butt is a professional field hockey player from Pakistan, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2002, 2003, and 2004 Champions Trophey.-International senior tournaments:...

, (9.) Sohail Abbas
Sohail Abbas
Sohail Abbas is a field hockey defender and penalty corner specialist from Pakistan. He is the highest scorer of goals in Hockey breaking Dhyan Chand's record 274 goals for the most goals scored in international competition, with his current goal tally at 328...

, (10.) Ali Raza, (11.) Shabbir Hussain, (12.) Salman Akbar
Salman Akbar
Salman Akbar is a field hockey player from Pakistan. His playing position is goalkeeper. He is a veteran of over 300 games.-2010:...

 (gk), (13.) Mudassar Ali Khan, (14.) Muhammad Sarwar, (15.) Zeeshan Ashraf
Zeeshan Ashraf
Zeeshan Ashraf is a field hockey player. He plays full back. He made his international debut for Pakistan in 2001, and competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.-Career:...

, (16.) Shakeel Abbasi
Shakeel Abbasi
Shakeel Abbasi is an international field hockey player from Pakistan. He plays Centre Forward. He made his international debut for Pakistan in 2003.-2006:...

, and (17.) Adnan Maqsood. Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans.

(1.) Marcin Trzaskawka (gk), (2.) Tomasz Dutkiewicz, (3.) Miroslaw Juszczak, (5.) Miroslaw Kluczynski, (6.) Sebastian Wladysiak, (7.) Marcin Grotowski, (8.) Zbigniew Juszczak, (9.) Dariusz Rachwalski, (11.) Marcin Nyckowiak, (12.) Arkadiusz Matuszak (gk), (13.) Slawomir Choczaj, (14.) Tomasz Choczaj, (15.) Piotr Mikula , (16.) Artur Mikula, (17.) Tomasz Gorny, (18.) Tomasz Marcinkowski, and (20.) Krzystof Kmiec. Head Coach: Jerzy Jóskowiak.

(1.) David Staniforth (gk), (3.) Ken Forbes, (4.) Craig Jackson , (5.) Craig Fulton, (6.) Bruce Jacobs
Bruce Jacobs (field hockey)
Bruce Jacobs is a male field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

, (7.) Gregg Clark, (8.) Iain Evans
Iain Evans (field hockey)
Iain Evans is a male field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-International Senior Tournaments:...

, (9.) Emile Smith, (11.) Clyde Abrahams, (13.) Steve Evans, (14.) Eric Rose-Innes, (16.) Marvin Bam, (17.) Reece Basson, (18.) Wayne Denne, (19.) Chris Hibbert (gk), (22.) Ian Symons, (25.) Ryan Ravenscroft, and (29.) Greg Nicol. Head Coach: Paul Revington.

(1.) Bernardino Herrera
Bernardino Herrera
Bernardino Herrera Casanueva is a field hockey goalkeeper from Spain. He earned his first cap for the Men's National Team in 1998 during the Champions Trophy tournament in Lahore, Pakistan. He is also the boyfriend of the female hockey star Silvia Muñoz.Herrera competed in two Summer Olympics for...

 (gk), (2.) Santi Freixa, (4.) Marc Garcia-Cascon, (5.) Francisco "Kiko" Fábregas , (6.) Miquel Codina, (7.) Juan Escarré
Juan Escarré
Juan Escarré Urueña is a Spanish field hockey player, who competed for Spain in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, when he captured the silver medal with his national side...

, (8.) Alex Fábregas
Alex Fábregas
Alexandre Fàbregas i Carné is a field hockey player from Catalonia, who finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He plays for Real Club de Polo in his hometown of Barcelona.-References:*...

, (9.) Pablo Amat
Pablo Amat
Pol Amat Escudé is a field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....

, (10.) Eduardo Tubau, (12.) Alberto Esteban, (13.) Ramón Alegre
Ramón Alegre
Ramón Alegre Biosca is a field hockey defender from Spain. He finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....

, (14.) Josep Sánchez
Josep Sánchez
Josep Sánchez Galobardes is a former field hockey midfielder from Spain. He represented the Men's National Team at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...

, (15.) Víctor Sojo, (16.) Xavier Ribas
Xavier Ribas
Xavier Ribas Centelles is a field hockey defender from Spain. He represented the Men's National Team at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...

,
(17.) Albert Sala
Albert Sala
Albert Sala Moreno is a field hockey player from Spain, who finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....

, (18.) Rodrigo Garza
Rodrigo Garza
Rodrigo Garza Barbero is a field hockey defender/midfielder from Spain. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000....

, (22.) Francisco Cortes
Francisco Cortés
Francisco Cortés Juncosa is a Spanish field hockey goalkeeper. He plays club hockey for Club Egara, and was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.-References:**...

 (gk), and (23.) David Alegre
David Alegre
David Alegre Biosca is a field hockey midfielder from Spain. He finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He plays club hockey for Club Egara in Terrassa. His older brother Ramón is also a field hockey international for...

. Head Coach: Maurits Hendriks
Maurits Hendriks
Maurits Gijsbreght Hendriks is a field hockey coach from the Netherlands, who himself played as a goalkeeper in the 1980s in Enschede...

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Pool A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1. 13 5 4 1 0 23 6
17
2. 13 5 4 1 0 18 5
13
3. 6 5 2 0 3 9 7
2
4. 6 5 2 0 3 10 14 –4
5. 4 5 1 1 3 6 21 –15
6. 1 5 0 1 4 9 22 –13



All times are Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time is one of the names of the Daylight saving time offset using the UTC offset of UTC+02:00, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European countries. During the winter, Central European Time is used...

 (UTC +2)

  • Tuesday March 2, 2004








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  • Friday March 5, 2004








  • Sunday March 7, 2004








  • Tuesday March 9, 2004








Pool B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1. 13 5 4 1 0 15 6
9
2. 10 5 3 1 1 17 13
4
3. 7 5 2 1 2 8 10 –2
4. 6 5 1 3 1 7 8 –1
5. 4 5 1 1 3 7 10 –3
6. 1 5 0 1 4 12 19 –7

  • Tuesday March 2, 2004








  • Thursday March 4, 2004








  • Saturday March 6, 2004








  • Monday March 8, 2004








  • Monday March 9, 2004








Thursday March 11, 2004

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Friday March 12, 2004

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Saturday March 13, 2004

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Penalty Strokes
Jean-Philippe Brulé
Jean-Philippe Brulé
Jean-Philippe Brulé is a field hockey player from Belgium, who was a member of the national squad that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Belgium finished in 8th place at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Madrid, in March 2004, after losing on penalty strokes against...

 
Marc Coudron 
Maxime Luyckx 
Gilles Petre 
Xavier Reckinger 
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Jean-Philippe Brulé
Jean-Philippe Brulé
Jean-Philippe Brulé is a field hockey player from Belgium, who was a member of the national squad that missed qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Belgium finished in 8th place at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Madrid, in March 2004, after losing on penalty strokes against...

 
3–4 Greg Nicol 
Ian Symons 
Wayne Denne 
Steve Evans 
Craig Fulton 
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Awards

Topscorers
  1. Sohail Abbas
    Sohail Abbas
    Sohail Abbas is a field hockey defender and penalty corner specialist from Pakistan. He is the highest scorer of goals in Hockey breaking Dhyan Chand's record 274 goals for the most goals scored in international competition, with his current goal tally at 328...

     (Pakistan) → 9 goals
  2. Greg Nicol (South Africa) → 8 goals
  3. Deepak Thakur
    Deepak Thakur
    Deepak Thakur Sonkhla is a hockey forward in Indian team.-Family:His father Nardev Singh is a Army Man and his mother Lalita Thakur is a house-wife.Deepak got younger sister Navita Thakur who is a national badminton player.-Junior level:Deepak became popular after his solo effort to help India win...

     (India) → 7 goals

Best Player
  1. Francisco Fábregas (Spain)

Best Young Player
  1. Floris Evers
    Floris Evers
    Floris Maarten Alphons Maria Evers is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...

     (Netherlands)

Best Goalkeeper
  1. Simon Mason (Great Britain)
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