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| FIH Olympics Qualifer from 18th February |
FIH has released the schedule of Olympic Qualifiers to decide the final places in the hockey event of Olympics 2012. Delhi’s Major Dhyanchand stadium will host both men and women event of the Olympic Qualifiers. The tournament will commence on February 18th and the final of the tournament will be played on February 26. The opening encounter will see home team India and the favorites to win the tournament facing Italy in bid to secure a spot in next year Olympics after missing out on last Olympics.
Along with India and Italy, other teams participating in the men event of the tournament are Canada, France, Poland and United States. Earlier Egypt was supposed to participate earlier but they pulled out due to financial constraints caused by unrest in Egypt, so Italy replaced Egypt in the tournament. Along with men, Indian women team will also participate in the qualifying tournament in a bid to qualify for the second time after women’s hockey was introduced in the Olympics in the year 1980. In the women’s event India will face competition from Ukraine, Canada, South Africa, Italy and Poland.
Following is the schedule of men event of Olympics Qualifer:
Date Game No Team A Result Team B
18/02/2012 1. Canada USA
18/02/2012 2. France Poland
18/02/2012 3. India Italy
19/02/2012 1. Canada Poland
19/02/2012 2. Italy France
19/02/2012 3. India USA
20/02/2012 REST DAY
21/02/2012 1. Italy Canada
2102/2012 2. Poland USA
21/02/2012 3. France India
22/02/2012 1. Poland Italy
22/02/2012 2. USA France
22/02/2012 3. Canada India
23/02/2012 REST DAY
24/02/2012 1. USA Italy
24/02/2012 2. France Canada
24/02/2012 3. Poland India
25/02/2012 REST DAY
26/02/2012 1. 5th in Grp 6th in Grp
26/02/2012 2. 3rd in Grp 4th in Grp
26/02/2012 3. 1st in Grp 2nd in Grp (Final)
Following in the schedule of women event of Olympics Qualifier
18/02/2012 1. South Africa Poland
18/02/2012 2. Italy Canada
18/02/2012 3. India Ukraine
19/02/2012 1. Italy Poland
19/02/2012 2. South Africa Ukraine
19/02/2012 3. India Canada
20/12/2012 REST DAY
21/12/2012 1. Canada Ukraine
21/12/2012 2. Italy South Africa
21/12/2012 3. Poland India
22/02/2012 1. Ukraine Italy
22/02/2012 2. Canada Poland
22/02/2012 3. India South Africa
23/02/2012 REST DAY
24/02/2012 1. South Africa Canada
24/02/2012 2. Ukraine Poland
24/02/2012 3. Italy India
25/02/2012 1. 5th in Grp 6th in Grp
25/02/2012 2. 3rd in Grp 4th in Grp
25/02/2012 3. 1st in Grp 2nd in Grp
The tournament will shown live on TEN Sports
The timing will be declared soon….
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