FIH Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament Schedule Confirmed

The FIH Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament schedule has today been confirmed by the FIH. Ireland who will face Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Chile and Ukraine will host this tournament from the 10th - 18th March 2012 at the National Hockey Stadium in UCD, Dublin.

The men recently moved up two spots in the world rankings from 18th position to 16th after some key successes over the summer, something which High Performance Director Dave Passmore was keen to recognise "this progress reflects the hard work the team and coaching staff have put in over a number of years but the recent progress has been the most substantial and it's an exciting time for the men's team. We owe much to the financial support and faith placed in us by the Irish Sports Council, Institutes of Sport along with Sport Northern Ireland" http://www.fih.ch/en/fih/events/worldranking

This tournament takes the form of a round robin pool where each team plays against each other followed by the top two teams playing off on Sunday 18th March for a spot at the London Olympic Games 2012.

Participating Teams

• Korea
• Malaysia
• Ireland
• Russia
• Chile
• Ukraine

Match Schedule

• Saturday 10th March 12.00 Malaysia v Chile
  14.30 Ireland v Russia
  17.00 Korea v Ukraine
• Sunday 11th March 12.30 Malaysia v Russia
  15.00 Ukraine v Ireland
  17.30 Korea v Chile
• Monday 12th March Rest Day
• Tuesday 13th March 13.00 Ukraine v Malaysia
  15.30 Russia v Chile
  18.00 Ireland v Korea
• Wednesday 14th March Rest Day
• Thursday 15th March 13.00 Russia v Ukraine
  15.30 Malaysia v Korea
  18.00 Chile v Ireland
• Friday 16th March Rest Day
• Saturday 17th March 10.30 Korea v Russia
  13.00 Chile v Ukraine
  15.30 Ireland v Malaysia
• Sunday 18th March 11.30 5th in Pool v 6th in Pool
  14.00 3rd in Pool v 4th in Pool
  16.30 1st in Pool v 2nd Pool