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Olympic Hockey Qualifiers Images of the concluding matches in the men's hockey qualifying tournament. Photograph: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images		March 15, 2004 Holland win Olympic qualifiers Ronald Brouwer's golden goal came in the very first minute of the extra time after both the teams were locked 1-1 at the regulation time. Pakistan beat India; win bronze India settled for fourth place after they went down 2-4 to Pakistan. South Africa qualify for Olympics Trailing 1-2 with five seconds left, they beat Belgium 6-5 via the tie-breaker to snatch seventh place. - Poland finish 9th, Canada 11th

Schedule

No	Pool	Pitch	Time	Match	Score
March 11, 2004
31	5-8	1	1600 IST	GBR vs BEL	2-1
32	9-12	2	1700 IST	POL vs CAN	2-1
33	5-8	1	1830 IST	NZL vs RSA	3-2
34	9-12	2	1930 IST	MAL vs JPN	3-2
35	1-4	1	2100 IST	NED vs IND	4-2
36	1-4	1	2330 IST	PAK vs ESP	2-3
March 12, 2004
37	11th	1	1630 IST	CAN vs JPN	3-2
38	9th	1	1900 IST	POL vs MAS	4-2
39	5th	1	2130 IST	GBR vs NZL	3-2
March 13, 2004
40	7th	1	1630 IST	BEL vs RSA	5-6
41	3rd	1	1900 IST	IND vs PAK	2-4
42	1st	1	2130 IST	NED vs ESP	2-1
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Interview

'We'll make it to Athens'

- Indian hockey Chief Coach Rajinder Singh

Interview

'We all will miss Dhanraj'

- India hockey captain Dilip Tirkey

India go down fighting to Holland
In the other semi-final, Spain beat Pakistan.

India down Canada, qualify for Olympics
Deepak Thakur scored thrice in a 6-4 victory, which gave India a berth in the semi-finals of the qualifying tournament.

Belgium keep Athens hopes alive
Belgium and Great Britain beat Malaysia and South Africa respectively to improve their chances of finishing among the top seven teams.

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League Standings

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pool A
Netherlands	5	4	1	0	23	6	+17	13
Spain	5	4	1	0	18	5	+13	13
Great Britain	5	2	0	3	9	7	+2	6
South Africa	5	2	0	3	10	14	-4	6
Poland	5	1	1	3	6	21	-15	4
Japan	5	0	1	4	9	22	-13	1
Pool B
Pakistan	5	4	1	0	15	6	+9	13
India	5	3	1	1	17	13	+4	10
New Zealand	5	2	1	2	8	10	-2	7
Belgium	5	1	3	1	7	8	-1	6
Malaysia	5	1	1	3	7	10	-3	4
Canada	5	0	1	4	12	19	-7	1

Trivia

The Netherlands, who came through the Barcelona qualifier in 1995 for the Atlanta Olympics, went on to win the Olympic gold at Atlanta in 1996.


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