Monday, November 19, 2007

Men's qualifiers schedule known...

The Irish men’s match schedule for the Olympic qualifiers in Auckland, New Zealand, from the 2nd to 10th of February, was made known today by the FIH.


The tournament is a six team round-robin event which will be decided by a final between the top two teams from the preliminary round on Sunday 10 February 2008. The winner of this final will earn a place in the hockey tournament of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Ireland open the tournament against their nemesis, France, before facing host side New Zealand, Trinidad, the US and Argentina. Ireland go into the competition as the third highest ranked team.
Match schedule:2nd Feb (12pm) vs France; 3rd Feb (115pm) vs New Zealand; 5th Feb (2pm) vs Trinidad and Tobago; 6th Feb (6pm) vs USA; 9th Feb (1215pm) vs Argentina
How do you think we will do? Have your say...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think Ireland had a far better chance of qualification from the Europeans. I can't see them beating NZ or Argentina. However, I confidently predict that they will beat France!

Anonymous said...

At least the French are first up this time... so no excuses... just stuff 'em!!!

Anonymous said...

The Irish lads can beat anyone on their day. They played unbelievable hockey in Manchester and anyone that was there will agree. Lets have a bit of confidence in our guys for once!