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2018–19 Men's FIH Series Finals

Tournament details
Dates	26 April – 23 June 2019
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	311 (5.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Varun Kumar Harmanpreet Singh Semen Matkovskiy (6 goals)

The Men's FIH Series Finals 2019 was the final stage of the 2018–19 edition of the Hockey Series. It was held from April to June 2019.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) confirmed that Malaysia, India and France would host FIH Series Finals in 2019. The top two teams from each event qualified for the 2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers.

Qualification

The following 24 teams, shown with pre-tournament World Rankings as of December 2018, when the pools were composed, qualified for the FIH Series Finals.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Nine highest ranked nations in the FIH World Rankings not playing in the FIH Pro League			9	Canada (10)  China (14)  France (15)  India (5)  Ireland (11)  Japan (18)  Malaysia (13)  South Africa (16)  South Korea (17)
5–10 June 2018	2018–19 Hockey Series Open	Salamanca, Mexico	2	United States (26)  Mexico (39)
23 June – 1 July 2018		Singapore	1	Singapore (40)  Thailand
25–30 June 2018		Zagreb, Croatia	2	Austria (19)  Wales (24)
15–18 August 2018		Port Vila, Vanuatu	0	Vanuatu (65)
28 August – 2 September 2018		Gniezno, Poland	2	Poland (21)  Italy (37)
4–9 September 2018		Lousada, Portugal	2	Russia (23)  Scotland (22)
18–23 September 2018		Santiago, Chile	2	Chile (34)  Brazil (27)
7–9 December 2018		Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	1	Egypt (20)
17–22 December 2018		Lahore, Pakistan	1	Uzbekistan (55)
21 January 2019	Appointed by the FIH		2	Ukraine (25)  Belarus (31)
Total			24

Kuala Lumpur

FIH Series Finals Kuala Lumpur

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Dates	26 April – 4 May
Teams	8
Venue(s)	National Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Canada
Runner-up	Malaysia
Third place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	93 (4.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin (4 goals)
Best player	Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin

All times are local (UTC+8).

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Austria	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6	Semi-finals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6	Cross-overs
3	Wales	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
4	Belarus	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0	Seventh place game

26 April 2019 14:05 Austria  5–0  Belarus Lindengrün  10' Uher  11' Bele  41' Unterkircher  48' Thörmblom  57' Report Umpires: Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA) Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)

26 April 2019 16:05 Canada  1–3  Wales I. Smythe  42' Report Carson  30' Hawker  33' Naughalty  57' Umpires: Ben De Young (AUS) Reinier Diaz (CUB)

27 April 2019 18:05 Austria  1–2  Canada Thörnblom  53' Report Wallace  31' K. Pereira  42' Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) Dave Dowdall (ENG)

27 April 2019 20:05 Wales  2–1  Belarus G. Furlong  13', 54' Report Belavusau  42' Umpires: Johannes Berneth (GER) Ben De Young (AUS)

29 April 2019 14:05 Canada  6–2  Belarus Bissett  20', 21' Scholfield  32' Wallace  41' I. Smythe  42' Tupper  60' Report Bandarchuck  40' Yahoshchankau  52' Umpires: Federico García (URU) Hugo Romero (PAR)

29 April 2019 16:05 Wales  0–2  Austria Report Uher  37' Steyrer  55' Umpires: Michihiko Watanabe (JPN) Johannes Berneth (GER)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Semi-finals
2	Malaysia (H)	3	1	1	1	12	8	+4	4	Cross-overs
3	China	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
4	Brazil	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0	Seventh place game

26 April 2019 18:05 China  1–2  Italy Tu  29' Report Jul. Montone  9' Nunez  49' Umpires: Federico García (URU) Ilango Kanabathu (MAS)

26 April 2019 20:05 Malaysia  6–0  Brazil Norsyafiq  32' Najmi  38' Fitri  48' Meor  53' Azrai  54' Razie  56' Report Umpires: Hugo Romero (PAR) Dave Dowdall (ENG)

28 April 2019 18:05 Brazil  0–3  Italy Report Jul. Montone  9', 36' Amorsini  47' Umpires: Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA) Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

28 April 2019 20:05 China  4–4  Malaysia Lin  43' Ao W.  51' Du T.  54' Dong  59' Report Fitri  4' Firhan  34' Tengku  53', 57' Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) Johannes Berneth (GER)

29 April 2019 18:05 Brazil  2–3  China Y. van der Heijden  7' Lopez  10' Report Su  13' Tu  45' Dong  56' Umpires: Ben De Young (AUS) Reinier Diaz (CUB)

29 April 2019 20:05 Malaysia  2–4  Italy Faizal  26' Razie  35' Report Keenan  9' Nunez  31', 43' Sior  45' Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

Second round

	Cross-overs				Semi-finals				Final
					3 May
					Austria	1
	1 May
					Malaysia	3
	Malaysia	2
									4 May
	Wales	1
									Malaysia	2
									Canada	3
					3 May
					Italy	1
	1 May
					Canada	3			Third place
	Canada (p.s.o.)	3 (3)
									4 May
	China	3 (1)
									Austria	1
									Italy	2

Cross-overs

1 May 2019 17:50 Canada  3–3  China Scholfield  16' I. Smythe  47' S. Panesar  51' Report Du T.  4' Tu  45+' Su  50' Penalties Pearson Johnston S. Panesar K. Pereira 3–1 Dong Su Lin Guo Z. Umpires: Michihiko Watanabe (JPN) Ilango Kanabathu (MAS)

1 May 2019 20:05 Malaysia  2–1  Wales Tengku  27' Faizal  40' Report Hawker  56' Umpires: Federico García (URU) Hugo Romero (PAR)

Seventh and eighth place

2 May 2019 17:50 Belarus  3–4  Brazil Hancharou  21' Belavusau  26' Kadran  35' Report Borges  26' De Grandis  29' Assis  34' Paixão  52' Umpires: Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA) Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)

Fifth and sixth place

2 May 2019 20:05 China  2–3  Wales Dong  3' Su  50' Report Draper  14' G. Furlong  25' Carson  27' Umpires: Ilango Kanabathu (MAS) Reinier Diaz (CUB)

Semi-finals

3 May 2019 17:50 Italy  1–3  Canada Lago  28' Report S. Panesar  32' Johnston  43' Scholfield  60' Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Johannes Berneth (GER)

3 May 2019 20:05 Austria  1–3  Malaysia Thörnblom  32' Report Faizal  11' Marhan  55' Meor  58' Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) Ben De Young (AUS)

Third and fourth place

4 May 2019 17:50 Austria  1–2  Italy P. Schmidt  49' Report Sior  47' Keenan  49' Umpires: Johannes Berneth (GER) Hugo Romero (PAR)

Final

4 May 2019 20:05 Malaysia  2–3  Canada Firhan  8' Tengku  53' Report Tupper  20' Bissett  22' Kirkpatrick  43' Umpires: Federico García (URU) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Canada
	Malaysia
	Italy
4	Austria
5	Wales
6	China
7	Brazil
8	Belarus

  Qualified for the FIH Olympic Qualifiers

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Best Player	Best Goalkeeper	Best Young player	Top Goalscorer
Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin	David Carter	Francois Sior	Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin

Bhubaneswar

FIH Series Finals Bhubaneswar

Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Bhubaneswar
Dates	6–15 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Kalinga Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India
Runner-up	South Africa
Third place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	120 (6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Varun Kumar Harmanpreet Singh Semen Matkovskiy (6 goals)
Best player	Manpreet Singh

All times are local (UTC+5:30).

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	India (H)	3	3	0	0	23	1	+22	9	Semi-finals
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	15	13	+2	6	Cross-overs
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1	3
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	1	26	−25	0	Seventh place game

6 June 2019 17:00 Poland  4–0  Uzbekistan Bratkowski  5', 36' Hulbój  27', 40' Report Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

6 June 2019 19:00 India  10–0  Russia Nilakanta  13' Simranjeet  19' Amit  20' Harmanpreet  32', 48' Varun  34' Gursahibjit  37' Akakshdeep  42', 56' Vivek  45+' Report Umpires: Maximilliano Scala (ARG) Gus Soteriades (USA)

7 June 2019 17:00 Russia  12–1  Uzbekistan Matkovskiy  13', 17', 26', 44', 48' Skiperskiy  15', 22' Lepeshkin  19' Sobolevskiy  22' Proskuraikov  36' Khairullin  40' Starienko  59' Report Khakimov  29' Umpires: Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY) David Sweetman (SCO)

7 June 2019 19:00 Poland  1–3  India Hulbój  25' Report Manpreet  21', 26' Harmanpreet  36' Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Zeke Newman (AUS)

9 June 2019 17:00 Russia  3–2  Poland Golubev  17', 59' Matkovskiy  59' Report Hulbój  28' Bratkowski  45' Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) Anil Kumar (IND)

10 June 2019 19:00 India  10–0  Uzbekistan Varun  4', 22' Akakshdeep  11', 26', 53' Amit  15' Nilakanta  27' Mandeep  30', 60' Gursahibjit  45' Report Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7	Semi-finals
2	Japan	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Cross-overs
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	0	Seventh place game

6 June 2019 08:45 South Africa  0–2  United States Report De Angelis  47' Singh  57' Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)

7 June 2019 08:45 Japan  3–1  Mexico Zendana  3', 34' Yamada  21' Report E. Hernández  3' Umpires: Sébastien Duterme (BEL) Anil Kumar (IND)

8 June 2019 17:00 United States  9–0  Mexico Barminski  3', 53' Croonenberghs  14' Sundeen  30' Cicchi  37', 52' Montilla  39' De Angelis  42' Holt  60' Report Umpires: Maximilliano Scala (ARG) Sébastien Duterme (BEL)

8 June 2019 19:00 Japan  2–0  South Africa Fukuda  26' Murata  45' Report Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Zeke Newman (AUS)

10 June 2019 08:45 United States  2–2  Japan Huisman  41', 51' Report K. Tanaka  45' Hoshi  59' Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)

10 June 2019 17:00 South Africa  6–0  Mexico De Souza  1' Spooner  17' Ntuli  32' Smith  50' Pautz  53' Horne  58' Report Umpires: Maximilliano Scala (ARG) Zeke Newman (AUS)

Second round

	Cross-overs				Semi-finals				Final
					14 June
					India	7
	12 June
					Japan	2
	Japan	6
									15 June
	Poland	2
									India	5
									South Africa	1
					14 June
					United States	1
	12 June
					South Africa	2			Third place
	Russia	1
									15 June
	South Africa	2
									Japan	4
									United States	2

Seventh and eighth place

12 June 2019 08:45 Uzbekistan  3–4  Mexico Khaytboev  41' O. Mirzakarimov  42' Satlikov  44' Report M. Méndez  29' Palma  30' Y. Méndez  54' R. García  59' Umpires: Anil Kumar (IND) Chen Dekang (CHN)

Cross-overs

12 June 2019 17:00 Japan  6–2  Poland Yamada  20' Zendana  23' K. Tenaka  32' Yamasaki  36', 60' Kitazato  47' Report Gumny  7' Hulbój  26' Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) David Sweetman (SCO)

12 June 2019 19:15 Russia  1–2  South Africa Arussia  47' Report Ntuli  40' Julius  53' Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Sébastien Duterme (BEL)

Fifth and sixth place

14 June 2019 08:45 Russia  3–2  Poland Golubev  16' Lepeshkin  22' Khairullin  36' Report Kasprzyk  30' Gumny  55' Umpires: Gus Soteraides (USA) Maximilliano Scala (ARG)

Semi-finals

14 June 2019 17:00 United States  1–2  South Africa A. Kaeppeler  15+' Report Smith  42' Spooner  60' Umpires: Sébastien Duterme (BEL) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)

14 June 2019 19:15 India  7–2  Japan Harmanpreet  7' Varun  14' Ramandeep  23', 37' Hardik  25' Gursahibjit  43' Vivek  47' Report Kitazato  2' Watanabe  20' Umpires: Zeke Newman (AUS) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Third and fourth place

15 June 2019 17:00 Japan  4–2  United States Murata  11' Kirishita  25' K. Tanaka  60', 60+' Report A. Kaeppeler  10', 59' Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)

Final

15 June 2019 19:15 India  5–1  South Africa Varun  2', 49' Harmanpreet  11', 25' Vivek  35' Report Pautz  53' Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	India
	South Africa
	Japan
4	United States
5	Russia
6	Poland
7	Mexico
8	Uzbekistan

  Qualified for the FIH Olympic Qualifiers

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Best Player	Best Goalkeeper	Best Young player	Top Goalscorers
Manpreet Singh	Jonathan Klages	Vivek Prasad	Varun Kumar Harmanpreet Singh Semen Matkovskiy

Le Touquet

FIH Series Finals Le Touquet

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Le Touquet
Dates	15–23 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Stade Eric Choteau
Final positions
Champions	France
Runner-up	Ireland
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	98 (4.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Victor Charlet Shane O'Donoghue Jang Jong-hyun (5 goals)

All times are local (UTC+2).

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ireland	3	2	0	1	16	4	+12	6	Semi-finals
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	6	Cross-overs
3	Egypt	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
4	Singapore	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0	Seventh place game

15 June 2019 11:15 Ireland  4–2  Scotland Magee  2', 35' O'Donoghue  13' Robson  40' Report Riddell  7' Bain  36' Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Michiel Otten (NED)

15 June 2019 13:30 Egypt  3–0  Singapore El-Ganaini  5' Edris  20' Gamal  48' Report Umpires: Fraser Bell (SCO) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

16 June 2019 11:15 Scotland  5–0  Singapore Golden  3', 15' Greaves  24' Bain  42' Bull  47' Report Umpires: Diego Estébanez (ESP) Kris Cholewa (IRL)

16 June 2019 13:30 Egypt  2–1  Ireland Adel  23' El-Hakim  47' Report Jackson  19' Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Benjamin Peters (USA)

18 June 2019 13:30 Scotland  3–2  Egypt Golden  26' Riddell  37' Bain  60' Report Ibrahim  23', 56' Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Paul Walker (ENG)

18 June 2019 15:45 Ireland  11–0  Singapore O'Donoghue  1', 32', 42' C. Harte  4', 45' Nelson  8' S. Cole  23', 37' Walker  25' Madeley  37' L. Cole  60' Report Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	France (H)	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7	Semi-finals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Cross-overs
3	Chile	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1
4	Ukraine	3	0	1	2	5	19	−14	1	Seventh place game

15 June 2019 15:45 South Korea  3–1  Chile Lee N.  12' Lee S.  29' Hwang  58' Report F. Renz  3' Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Kris Cholewa (IRL)

15 June 2019 18:00 France  9–1  Ukraine Baumgarten  1' Bellenger  6' Charlet  22', 52' Branicki  30', 44', 55' Goyet  42' Martin-Brisac  47' Report Koshelenko  27' Umpires: Diego Estébanez (ESP) Benjamin Peters (USA)

16 June 2019 15:45 Ukraine  2–2  Chile Kalinchuk  34' Koshelenko  42' Report Purcell  41' Osses  43' Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Nick Bennett (ENG)

16 June 2019 18:00 South Korea  1–1  France Jang  28' Report H. Genestet  11' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Michiel Otten (NED)

18 June 2019 11:15 Ukraine  2–8  South Korea Shevchuk  27' Koshelenko  45' Report Yang  11' Hong  19' Jang  32', 48' Jeon  38', 53' Kim Ju.  39' Lee J.  57' Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Michiel Otten (NED)

18 June 2019 18:00 France  3–0  Chile Charlet  3' Tynevez  30' Van Straaten  57' Report Umpires: Fraser Bell (SCO) Kris Cholewa (IRL)

Second round

	Cross-overs				Semi-finals				Final
					22 June
					Ireland	4
	20 June
					South Korea	2
	South Korea (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
									23 June
	Egypt	2 (0)
									Ireland	1
									France	3
					22 June
					France	3
	20 June
					Scotland	0			Third place
	Scotland	1
									23 June
	Chile	0
									South Korea	5
									Scotland	0

Cross-overs

20 June 2019 15:30 Scotland  1–0  Chile Golden  35' Report Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Kris Cholewa (IRL)

20 June 2019 18:00 South Korea  2–2  Egypt Lee J.  28' Jung  60' Report Abd El-Hakim  31' Metwalli  53' Penalties Lee S. Lee J. Ji 3–0 Edris Ad El Mansour Umpires: Fraser Bell (SCO) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)

Seventh and eighth place

21 June 2019 15:30 Singapore  1–3  Ukraine Noor  52' Report Koshelenko  11' Shevchuk  20' Moroz  39' Umpires: Diego Estebanez (ESP) Kris Cholewa (IRL)

Fifth and sixth place

21 June 2019 18:00 Chile  2–3  Egypt Richter  9', 27' Report Gamal  7' Edris  26' Ibrahim  42' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Benjamin Peters (USA)

Semi-finals

22 June 2019 15:30 Ireland  4–2  South Korea Nelson  30' Magee  31' O'Donoghue  32' Glassey  60' Report Jeon  25' Lee S.  41' Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Paul Walker (ENG)

22 June 2019 18:00 France  3–0  Scotland Tynevez  13' Rogeau  13' H. Genestet  51' Report Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED) Nick Bennett (ENG)

Third and fourth place

23 June 2019 15:30 South Korea  5–0  Scotland Jeon  27' Lee N.  32' Jang  41', 50' Kim Su.  45' Report Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED) Nick Bennett (ENG)

Final

23 June 2019 18:00 Ireland  1–3  France Murray  15' Report Rogeau  10' Charlet  23', 35' Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Fraser Bell (SCO)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	France
	Ireland
	South Korea
4	Scotland
5	Egypt
6	Chile
7	Ukraine
8	Singapore

  Qualified for the FIH Olympic Qualifiers

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Best Player	Best Goalkeeper	Best Young player	Top Goalscorers
Charles Masson	Kim Jae-hyeon	Cameron Golden	Victor Charlet Shane O'Donoghue Jang Jong-hyun

Notes

1. Ukraine qualified as the highest ranked nation not already qualified via the other two routes
2. Belarus replaced Vanuatu

References

1. thedragflick (11 January 2019). "Everything you wanted to know about the FIH Hockey Series". TheDragflick. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
2. "Pools and venues confirmed for 2019 FIH Series Finals". International Hockey Federation. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
3. "FIH Series Finals: all pools and venues confirmed". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
4. thedragflick (10 January 2019). "FIH Hockey Series 2019 Finals to be held in India, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Spain and France". TheDragflick. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
5. "FIH Series Finals: Pools composition and match schedules for Kuala Lumpur and Dublin revealed". fih.ch. 26 February 2019.
6. ^ FIH Top Tier Tournament Regulations February 2019
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External links

• Official website

• 2018–19 Men's Hockey Series
• International field hockey competitions hosted by France
• International field hockey competitions hosted by India
• International field hockey competitions hosted by Malaysia
• 2019 in French sport
• 2019 in Indian sport
• 2019 in Malaysian sport