VALENCIA, Spain – Ireland, Belgium and France are heading home with mixed results after a Four Nations test series in Spain. France left from Spain directly to go to the Olympic Qualification tournament that starts Friday in New Delhi after earning a win and a loss against Belgium.
Belgium played matches against France, Spain and Ireland, closing with a win and a loss against France, a 2-1 record against Ireland and a loss and a tie against Spain.
Ireland played five games while in Spain. The Irish tied Spain once and suffered a 2-0 loss yesterday, while going 1-2 against Belgium.
Rounding out the games was France and Belgium splitting their two games against each other.
The games were a key test for Ireland, which will host its Olympic Qualification group, which begins on March 10 in Dublin. Belgium and Spain are already qualified to the London 2012 Olympics.
The scores of the entire series can be found below.
03/02 France v Belgium 1-3 (0-0)
04/02 Spain v Belgium 3-3 (2-2)
06/02 France v Belgium 1-0 (1-0)
06/02 Spain v. Ireland 1-1 (1-1)
08/02 Ireland v Belgium 5-4 (2-2)
09/02 Ireland v Belgium 0-3 (0-1)
11/02 Spain v Belgium 3-2 (2-2)
12/02 Ireland v Belgium 0-1 (0-0)
13/02 Ireland v Spain 0-2 (0-0)
