Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's field hockey tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 22nd edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 30 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 11 August. All games were played at the Riverbank Arena within the Olympic Park in London, United Kingdom.
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| Host country | United Kingdom | ||
| City | London | ||
| Dates | 30 July – 11 August | ||
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Venue(s) | Riverbank Arena | ||
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| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 38 | ||
| Goals scored | 185 (4.87 per match) | ||
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Defending champions Germany won the gold medal for the fourth time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain 3–1.
Competition format
The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their pool. Following the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advance to the semi-finals. All other teams play classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.
Qualification
Each of the continental champions from five federations and host received an automatic berth. The European and Oceanian federations received two and one extra quotas respectively based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2010 World Cup. In addition to the three teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.[1]
| Date | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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| Host nation | 1 |  | ||
| 15–25 November 2010 | 2010 Asian Games[2] | Guangzhou, China | 1 |  |
| 20–28 August 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 2–11 September 2011 | 2011 African Olympic Qualifier | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 0 | —2 |
| 6–9 October 2011 | 2011 Oceania Cup | Hobart, Australia | 2 |  |
| 14–30 October 2011 | 2011 Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1 |  |
| 18–26 February 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 | New Delhi, India | 1 |  |
| 10–18 March 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 | Dublin, Ireland | 1 |  |
| 26 April – 6 May 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 | Kakamigahara, Japan | 1 |  |
| Invitational | 1 |  | ||
| Total | 12 | |||
- ^1 – Great Britain automatically qualified as host nation, therefore the berth obtained by England as third placed team at the 2011 EuroHockey Nations Championship was given to fourth placed team Belgium.
- ^2 – South Africa won the African qualifier tournament but gave up their automatic berth on the premise that they should play a qualifier having deemed the African tournament as sub-standard. Eventually they won the Qualification Tournament 3. Instead, Spain was invited as the highest ranked team not already qualified after the conclusion of the continental championships.[3]
Umpires
The FIH announced the list of umpires on 3 January 2012:[4]
Squads
Preliminary round
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)'[5]
Pool A
Australia national field hockey team line up for their game against Spain.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 11 | Semi-finals |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | Fifth place game |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 | Seventh place game |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 4 | Ninth place game |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 1 | Eleventh place game |
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 15 | Semi-finals |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 | |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Fifth place game |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 | Ninth place game |
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
Source: FIH
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Classification round
Fifth to twelfth place classification
Eleventh and twelfth place
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Fifth and sixth place
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Medal round
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Statistics
Final ranking
Goalscorers
There were 185 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 4.87 goals per match.
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1 goal
Source: FIH
References
- "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad" (PDF). FIH. April 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
- "Hockey – Sport Related Information". gz2010.cn. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
- "Agony for SA hockey men". Supersport.com. 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
- "Officials confirmed for XXX Olympic Games". FIH. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
- "Olympic Hockey schedule unveiled". FIH. 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
External links
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