Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The Field Hockey competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, which was held in the Molson Stadium at the McGill University, made history as it was played on an artificial surface for the first time in history. Only a men's competition occurred, with the participation of eleven countries after Kenya had withdrawn as the nation from East Africa stayed away at the last moment, demanding the expulsion of New Zealand from the Olympics for sending a rugby union team to South Africa.
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[edit] Preliminary round
[edit] Group A
| TEAM | PTS | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands |
10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 2 |  Australia |
6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 |
| 3 |  India |
6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 |
| 4 |  Malaysia |
4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  Canada |
2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 |  Argentina |
2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
- Sunday July 18, 1976
| India | 4-0 (2-0) | Argentina | ||
| Australia | 2-0 (1-0) | Malaysia |
- Monday July 19, 1976
| India | 1-3 (0-1) | Netherlands | ||
| Australia | 3-0 (1-0) | Canada |
- Tuesday July 20, 1976
| Netherlands | 2-0 (0-0) | Malaysia | ||
| Argentina | 1-3 (0-2) | Canada |
- Wednesday July 21, 1976
| India | 1-6 (1-3) | Australia | ||
| Malaysia | 2-0 (0-0) | Argentina |
- Thursday July 22, 1976
| India | 3-0 (1-0) | Canada | ||
| Australia | 1-2 (0-2) | Netherlands |
- Friday July 23, 1976
| Netherlands | 1-0 (1-0) | Argentina | ||
| Malaysia | 1-0 (0-0) | Canada |
- Saturday July 24, 1976
| India | 3-0 (2-0) | Malaysia | ||
| Australia | 2-3 (1-1) | Argentina |
- Sunday July 25, 1976
| Netherlands | 3-1 (0-1) | Canada |
- Monday July 26, 1976 — Replay
| Australia | 1-1 (1-1) | India |
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- Australia wins after penalty strokes (5-4)
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[edit] Group B
| POS | TEAM | PTS | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pakistan |
7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| 2 |  New Zealand |
4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 |  Spain |
4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| 4 |  West Germany |
3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 5 |  Belgium |
2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
- Sunday July 18, 1976
| Pakistan | 5-0 (1-0) | Belgium | ||
| West Germany | 1-1 (0-0) | New Zealand |
- Monday July 19, 1976
| Pakistan | 2-2 (1-1) | Spain |
- Tuesday July 20, 1976
| Spain | 1-1 (1-0) | New Zealand |
- Wednesday July 21, 1976
| Pakistan | 4-2 (2-1) | West Germany | ||
| New Zealand | 2-1 (1-0) | Belgium |
- Thursday July 22, 1976
| West Germany | 1-4 (1-3) | Spain |
- Friday July 23, 1976
| Spain | 2-3 (1-1) | Belgium |
- Saturday July 24, 1976
| Pakistan | 5-2 (4-1) | New Zealand | ||
| West Germany | 6-1 (3-1) | Belgium |
- Monday July 26, 1976 — Replay
| Spain | 0-1 (0-0) | New Zealand |
[edit] Classification Round
[edit] Play-offs
- Wednesday July 28, 1976 — Ninth to twelfth place
| Belgium | 3-2 (1-1) | Argentina | ||
| Canada | bye | — |
- Thursday July 29, 1976 — Ninth place
| Canada | 2-3 (1-0) | Belgium |
- Thursday July 29, 1976 — Eleventh place
| Argentina | bye | — |
- Thursday July 29, 1976 — Fifth to eighth place
| Spain | 2-1 (1-0) | Malaysia | ||
| India | 2-3 (1-0) | West Germany |
- Friday July 30, 1976 — Seventh place
| India | 2-0 (0-0) | Malaysia |
- Friday July 30, 1976 — Fifth place
| Spain | 1-9 (0-2) | West Germany |
[edit] Semi finals
- Wednesday July 28, 1976
| Pakistan | 1-2 (1-1) | Australia | ||
| Netherlands | 1-2 (1-1) | New Zealand |
[edit] Bronze medal match
- Friday July 30, 1976
| Netherlands | 2-3 (1-1) | Pakistan |
[edit] Final
- Friday July 30, 1976
| New Zealand | 1-0 (0-0) | Australia |
[edit] Final ranking
[edit] Top scorers
| POS | PLAYER'S NAME | GOALS | FG | PS | PC | LC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Litjens (NED) |
11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | Juan Amat (ESP) |
7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| – | Ronald Riley (AUS) |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | Wolfgang Strödter (FRG) |
7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Munawwaruz Zaman (PAK) |
6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Serge Dubois (BEL) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| – | Manzoor Hussain (PAK) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | Tony Ineson (NZL) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| – | Surjit Singh (IND) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
[edit] Medal winners
| GOLD |  New Zealand
Paul Ackerley, Jeff Archibald, Arthur Borren, Alan Chesney, John Christensen, Greg Dayman, Tony Ineson, Barry Maister, Selwyn Maister, Trevor Manning, Alan McIntyre, Neil McLeod, Arthur Parkin, Mohan Patel, Ramesh Patel, and Les Wilson. |
| SILVER |  Australia
David Bell, Greg Browning, Rick Charlesworth, Ian Cooke, Barry Dancer, Douglas Golder, Robert Haigh, Wayne Hammond, Jim Irvine, Malcolm Poole, Robert Proctor, Graeme Reid, Ronald Riley, Trevor Smith, and Terry Walsh. |
| BRONZE |  Pakistan
Munawwaruz Zaman, Qamar Zia (gk), Shahnaz Sheikh, Saleem Sherwani (gk), Iftikhar Syed, Saleem Nazim, Abdul Rasheed Jr (captain), Hanif Khan, Samiullah Khan, Arshad Mahmood, Islahuddin (vice-captain), Manzoorul Hasan, Manzoor Hussain, Akhtar Rasool, Arshad Ali Chaudry, and Mudassar Asghar. |
[edit] References
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