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Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Men's field hockey
at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Riverbank Arena
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Dates30 July – 11 August
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Riverbank Arena
Final positions
Champions Germany (4th title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored185 (4.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Mink van der Weerden (8 goals)
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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.

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

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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

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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)
Host nation 1  Great Britain (4)
15–25 November 2010 2010 Asian Games[2] Guangzhou, China 1  Pakistan (8)
20–28 August 2011 2011 EuroHockey Championship Mönchengladbach, Germany 3  Germany (2)
 Netherlands (3)
 Belgium1 (11)
2–11 September 2011 2011 African Olympic Qualifier Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 0 —2
6–9 October 2011 2011 Oceania Cup Hobart, Australia 2  Australia (1)
 New Zealand (7)
14–30 October 2011 2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 1  Argentina (9)
18–26 February 2012 Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 New Delhi, India 1  India (10)
10–18 March 2012 Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 Dublin, Ireland 1  South Korea (6)
26 April – 6 May 2012 Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 Kakamigahara, Japan 1  South Africa (12)
Invitational 1  Spain2 (5)
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

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The FIH announced the list of umpires on 3 January 2012:[4]

  •  Christian Blasch (GER)
  •  Ged Curran (GBR)
  •  David Gentles (AUS)
  •  Marcin Grochal (POL)
  •  Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
  •  Nigel Iggo (NZL)
  •  Hamish Jamson (GBR)
  •  Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
  •  German Montes de Oca (ARG)
  •  Raghu Prasad (IND)
  •  Tim Pullman (AUS)
  •  Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
  •  Gary Simmonds (RSA)
  •  Nathan Stagno (GBR)
  •  Simon Taylor (NZL)
  •  Roel van Eert (NED)
  •  John Wright (RSA)

Squads

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Main article: Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Preliminary round

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)'[5]

Pool A

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Australia national field hockey team line up for their game against Spain.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 3 2 0 23 5 +18 11 Semi-finals
2  Great Britain (H) 5 2 3 0 14 8 +6 9
3  Spain 5 2 2 1 8 10 −2 8 Fifth place game
4  Pakistan 5 2 1 2 9 16 −7 7 Seventh place game
5  Argentina 5 1 1 3 10 14 −4 4 Ninth place game
6  South Africa 5 0 1 4 11 22 −11 1 Eleventh place game
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts


30 July 2012
10:45
Australia  6–0  South Africa
Dywer field hockey ball 16', 48', 58'
Butturini field hockey ball 33'
Ciriello field hockey ball 46'
Turner field hockey ball 62' 		Report
Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Marcin Grochal (POL)
30 July 2012
13:45
Spain  1–1  Pakistan
Quemada field hockey ball 47' Report Butt field hockey ball 46'
Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Nigel Iggo (NZL)
30 July 2012
19:00
Great Britain  4–1  Argentina
Middleton field hockey ball 22', 42'
Fox field hockey ball 49'
Smith field hockey ball 53' 		Report Ibarra field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Christian Blasch (GER)
1 August 2012
08:30
Spain  0–5  Australia
Report Ford field hockey ball 9'
Butturini field hockey ball 14'
Orchard field hockey ball 29'
Turner field hockey ball 40'
Ockenden field hockey ball 69'
Umpires:
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
Christian Blasch (GER)
1 August 2012
16:00
South Africa  2–2  Great Britain
Smith field hockey ball 60'
Robinson field hockey ball 64' 		Report Jackson field hockey ball 14', 68'
Umpires:
Nigel Iggo (NZL)
Roel van Eert (NED)
1 August 2012
19:00
Pakistan  2–0  Argentina
Imran field hockey ball 30'
Abbas field hockey ball 44' 		Report
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Marcin Grochal (POL)
3 August 2012
08:30
Australia  2–2  Argentina
Butturini field hockey ball 12'
Dwyer field hockey ball 35' 		Report M. Vila field hockey ball 37'
Peillat field hockey ball 68'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
John Wright (RSA)
3 August 2012
16:00
Great Britain  4–1  Pakistan
Tindall field hockey ball 4'
Clarke field hockey ball 26'
Jackson field hockey ball 50', 67' 		Report Abbas field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
3 August 2012
19:00
South Africa  2–3  Spain
Reid-Ross field hockey ball 26'
Norris-Jones field hockey ball 63' 		Report Salles field hockey ball 30'
Quemada field hockey ball 42'
Delas field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
German Montes de Oca (ARG)
Tim Pullman (AUS)
5 August 2012
10:45
Pakistan  5–4  South Africa
Khan field hockey ball 20', 26'
Rasool field hockey ball 23'
Abbas field hockey ball 64'
Ahmed field hockey ball 67' 		Report McDade field hockey ball 2'
Reid-Ross field hockey ball 22', 35'
Paton field hockey ball 48'
Umpires:
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
5 August 2012
19:00
Great Britain  3–3  Australia
Clarke field hockey ball 47'
Middleton field hockey ball 53'
Tindall field hockey ball 66' 		Report Ford field hockey ball 7', 11'
Knowles field hockey ball 41'
Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
John Wright (RSA)
5 August 2012
21:15
Argentina  1–3  Spain
L. Vila field hockey ball 55' Report Quemada field hockey ball 66'
Delas field hockey ball 67'
Tubau field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (GBR)
Tim Pullman (AUS)
7 August 2012
10:45
Australia  7–0  Pakistan
de Young field hockey ball 5'
Knowles field hockey ball 6'
Ciriello field hockey ball 29', 34'
Ford field hockey ball 42'
Dwyer field hockey ball 48'
Turner field hockey ball 70' 		Report
Umpires:
Gary Simmonds (RSA)
Christian Blasch (GER)
7 August 2012
13:45
Argentina  6–3  South Africa
Peillat field hockey ball 25', 39', 65'
Rossi field hockey ball 33'
Callioni field hockey ball 45', 50' 		Report Reid-Ross field hockey ball 7'
Norris-Jones field hockey ball 8'
Robinson field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
7 August 2012
19:00
Spain  1–1  Great Britain
Quemada field hockey ball 55' Report Jackson field hockey ball 33'
Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
John Wright (RSA)

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 0 18 7 +11 15 Semi-finals
2  Germany 5 3 1 1 14 11 +3 10
3  Belgium 5 2 1 2 8 7 +1 7 Fifth place game
4  South Korea 5 2 0 3 9 8 +1 6 Seventh place game
5  New Zealand 5 1 2 2 10 14 −4 5 Ninth place game
6  India 5 0 0 5 6 18 −12 0 Eleventh place game
Source: FIH


30 July 2012
08:30
South Korea  2–0  New Zealand
You field hockey ball 20', 34' Report
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (GBR)
German Montes de Oca (ARG)
30 July 2012
16:00
Netherlands  3–2  India
Van der Horst field hockey ball 20'
Weusthof field hockey ball 29'
Van der Weerden field hockey ball 51' 		Report D. Singh field hockey ball 45'
Sh. Singh field hockey ball 48'
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
30 July 2012
21:15
Germany  2–1  Belgium
Fuchs field hockey ball 13'
Zeller field hockey ball 45' 		Report Dekeyser field hockey ball 4'
Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
1 August 2012
10:45
Belgium  1–3  Netherlands
Dekeyser field hockey ball 58' Report Van der Weerden field hockey ball 43', 62'
De Voogd field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (NZL)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)
1 August 2012
13:45
New Zealand  3–1  India
Hayward field hockey ball 13'
Burrows field hockey ball 24'
Wilson field hockey ball 29' 		Report San. Singh field hockey ball 2'
Umpires:
Ged Curran (GBR)
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
1 August 2012
21:15
South Korea  0–1  Germany
Report Zeller field hockey ball 33'
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
3 August 2012
10:45
Netherlands  5–1  New Zealand
Weusthof field hockey ball 16'
Van der Weerden field hockey ball 27'
Bakker field hockey ball 29', 56'
Kemperman field hockey ball 67' 		Report Child field hockey ball 5'
Umpires:
Ged Curran (GBR)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
3 August 2012
13:45
Germany  5–2  India
Fuchs field hockey ball 7', 16', 36'
Korn field hockey ball 24'
Wesley field hockey ball 34' 		Report Raghunath field hockey ball 13'
Khandker field hockey ball 62'
Umpires:
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)
3 August 2012
21:15
Belgium  2–1  South Korea
Boon field hockey ball 37'
Charlier field hockey ball 61' 		Report Nam field hockey ball 46'
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Nigel Iggo (NZL)
5 August 2012
08:30
New Zealand  1–1  Belgium
Wilson field hockey ball 54' Report Boon field hockey ball 48'
Umpires:
German Montes de Oca (ARG)
Roel van Eert (NED)
5 August 2012
13:15
India  1–4  South Korea
Chandi field hockey ball 10' Report Jang field hockey ball 6'
Nam field hockey ball 59', 70'
Seo field hockey ball 68'
Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)
5 August 2012
16:00
Netherlands  3–1  Germany
De Voogd field hockey ball 14'
De Nooijer field hockey ball 36'
Van der Weerden field hockey ball 41' 		Report Zeller field hockey ball 3'
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Ged Curran (GBR)
7 August 2012
08:30
South Korea  2–4  Netherlands
Nam field hockey ball 53'
Lee N. field hockey ball 62' 		Report Van der Weerden field hockey ball 17'
Verga field hockey ball 21'
Weusthof field hockey ball 47'
Bakker field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Ged Curran (GBR)
7 August 2012
16:00
India  0–3  Belgium
Report Dekeyser field hockey ball 15'
Boccard field hockey ball 47'
Boon field hockey ball 67'
Umpires:
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
Nigel Iggo (NZL)
7 August 2012
21:15
Germany  5–5  New Zealand
Deecke field hockey ball 10'
Fuchs field hockey ball 27'
Stralkowski field hockey ball 47'
Zeller field hockey ball 51', 69' 		Report Wilson field hockey ball 4'
Petherick field hockey ball 6'
Jenness field hockey ball 21'
Child field hockey ball 30', 36'
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Hamish Jamson (GBR)

Classification round

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Fifth to twelfth place classification

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Eleventh and twelfth place

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11 August 2012
08:30
South Africa  3–2  India
Cronje field hockey ball 8'
Drummond field hockey ball 34'
Norris-Jones field hockey ball 65' 		Report San. Singh field hockey ball 14'
D. Singh field hockey ball 67'
Umpires:
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
German Montes de Oca (ARG)

Ninth and tenth place

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9 August 2012
08:30
Argentina  1–3  New Zealand
Ibarra field hockey ball 59' Report Jenness field hockey ball 4'
Petherick field hockey ball 21'
Wilson field hockey ball 29'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Tim Pullman (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

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9 August 2012
11:30
Pakistan  3–2  South Korea
Waqas field hockey ball 31'
Khan field hockey ball 44'
Imran field hockey ball 61' 		Report Hyun field hockey ball 30', 33'
Umpires:
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
Simon Taylor (NZL)

Fifth and sixth place

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11 August 2012
11:30
Spain  2–5  Belgium
Alegre field hockey ball 19'
Tubau field hockey ball 61' 		Report Dekeyser field hockey ball 3'
Boon field hockey ball 21', 32'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 24'
Briels field hockey ball 52'
Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

Medal round

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
9 August
 
 
 Australia2
 
11 August
 
 Germany4
 
 Germany2
 
9 August
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Netherlands9
 
 
 Great Britain2
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
11 August
 
 
 Australia3
 
 
 Great Britain1

Semi-finals

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9 August 2012
15:30
Australia  2–4  Germany
Govers field hockey ball 22'
Turner field hockey ball 42' 		Report Fürste field hockey ball 27'
Witthaus field hockey ball 54'
Weß field hockey ball 59'
Fuchs field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Gary Simmonds (RSA)
Hamish Jamson (GBR)
9 August 2012
20:00
Netherlands  9–2  Great Britain
Weusthof field hockey ball 9', 15', 60'
Van der Weerden field hockey ball 22'
Bakker field hockey ball 33', 44', 51'
De Nooijer field hockey ball 47'
Evers field hockey ball 48' 		Report Jackson field hockey ball 18'
Moore field hockey ball 65'
Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
David Gentles (AUS)

Bronze medal match

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11 August 2012
15:30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Australia  3–1  Great Britain
Orchard field hockey ball 17'
Dwyer field hockey ball 48'
Govers field hockey ball 57' 		Report Lewers field hockey ball 29'
Umpires:
Christian Blach (GER)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

Gold medal match

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11 August 2012
20:00
1st place, gold medalist(s) Germany  2–1  Netherlands 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Rabente field hockey ball 33', 66' Report Van der Weerden field hockey ball 54'
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Ged Curran (GBR)

Final ranking

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As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany 7 5 1 1 20 14 +6 16 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands 7 6 0 1 28 11 +17 18 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 7 4 2 1 28 10 +18 14 Bronze Medal
4  Great Britain (H) 7 2 3 2 17 20 −3 9 Fourth place
5  Belgium 6 3 1 2 13 9 +4 10 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Spain 6 2 2 2 10 15 −5 8
7  Pakistan 6 3 1 2 12 18 −6 10
8  South Korea 6 2 0 4 11 11 0 6
9  New Zealand 6 2 2 2 13 15 −2 8
10  Argentina 6 1 1 4 11 17 −6 4
11  South Africa 6 1 1 4 14 24 −10 4
12  India 6 0 0 6 8 21 −13 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

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There were 185 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 4.87 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

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  1. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad" (PDF). FIH. April 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  2. ^ "Hockey – Sport Related Information". gz2010.cn. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  3. ^ "Agony for SA hockey men". Supersport.com. 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
  4. ^ "Officials confirmed for XXX Olympic Games". FIH. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  5. ^ "Olympic Hockey schedule unveiled". FIH. 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
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