Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's field hockey
at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Dates	6–18 August 2016
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Olympic Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	189 (4.97 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gonzalo Peillat (11 goals)
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The men's field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the 23rd edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It took place over a thirteen-day period beginning on 6 August, and culminated with the medal finals on 18 August. All games were played at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Argentina won the gold medal for the first time after defeating Belgium 4–2 in the final. Defending champions Germany won the bronze medal by defeating the Netherlands 4–3 on a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw.

The medals for the tournament were presented by Rene Fasel, Switzerland; Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, Belgium; and Gerardo Werthein, Argentina; members of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presened by Coco Budeisky and Marc Coudron, executive board members of the International Hockey Federation and Leandro Negre, president of the International Hockey Federation.

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the men's tournament was unveiled on 27 April 2016.

G

Group stage

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Sat 6	Sun 7	Mon 8	Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16	Wed 17	Thu 18
G	G	G	G	G	G	G		¼		½		B	F

Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.

Qualification

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Brazil as the host nation qualified automatically but with a rider. Due to the standard of field hockey in Brazil, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) required Brazil to place higher than thirtieth in the FIH World Rankings by the end of 2014 or finish no worse than sixth at the 2015 Pan American Games in order to qualify as host nation. They achieved this by beating the United States on a penalty shoot-out in the quarterfinal, ensuring a top four finish. In addition to the six highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament.

Squads

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	14 August
	Belgium	3
					16 August
	India	1
					Belgium	3
	14 August
					Netherlands	1
	Netherlands	4
									18 August
	Australia	0
									Belgium	2
	14 August
									Argentina	4
	Spain	1
					16 August
	Argentina	2
					Argentina	5
	14 August
					Germany	2			Bronze medal match
	Germany	3
									18 August
	New Zealand	2
									Netherlands	1 (3)
									Germany (p.s.o.)	1 (4)

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Final ranking

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra 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
	Argentina	8	5	2	1	25	17	+8	17	Gold Medal
	Belgium	8	6	0	2	29	11	+18	18	Silver Medal
	Germany	8	5	2	1	23	18	+5	17	Bronze Medal
4	Netherlands	8	4	2	2	24	10	+14	14	Fourth place
5	Spain	6	3	1	2	14	8	+6	10	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Australia	6	3	0	3	13	8	+5	9
7	New Zealand	6	2	1	3	19	11	+8	7
8	India	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7
9	Great Britain	5	1	2	2	14	10	+4	5	Eliminated in group stage
10	Ireland	5	1	0	4	10	16	−6	3
11	Canada	5	0	1	4	7	22	−15	1
12	Brazil (H)	5	0	0	5	1	46	−45	0

Source: Rio2016
(H) Hosts

External links

• Field hockey at Rio2016.com