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Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 24th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 24 July to 5 August 2021. All games were played at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

Men's field hockey
at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
CityTokyo
Dates24 July – 5 August 2021
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Oi Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions Belgium (1st title)
Runner-up Australia
Third place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored209 (5.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belgium Alexander Hendrickx (14 goals)
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It was originally scheduled to be held from 25 July to 6 August 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.[2]

Argentina won the previous olympic field hockey event but were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Belgium captured their first gold medal after defeating Australia in the final after penalties.[3] India won their first hockey medal since 1980 Summer Olympics by defeating Germany in the bronze-medal match.[4]

The medals for the competition were presented by Baron Pierre-Oliver Bekcers-Vieujant, Belgium; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Narinder Dhruv Batra, the FIH President.

Competition schedule edit

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31 Sun 1 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5
G G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Competition format edit

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 advanced to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners met for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers played in the bronze medal match.

Qualification edit

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. The other teams qualified through the 2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[5]

Event Dates Location(s) Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation — — 1   Japan
2018 Asian Games 19 August – 1 September 2018   Jakarta – –A
2019 Pan American Games 30 July – 10 August 2019   Lima 1   Argentina
2019 African Olympic Qualifier 12 – 18 August 2019   Stellenbosch 1   South Africa
2019 EuroHockey Championship 16 – 24 August 2019   Antwerp 1   Belgium
2019 Oceania Cup 5 – 8 September 2019   Rockhampton 1   Australia
2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers 25 October – 3 November 2019 Various 7   Canada
  Germany
  Great Britain
  India
  Netherlands
  New Zealand
  Spain
Total 12
^A – Japan qualified both as the hosts and the continental champions, therefore that quota is added to the FIH Olympic Qualifiers rather than going to the runners-up of the tournament.[5]

Umpires edit

On 11 September 2019, 14 umpires were appointed by the FIH.[6]

  • Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
  • Adam Kearns (AUS)
  • Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
  • Ben Göntgen (GER)
  • Martin Madden (GBR)
  • Raghu Prasad (IND)
  • Javed Shaikh (IND)
  • Coen van Bunge (NED)
  • Simon Taylor (NZL)
  • David Tomlinson (NZL)
  • Marcin Grochal (POL)
  • Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
  • Peter Wright (RSA)
  • Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

Squads edit

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Group stage edit

The pools were announced on 23 November 2019.[7]

All times are local (UTC+9).[8][9]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 5 4 1 0 22 9 +13 13 Quarter-finals
2   India 5 4 0 1 15 13 +2 12
3   Argentina 5 2 1 2 10 11 −1 7
4   Spain 5 1 2 2 9 10 −1 5
5   New Zealand 5 1 1 3 11 16 −5 4
6   Japan (H) 5 0 1 4 10 18 −8 1
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts


24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
09:30
v
Japan   3–5   Australia
Ke. Tanaka   22', 27'
Kirishita   26' 		Report Brand   11'
Craig   14'
Govers   31'
Zalewski   38'
Beale   50'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
10:00
v
New Zealand   2–3   India
Russell   6'
Jenness   43' 		Report Rupinder   10'
Harmanpreet   26', 33'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Coen van Bunge (NED)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
12:15
v
Argentina   1–1   Spain
Mazzilli   23' Report Quemada   52'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
18:30
v
India   1–7   Australia
Dilpreet   34' Report Beale   10'
Hayward   21'
Ogilvie   23'
Beltz   26'
Govers   40', 42'
Brand   51'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Marcin Grochal (POL)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
19:00
v
Japan   1–2   Argentina
Ke. Tanaka   60' Report Tolini   5'
Keenan   19'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Peter Wright (RSA)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
20:45
v
Spain   3–4   New Zealand
González   26'
Quemada   31'
Boltó   39' 		Report Jenness   14'
Tarrant   27'
Russell   48'
Smith   57'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Adam Kearns (AUS)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
09:30
v
Argentina   2–5   Australia
Tolini   4'
Casella   55' 		Report Govers   15', 23'
Wickham   21'
Sharp   25'
Hayward   39'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Martin Madden (GBR)
Coen van Bunge (NED)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
10:00
v
India   3–0   Spain
Simranjeet   14'
Rupinder   15', 51' 		Report
South Pitch
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Peter Wright (RSA)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
11:45
v
Japan   2–2   New Zealand
Yamasaki   3'
Ke. Tanaka   40' 		Report Wilson   11'
Lane   41'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
20:45
v
Japan   1–4   Spain
Zendana   2' Report Lleonart   3', 55'
Quemada   23'
Alegre   28'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Martin Madden (GBR)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
21:15
v
Australia   4–2   New Zealand
Brand   9', 50'
Govers   55'
Wickham   57' 		Report Russell   13', 58'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
Marcin Grochal (POL)
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
09:30
v
India   3–1   Argentina
Varun   43'
Vivek   58'
Harmanpreet   59' 		Report Casella   48'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Ben Göntgen (GER)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
10:00
v
Australia   1–1   Spain
Wickham   18' Report Quemada   60'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
18:30
v
Japan   3–5   India
Ke. Tanaka   19'
Watanabe   33'
Murata   59' 		Report Harmanpreet   13'
Gurjant   17', 56'
Shamsher   34'
Nilakanta   51'
North Pitch
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
19:00
v
Argentina   4–1   New Zealand
Martínez   15+'
Vila   17'
Tolini   44'
Keenan   60' 		Report Russell   14'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Martin Madden (GBR)
Coen van Bunge (NED)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Belgium 5 4 1 0 26 9 +17 13 Quarter-finals
2   Germany 5 3 0 2 19 10 +9 9
3   Great Britain 5 2 2 1 11 11 0 8
4   Netherlands 5 2 1 2 13 13 0 7
5   South Africa 5 1 1 3 16 24 −8 4
6   Canada 5 0 1 4 9 27 −18 1
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.


24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
11:45
v
Netherlands   1–3   Belgium
Hertzberger   35' Report Hendrickx   41', 44', 45'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Adam Kearns (AUS)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
18:30
v
Great Britain   3–1   South Africa
Ward   2'
Ansell   32'
Waller   56' 		Report Guise-Brown   4'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
Ben Goentgen (GER)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
19:00
v
Canada   1–7   Germany
K. Pereira   16' Report Windfeder   11', 28'
Rühr   22', 25'
Häner   44'
Bosserhoff   59'
Grambusch   60'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Peter Wright (RSA)
Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
21:15
v
South Africa   3–5   Netherlands
M. Cassiem   2'
D. Cassiem   10'
Kok   18' 		Report Pruyser   24', 54'
Van Dam   29'
Brinkman   36'
Van der Weerden   48'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Javed Shaikh (IND)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
09:30
v
Germany   1–3   Belgium
Häner   51' Report Charlier   5', 7'
Hendrickx   35'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
11:45
v
Great Britain   3–1   Canada
Ansell   33', 57'
Ward   41' 		Report Van Son   51'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Marcin Grochal (POL)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
12:15
v
Germany   5–1   Great Britain
Fuchs   15', 51', 60'
Rühr   35'
Weigand   42' 		Report Roper   8'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Adam Kearns (AUS)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
18:30
v
Belgium   9–4   South Africa
Dohmen   4', 15'
Hendrickx   9', 18', 40'
Briels   12'
Van Doren   15'
Gougnard   25'
Charlier   41' 		Report D. Cassiem   5', 31'
M. Cassiem   23'
Ntuli   29'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
20:45
v
Netherlands   4–2   Canada
Bakker   1'
Brinkman   4'
De Mol   50'
Pruyser   60' 		Report Wallace   10'
Tupper   53'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
10:00
v
Belgium   9–1   Canada
Hendrickx   12', 40'
Dockier   29', 32'
Denayer   39'
Gougnard   43', 45'
Boon   51'
Van Aubel   55' 		Report Pearson   15'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Peter Wright (RSA)
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
11:45
v
South Africa   4–3   Germany
Guise-Brown   9'
Horne   13'
Spooner   45'
M. Cassiem   48' 		Report Herzbruch   8'
Windfeder   22'
Staib   24'
North Pitch
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Javed Shaikh (IND)
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
12:15
v
Netherlands   2–2   Great Britain
Brinkman   22'
Janssen   31' 		Report Ward   52', 57'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
12:15
v
Canada   4–4   South Africa
Pearson   11'
K. Pereira   17'
Boothroyd   42'
Ho-Garcia   59' 		Report Ntuli   2'
Spooner   9'
Guise-Brown   34'
Mvimbi   58'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
20:45
v
Germany   3–1   Netherlands
Wellen   10'
Staib   41'
Herzbruch   54' 		Report Hertzberger   57'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Adam Kearns (AUS)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
21:15
v
Belgium   2–2   Great Britain
Boon   36'
Briels   43' 		Report Shipperley   17'
Ansell   38'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
1 August
 
 
  Australia (p.s.o.)2 (3)
 
3 August
 
  Netherlands2 (0)
 
  Australia3
 
1 August
 
  Germany1
 
  Germany3
 
5 August
 
  Argentina1
 
  Australia1 (2)
 
1 August
 
  Belgium (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
  India3
 
3 August
 
  Great Britain1
 
  India2
 
1 August
 
  Belgium5 Bronze medal match
 
  Belgium3
 
5 August
 
  Spain1
 
  Germany4
 
 
  India5
 

Quarter-finals edit

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
09:30
v
Germany   3–1   Argentina
Windfeder   19', 48'
Herzbruch   40' 		Report Casella   52'
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
12:00
v
Australia   2–2   Netherlands
Wickham   13', 38' Report Van der Weerden   32'
Hertzberger   50'
Penalties
Govers  
Ogilvie  
Brand   		3–0   Hertzberger
  Kemperman
  De Geus
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
18:30
v
Belgium   3–1   Spain
Hendrickx   38', 57'
Boon   41' 		Report Alegre   26'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
21:00
v
India   3–1   Great Britain
Dilpreet   7'
Gurjant   16'
Hardik   57' 		Report Ward   45'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Simon Taylor (NZL)

Semi-finals edit

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)
10:30
v
India   2–5   Belgium
Harmanpreet   7'
Mandeep   8' 		Report Luypaert   2'
Hendrickx   19', 49', 53'
Dohmen   60'
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Coen van Bunge (NED)
3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)
19:00
v
Australia   3–1   Germany
Brand   7'
Govers   27'
Sharp   59' 		Report Windfeder   11'
Umpires:
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
Marcin Grochal (POL)

Bronze medal match edit

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)
10:30
v
Germany   4–5   India
Oruz   2'
Wellen   24'
Fürk   25'
Windfeder   48' 		Report Simranjeet   17', 34'
Hardik   27'
Harmanpreet   29'
Rupinder   31'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Simon Taylor (NZL)

Gold medal match edit

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)
19:00
v
Australia   1–1   Belgium
Wickham   47' Report Van Aubel   32'
Penalties
Govers  
Ogilvie  
Brand  
Simmonds  
Whetton   		2–3   Van Aubel
  De Sloover
  Denayer
  Hendrickx
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Marcin Grochal (POL)

Final ranking edit

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
1   Belgium 8 6 2 0 35 13 +22 20 Gold Medal
2   Australia 8 5 3 0 28 13 +15 18 Silver Medal
3   India 8 6 0 2 25 23 +2 18 Bronze Medal
4   Germany 8 4 0 4 27 19 +8 12 Fourth place
5   Great Britain 6 2 2 2 12 14 −2 8 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6   Netherlands 6 2 2 2 15 15 0 8
7   Argentina 6 2 1 3 11 14 −3 7
8   Spain 6 1 2 3 10 13 −3 5
9   New Zealand 5 1 1 3 11 16 −5 4 Eliminated in
group stage
10   South Africa 5 1 1 3 16 24 −8 4
11   Japan (H) 5 0 1 4 10 18 −8 1
12   Canada 5 0 1 4 9 27 −18 1
Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers edit

There were 209 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 5.5 goals per match.

14 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Tokyo2020 and FIH

References edit

  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans after new COVID-19 state of emergency declared". usatoday.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Kookaburras take silver after losing to Belgium in dramatic shootout in Tokyo Olympics hockey final". abc.net.au. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ "India ends long wait for 12th men's field hockey medal". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. ^ "FIH appoints Officials for Tokyo 2020". FIH. 11 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic hockey tournaments: pools confirmed". FIH. 23 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Hockey competition schedule announced for rescheduled Olympic Games in Tokyo". FIH. 17 July 2020.
  9. ^ Schedule
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