Field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a field hockey tournament was contested for the first time. Six teams entered the tournament: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany and France. England won the gold medal, Ireland the silver and Scotland and Wales were awarded bronze medals. All the medals were subsequently credited to Great Britain.[1][2]
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | United Kingdom | ||
| City | London | ||
| Dates | October 29 - October 31 | ||
| Teams | 6 | ||
| Venue(s) | White City Stadium | ||
| Top three teams | |||
| Champions |   England (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Ireland | ||
| Third place |  Scotland Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Goals scored | 36 | ||
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SquadsEdit
Great BritainEdit
ResultsEdit
| First Round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 29 October | ||||||||||
| England | 10 | |||||||||
| 30 October | ||||||||||
 France | 1 | |||||||||
| England | 6 | |||||||||
| 29 October | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 1 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 4 | |||||||||
| 31 October | ||||||||||
 Germany | 0 | |||||||||
| England | 8 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 1 | |||||||||
| 30 October | ||||||||||
| Ireland | 3 | |||||||||
| Wales | 1 | |||||||||
First roundEdit
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Semi-finalsEdit
There were no playoffs for third place, so the losers of the semi-finals received bronze medals.
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Extra matchEdit
A match between the two continental teams took place between the semifinals and the final. Both France and Germany had lost in the first round, and thus the extra match could be considered to be a fifth and sixth place playoff match, though the official report makes no mention of that.
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FinalEdit
The official report ceases its description of the game after England took the lead 5–1, saying only that "by this time England had taken control of the game and won with eight goals to one".[3]
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SourcesEdit
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2002). "Hockey 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 3 May 2006.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Canada will win". Dawson Daily News. 20 October 1908. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Hockey at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ Official Report, p. 203