Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's field hockey tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 19th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a fifteen-day period beginning on 16 September, and culminating with the medal finals on 30 September. All games were played at the hockey centre within the Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia.
Tournament details | |||
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Host country | Australia | ||
City | Sydney | ||
Dates | 16–30 September | ||
Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) | ||
Venue(s) | Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre | ||
Final positions | |||
Champions | Netherlands (2nd title) | ||
Runner-up | South Korea | ||
Third place | Australia | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Matches played | 42 | ||
Goals scored | 164 (3.9 per match) | ||
Top scorer(s) | Jorge Lombi (13 goals) | ||
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Defending champions the Netherlands won the gold medal for the second time after defeating South Korea 5–4 in the final on penalty strokes after a 3–3 draw. Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Pakistan 6–3.[1]
Qualification edit
Each of the continental champions from five federations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European federation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings. Alongside the teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament, twelve teams competed in this tournament.
Dates | Event | Location | Qualifier(s) |
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Host nation | Australia | ||
9–19 December 1998 | 1998 Asian Games | Bangkok, Thailand | India |
13–16 June 1999 | 1999 Oceania Cup | Brisbane, Australia | —2 |
24 July – 4 August 1999 | 1999 Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | Canada |
1–12 September 1999 | 1999 EuroHockey Nations Championship | Padua, Italy | Germany Netherlands |
11–18 September 1999 | 1999 All-Africa Games | Johannesbourg, South Africa | —1 |
9–20 March 2000 | Olympic Qualification Tournament | Osaka, Japan | Spain Pakistan South Korea Poland Great Britain Malaysia Argentina1 |
- ^1 – South Africa qualified but gave up their automatic berth on the premise that there weren't enough black players in the team. Argentina took their place as the 7th ranked team at the Olympic Qualification Tournament.[2]
- ^2 – Australia qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota was added to the ones awarded by the 2000 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier to a total of 6.
Squads edit
Preliminary round edit
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)
Pool A edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 9 | Semi-finals |
2 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 8 | |
3 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | |
4 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 5 | |
5 | Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 |
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Pool B edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia (H) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 | Semi-finals |
2 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 | |
3 | India | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 | |
4 | Argentina | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | |
5 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 5 | |
6 | Spain | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 2 |
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Classification round edit
Ninth to twelfth place classification edit
Crossover | Ninth place | |||||
27 September | ||||||
Malaysia | 0 | |||||
30 September | ||||||
Spain | 1 | |||||
Spain | 3 | |||||
27 September | ||||||
Canada | 0 | |||||
Canada | 3 | |||||
Poland | 2 | |||||
Eleventh place | ||||||
30 September | ||||||
Malaysia (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
Poland | 2 |
Crossover edit
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Eleventh and twelfth place edit
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Ninth and tenth place edit
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Fifth to eighth place classification edit
Crossover | Fifth place | |||||
28 September | ||||||
Great Britain | 2 | |||||
29 September | ||||||
India | 1 | |||||
Great Britain | 0 | |||||
28 September | ||||||
Germany | 4 | |||||
Germany | 6 | |||||
Argentina | 2 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
29 September | ||||||
India | 3 | |||||
Argentina | 1 |
Crossover edit
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Seventh and eighth place edit
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Fifth and sixth place edit
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Medal round edit
Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
28 September | ||||||
Pakistan | 0 | |||||
30 September | ||||||
South Korea | 1 | |||||
South Korea | 3 (4) | |||||
28 September | ||||||
Netherlands (pen.) | 3 (5) | |||||
Netherlands (pen.) | 0 (5) | |||||
Australia | 0 (4) | |||||
Bronze medal match | ||||||
30 September | ||||||
Pakistan | 3 | |||||
Australia | 6 |
Semi-finals edit
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Bronze medal match edit
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Gold medal match edit
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Final rankings 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 |
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Netherlands | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 | Gold Medal | |
South Korea | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 12 | Silver Medal | |
Australia (H) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 15 | Bronze Medal | |
4 | Pakistan | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 9 | Fourth place |
5 | Germany | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 14 | Eliminated in group stage |
6 | Great Britain | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 8 | |
7 | India | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 11 | |
8 | Argentina | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 5 | |
9 | Spain | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 8 | |
10 | Canada | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 6 | |
11 | Malaysia | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | |
12 | Poland | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 5 |
Goalscorers edit
There were 164 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.9 goals per match.
13 goals
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Mario Almada
- Santiago Capurro
- Matías Vila
- Adam Commens
- Daniel Sproule
- Ian Bird
- Sean Campbell
- Christopher Gifford
- Bindi Kullar
- Paul Wettlaufer
- Christian Mayerhöfer
- Tibor Weißenborn
- Daniel Hall
- James Wallis
- Sukhbir Singh Gill
- Dhanraj Pillay
- Deepak Thakur
- Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
- Mirnawan Nawawi
- Keevan Raj
- Kuhan Shanmuganathan
- Jacques Brinkman
- Bram Lomans
- Remco van Wijk
- Kamran Ashraf
- Muhammad Sarwar
- Tomasz Cichy
- Eugeniusz Gaczkowski
- Robert Grzeszczak
- Krzysztof Wybieralski
- Hwang Jong-Hyun
- Kim Kyung-Seok
- Ji Seung-Hwan
- Juan Escarré
- Josep Sánchez
- Eduardo Tubau
Source: FIH
References edit
- ^ "Hockey at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Statement by the SA Men's Hockey Players' Association". IIS7. 29 June 2000. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
External links edit
- Official FIH website
- "Hockey" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 7 September 2012.