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

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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.

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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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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Preliminary round edit

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

Pool A edit

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

Pool B edit

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

Classification round edit

Fifth to twelfth place classification edit

Eleventh and twelfth place edit

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

Ninth and tenth place edit

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

Seventh and eighth place edit

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

Fifth and sixth place edit

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

Medal round edit

 
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 edit

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

Bronze medal match edit

11 August 2012
15:30
  Australia   3–1   Great Britain
Orchard   17'
Dwyer   48'
Govers   57' 		Report Lewers   29'
Umpires:
Christian Blach (GER)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

Gold medal match edit

11 August 2012
20:00
  Germany   2–1   Netherlands  
Rabente   33', 66' Report Van der Weerden   54'
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Ged Curran (GBR)

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
    Germany 7 5 1 1 20 14 +6 16 Gold Medal
    Netherlands 7 6 0 1 28 11 +17 18 Silver Medal
    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 edit

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 edit

  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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