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.
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
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
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]
- ^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]
References
Umpires
The FIH announced the list of umpires on 3 January 2012:[4]
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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
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Results
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)''[5]
First round
Pool A
Advanced to semifinals
Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Marcin Grochal (POL) |
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Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Nigel Iggo (NZL) |
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Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Christian Blasch (GER) |
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Umpires:
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
Christian Blasch (GER) |
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Umpires:
Nigel Iggo (NZL)
Roelvan Eert (NED) |
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Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Marcin Grochal (POL) |
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Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
John Wright (RSA) |
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Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Marcelo Servetto (ESP) |
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German Montes de Oca (ARG)
Tim Pullman (AUS) |
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Umpires:
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
Colin Hutchinson (IRL) |
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Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
John Wright (RSA) |
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Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (GBR)
Tim Pullman (AUS) |
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Umpires:
Gary Simmonds (RSA)
Christian Blasch (GER) |
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Raghu Prasad (IND)
Nathan Stagno (GIB) |
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Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
John Wright (RSA) |
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Pool B
Advanced to semifinals
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (GBR)
German Montes de Oca (ARG) |
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Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Nathan Stagno (GIB) |
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Umpires:
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
Marcelo Servetto (ESP) |
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Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (NZL)
Gary Simmonds (RSA) |
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Umpires:
Ged Curran (GBR)
Colin Hutchinson (IRL) |
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Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Nathan Stagno (GIB) |
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Umpires:
Ged Curran (GBR)
Nathan Stagno (GIB) |
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Umpires:
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
Gary Simmonds (RSA) |
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Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Nigel Iggo (NZL) |
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Umpires:
German Montes de Oca (ARG)
Roel van Eert (NED) |
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Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Gary Simmonds (RSA) |
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Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Ged Curran (GBR) |
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Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Ged Curran (GBR) |
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Umpires:
Kim Hong Lae (KOR)
Nigel Iggo (NZL) |
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Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Hamish Jamson (GBR) |
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Fifth to twelfth place classification
Eleventh and twelfth place
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Ninth and tenth place
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Tim Pullman (AUS) |
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Seventh and eighth place
Umpires:
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
Simon Taylor (NZL) |
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Fifth and sixth place
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Medal round
Semifinals
Umpires:
Gary Simmonds (RSA)
Hamish Jamson (GBR) |
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Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
David Gentles (AUS) |
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Bronze medal match
Umpires:
Christian Blach (GER)
Gary Simmonds (RSA) |
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Gold medal match
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Ged Curran (GBR) |
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Statistics
Final ranking
Goalscorers
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- 8 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
References
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External links
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Guangzhou, China
Pakistan (8)
Belgium1 (11)
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Guadalajara, Mexico
Kakamigahara, Japan
