Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics
| Field hockey at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Riverbank Arena |
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| Dates | 29 July – 11 August |
| Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics  |
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| Tournament |
| men women |
| Squads |
| men women |
Field hockey at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 29 July to 11 August at the Riverbank Arena within the Olympic Park.
On 13 November 2010 the International Hockey Federation (FIH) decided to allocate 12 teams for each men and women events respectively.[1]
Germany won the men's tournament for the fourth time, and the women's tournament was won by the Netherlands — their third Olympic women's hockey title.
Competition schedule
| P | Preliminaries | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | Tue 7 | Wed 8 | Thu 9 | Fri 10 | Sat 11 |
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| Men | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | F | |||||||
| Women | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | F |
Qualifiers
Each of the continental champions received a berth alongside the host, Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales compete separately in most competitions, but send a combined team to the Olympics and selected friendly tournaments, which is managed by England Hockey),[2][3] while another three spots were decided in qualifying tournaments.
For the men's tournament, Europe received two extra quota places, and Oceania one extra. While for the women's, Asia, Oceania and Europe each received one extra quota place. All were based on FIH world rankings.[1]
However, South Africa as African champion for both tournaments gave up the automatic berth on the premise that they should play a qualifier having deemed the African tournament as sub-standard even though they won the African qualifier tournament. Instead they played in the men's and women's Olympic qualification tournament and made the cut. Their automatic berth was awarded to Spain in the men's tournament and Argentina in the women's.[4][5][6]
Men's tournament
Pool A
Team |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 11 |
 Great Britain |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 |
 Spain |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 |
 Pakistan |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 |
 Argentina |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 4 |
 South Africa |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 1 |
Advanced to semifinals
Pool B
Team |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Netherlands |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 15 |
 Germany |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 |
 South Korea |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 |
 New Zealand |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 |
 India |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 0 |
Advanced to semifinals
Medal round
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||
| 9 August 2012 | |||||||
| Australia |
2 | ||||||
| Germany |
4 | ||||||
| 11 August 2012 | |||||||
| Germany |
2 | ||||||
| Netherlands |
1 | ||||||
| Bronze medal match | |||||||
| 9 August 2012 | 11 August 2012 | ||||||
| Netherlands |
9 | Australia |
3 | ||||
| Great Britain |
2 | Great Britain |
1 | ||||
Women's tournament
Pool A
Team |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 |
| Great Britain |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 9 |
 China |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| South Korea |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 |
 Japan |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 |
| Belgium |
5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 2 |
Advanced to semifinals
Pool B
Team |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 |
| New Zealand |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 |
| Australia |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 10 |
| Germany |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 |
| South Africa |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 |
 United States |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 |
Advanced to semifinals
Medal round
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||
| 8 August 2012 | |||||||
| Netherlands (p.s.o.) |
2 (3) | ||||||
| New Zealand |
2 (1) | ||||||
| 10 August 2012 | |||||||
| Netherlands |
2 | ||||||
| Argentina |
0 | ||||||
| Bronze medal match | |||||||
| 8 August 2012 | 10 August 2012 | ||||||
| Argentina |
2 | New Zealand |
1 | ||||
| Great Britain |
1 | Great Britain |
3 | ||||
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Medalists
References
- 1 2 "FIH release 2012 Olympic Qualification quotas". 13 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
- ↑ "Great Britain Hockey's London 2012 Olympic Games preparations and legacy". The Telegraph. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ↑ "Great Britain hockey on course for 2012 – Mantell". BBC Sport. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ↑ "Agony for SA hockey men". Supersport.com. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
- ↑ "Argentina makes Olympics after S.Africa withdrawal". The China Post. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ↑ "Las Leonas estarán en Londres 2012". CAH. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics. |
- Field hockey at London2012.com
- Official FIH website
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