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| Host country | Japan | ||
| City | Tokyo | ||
| Dates | 24 July – 5 August 2021 | ||
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Venue(s) | Oi Hockey Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | ||
| Third place |  India | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 38 | ||
| Goals scored | 209 (5.5 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Alexander Hendrickx (14 goals) | ||
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The men's field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 24th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 24 July to 5 August 2021. All games were played at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
It was originally scheduled to be held from 25 July to 6 August 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.[2]
Argentina won the previous olympic field hockey event but were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Belgium captured their first gold medal after defeating Australia in the final after penalties.[3] India won their first hockey medal since 1980 Summer Olympics by defeating Germany in the bronze-medal match.[4]
The medals for the competition were presented by Baron Pierre-Oliver Bekcers-Vieujant, Belgium; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Narinder Dhruv Batra, the FIH President.
Competition schedule
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Sat 24 | Sun 25 | Mon 26 | Tue 27 | Wed 28 | Thu 29 | Fri 30 | Sat 31 | Sun 1 | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 | Thu 5 | |
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| G | G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||
Competition format
The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top four teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners met for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers played in the bronze medal match.
Qualification
Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. The other teams qualified through the 2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[5]
| Event | Dates | Location(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
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| Host nation | — | — | 1 |  Japan |
| 2018 Asian Games | 19 August – 1 September 2018 |  Jakarta |
– | –A |
| 2019 Pan American Games | 30 July – 10 August 2019 |  Lima |
1 |  Argentina |
| 2019 African Olympic Qualifier | 12 – 18 August 2019 |  Stellenbosch |
1 | South Africa |
| 2019 EuroHockey Championship | 16 – 24 August 2019 | Antwerp |
1 | Belgium |
| 2019 Oceania Cup | 5 – 8 September 2019 | Rockhampton |
1 | Australia |
| 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers | 25 October – 3 November 2019 | Various | 7 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada Germany Great Britain India Netherlands New Zealand Spain |
| Total | 12 | |||
Umpires
On 11 September 2019, 14 umpires were appointed by the FIH.[6]
- Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
- Adam Kearns (AUS)
- Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
- Ben Göntgen (GER)
- Martin Madden (GBR)
- Raghu Prasad (IND)
- Javed Shaikh (IND)
- Coen van Bunge (NED)
- Simon Taylor (NZL)
- David Tomlinson (NZL)
- Marcin Grochal (POL)
- Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
- Peter Wright (RSA)
- Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
Squads
Group stage
The pools were announced on 23 November 2019.[7]
All times are local (UTC+9).[8][9]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Australia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 13 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | India |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 12 | |
| 3 | Argentina |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Spain |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 5 | |
| 5 | New Zealand |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 4 | |
| 6 | Japan (H) |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 1 |
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Belgium |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 9 | +17 | 13 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Germany |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 9 | |
| 3 | Great Britain |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | Netherlands |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 7 | |
| 5 | South Africa |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 4 | |
| 6 | Canada |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 1 |
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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Bracket
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| Australia (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||||||
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| Netherlands | 2 (0) | |||||||||
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| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||||||
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| Argentina | 1 | |||||||||
| Australia | 1 (2) | |||||||||
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| Belgium (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
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Final ranking
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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| 1 | Belgium |
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 20 | Gold Medal |
| 2 | Australia |
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 18 | Silver Medal |
| 3 | India |
8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 18 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Germany |
8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 12 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Great Britain |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 8 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Netherlands |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 8 | |
| 7 | Argentina |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 7 | |
| 8 | Spain |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 5 | |
| 9 | New Zealand |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | South Africa |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 4 | |
| 11 | Japan (H) |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 1 | |
| 12 | Canada |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 1 |
Goalscorers
There were 209 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 5.5 goals per match.
14 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
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- Nicolás Keenan
- Daniel Beale
- Jeremy Hayward
- Lachlan Sharp
- Thomas Briels
- Sébastien Dockier
- Florent Van Aubel
- Mark Pearson
- Keegan Pereira
- Martin Häner
- Constantin Staib
- Niklas Wellen
- Dilpreet Singh
- Hardik Singh
- Mink van der Weerden
- Stephen Jenness
- Nqobile Ntuli
- Nicholas Spooner
- David Alegre
- Xavi Lleonart
1 goal
- Lucas Martínez
- Agustín Mazzilli
- Lucas Vila
- Joshua Beltz
- Tom Craig
- Flynn Ogilvie
- Aran Zalewski
- Félix Denayer
- Loïck Luypaert
- Arthur Van Doren
- Fin Boothroyd
- Gabriel Ho-Garcia
- Floris Van Son
- Scott Tupper
- Jamie Wallace
- Niklas Bosserhoff
- Benedikt Fürk
- Mats Grambusch
- Timur Oruz
- Justus Weigand
- Phil Roper
- Rupert Shipperley
- Jack Waller
- Varun Kumar
- Vivek Prasad
- Nilakanta Sharma
- Mandeep Singh
- Shamsher Singh
- Yoshiki Kirishita
- Kazuma Murata
- Kota Watanabe
- Koji Yamasaki
- Hirotaka Zendana
- Billy Bakker
- Thijs van Dam
- Jip Janssen
- Joep de Mol
- Sam Lane
- Jake Smith
- Blair Tarrant
- Nick Wilson
- Keenan Horne
- Tevin Kok
- Samkelo Mvimbi
- Marc Boltó
- Enrique González
References
- ↑ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ↑ "Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans after new COVID-19 state of emergency declared". usatoday.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ↑ "Kookaburras take silver after losing to Belgium in dramatic shootout in Tokyo Olympics hockey final". abc.net.au. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ↑ "India ends long wait for 12th men's field hockey medal". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- 1 2 "Tokyo 2020 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ↑ "FIH appoints Officials for Tokyo 2020". FIH. 11 September 2019.
- ↑ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic hockey tournaments: pools confirmed". FIH. 23 November 2019.
- ↑ "Hockey competition schedule announced for rescheduled Olympic Games in Tokyo". FIH. 17 July 2020.
- ↑ Schedule
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