Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Field hockey
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueOi Hockey Stadium
Dates24 July – 6 August 2021
No. of events2
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Field hockey was a sport at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo which took place from 24 July to 6 August 2021 at the Oi Seaside Park. Twenty-four teams (twelve each for men and women) competed in the tournament.[1]

It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Schedule

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match

[3][4]

Date
Event
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 Fri 6
Men G G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
Women G G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualification

Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. In addition, the remaining six nations were to be determined by an olympic qualification event. As Japan emerged as Asian champion in both men's and women's events, a seventh berth was made available in each qualification event. Although the qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Men

Event Dates Location(s) Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation 1  Japan
2018 Asian Games 19 August – 1 September 2018 Indonesia Jakarta A
2019 Pan American Games 30 July – 10 August 2019 Peru Lima 1  Argentina
2019 African Olympic Qualifier 12 – 18 August 2019 South Africa Stellenbosch 1  South Africa
2019 EuroHockey Championship 16 – 24 August 2019 Belgium Antwerp 1  Belgium
2019 Oceania Cup 5 – 8 September 2019 Australia Rockhampton 1  Australia
2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers 25 October – 3 November 2019 Various 7  Canada
 Germany
 Great Britain
 India
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Spain
Total 12
^AJapan qualified both as the hosts and the continental champions, therefore that quota is added to the FIH Olympic Qualifiers rather than going to the runners-up of the tournament.[1]

Women

Event Dates Location(s) Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation 1  Japan
2018 Asian Games 19 August – 1 September 2018 Indonesia Jakarta 1
2019 Pan American Games 29 July – 9 August 2019 Peru Lima 1  Argentina
2019 African Olympic Qualifier 12 – 18 August 2019 South Africa Stellenbosch 1  South Africa
2019 EuroHockey Championship 17 – 25 August 2019 Belgium Antwerp 1  Netherlands
2019 Oceania Cup 5 – 8 September 2019 Australia Rockhampton 1  New Zealand
2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers 25 October – 3 November 2019 Various 7  Australia
 China
 Germany
 Great Britain
 India
 Ireland
 Spain
Total 12
^1Japan qualified both as the hosts and the continental champions, therefore that quota is added to the FIH Olympic Qualifiers rather than going to the runners-up of the tournament.[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Belgium (BEL)1001
 Netherlands (NED)1001
3 Argentina (ARG)0101
 Australia (AUS)0101
5 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 India (IND)0011
Totals (6 entries)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
 Belgium
Gauthier Boccard
Tom Boon
Thomas Briels
Cédric Charlier
Félix Denayer
Nicolas De Kerpel
Arthur De Sloover
Sébastien Dockier
John-John Dohmen
Simon Gougnard
Alexander Hendrickx
Antoine Kina
Loïck Luypaert
Augustin Meurmans
Victor Wegnez
Vincent Vanasch
Florent Van Aubel
Arthur Van Doren
 Australia
Daniel Beale
Joshua Beltz
Tim Brand
Andrew Charter
Tom Craig
Matt Dawson
Blake Govers
Jeremy Hayward
Tim Howard
Dylan Martin
Trent Mitton
Eddie Ockenden
Flynn Ogilvie
Lachlan Sharp
Joshua Simmonds
Jacob Whetton
Tom Wickham
Aran Zalewski
 India
Surender Kumar
Varun Kumar
Birendra Lakra
Vivek Prasad
Dilpreet Singh
Gurjant Singh
Harmanpreet Singh
Hardik Singh
Mandeep Singh
Manpreet Singh
Rupinder Pal Singh
Shamsher Singh
Simranjeet Singh
Nilakanta Sharma
P. R. Sreejesh
Sumit
Lalit Upadhyay
Amit Rohidas
Women
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 Netherlands
Felice Albers
Eva de Goede
Xan de Waard
Marloes Keetels
Josine Koning
Sanne Koolen
Laurien Leurink
Frédérique Matla
Laura Nunnink
Malou Pheninckx
Pien Sanders
Lauren Stam
Margot van Geffen
Caia van Maasakker
Maria Verschoor
Lidewij Welten
 Argentina
Agustina Albertario
Agostina Alonso
Noel Barrionuevo
Valentina Costa Biondi
Emilia Forcherio
Agustina Gorzelany
María José Granatto
Victoria Granatto
Julieta Jankunas
Sofía Maccari
Delfina Merino
Valentina Raposo
Rocío Sánchez Moccia
Micaela Retegui
Victoria Sauze
Belén Succi
Sofía Toccalino
Eugenia Trinchinetti
 Great Britain
Giselle Ansley
Grace Balsdon
Fiona Crackles
Maddie Hinch
Sarah Jones
Hannah Martin
Shona McCallin
Lily Owsley
Hollie Pearne-Webb
Isabelle Petter
Ellie Rayer
Sarah Robertson
Anna Toman
Susannah Townsend
Laura Unsworth
Leah Wilkinson

Men's tournament

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group stage

Teams were divided into two groups of six nations, playing every team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top four teams per group will qualify to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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.

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
1 August
 
 
 Australia (p.s.o.)2 (3)
 
3 August
 
 Netherlands2 (0)
 
 Australia3
 
1 August
 
 Germany1
 
 Germany3
 
5 August
 
 Argentina1
 
 Australia1 (2)
 
1 August
 
 Belgium (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
 India3
 
3 August
 
 Great Britain1
 
 India2
 
1 August
 
 Belgium5 Bronze medal match
 
 Belgium3
 
5 August
 
 Spain1
 
 Germany4
 
 
 India5
 

Final standings

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
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
Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Hosts

Women's tournament

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group stage

Teams were divided into two groups of six nations, playing every team in their group once. Three points are awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top four teams per group will qualify for the quarter-finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 0 18 2 +16 15 Quarterfinals
2  Germany 5 4 0 1 13 7 +6 12
3  Great Britain 5 3 0 2 11 5 +6 9
4  India 5 2 0 3 7 14 −7 6
5  Ireland 5 1 0 4 4 11 −7 3
6  South Africa 5 0 0 5 5 19 −14 0
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.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 5 0 0 13 1 +12 15 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 5 3 0 2 9 8 +1 9
3  Argentina 5 3 0 2 8 8 0 9
4  New Zealand 5 2 0 3 8 7 +1 6
5  China 5 2 0 3 9 16 −7 6
6  Japan (H) 5 0 0 5 6 13 −7 0
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

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
2 August
 
 
 Netherlands3
 
4 August
 
 New Zealand0
 
 Netherlands5
 
2 August
 
 Great Britain1
 
 Spain2 (0)
 
6 August
 
 Great Britain (p.s.o.)2 (2)
 
 Netherlands3
 
2 August
 
 Argentina1
 
 Germany0
 
4 August
 
 Argentina3
 
 Argentina2
 
2 August
 
 India1 Bronze medal match
 
 Australia0
 
6 August
 
 India1
 
 Great Britain4
 
 
 India3
 

Final standings

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
1  Netherlands 8 8 0 0 29 4 +25 24 Gold Medal
2  Argentina 8 5 0 3 14 12 +2 15 Silver Medal
3  Great Britain 8 4 1 3 18 15 +3 13 Bronze Medal
4  India 8 3 0 5 12 20 −8 9 Fourth place
5  Australia 6 5 0 1 13 2 +11 15 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Germany 6 4 0 2 13 10 +3 12
7  Spain 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10
8  New Zealand 6 2 0 4 8 10 −2 6
9  China 5 2 0 3 9 16 −7 6 Eliminated in
group stage
10  Ireland 5 1 0 4 4 11 −7 3
11  Japan (H) 5 0 0 5 6 13 −7 0
12  South Africa 5 0 0 5 5 19 −14 0
Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Hosts

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tokyo 2020 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Schedule – Hockey Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Hockey Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.