Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The men's field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the eighth edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It was contested from 23 November to 6 December, with twelve participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games.
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| Dates | 23 November – 6 December 1956 | |||||||||
| Teams | 12 | |||||||||
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India won the gold medal for the sixth successive Games, not allowing a single goal against in the entire tournament. Pakistan won the silver medal, and Germany won the bronze.[1]
Medalists
Participating nations
Twelve teams were seeded and placed into one of three preliminary groups of four teams each. With the unbalanced seeding, the top two teams in Group C advanced to the semi-finals, but only the top team in both Groups A and B advanced.
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Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  India |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | +36 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Singapore |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Afghanistan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 2 | |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} United States |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 0 |
Source: Olympedia
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Great Britain[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia[lower-alpha 1] (H) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Malaya |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Kenya |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
- Australia and Great Britain finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool, which Great Britain won 1–0.
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Play-off
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Pakistan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} United Team of Germany |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
Source: Olympedia
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Classification round
Ninth to twelfth place classification
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 9 | Malaya |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 6 |
| 10 | Kenya |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 4 |
| 11 | Afghanistan[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
| 12 |  United States[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 1 |
Source: Sports Reference
Notes:
Notes:
- Afghanistan finished above the United States after beating them in Group A.
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Fifth to eighth place classification
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 5 | Australia (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 |
| 6 | New Zealand |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 4 |
| 7 | Belgium |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 3 |
| 8 | Singapore |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 |
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Medal round
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
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| India | 1 | |||||
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| United Team of Germany | 0 | |||||
| India | 1 | |||||
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| Pakistan | 0 | |||||
| Pakistan | 3 | |||||
| Great Britain | 2 | |||||
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| United Team of Germany | 3 | |||||
| Great Britain | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
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Final standings
References
- "Hockey at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
External links
- The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 (PDF). Melbourne, Australia: W.M. Houston, Government Printer. 1958. pp. 500–511. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
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