Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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.
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| Venue | Riverbank Arena |
| Dates | 29 July – 11 August |
| No. of events | 2 |
| Competitors | 387 from 15 nations |
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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 |
Qualification
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.
The Riverbank Arena hosted the field hockey 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 qualification
| Date | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 |  Great Britain (4) | ||
| 15–25 November 2010 | 2010 Asian Games[7] | Guangzhou, China | 1 |  Pakistan (8) |
| 20–28 August 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 3 |  Germany (2) Netherlands (3).svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium1 (11) |
| 2–11 September 2011 | 2011 African Olympic Qualifier | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 0 | —2 |
| 6–9 October 2011 | 2011 Oceania Cup | Hobart, Australia | 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia (1) New Zealand (7) |
| 14–30 October 2011 | 2011 Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1 |  Argentina (9) |
| 18–26 February 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 | New Delhi, India | 1 |  India (10) |
| 10–18 March 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 | Dublin, Ireland | 1 |  South Korea (6) |
| 26 April – 6 May 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 | Kakamigahara, Japan | 1 |  South Africa (12) |
| Invitational | 1 |  Spain2 (5) | ||
| Total | 12 | |||
- ^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.[8]
Women's qualification
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Great Britain (4) | ||
| 13–24 November 2010 | 2010 Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 2 |  China (5) South Korea (8) |
| 20–27 August 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 2 | Netherlands (1) Germany (3) |
| 2–11 September 2011 | 2011 African Olympic Qualifier | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 0 | —1 |
| 6–9 October 2011 | 2011 Oceania Cup | Hobart, Australia | 2 | New Zealand (6) Australia (7) |
| 14–30 October 2011 | 2011 Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1 |  United States (10) |
| 18–25 February 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 | New Delhi, India | 1 | South Africa (12) |
| 17–25 March 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 | Kontich, Belgium | 1 | Belgium (16) |
| 25 April – 5 May 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 | Kakamigahara, Japan | 1 |  Japan (9) |
| Invitational | 1 | Argentina1 (2) | ||
| Total | 12 | |||
- ^1 – 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 1. Instead, Argentina was invited as the highest ranked team not already qualified after the conclusion of the continental championships.[9][10]
Men's tournament
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Australia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain (H) |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | |
| 3 | Spain |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Pakistan |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Argentina |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 4 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | South Africa |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 1 | Eleventh place game |
Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 | |
| 3 | Belgium |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | South Korea |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | New Zealand |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | India |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
Source: FIH
Medal round
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 9 August | ||||||
| Australia | 2 | |||||
| 11 August | ||||||
| Germany | 4 | |||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||
| 9 August | ||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||
| Netherlands | 9 | |||||
| Great Britain | 2 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 11 August | ||||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||
| Great Britain | 1 | |||||
Final standings
Women's tournament
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain (H) |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 9 | |
| 3 | China |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | South Korea |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Japan |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | |
| 6 | Belgium |
5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 2 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
(H) Host.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
(H) Host.
Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | New Zealand |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | |
| 3 | Australia |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 10 | |
| 4 | Germany |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
| 5 | South Africa |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | |
| 6 | United States |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
Medal round
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 8 August | ||||||
| Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||
| 10 August | ||||||
| New Zealand | 2 (1) | |||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||
| 8 August | ||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||
| Great Britain | 1 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 10 August | ||||||
| New Zealand | 1 | |||||
| Great Britain | 3 | |||||
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Great Britain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Medalists
References
- "FIH release 2012 Olympic Qualification quotas". 13 November 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- "Great Britain Hockey's London 2012 Olympic Games preparations and legacy". The Telegraph. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- "Great Britain hockey on course for 2012 – Mantell". BBC Sport. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- "Agony for SA hockey men". Supersport.com. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- "Argentina makes Olympics after S.Africa withdrawal". The China Post. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- "Las Leonas estarán en Londres 2012". CAH. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- "Hockey – Sport Related Information". gz2010.cn. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- "Agony for SA hockey men". Supersport.com. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- "Argentina makes Olympics after S.Africa withdrawal". The China Post. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- "Las Leonas estarán en Londres 2012". CAH. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
External links
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