Men's field hockey
at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
Tournament details |
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Host country | Brazil |
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City | Rio de Janeiro |
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Dates | 6–18 August 2016 |
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Teams | 12 |
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Venue(s) | Olympic Hockey Centre |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Argentina (1st title) |
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Runner-up | Belgium |
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Third place | Germany |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played | 38 |
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Goals scored | 189 (4.97 per match) |
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Top scorer(s) | Gonzalo Peillat (11 goals) |
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The men's field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the 23rd edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It took place over a thirteen-day period beginning on 6 August, and culminated with the medal finals on 18 August. All games were played at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Argentina won the gold medal for the first time after defeating Belgium 4–2 in the final.[1] Defending champions Germany won the bronze medal by defeating the Netherlands 4–3 on a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw.[2]
The medals for the tournament were presented by René Fasel, Switzerland; Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, Belgium; and Gerardo Werthein, Argentina; members of the International Olympic Committee.
Competition schedule
The match schedule of the men's tournament was unveiled on 27 April 2016.[3][4]
G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 |
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 advance to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.
Qualification
Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Brazil as the host nation qualified automatically but with a rider. Due to the standard of field hockey in Brazil, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) required Brazil to place higher than thirtieth in the FIH World Rankings by the end of 2014 or finish no worse than sixth at the 2015 Pan American Games in order to qualify as host nation. They achieved this by beating the United States on a penalty shoot-out in the quarterfinal, ensuring a top four finish. In addition to the six highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament.[5][6]
- ^ South Africa won the continental qualifier however the team did not participate in the 2016 Olympics. South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and South African Hockey Association (SAHA) made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the Continental Qualification route would not be considered.[7][8] As a result, New Zealand, as the highest-ranked team from the 2014-15 Hockey World League Semifinals not already qualified, participated instead.[9][10]
Squads
Group stage
All times are local (UTC−3).
Group A
Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
[11](H) Hosts
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 12:30 | Umpires: John Weight (RSA) Coen van Bunge (NED) | |
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 13:30 | Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) | |
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 19:30 | Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Chen Dekang (CHN) | |
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 17:00 | Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN) | |
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 19:30 | Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Javed Shaikh (IND) | |
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 20:30 | Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Coen van Bunge (NED) | |
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 10:00 | Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) | |
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 18:00 | Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Coen van Bunge (NED) | |
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 20:30 | Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Marcin Grochal (POL) | |
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 19:30 | Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Coen van Bunge (NED) | |
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 20:30 | Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) John Wright (RSA) | |
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 13:30 | Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) | |
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 17:00 | Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Coen van Bunge (NED) | |
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 18:00 | Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) John Wright (RSA) | |
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 20:30 | Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN) | |
Group B
Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
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6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 10:00 | Umpires: Martin Madden (GBR) Adam Kearns (AUS) | |
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 11:00 | Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Paco Vázquez (ESP) | |
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 18:00 | Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Simon Taylor (NZL) | |
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 18:00 | Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) Tim Pullman (AUS) | |
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 11:00 | Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Martin Madden (GBR) | |
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 12:30 | Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Simon Taylor (NZL) | |
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 11:00 | Umpires: Paco Vázquez (ESP) Simon Taylor (NZL) | |
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 12:30 | Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN) | |
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 13:30 | Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Nathan Stagno (GBR) | |
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 10:00 | Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Martin Madden (GBR) | |
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 11:00 | Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Nathan Stagno (GBR) | |
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 12:30 | Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Paco Vázquez (ESP) | |
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 12:30 | Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) Adam Kearns (AUS) | |
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 13:30 | Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Marcelo Servetto (ESP) | |
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 19:30 | Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Paco Vázquez (ESP) | |
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 10:00 | Umpires: Martin Madden (GBR) Adam Kearns (AUS) | |
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 12:30 | Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Nathan Stagno (GBR) | |
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 18:00 | Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Paco Vázquez (ESP) | |
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 20:30 | Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Murray Grime (AUS) | |
Semi-finals
16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 12:00 | Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) John Wright (RSA) | |
16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 17:00 | Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Murray Grime (AUS) | |
Bronze medal match
18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 12:00 | Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Martin Madden (GBR) | |
Gold medal match
18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 17:00 | Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER) | |
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 |
| Argentina | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 17 | Gold Medal |
| Belgium | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 18 | Silver Medal |
| Germany | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 17 | Bronze Medal |
4 | Netherlands | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 14 | Fourth place |
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5 | Spain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 10 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
6 | Australia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 9 |
7 | New Zealand | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 7 |
8 | India | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 7 |
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9 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 5 | Eliminated in group stage |
10 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 3 |
11 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 1 |
12 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 46 | −45 | 0 |
Source: Rio2016
(H) Hosts
Goalscorers
There were 189 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 4.97 goals per match.
11 goals
9 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Argentina beat Belgium 4-2 in the men's hockey final". bbc.com. 18 August 2016.
- ^ "Germany takes bronze in shootout win over Netherlands". nbcolympics.com. 18 August 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Hockey giants set to renew rivalries as match schedule unveiled for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Olympic Games hockey schedules confirmed". fih.ch. 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Brazil Men confirm their place in the hockey event at Rio 2016". FIH. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "Agreement between SASCOC and SAHA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Olympics Selection Criteria for SA Hockey Association". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ "Qualification Criteria" (PDF).
- ^ "Spain women and New Zealand men invited to Rio 2016 Olympic Games hockey events". FIH. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ Rio 2016 Regulations
- ^ Rio 2016 Regulations
External links
- Field hockey at Rio2016.com
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