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Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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

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]

^A – Japan 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.[5]

Umpires

On 11 September 2019, 14 umpires were appointed by the FIH.[6]

Squads

Group stage

The pools were announced on 23 November 2019.[7]

All times are local (UTC+9).[8][9]

Group A

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

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

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

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.

Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Hosts

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

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Tokyo2020 and FIH

References

  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans after new COVID-19 state of emergency declared". usatoday.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Kookaburras take silver after losing to Belgium in dramatic shootout in Tokyo Olympics hockey final". abc.net.au. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ "India ends long wait for 12th men's field hockey medal". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. ^ "FIH appoints Officials for Tokyo 2020". FIH. 11 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic hockey tournaments: pools confirmed". FIH. 23 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Hockey competition schedule announced for rescheduled Olympic Games in Tokyo". FIH. 17 July 2020.
  9. ^ Schedule