The men's field hockey tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the 20th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 15 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 27 August. All games were played at the hockey centre within the Hellinikon Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece.

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Men's field hockey
at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Helliniko Olympic Complex
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
City	Athens
Dates	15 – 27 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Hellinikon Olympic Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	213 (5.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sohail Abbas (11 goals)
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Australia won the gold medal for the first time after defeating defending champions the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Spain 4–3.^[1]

Each of the continental champions from five federations received an automatic berth. Alongside the seven teams qualifying through the 2004 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualification Tournament, twelve teams competed in this tournament.^[2]

More information Dates, Event ...

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
30 September – 12 October 2002	2002 Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	South Korea
2–13 August 2003	2003 Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Argentina
1–13 September 2003	2003 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Barcelona, Spain	Germany
17–21 September 2003	2003 Men's Oceania Cup	Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand	Australia
10–16 October 2003	2003 All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	Egypt
2–13 March 2004	Olympic Qualification Tournament	Madrid, Spain	Netherlands  Spain  Pakistan  India  Great Britain  New Zealand  South Africa

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Although the host nation would have qualified automatically as well, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to give them an automatic berth due to the standard of hockey in Greece. Greece appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), however it was turned down. Greece's first option to gain a place at the Olympics was by qualifying for the EuroHockey Nations Championship held in 2003. As they did not qualify for this tournament their last option was to beat Canada, the last ranked team of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in a best of three play-off competition. Canada would have kept its place in the Qualifier regardless of whether it won or lost against Greece. There would, however, have been six places at stake at the tournament if Greece had qualified, rather than the seven eventually available. Greece lost the first two matches against Canada, losing their chance to qualify to the Olympics.^[3]

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Pool A

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	3	2	0	14	3	+11	11	Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	3	2	0	15	6	+9	11
3	Pakistan	5	3	0	2	19	8	+11	9	5–8th place semi-finals
4	South Korea	5	2	2	1	17	8	+9	8
5	Great Britain	5	1	0	4	9	21	−12	3	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Egypt	5	0	0	5	2	30	−28	0

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Source: FIH

More information South Korea, 1 – 1 ...

15 August 2004 18:00 South Korea  1 – 1  Spain You Hyo-Sik  16' Report Freixa  43' Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Peter Elders (NED)

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More information Germany, 2 – 1 ...

15 August 2004 18:30 Germany  2 – 1  Pakistan Emmerling  7' Michel  31' Report Butt  43' Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) John Wright (RSA)

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More information Great Britain, 3 – 1 ...

15 August 2004 20:00 Great Britain  3 – 1  Egypt Middleton  18' Fordham  53' Hawes  59' Report S. Mohamed  37' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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More information South Korea, 3 – 2 ...

17 August 2004 08:30 South Korea  3 – 2  Great Britain Lee Jung-Seon  15', 68' Yeo Woon-Kon  47' Report Hall  45' Stott  52' Umpires: Pedro Teixeira (POR) John Wright (RSA)

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More information Egypt, 0 – 7 ...

17 August 2004 18:30 Egypt  0 – 7  Pakistan Report Jawad  3', 12' Nadeem  15' Abbas  30', 34', 38', 58' Umpires: Han Jin-Soo (KOR) Peter Elders (NED)

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More information Spain, 1 – 1 ...

17 August 2004 20:30 Spain  1 – 1  Germany Freixa  28' Report Bechmann  64' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Murray Grime (AUS)

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More information Pakistan, 3 – 0 ...

19 August 2004 10:30 Pakistan  3 – 0  South Korea Butt  43' Abbasi  56' Abbas  66' Report Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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More information Germany, 6 – 1 ...

19 August 2004 18:00 Germany  6 – 1  Egypt Zeller  17', 67' Witthaus  38' Kunz  46' Bechmann  49', 58' Report Enaba  24' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) David Gentles (AUS)

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More information Great Britain, 1 – 5 ...

19 August 2004 18:30 Great Britain  1 – 5  Spain Middleton  57' Report Amat  7', 38' Freixa  32', 35' Ribas  61' Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Christian Blasch (GER)

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More information Egypt, 0 – 11 ...

21 August 2004 08:30 Egypt  0 – 11  South Korea Report Lee Jung-Seon  16', 25', 37', 59', 68' Jeon Jong-Ha  29' Seo Jong-Ho  57' Song Seung-Tae  62', 65', 65' You Hyo-Sik  66' Umpires: Padro Teixeira (POR) Christian Blasch (GER)

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More information Spain, 4 – 0 ...

21 August 2004 20:00 Spain  4 – 0  Pakistan Tubau  6', 35', 41' Freixa  63' Report Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) John Wright (RSA)

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More information Germany, 4 – 1 ...

21 August 2004 20:30 Germany  4 – 1  Great Britain Zeller  21', 39' Witthaus  38' Scharowsky  52' Report Moodie  60' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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More information Spain, 3 – 0 ...

23 August 2004 10:30 Spain  3 – 0  Egypt Tubau  6', 65' Amat  62' Report Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

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More information Pakistan, 8 – 2 ...

23 August 2004 18:00 Pakistan  8 – 2  Great Britain Abbas  9', 39' Ali  35+' Nadeem  37' Butt  55', 68' Abbasi  59' Shabbir  60' Report Stott  5' Hall  65' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

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More information South Korea, 2 – 2 ...

23 August 2004 18:30 South Korea  2 – 2  Germany Lee Jung-Seon  8', 54' Report Zeller  35' Emmerling  66' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA)

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Pool B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	16	9	+7	15	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	3	1	1	14	10	+4	10
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	13	11	+2	9	5–8th place semi-finals
4	India	5	1	1	3	11	13	−2	4
5	South Africa	5	1	0	4	9	15	−6	3	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Argentina	5	0	2	3	8	13	−5	2

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More information Australia, 4 – 1 ...

15 August 2004 08:30 Australia  4 – 1  New Zealand Elder  15' Dwyer  24', 42', 60' Report Smith  58' Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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More information Argentina, 1 – 2 ...

15 August 2004 10:30 Argentina  1 – 2  South Africa Almada  10' Report Nicol  38', 41' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) David Gentles (AUS)

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More information Netherlands, 3 – 1 ...

15 August 2004 20:30 Netherlands  3 – 1  India Eikelboom  2' De Nooijer  50' Taekema  54' Report G. A. Singh  69' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Jason McCracken (NZL)

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More information Argentina, 2 – 2 ...

17 August 2004 10:30 Argentina  2 – 2  Australia Almada  2', 31' Report Dwyer  26', 66' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Jason McCracken (NZL)

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More information South Africa, 2 – 4 ...

17 August 2004 18:00 South Africa  2 – 4  India Nicol  7' Fulton  12' Report D. Pillay  27' B. Singh  41' D. Tirkey  69' G. A. Singh  70' Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) David Leiper (GBR)

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More information New Zealand, 3 – 4 ...

17 August 2004 20:00 New Zealand  3 – 4  Netherlands Shaw  9', 55' Burrows  59' Report Taekema  4', 24' Klaver  39' Van der Weide  68' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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More information Netherlands, 3 – 2 ...

19 August 2004 08:30 Netherlands  3 – 2  South Africa Derikx  29' De Nooijer  49' Klaver  69' Report Evans  17' Symons  23' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

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More information New Zealand, 3 – 1 ...

19 August 2004 20:00 New Zealand  3 – 1  Argentina Shaw  12' Hari  44' Burrows  49' Report Lombi  8' Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Pedro Teixeira (POR)

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More information Australia, 4 – 3 ...

19 August 2004 20:30 Australia  4 – 3  India Elder  11' Dwyer  38' McCann  49' Brennan  70' Report Thakur  6' G. A. Singh  50' Halappa  52' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA)

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More information India, 1 – 2 ...

21 August 2004 10:30 India  1 – 2  New Zealand D. Pillay  62' Report Burrows  36' Shaw  70+' Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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More information South Africa, 2 – 3 ...

21 August 2004 18:00 South Africa  2 – 3  Australia Nicol  4' Smith  29' Report Brooks  17' Eglington  19' Brennan  47' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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More information Argentina, 2 – 4 ...

21 August 2004 18:30 Argentina  2 – 4  Netherlands Almada  37' Lombi  52' Report Reckers  17' Klaver  22' Taekema  26' De Nooijer  44' Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Murray Grime (AUS)

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23 August 2004 08:30 New Zealand  4 – 1  South Africa Kosoof  15' Shaw  38', 46' Burrows  70' Report Smith  28' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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More information India, 2 – 2 ...

23 August 2004 20:00 India  2 – 2  Argentina G. A. Singh  33', 60' Report Vila  52', 69' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Peter Elders (NED)

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More information Australia, 1 – 2 ...

23 August 2004 20:30 Australia  1 – 2  Netherlands Brooks  28' Report Taekema  10', 13' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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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.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Australia	7	5	1	1	22	14	+8	16	Gold Medal
	Netherlands	7	6	0	1	20	13	+7	18	Silver Medal
	Germany	7	4	2	1	21	12	+9	14	Bronze Medal
4	Spain	7	3	2	2	20	13	+7	11	Fourth place
5	Pakistan	7	5	0	2	26	10	+16	15	Eliminated in group stage
6	New Zealand	7	4	0	3	19	18	+1	12
7	India	7	2	1	4	16	18	−2	7
8	South Korea	7	2	2	3	22	17	+5	8
9	Great Britain	7	2	1	4	14	23	−9	7
10	South Africa	7	2	1	4	15	17	−2	7
11	Argentina	7	1	2	4	13	19	−6	5
12	Egypt	7	0	0	7	5	39	−34	0

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There were 213 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5.07 goals per match.

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Source: FIH