Field_hockey_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament
The men's field hockey tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 22nd edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 30 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 11 August. All games were played at the Riverbank Arena within the Olympic Park in London, United Kingdom.
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| Host country | United Kingdom | ||
| City | London | ||
| Dates | 30 July – 11 August | ||
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Venue(s) | Riverbank Arena | ||
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| Champions |  Germany (4th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Netherlands | ||
| Third place |  Australia | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 38 | ||
| Goals scored | 185 (4.87 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Mink van der Weerden (8 goals) | ||
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Defending champions Germany won the gold medal for the fourth time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain 3–1.
The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their pool. Following the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advance to the semi-finals. All other teams play classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.
Each of the continental champions from five federations and host received an automatic berth. The European and Oceanian federations received two and one extra quotas respectively based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2010 World Cup. In addition to the three teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.[1]
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| Date | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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| Host nation | 1 |  Great Britain (4) | ||
| 15–25 November 2010 | 2010 Asian Games[2] | Guangzhou, China | 1 |  Pakistan (8) |
| 20–28 August 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 3 | Germany (2) Netherlands (3) Belgium1 (11) |
| 2–11 September 2011 | 2011 African Olympic Qualifier | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 0 | —2 |
| 6–9 October 2011 | 2011 Oceania Cup | Hobart, Australia | 2 | 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 | |||
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- ^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.[3]
The FIH announced the list of umpires on 3 January 2012:[4]
Christian Blasch (GER)
Ged Curran (GBR)
David Gentles (AUS)
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
Nigel Iggo (NZL)- Hamish Jamson (GBR)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
German Montes de Oca (ARG)
Raghu Prasad (IND)- Tim Pullman (AUS)
Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)- Nathan Stagno (GBR)
- Simon Taylor (NZL)
Roel van Eert (NED)- John Wright (RSA)
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)'[5]
Pool A
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| 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 |
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Pool B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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Fifth to twelfth place classification
Eleventh and twelfth place
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Ninth and tenth place
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Medal round
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| Australia | 2 | |||||
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| Germany | 4 | |||||
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| Netherlands | 1 | |||||
| Netherlands | 9 | |||||
| Great Britain | 2 | |||||
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| Australia | 3 | |||||
| Great Britain | 1 | |||||
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Bronze medal match
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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.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 16 | Gold Medal |
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Netherlands |
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 11 | +17 | 18 | Silver Medal |
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Australia |
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 14 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Great Britain (H) |
7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Belgium |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 10 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Spain |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 8 | |
| 7 | Pakistan |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 10 | |
| 8 | South Korea |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | |
| 9 | New Zealand |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 8 | |
| 10 | Argentina |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 4 | |
| 11 | South Africa |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 4 | |
| 12 | India |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 0 |
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There were 185 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 4.87 goals per match.
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Lucas Rossi
- Lucas Vila
- Matias Vila
- Liam de Young
- Eddie Ockenden
Gauthier Boccard- Thomas Briels
- Cédric Charlier
- Florent van Aubel
- Ramón Alegre
- Marc Salles
- Daniel Fox
- Iain Lewers
- Robert Moore
- Richard Smith
- Oskar Deecke
- Moritz Fürste
- Oliver Korn
- Thilo Stralkowski
- Christopher Wesley
- Timo Weß
- Matthias Witthaus
- Gurwinder Singh
- Tushar Khandker
- Shivendra Singh
- V. R. Raghunath
- Jang Jong-hyun
- Lee Nam-yong
- Lee Seung-il
- Floris Evers
- Robbert Kemperman
- Robert van der Horst
- Valentin Verga
- Phil Burrows
- Andy Hayward
Waseem Ahmed- Rehan Butt
- Shafqat Rasool
- Muhammad Waqas
- Andrew Cronje
- Timothy Drummond
- Thornton McDade
- Wade Paton
- Austin Smith
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