Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics
| Field hockey at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
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| File:Field Hockey, London 2012.png | |
| Venue | Riverbank Arena |
| Dates | 29 July – 11 August 2012 |
| No. of events | 2 |
| Competitors | 15 from 387 nations |
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| men | women | |
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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. 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.
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
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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.[8]
Women's qualification
- ^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
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Pool B
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Medal round
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 9 August | ||||||
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 2 | |||||
| 11 August | ||||||
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 4 | |||||
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 2 | |||||
| 9 August | ||||||
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 1 | |||||
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 9 | |||||
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 2 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 11 August | ||||||
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 3 | |||||
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 1 | |||||
Final standings
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
- File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
- File:Flag of India.svg India
Women's tournament
Pool A
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Pool B
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Medal round
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 8 August | ||||||
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||
| 10 August | ||||||
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 2 (1) | |||||
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 2 | |||||
| 8 August | ||||||
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 0 | |||||
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 2 | |||||
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 1 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 10 August | ||||||
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 1 | |||||
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 3 | |||||
Final standings
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
- File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
- File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Great Britain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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Medalists
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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
File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
- Hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
- Official results book – Hockey. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
- London Olympic Games. International Hockey Federation. at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 February 2013)
- Hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
