Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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The men's field hockey tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the 25th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It took place from 27 July to 8 August 2024. All games were played at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir in Paris, France.[1]
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | France | ||
| City | Paris | ||
| Dates | 30 July – 8 August | ||
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Venue | Stade Yves-du-Manoir | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Netherlands (3rd title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Germany | ||
| Third place |  India | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 38 | ||
| Goals scored | 154 (4.05 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Harmanpreet Singh (10 goals) | ||
All statistics are correct as of 8 August 2024
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The Netherlands took home gold after a finals victory over Germany for their third title, while India took the bronze medal.[2][3]
Competition schedule
In the preliminary round, games were played on two pitches.[4]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Mon 5 | Tue 6 | Wed 7 | Thu 8 | |
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| 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 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. France as the host nation qualified automatically. The other teams qualified through the 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.[5]
| Qualification | Date | Host/Country | Berths | Qualified team |
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| Host country | N/a | 1 |  France | |
| 2023 Oceania Cup | 10–13 August 2023 |  Whangarei |
1 |  Australia |
| 2023 EuroHockey Championship | 19–27 August 2023 | Mönchengladbach |
1 | Netherlands |
| 2022 Asian Games | 24 September − 6 October 2023 |  Hangzhou |
1 | India |
| 2023 Pan American Games | 25 October – 3 November 2023 |  Santiago |
1 |  Argentina |
| 2023 African Olympic Qualifier[6] | 29 October – 5 November 2023 |  Pretoria |
1 | South Africa |
| 2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers | 13–21 January 2024 |  Valencia |
3 |  Belgium Spain Ireland |
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3 | Germany Great Britain New Zealand | ||
| Total | 12 | |||
Umpires
On 12 September 2023, 14 umpires were appointed by the FIH.[7]
- Gabriel Labate (ARG)
- Irene Presenqui (ARG)
- Zeke Newman (AUS)
- Steve Rogers (AUS)
- Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
- Ben Göntgen (GER)
- Dan Barstow (GBR)
- Martin Madden (GBR)
- Sarah Wilson (GBR)
- Raghu Prasad (IND)
- Coen van Bunge (NED)
- Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
- Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
- David Tomlinson (NZL)
- Marcin Grochal (POL)
- Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
- Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Squads
Group stage
The pools were announced on 22 January 2024.[8] The match schedule was announced on 6 March 2024.[9][10]
All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 12 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 10 | |
| 3 | Great Britain |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 | |
| 4 | Spain |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 7 | |
| 5 | South Africa |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 4 | |
| 6 | France (H) |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 1 |
Source: 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
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
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Belgium |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 13 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | India |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | |
| 3 | Australia |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Argentina |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |
| 5 | Ireland |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
| 6 | New Zealand |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 4 August | ||||||||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 August | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||||||
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| India | 2 | |||||||||
| India (p.s.o.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 8 August | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| Germany | 1 (1) | |||||||||
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| Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 4 | |||||||||
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| Spain | 0 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Belgium | 2 | |||||||||
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| Spain | 3 | |||||||||
| India | 2 | |||||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
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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 |
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| 1 | Netherlands |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 17 | Gold medal |
| 2 | Germany |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 19 | Silver medal |
| 3 | India |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 14 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Spain |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 10 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Belgium |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 13 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Australia |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | |
| 7 | Great Britain |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | |
| 8 | Argentina |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 8 | |
| 9 | South Africa |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | Ireland |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
| 11 | France (H) |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 1 | |
| 12 | New Zealand |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 |
Goalscorers
There were 154 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 4.05 goals per match.
10 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Matías Rey- Agustín Mazzilli
Tom Craig- Lachlan Sharp
- Corey Weyer
- Tom Wickham
- Ky Willott
John-John Dohmen- Nicolas De Kerpel
- Antoine Kina
- Arthur De Sloover
Simon Martin-Brisac- Charles Masson
Tom Grambusch- Teo Hinrichs
- Marco Miltkau
James Albery- Nicholas Park
- Phil Roper
- Zach Wallace
Vivek Prasad- Mandeep Singh
- Sukhjeet Singh
Jeremy Duncan- Benjamin Walker
Koen Bijen- Tijmen Reyenga
Simon Child- Joe Morrison
Andrew Hobson- Keenan Horne
- Tevin Kok
- Bradley Sherwood
Álvaro Iglesias- Rafael Vilallonga
Source: Olympics
