Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's field hockey
at the 2008 Summer Olympics
	250px Olympic Green Hockey Field
Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Beijing
Dates	11 – 23 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Olympic Green Hockey Field
Top three teams
Champions	Germany (3rd title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	174 (4.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Taeke Taekema (11 goals)
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The men's field hockey tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the 21st edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 11 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 23 August. All games were played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green in Beijing, China.

Germany won the gold medal for the third time after defeating Spain 1–0 in the final. Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Netherlands 6–2.This was the only edition India has missed out in its Olympic history.

Competition format

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 semifinals. 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.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations and host received an automatic berth. The European and Asian federations received two and one extra quotas respectively based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2006 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]^[2]

Date	Event	Location	Qualifier (s)
Host nation			China (17)
2–14 December 2006	2006 Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	South Korea (5) Pakistan (6)
14–22 July 2007	2007 African Olympic Qualifier	Nairobi, Kenya	South Africa (13)
14–29 July 2007	2007 Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Canada (15)
18–25 August 2007	2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Manchester, England	Netherlands (3) Spain (4) Belgium (12)
11–17 September 2007	2007 Oceania Cup	Buderim, Australia	Australia (2)
2–10 February 2008	Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1	Auckland, New Zealand	New Zealand (10)
1–9 March 2008	Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2	Santiago, Chile	Great Britain (8)
5–13 April 2008	Olympic Qualifying Tournament 3	Kakamigahara, Japan	Germany (1)

Umpires

Fifteen umpires for the men's event were appointed by the FIH.^[3] During each match, a video umpire was used to assist the on-field umpires in determining if a goal had been legally scored.^[4]

Xavier Adell (ESP)
Christian Blasch (GER)
Chen Dekang (CHN)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
David Gentles (AUS)

Murray Grime (AUS)
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
David Leiper (GBR)
Andy Mair (GBR)

Gary Simmonds (RSA)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Roel van Eert (NED)
John Wright (RSA)

Squads

Results

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

First round

Pool A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4	12
Germany	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6	11
South Korea	5	2	1	2	13	11	+2	7
New Zealand	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1	7
Belgium	5	1	1	3	9	13	−4	4
China	5	0	1	4	7	16	−9	1

Advanced to semifinals

11 August 2008
08:30

Germany	4 – 1	China
C. Zeller Template:Fhgoal Keller Template:Fhgoal Nevado Template:Fhgoal	Report	Na Yubo Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Satinder Kumar (IND)

11 August 2008
18:00

South Korea	1 – 3	New Zealand
Lee Nam-yong Template:Fhgoal	Report	H. Shaw Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Andy Mair (GBR)

11 August 2008
20:30

Spain	4 – 2	Belgium
Amat Template:Fhgoal Freixa Template:Fhgoal Ribas Template:Fhgoal Sojo Template:Fhgoal	Report	Truyens Template:Fhgoal Dekeyser Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Roel van Eert (NED)

13 August 2008
10:30

China	2 – 5	South Korea
Na Yubo Template:Fhgoal Song Yi Template:Fhgoal	Report	Seo Jong-ho Template:Fhgoal Jang Jong-hyun Template:Fhgoal Kang Seong-jung Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

13 August 2008
18:30

Belgium	1 – 1	Germany
Charlier Template:Fhgoal	Report	Witthaus Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Rob ten Cate (NED)
David Gentles (AUS)

13 August 2008
20:30

New Zealand	0 – 1	Spain
	Report	Freixa Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Christian Blasch (GER)

15 August 2008
08:30

Spain	2 – 1	China
Ribas Template:Fhgoal Amat Template:Fhgoal	Report	Na Yubo Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)

15 August 2008
18:00

Belgium	2 – 4	New Zealand
Dekeyser Template:Fhgoal Gucassoff Template:Fhgoal	Report	Child Template:Fhgoal Brooks Template:Fhgoal McAleese Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

15 August 2008
20:30

South Korea	3 – 3	Germany
Yeo Woon-kon Template:Fhgoal Jang Jong-hyun Template:Fhgoal Seo Jong-ho Template:Fhgoal	Report	Witte Template:Fhgoal Witthaus Template:Fhgoal C. Zeller Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Satinder Kumar (IND)

17 August 2008
10:30

South Korea	3 – 1	Belgium
You Hyo-sik Template:Fhgoal Jang Jong-hyun Template:Fhgoal	Report	Dekeyser Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Satinder Kumar (IND)

17 August 2008
18:30

New Zealand	2 – 2	China
Child Template:Fhgoal McAleese Template:Fhgoal	Report	Song Yi Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Andy Mair (GBR)

17 August 2008
21:00

Germany	1 – 0	Spain
Fürste Template:Fhgoal	Report

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
David Gentles (AUS)

19 August 2008
10:30

Germany	3 – 1	New Zealand
T. Weß Template:Fhgoal Witthaus Template:Fhgoal Keller Template:Fhgoal	Report	H. Shaw Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Andy Mair (GBR)

19 August 2008
18:30

South Korea	1 – 2	Spain
Yoon Sung-hoon Template:Fhgoal	Report	Freixa Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
John Wright (USA)

19 August 2008
21:00

China	1 – 3	Belgium
Song Yi Template:Fhgoal	Report	Reckinger Template:Fhgoal Truyens Template:Fhgoal Dohmen Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

Pool B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	4	1	0	16	6	+10	13
Australia	5	3	2	0	24	7	+17	11
Great Britain	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3	8
Pakistan	5	2	0	3	11	13	−2	6
Canada	5	1	1	3	10	17	−7	4
South Africa	5	0	0	5	4	25	−21	0

Advanced to semifinals

11 August 2008
10:30

Pakistan	2 – 4	Great Britain
Abbasi Template:Fhgoal Waqas Template:Fhgoal	Report	Tindall Template:Fhgoal Moore Template:Fhgoal Jackson Template:Fhgoal Daly Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

11 August 2008
18:30

Australia	6 – 1	Canada
Abbott Template:Fhgoal Kavanagh Template:Fhgoal Ockenden Template:Fhgoal Schubert Template:Fhgoal	Report	P. Short Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

11 August 2008
21:00

Netherlands	5 – 0	South Africa
Taekema Template:Fhgoal Docherty Template:Fhgoal Hertzberger Template:Fhgoal M. Brouwer Template:Fhgoal	Report

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

13 August 2008
08:30

South Africa	0 – 10	Australia
	Report	Dwyer Template:Fhgoal Matheson Template:Fhgoal Schubert Template:Fhgoal Guest Template:Fhgoal Kavanagh Template:Fhgoal Abbott Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Andy Mair (GBR)
Roel van Eert (NED)

13 August 2008
18:00

Canada	1 – 3	Pakistan
Kullar Template:Fhgoal	Report	Imran Template:Fhgoal Rasool Template:Fhgoal Waqas Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
David Leiper (GBR)

13 August 2008
21:00

Netherlands	1 – 0	Great Britain
Taekema Template:Fhgoal	Report

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

15 August 2008
10:30

Netherlands	4 – 2	Canada
Taekema Template:Fhgoal Weusthof Template:Fhgoal	Report	Deol Template:Fhgoal Kahlon Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

15 August 2008
18:30

Pakistan	1 – 3	Australia
Abbasi Template:Fhgoal	Report	Schubert Template:Fhgoal Dwyer Template:Fhgoal Brooks Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

15 August 2008
21:00

South Africa	0 – 2	Great Britain
	Report	Tindall Template:Fhgoal Daly Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Rob ten Cate (NED)

17 August 2008
08:30

Great Britain	1 – 1	Canada
Daly Template:Fhgoal	Report	Pereira Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

17 August 2008
18:00

Pakistan	3 – 1	South Africa
Javed Template:Fhgoal Abbasi Template:Fhgoal Saqlain Template:Fhgoal	Report	Smith Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)

17 August 2008
20:30

Australia	2 – 2	Netherlands
Ockenden Template:Fhgoal Doerner Template:Fhgoal	Report	Taekema Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Christian Blasch (GER)

19 August 2008
08:30

Netherlands	4 – 2	Pakistan
Brouwer Template:Fhgoal Taekema Template:Fhgoal Hertzberger Template:Fhgoal	Report	Imran Template:Fhgoal Maqsood Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)

19 August 2008
18:00

Canada	5 – 3	South Africa
R. Short Template:Fhgoal Fernandes Template:Fhgoal Grimes Template:Fhgoal	Report	Smith Template:Fhgoal Tsolekile Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Satinder Kumar (IND)

19 August 2008
20:30

Australia	3 – 3	Great Britain
George Template:Fhgoal Dwyer Template:Fhgoal Ockenden Template:Fhgoal	Report	Middleton Template:Fhgoal R. Mantell Template:Fhgoal Moore Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

Fifth to twelfth place classification

Eleventh and twelfth place

23 August 2008
08:30

China	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	South Africa
Na Yubo Template:Fhgoal Song Yi Template:Fhgoal	Report	Tsolekile Template:Fhgoal Symons Template:Fhgoal Smith Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Satinder Kumar (IND)

Ninth and tenth place

21 August 2008
08:30

Belgium	3 – 0	Canada
Dekeyser Template:Fhgoal Dohmen Template:Fhgoal	Report

Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

Seventh and eighth place

21 August 2008
11:00

New Zealand	4 – 2	Pakistan
Child Template:Fhgoal H. Shaw Template:Fhgoal Brooks Template:Fhgoal	Report	Bilgrami Template:Fhgoal Butt Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Kim Hong-Lae (KOR)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

Fifth and sixth place

23 August 2008
11:00

South Korea	2 – 5	Great Britain
Jang Jong-hyun Template:Fhgoal Hyun Hye-sung Template:Fhgoal	Report	Middleton Template:Fhgoal Jackson Template:Fhgoal Clarke Template:Fhgoal Kirkham Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Roel van Eert (NED)

Medal round

Semifinals			Gold medal match

21 August 2008
Netherlands	1 (3)
Germany (p.s.)	1 (4)

			23 August 2008
			Germany	1
			Spain	0


			Bronze medal match
21 August 2008		23 August 2008
Spain	3	Netherlands	2
Australia	2		Australia	6

Semifinals

21 August 2008
18:00

Netherlands	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Germany
Hoyng Template:Fhgoal	Report	P. Zeller Template:Fhgoal
Penalties
Taekema R. Brouwer Reckers Weusthof De Nooijer --- Taekema	3 – 4	C. Zeller Keller Meinert P. Zeller Weißenborn --- C. Zeller

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
John Wright (RSA)

21 August 2008
20:30

Spain	3 − 2	Australia
Tubau Template:Fhgoal Freixa Template:Fhgoal	Report	Abbott Template:Fhgoal Ockenden Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Christian Blasch (GER)

Bronze medal match

23 August 2008
18:00

Netherlands	2 – 6	Australia
Taekema Template:Fhgoal De Nooijer Template:Fhgoal	Report	Ockenden Template:Fhgoal Abbott Template:Fhgoal Matheson Template:Fhgoal Hammond Template:Fhgoal Doerner Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Andy Mair (GBR)
Christian Blasch (GER)

Gold medal match

23 August 2008
20:30

Germany	1 – 0	Spain
C. Zeller Template:Fhgoal	Report

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
David Gentles (AUS)

Statistics

Final ranking

References

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↑ FIH Outdoor Appointments 2008
↑ XXIXth Olympic Games Tournament Regulations - Men's and Women's Hockey Competitions

External links

Official FIH website

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