Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's field hockey
at the 2004 Summer Olympics

250px Helliniko Olympic Complex
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
City	Athens
Dates	15 – 27 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Hellinikon Olympic Hockey Centre
Top three teams
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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Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Tournament
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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.

Australia won the gold medal for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Spain 4–3.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations received an automatic berth. Alongside the seven teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament, twelve teams competed in this tournament.

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 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

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 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.

Umpires

• Xavier Adell (ESP)
• Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
• David Gentles (AUS)
• Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
• David Leiper (GBR)
• Ray O'Conner (IRL)
• Amarjit Singh (MAS)
• John Wright (RSA)
• Cristian Blasch (GER)
• Peter Elders (NED)
• Murray Grime (AUS)
• Satinder Kumar (IND)
• Jason McCracken (NZL)
• Sumesh Putra (CAN)
• Pedro Teixeira (POR)

Rosters

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Results

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

First round

Pool A

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

     Advanced to semifinals

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

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

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

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17 August 2004 08:30 South Korea 3 – 2 Great Britain Lee Jung-Seon Template:Fhgoal Yeo Woon-Kon Template:Fhgoal Report Hall Template:Fhgoal Stott Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Pedro Teixeira (POR) John Wright (RSA)

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17 August 2004 18:30 Egypt 0 – 7 Pakistan Report Jawad Template:Fhgoal Nadeem Template:Fhgoal Abbas Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Han Jin-Soo (KOR) Peter Elders (NED)

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

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

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19 August 2004 18:00 Germany 6 – 1 Egypt Zeller Template:Fhgoal Witthaus Template:Fhgoal Kunz Template:Fhgoal Bechmann Template:Fhgoal Report Enaba Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) David Gentles (AUS)

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19 August 2004 18:30 Great Britain 1 – 5 Spain Middleton Template:Fhgoal Report Amat Template:Fhgoal Freixa Template:Fhgoal Ribas Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Christian Blasch (GER)

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21 August 2004 08:30 Egypt 0 – 11 South Korea Report Lee Jung-Seon Template:Fhgoal Jeon Jong-Ha Template:Fhgoal Seo Jong-Ho Template:Fhgoal Song Seung-Tae Template:Fhgoal You Hyo-Sik Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Padro Teixeira (POR) Christian Blasch (GER)

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21 August 2004 20:00 Spain 4 – 0 Pakistan Tubau Template:Fhgoal Freixa Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) John Wright (RSA)

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21 August 2004 20:30 Germany 4 – 1 Great Britain Zeller Template:Fhgoal Witthaus Template:Fhgoal Scharowsky Template:Fhgoal Report Moodie Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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23 August 2004 10:30 Spain 3 – 0 Egypt Tubau Template:Fhgoal Amat Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

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23 August 2004 18:00 Pakistan 8 – 2 Great Britain Abbas Template:Fhgoal Ali Template:Fhgoal Nadeem Template:Fhgoal Butt Template:Fhgoal Abbasi Template:Fhgoal Shabbir Template:Fhgoal Report Stott Template:Fhgoal Hall Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

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23 August 2004 18:30 South Korea 2 – 2 Germany Lee Jung-Seon Template:Fhgoal Report Zeller Template:Fhgoal Emmerling Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	5	0	0	16	9	+7	15
Australia	5	3	1	1	14	10	+10	10
New Zealand	5	3	0	2	13	11	+2	9
India	5	1	1	3	11	13	−2	4
South Africa	5	1	0	4	9	15	−6	3
Argentina	5	0	2	3	8	13	−5	2

     Advanced to semifinals

15 August 2004 08:30 Australia 4 – 1 New Zealand Elder Template:Fhgoal Dwyer Template:Fhgoal Report Smith Template:Fhgoal Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

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

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

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17 August 2004 10:30 Argentina 2 – 2 Australia Almada Template:Fhgoal Report Dwyer Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Jason McCracken (NZL)

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

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17 August 2004 20:00 New Zealand 3 – 4 Netherlands Shaw Template:Fhgoal Burrows Template:Fhgoal Report Taekema Template:Fhgoal Klaver Template:Fhgoal Van der Weide Template:Fhgoal Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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19 August 2004 08:30 Netherlands 3 – 2 South Africa Derikx Template:Fhgoal De Nooijer Template:Fhgoal Klaver Template:Fhgoal Report Evans Template:Fhgoal Symons Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

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19 August 2004 20:00 New Zealand 3 – 1 Argentina Shaw Template:Fhgoal Hari Template:Fhgoal Burrows Template:Fhgoal Report Lombi Template:Fhgoal Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Pedro Teixeira (POR)

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19 August 2004 20:30 Australia 4 – 3 India Elder Template:Fhgoal Dwyer Template:Fhgoal McCann Template:Fhgoal Brennan Template:Fhgoal Report Thakur Template:Fhgoal G. A. Singh Template:Fhgoal Halappa Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA)

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

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21 August 2004 18:00 South Africa 2 – 3 Australia Nicol Template:Fhgoal Smith Template:Fhgoal Report Brooks Template:Fhgoal Eglington Template:Fhgoal Brennan Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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21 August 2004 18:30 Argentina 2 – 4 Netherlands Almada Template:Fhgoal Lombi Template:Fhgoal Report Reckers Template:Fhgoal Klaver Template:Fhgoal Taekema Template:Fhgoal De Nooijer Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Murray Grime (AUS)

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23 August 2004 08:30 New Zealand 4 – 1 South Africa Kosoof Template:Fhgoal Shaw Template:Fhgoal Burrows Template:Fhgoal Report Smith Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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23 August 2004 20:00 India 2 – 2 Argentina G. A. Singh Template:Fhgoal Report Vila Template:Fhgoal Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Peter Elders (NED)

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23 August 2004 20:30 Australia 1 – 2 Netherlands Brooks Template:Fhgoal Report Taekema Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Crossover				Ninth place
	25 August 2004
	South Africa	5
	Egypt	1
					27 August 2004
					South Africa	1 (3)
					Great Britain (p.s.)	1 (4)
					Eleventh place
	25 August 2004			27 August 2004
	Great Britain	4		Egypt	2
	Argentina	1			Argentina	4

Crossover

25 August 2004 08:30 South Africa 5 – 1 Egypt Nicol Template:Fhgoal Fulton Template:Fhgoal Smith Template:Fhgoal Report Ahmed Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Pedro Teixeira (POR) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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25 August 2004 11:00 Great Britain 4 – 1 Argentina Moore Template:Fhgoal Bertram Template:Fhgoal Hall Template:Fhgoal Pearn Template:Fhgoal Report Retegui Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Christian Blasch (GER)

Eleventh and twelfth place

27 August 2004 09:00 Egypt 2 – 4 Argentina El Sayed Template:Fhgoal Mohamed Template:Fhgoal Retegui Template:Fhgoal Almada Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

Ninth and tenth place

27 August 2004 11:30 South Africa 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Great Britain Nicol Template:Fhgoal Report Fordham Template:Fhgoal Penalties Symons Clark Nicol Denne Fulton 3 – 4 Hawes Moodie Stott Garrard Hall Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	25 August 2004
	New Zealand	4
	South Korea	3
					27 August 2004
					New Zealand	2
					Pakistan	4
					Seventh place
	25 August 2004			27 August 2004
	Pakistan	3		South Korea	2
	India	0			India	5

Crossover

25 August 2004 18:00 New Zealand 4 – 3 South Korea Burrows Template:Fhgoal McIndoe Template:Fhgoal Report Yeo Woon-Kon Template:Fhgoal Lee Jung-Seon Template:Fhgoal Jeon Jong-Ha Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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25 August 2004 20:30 Pakistan 3 – 0 India Aziz Template:Fhgoal Abbas Template:Fhgoal Shabbir Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Seventh and eighth place

27 August 2004 08:30 South Korea 2 – 5 India Ji Seong-Hwan Template:Fhgoal Kang Seong-Jung Template:Fhgoal Report G. A. Singh Template:Fhgoal V. Pillay Template:Fhgoal P. Singh Template:Fhgoal Sinclair Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Peter Elders (NED)

Fifth and sixth place

27 August 2004 11:00 New Zealand 2 – 4 Pakistan Brooks Template:Fhgoal Smith Template:Fhgoal Report Abbas Template:Fhgoal Jawad Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) David Leiper (GBR)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	25 August 2004
	Netherlands	3
	Germany	2
					27 August 2004
					Netherlands	1
					Australia (a.e.t.)	2
					Bronze medal match
	25 August 2004			27 August 2004
	Spain	3		Germany (a.e.t.)	4
	Australia	6			Spain	3

Semifinals

25 August 2004 18:30 Netherlands 3 – 2 Germany Taekema Template:Fhgoal Eikelboom Template:Fhgoal De Nooijer Template:Fhgoal Report Witthaus Template:Fhgoal Bechmann Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

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25 August 2004 21:00 Spain 3 – 6 Australia Tubau Template:Fhgoal Ribas Template:Fhgoal Report Elder Template:Fhgoal McCann Template:Fhgoal Wells Template:Fhgoal Schubert Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Bronze medal match

27 August 2004 18:00 Germany 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) Spain Reinelt Template:Fhgoal Duckwitz Template:Fhgoal Emmerling Template:Fhgoal Michel Template:Fhgoal Report Freixa Template:Fhgoal Tubau Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Gold medal match

27 August 2004 20:30 Netherlands 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Australia Brouwer Template:Fhgoal Report Brooks Template:Fhgoal Dwyer Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) John Wright (RSA)

Statistics

Final ranking

1. Australia
2. Netherlands
3. Germany
4. Spain
5. Pakistan
6. New Zealand

7. India
8. South Korea
9. Great Britain
10. South Africa
11. Argentina
12. Egypt

External links

• Official FIH website