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

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.

Men's field hockey
at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Helliniko Olympic Complex
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
City	Athens
Dates	15 – 27 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Hellinikon Olympic Hockey Centre
Final positions
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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Australia won the gold medal for the first time after defeating defending champions the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Spain 4–3. Pakistan's Sohail Abbas was the top scorer of the tournament, netting 11 goals.^[1]

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations received an automatic berth. Alongside the seven teams qualifying through the 2004 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualification Tournament, twelve teams competed in this tournament.^[2]

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 Men's 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 of 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.^[3]

Umpires

•  Xavier Adell (ESP)
•  Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
•  David Gentles (AUS)
•  Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
•  David Leiper (GBR)
•  Ray O'Connor (IRL)
•  Amarjit Singh (MAS)
•  John Wright (RSA)
•  Christian 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

Preliminary round

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Pool A

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

Source: FIH

15 August 2004 18:00 South Korea  1 – 1  Spain You Hyo-Sik  16' Report Freixa  43' Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Peter Elders (NED)

15 August 2004 18:30 Germany  2 – 1  Pakistan Emmerling  7' Michel  31' Report Butt  43' Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) John Wright (RSA)

15 August 2004 20:00 Great Britain  3 – 1  Egypt Middleton  18' Fordham  53' Hawes  59' Report S. Mohamed  37' 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  15', 68' Yeo Woon-Kon  47' Report Hall  45' Stott  52' Umpires: Pedro Teixeira (POR) John Wright (RSA)

17 August 2004 18:30 Egypt  0 – 7  Pakistan Report Jawad  3', 12' Nadeem  15' Abbas  30', 34', 38', 58' Umpires: Han Jin-Soo (KOR) Peter Elders (NED)

17 August 2004 20:30 Spain  1 – 1  Germany Freixa  28' Report Bechmann  64' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Murray Grime (AUS)

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19 August 2004 10:30 Pakistan  3 – 0  South Korea Butt  43' Abbasi  56' Abbas  66' Report Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

19 August 2004 18:00 Germany  6 – 1  Egypt Zeller  17', 67' Witthaus  38' Kunz  46' Bechmann  49', 58' Report Enaba  24' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) David Gentles (AUS)

19 August 2004 18:30 Great Britain  1 – 5  Spain Middleton  57' Report Amat  7', 38' Freixa  32', 35' Ribas  61' 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  16', 25', 37', 59', 68' Jeon Jong-Ha  29' Seo Jong-Ho  57' Song Seung-Tae  62', 65', 65' You Hyo-Sik  66' Umpires: Padro Teixeira (POR) Christian Blasch (GER)

21 August 2004 20:00 Spain  4 – 0  Pakistan Tubau  6', 35', 41' Freixa  63' Report Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) John Wright (RSA)

21 August 2004 20:30 Germany  4 – 1  Great Britain Zeller  21', 39' Witthaus  38' Scharowsky  52' Report Moodie  60' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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23 August 2004 10:30 Spain  3 – 0  Egypt Tubau  6', 65' Amat  62' Report Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

23 August 2004 18:00 Pakistan  8 – 2  Great Britain Abbas  9', 39' Ali  35+' Nadeem  37' Butt  55', 68' Abbasi  59' Shabbir  60' Report Stott  5' Hall  65' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

23 August 2004 18:30 South Korea  2 – 2  Germany Lee Jung-Seon  8', 54' Report Zeller  35' Emmerling  66' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	16	9	+7	15	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	3	1	1	14	10	+4	10
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	13	11	+2	9	5–8th place semi-finals
4	India	5	1	1	3	11	13	−2	4
5	South Africa	5	1	0	4	9	15	−6	3	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Argentina	5	0	2	3	8	13	−5	2

Source: FIH

15 August 2004 08:30 Australia  4 – 1  New Zealand Elder  15' Dwyer  24', 42', 60' Report Smith  58' Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

15 August 2004 10:30 Argentina  1 – 2  South Africa Almada  10' Report Nicol  38', 41' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) David Gentles (AUS)

15 August 2004 20:30 Netherlands  3 – 1  India Eikelboom  2' De Nooijer  50' Taekema  54' Report G. A. Singh  69' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Jason McCracken (NZL)

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17 August 2004 10:30 Argentina  2 – 2  Australia Almada  2', 31' Report Dwyer  26', 66' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Jason McCracken (NZL)

17 August 2004 18:00 South Africa  2 – 4  India Nicol  7' Fulton  12' Report D. Pillay  27' B. Singh  41' D. Tirkey  69' G. A. Singh  70' Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) David Leiper (GBR)

17 August 2004 20:00 New Zealand  3 – 4  Netherlands Shaw  9', 55' Burrows  59' Report Taekema  4', 24' Klaver  39' Van der Weide  68' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

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19 August 2004 08:30 Netherlands  3 – 2  South Africa Derikx  29' De Nooijer  49' Klaver  69' Report Evans  17' Symons  23' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

19 August 2004 20:00 New Zealand  3 – 1  Argentina Shaw  12' Hari  44' Burrows  49' Report Lombi  8' Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Pedro Teixeira (POR)

19 August 2004 20:30 Australia  4 – 3  India Elder  11' Dwyer  38' McCann  49' Brennan  70' Report Thakur  6' G. A. Singh  50' Halappa  52' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA)

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21 August 2004 10:30 India  1 – 2  New Zealand D. Pillay  62' Report Burrows  36' Shaw  70+' Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Xavier Adell (ESP)

21 August 2004 18:00 South Africa  2 – 3  Australia Nicol  4' Smith  29' Report Brooks  17' Eglington  19' Brennan  47' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Satinder Kumar (IND)

21 August 2004 18:30 Argentina  2 – 4  Netherlands Almada  37' Lombi  52' Report Reckers  17' Klaver  22' Taekema  26' De Nooijer  44' Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Murray Grime (AUS)

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23 August 2004 08:30 New Zealand  4 – 1  South Africa Kosoof  15' Shaw  38', 46' Burrows  70' Report Smith  28' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Sumesh Putra (CAN)

23 August 2004 20:00 India  2 – 2  Argentina G. A. Singh  33', 60' Report Vila  52', 69' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Peter Elders (NED)

23 August 2004 20:30 Australia  1 – 2  Netherlands Brooks  28' Report Taekema  10', 13' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	9–12th place semi-finals				Ninth place
	25 August
	South Africa	5
					27 August
	Egypt	1
					South Africa	1 (3)
	25 August
					Great Britain (p.s.)	1 (4)
	Great Britain	4
	Argentina	1
					Eleventh place
					27 August
					Egypt	2
					Argentina	4

9–12th place semi-finals

25 August 2004 08:30 South Africa  5 – 1  Egypt Nicol  2', 54', 67' Fulton  7' Smith  50' Report Ahmed  17' Umpires: Pedro Teixeira (POR) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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25 August 2004 11:00 Great Britain  4 – 1  Argentina Moore  24' Bertram  35+' Hall  38' Pearn  67' Report Retegui  64' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Christian Blasch (GER)

Eleventh place game

27 August 2004 09:00 Egypt  2 – 4  Argentina El Sayed  21' Mohamed  43' Report Retegui  20' Almada  26', 48', 62' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

Ninth place game

27 August 2004 11:30 South Africa  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Great Britain Nicol  45' Report Fordham  43' 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
	New Zealand	4
					27 August
	South Korea	3
					New Zealand	2
	25 August
					Pakistan	4
	Pakistan	3
	India	0
					Seventh Place
					27 August
					South Korea	2
					India	5

Crossover

25 August 2004 18:00 New Zealand  4–3  South Korea Burrows  26', 62', 69' McIndoe  28' Report Yeo  14' Lee  39' Jeon  57' Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) Xavier Adell (ESP)

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25 August 2004 20:30 Pakistan  3–0  India Aziz  43' Abbas  59' Shabbir  68' Report Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Seventh place match

27 August 2004 08:30 South Korea  2–5  India Ji  57' Kang  58' Report Gagan  4', 11' V. Pillay  15' Prabhjot  32' Sinclair  68' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Peter Elders (NED)

Fifth place match

27 August 2004 11:00 New Zealand  2–4  Pakistan Brooks  16' Smith  35' Report Abbas  35', 47', 68' Jawwad  55' Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) David Leiper (GBR)

Medal round

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

Semi-finals

25 August 2004 18:30 Netherlands  3–2  Germany Taekema  5' Eikelboom  47' De Nooijer  52' Report Witthaus  3' Bechmann  58' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Raymond O'Connor (IRL)

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25 August 2004 21:00 Spain  3–6  Australia Tubau  8' Ribas  49', 67' Report Elder  3' McCann  23', 44' Wells  27' Schubert  51', 53' Umpires: Jonathan Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Bronze medal match

27 August 2004 18:00 Germany  4–3 (a.e.t.)  Spain Reinelt  22' Duckwitz  45' Emmerling  49' Michel  80' Report Freixa  31' Tubau  39', 47' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Gold medal match

27 August 2004 20:30 Netherlands  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Australia R. Brouwer  29' Report Brooks  37' Dwyer  78' Umpires: Raymond O'Connor (IRL) Jonathan Wright (RSA)

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
	Australia	7	5	1	1	22	14	+8	16	Gold Medal
	Netherlands	7	6	0	1	20	13	+7	18	Silver Medal
	Germany	7	4	2	1	21	12	+9	14	Bronze Medal
4	Spain	7	3	2	2	20	13	+7	11	Fourth place
5	Pakistan	7	5	0	2	26	10	+16	15	Eliminated in group stage
6	New Zealand	7	4	0	3	19	18	+1	12
7	India	7	2	1	4	16	18	−2	7
8	South Korea	7	2	2	3	22	17	+5	8
9	Great Britain	7	2	1	4	14	23	−9	7
10	South Africa	7	2	1	4	15	17	−2	7
11	Argentina	7	1	2	4	13	19	−6	5
12	Egypt	7	0	0	7	5	39	−34	0

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 213 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5.07 goals per match.

11 goals

• Sohail Abbas

10 goals

• Lee Jung-Seon

8 goals

• Gregory Nicol
• Eduardo Tubau

7 goals

• Mario Almada
• Jamie Dwyer
• Gagan Ajit Singh
• Taeke Taekema
• Phil Burrows

6 goals

• Hayden Shaw
• Santiago Freixa

5 goals

• Christopher Zeller

4 goals

• Christoph Bechmann
• Teun de Nooijer
• Rehan Butt

3 goals

• Travis Brooks
• Troy Elder
• Michael McCann
• Björn Emmerling
• Matthias Witthaus
• Daniel Hall
• Karel Klaver
• Kashif Jawwad
• Emile Smith
• Song Seung-Tae
• Pol Amat
• Xavier Ribas

2 goals

• Jorge Lombi
• Carlos Retegui
• Matías Vila
• Michael Brennan
• Grant Schubert
• Sameh Mohamed
• Björn Michel
• Guy Fordham
• Barry Middleton
• Niall Stott
• Dhanraj Pillay
• Marten Eikelboom
• Darren Smith
• Shakeel Abbasi
• Muhammad Nadeem
• Muhammad Shabbir
• Craig Fulton
• You Hyo-Sik
• Jeon Jong-Ha
• Yeo Woon-Kon

1 goal

• Nathan Eglington
• Matthew Wells
• Adnan Ahmed
• Belal Enaba
• Mohamed el Sayed
• Eike Duckwitz
• Florian Kunz
• Sascha Reinelt
• Justus Scharowsky
• Thomas Bertram
• Benjamin Hawes
• Graham Moodie
• Robert Moore
• Mark Pearn
• Arjun Halappa
• Vikram Pillay
• Adam Sinclair
• Baljit Singh Dhillon
• Prabhjot Singh
• Deepak Thakur
• Dilip Tirkey
• Ronald Brouwer
• Geert-Jan Derikx
• Robert Reckers
• Sander van der Weide
• Gareth Brooks
• Bevan Hari
• David Kosoof
• Wayne McIndoe
• Ghazanfar Ali
• Tariq Aziz
• Steven Evans
• Ian Symons
• Seo Jong-Ho
• Ji Seong-Hwan
• Kang Seong-Jung

Source: FIH