Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 22nd edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 30 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 11 August. All games were played at the Riverbank Arena within the Olympic Park in London, United Kingdom.

Men's field hockey
at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Riverbank Arena
Tournament details
Host country	United Kingdom
City	London
Dates	30 July – 11 August
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Riverbank Arena
Final positions
Champions	Germany (4th title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	185 (4.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mink van der Weerden (8 goals)
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Defending champions Germany won the gold medal for the fourth time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain 3–1.

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 semi-finals. 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 Oceanian federations received two and one extra quotas respectively based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2010 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]

Date	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			1	Great Britain (4)
15–25 November 2010	2010 Asian Games[2]	Guangzhou, China	1	Pakistan (8)
20–28 August 2011	2011 EuroHockey Championship	Mönchengladbach, Germany	3	Germany (2)  Netherlands (3)  Belgium1 (11)
2–11 September 2011	2011 African Olympic Qualifier	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	0	—2
6–9 October 2011	2011 Oceania Cup	Hobart, Australia	2	Australia (1)  New Zealand (7)
14–30 October 2011	2011 Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	1	Argentina (9)
18–26 February 2012	Olympic Qualification Tournament 1	New Delhi, India	1	India (10)
10–18 March 2012	Olympic Qualification Tournament 2	Dublin, Ireland	1	South Korea (6)
26 April – 6 May 2012	Olympic Qualification Tournament 3	Kakamigahara, Japan	1	South Africa (12)
Invitational			1	Spain2 (5)
Total			12

^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.^[3]

Umpires

The FIH announced the list of umpires on 3 January 2012:^[4]

•  Christian Blasch (GER)
•  Ged Curran (GBR)
•  David Gentles (AUS)
•  Marcin Grochal (POL)
•  Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
•  Nigel Iggo (NZL)
•  Hamish Jamson (GBR)
•  Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
•  German Montes de Oca (ARG)
•  Raghu Prasad (IND)
•  Tim Pullman (AUS)
•  Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
•  Gary Simmonds (RSA)
•  Nathan Stagno (GBR)
•  Simon Taylor (NZL)
•  Roel van Eert (NED)
•  John Wright (RSA)

Squads

Main article: Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Preliminary round

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)'^[5]

Pool A

Australia national field hockey team line up for their game against Spain.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	3	2	0	23	5	+18	11	Semi-finals
2	Great Britain (H)	5	2	3	0	14	8	+6	9
3	Spain	5	2	2	1	8	10	−2	8	Fifth place game
4	Pakistan	5	2	1	2	9	16	−7	7	Seventh place game
5	Argentina	5	1	1	3	10	14	−4	4	Ninth place game
6	South Africa	5	0	1	4	11	22	−11	1	Eleventh place game

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

30 July 2012 10:45 Australia  6–0  South Africa Dywer  16', 48', 58' Butturini  33' Ciriello  46' Turner  62' Report Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Marcin Grochal (POL)

30 July 2012 13:45 Spain  1–1  Pakistan Quemada  47' Report Butt  46' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Nigel Iggo (NZL)

30 July 2012 19:00 Great Britain  4–1  Argentina Middleton  22', 42' Fox  49' Smith  53' Report Ibarra  55' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Christian Blasch (GER)

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1 August 2012 08:30 Spain  0–5  Australia Report Ford  9' Butturini  14' Orchard  29' Turner  40' Ockenden  69' Umpires: Kim Hong-lae (KOR) Christian Blasch (GER)

1 August 2012 16:00 South Africa  2–2  Great Britain Smith  60' Robinson  64' Report Jackson  14', 68' Umpires: Nigel Iggo (NZL) Roel van Eert (NED)

1 August 2012 19:00 Pakistan  2–0  Argentina Imran  30' Abbas  44' Report Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Marcin Grochal (POL)

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3 August 2012 08:30 Australia  2–2  Argentina Butturini  12' Dwyer  35' Report M. Vila  37' Peillat  68' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) John Wright (RSA)

3 August 2012 16:00 Great Britain  4–1  Pakistan Tindall  4' Clarke  26' Jackson  50', 67' Report Abbas  70' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

3 August 2012 19:00 South Africa  2–3  Spain Reid-Ross  26' Norris-Jones  63' Report Salles  30' Quemada  42' Delas  55' Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Tim Pullman (AUS)

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5 August 2012 10:45 Pakistan  5–4  South Africa Khan  20', 26' Rasool  23' Abbas  64' Ahmed  67' Report McDade  2' Reid-Ross  22', 35' Paton  48' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

5 August 2012 19:00 Great Britain  3–3  Australia Clarke  47' Middleton  53' Tindall  66' Report Ford  7', 11' Knowles  41' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) John Wright (RSA)

5 August 2012 21:15 Argentina  1–3  Spain L. Vila  55' Report Quemada  66' Delas  67' Tubau  70' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) Tim Pullman (AUS)

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7 August 2012 10:45 Australia  7–0  Pakistan de Young  5' Knowles  6' Ciriello  29', 34' Ford  42' Dwyer  48' Turner  70' Report Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)

7 August 2012 13:45 Argentina  6–3  South Africa Peillat  25', 39', 65' Rossi  33' Callioni  45', 50' Report Reid-Ross  7' Norris-Jones  8' Robinson  64' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

7 August 2012 19:00 Spain  1–1  Great Britain Quemada  55' Report Jackson  33' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) John Wright (RSA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	18	7	+11	15	Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	14	11	+3	10
3	Belgium	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	7	Fifth place game
4	South Korea	5	2	0	3	9	8	+1	6	Seventh place game
5	New Zealand	5	1	2	2	10	14	−4	5	Ninth place game
6	India	5	0	0	5	6	18	−12	0	Eleventh place game

Source: FIH

30 July 2012 08:30 South Korea  2–0  New Zealand You  20', 34' Report Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

30 July 2012 16:00 Netherlands  3–2  India Van der Horst  20' Weusthof  29' Van der Weerden  51' Report D. Singh  45' Sh. Singh  48' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

30 July 2012 21:15 Germany  2–1  Belgium Fuchs  13' Zeller  45' Report Dekeyser  4' Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

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1 August 2012 10:45 Belgium  1–3  Netherlands Dekeyser  58' Report Van der Weerden  43', 62' De Voogd  70' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (NZL) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

1 August 2012 13:45 New Zealand  3–1  India Hayward  13' Burrows  24' Wilson  29' Report San. Singh  2' Umpires: Ged Curran (GBR) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

1 August 2012 21:15 South Korea  0–1  Germany Report Zeller  33' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

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3 August 2012 10:45 Netherlands  5–1  New Zealand Weusthof  16' Van der Weerden  27' Bakker  29', 56' Kemperman  67' Report Child  5' Umpires: Ged Curran (GBR) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

3 August 2012 13:45 Germany  5–2  India Fuchs  7', 16', 36' Korn  24' Wesley  34' Report Raghunath  13' Khandker  62' Umpires: Kim Hong-lae (KOR) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

3 August 2012 21:15 Belgium  2–1  South Korea Boon  37' Charlier  61' Report Nam  46' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Nigel Iggo (NZL)

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5 August 2012 08:30 New Zealand  1–1  Belgium Wilson  54' Report Boon  48' Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Roel van Eert (NED)

5 August 2012 13:15 India  1–4  South Korea Chandi  10' Report Jang  6' Nam  59', 70' Seo  68' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

5 August 2012 16:00 Netherlands  3–1  Germany De Voogd  14' De Nooijer  36' Van der Weerden  41' Report Zeller  3' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Ged Curran (GBR)

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7 August 2012 08:30 South Korea  2–4  Netherlands Nam  53' Lee N.  62' Report Van der Weerden  17' Verga  21' Weusthof  47' Bakker  64' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Ged Curran (GBR)

7 August 2012 16:00 India  0–3  Belgium Report Dekeyser  15' Boccard  47' Boon  67' Umpires: Kim Hong-lae (KOR) Nigel Iggo (NZL)

7 August 2012 21:15 Germany  5–5  New Zealand Deecke  10' Fuchs  27' Stralkowski  47' Zeller  51', 69' Report Wilson  4' Petherick  6' Jenness  21' Child  30', 36' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Hamish Jamson (GBR)

Classification round

Fifth to twelfth place classification

Eleventh and twelfth place

11 August 2012 08:30 South Africa  3–2  India Cronje  8' Drummond  34' Norris-Jones  65' Report San. Singh  14' D. Singh  67' Umpires: Kim Hong-lae (KOR) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

Ninth and tenth place

9 August 2012 08:30 Argentina  1–3  New Zealand Ibarra  59' Report Jenness  4' Petherick  21' Wilson  29' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Tim Pullman (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

9 August 2012 11:30 Pakistan  3–2  South Korea Waqas  31' Khan  44' Imran  61' Report Hyun  30', 33' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Simon Taylor (NZL)

Fifth and sixth place

11 August 2012 11:30 Spain  2–5  Belgium Alegre  19' Tubau  61' Report Dekeyser  3' Boon  21', 32' Van Aubel  24' Briels  52' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	9 August
	Australia	2
					11 August
	Germany	4
					Germany	2
	9 August
					Netherlands	1
	Netherlands	9
	Great Britain	2
					Bronze medal match
					11 August
					Australia	3
					Great Britain	1

Semi-finals

9 August 2012 15:30 Australia  2–4  Germany Govers  22' Turner  42' Report Fürste  27' Witthaus  54' Weß  59' Fuchs  63' Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Hamish Jamson (GBR)

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9 August 2012 20:00 Netherlands  9–2  Great Britain Weusthof  9', 15', 60' Van der Weerden  22' Bakker  33', 44', 51' De Nooijer  47' Evers  48' Report Jackson  18' Moore  65' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) David Gentles (AUS)

Bronze medal match

11 August 2012 15:30 Australia  3–1  Great Britain Orchard  17' Dwyer  48' Govers  57' Report Lewers  29' Umpires: Christian Blach (GER) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

Gold medal match

11 August 2012 20:00 Germany  2–1  Netherlands Rabente  33', 66' Report Van der Weerden  54' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Ged Curran (GBR)

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
	Germany	7	5	1	1	20	14	+6	16	Gold Medal
	Netherlands	7	6	0	1	28	11	+17	18	Silver Medal
	Australia	7	4	2	1	28	10	+18	14	Bronze Medal
4	Great Britain (H)	7	2	3	2	17	20	−3	9	Fourth place
5	Belgium	6	3	1	2	13	9	+4	10	Eliminated in group stage
6	Spain	6	2	2	2	10	15	−5	8
7	Pakistan	6	3	1	2	12	18	−6	10
8	South Korea	6	2	0	4	11	11	0	6
9	New Zealand	6	2	2	2	13	15	−2	8
10	Argentina	6	1	1	4	11	17	−6	4
11	South Africa	6	1	1	4	14	24	−10	4
12	India	6	0	0	6	8	21	−13	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 185 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 4.87 goals per match.

8 goals

• Mink van der Weerden

6 goals

• Jamie Dwyer
• Ashley Jackson
• Florian Fuchs
• Billy Bakker
• Roderick Weusthof

5 goals

• Tom Boon
• Christopher Zeller

4 goals

• Gonzalo Peillat
• Russell Ford
• Glenn Turner
• Jérôme Dekeyser
• Pau Quemada
• Nam Hyun-Woo
• Nick Wilson
• Justin Reid-Ross

3 goals

• Matthew Butturini
• Chris Ciriello
• Barry Middleton
• Simon Child
• Sohail Abbas
• Abdul Haseem Khan
• Lloyd Norris-Jones

2 goals

• Facundo Callioni
• Pedro Ibarra
• Kieran Govers
• Mark Knowles
• Simon Orchard
• Miguel Delas
• Eduard Tubau
• Jonty Clarke
• James Tindall
• Jan-Philipp Rabente
• Dharamvir Singh
• Sandeep Singh
• Hyun Hye-Sung
• You Hyo-Sik
• Teun de Nooijer
• Bob de Voogd
• Stephen Jenness
• Richard Petherick
• Muhammad Imran
• Jonathan Robinson

1 goal

• Lucas Rossi
• Lucas Vila
• Matias Vila
• Liam de Young
• Eddie Ockenden
• Gauthier Boccard
• Thomas Briels
• Cédric Charlier
• Florent van Aubel
• Ramón Alegre
• Marc Salles
• Daniel Fox
• Iain Lewers
• Robert Moore
• Richard Smith
• Oskar Deecke
• Moritz Fürste
• Oliver Korn
• Thilo Stralkowski
• Christopher Wesley
• Timo Weß
• Matthias Witthaus
• Gurwinder Singh
• Tushar Khandker
• Shivendra Singh
• V. R. Raghunath
• Jang Jong-hyun
• Lee Nam-yong
• Lee Seung-il
• Floris Evers
• Robbert Kemperman
• Robert van der Horst
• Valentin Verga
• Phil Burrows
• Andy Hayward
• Waseem Ahmed
• Rehan Butt
• Shafqat Rasool
• Muhammad Waqas
• Andrew Cronje
• Timothy Drummond
• Thornton McDade
• Wade Paton
• Austin Smith

Source: FIH