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.
Helliniko Olympic Complex | |||
Tournament details | |||
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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.[1]
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.[2]
Dates | Event | Location | Qualifier(s) |
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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.[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
Preliminary round
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Pool A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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Pool B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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Classification round
Ninth to twelfth place classification
9–12th place semi-finals | Ninth place | |||||
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South Africa | 5 | |||||
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Egypt | 1 | |||||
South Africa | 1 (3) | |||||
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Great Britain (p.s.) | 1 (4) | |||||
Great Britain | 4 | |||||
Argentina | 1 | |||||
Eleventh place | ||||||
27 August | ||||||
Egypt | 2 | |||||
Argentina | 4 |
9–12th place semi-finals
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Ninth place game
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Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover | Fifth Place | |||||
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New Zealand | 4 | |||||
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South Korea | 3 | |||||
New Zealand | 2 | |||||
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Pakistan | 4 | |||||
Pakistan | 3 | |||||
India | 0 | |||||
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South Korea | 2 | |||||
India | 5 |
Crossover
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Seventh place match
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Fifth place match
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Medal round
Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
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Netherlands | 3 | |||||
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Germany | 2 | |||||
Netherlands | 1 | |||||
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Australia (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||
Spain | 3 | |||||
Australia | 6 | |||||
Bronze medal match | ||||||
27 August | ||||||
Germany (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||
Spain | 3 |
Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
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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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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 |
Goalscorers
There were 213 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5.07 goals per match.
11 goals
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
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
References
- "Hockey at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- "Qualification for Athens 2004 Olympic Games clarified". Planet Field Hockey. 2003-10-20. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- "FIH responds to HHF News Release". PLanet Field Hockey. 2004-02-24. Archived from the original on 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2012-08-05.