Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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The field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was contested from November 23 to December 6, with twelve participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games. India won the gold medal for the sixth successive Games, not allowing a single goal against in the entire tournament. Pakistan won the silver medal, and Germany won the bronze.

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[edit] Participating nations

Twelve teams were seeded and placed into one of three preliminary groups of four teams each. With the unbalanced seeding, the top two teams in Group C advanced to the semi-finals, but only the top team in both Groups A and C advanced.

Group A
  1. Flag of India India
  2. Flag of the United Kingdom Singapore
  3. Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan
  4. Flag of the United States USA
Group B
  1. Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain
  2. Flag of Australia Australia
  3. Flag of Federation of Malaya Malaya
  4. Flag of Kenya Kenya
Group C
  1. Flag of Pakistan Pakistan
  2. Flag of Germany Germany
  3. Flag of Belgium Belgium
  4. Flag of New Zealand New Zealand

[edit] Preliminary round

[edit] Group A

November 26, 11:30
Singapore Flag of the United Kingdom 6–1 (3–1) Flag of the United States USA
November 26, 14:30
India Flag of India 14–0 (3–0) Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan
November 28, 11:30
Singapore Flag of the United Kingdom 5–0 (4–0) Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan
November 28, 14:30
India Flag of India 16–0 (6–0) Flag of the United States USA
November 30, 11:30
India Flag of India 6–0 (3–0) Flag of the United Kingdom Singapore
November 30, 14:30
Afghanistan Flag of Afghanistan 5–1 (2–1) Flag of the United States USA
Group standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Flag of India India 3 3 0 0 36 0 6
Flag of the United Kingdom Singapore 3 2 0 1 11 7 4
Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan 3 1 0 2 5 20 2
Flag of the United States USA 3 0 0 3 2 27 0
  • India advanced to the semi-finals.

[edit] Group B

November 23, 11:30
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom 2–2 (1–1) Flag of Federation of Malaya Malaya
November 23, 14:30
Australia Flag of Australia 2–0 (1–0) Flag of Kenya Kenya
November 24, 16:00
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom 1–1 (1–1) Flag of Kenya Kenya
November 26, 16:00
Australia Flag of Australia 3–2 (2–1) Flag of Federation of Malaya Malaya
November 28, 16:00
Malaya Flag of Federation of Malaya 1–1 (0–1) Flag of Kenya Kenya
November 30, 16:00
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom 2–1 (1–0) Flag of Australia Australia
Group standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain 3 1 2 0 5 4 4
Flag of Australia Australia 3 2 0 1 6 4 4
Flag of Federation of Malaya Malaya 3 0 2 1 5 6 2
Flag of Kenya Kenya 3 0 2 1 2 4 2
  • Great Britain and Australia played an additional tie-breaker match to determine the group winner.
December 1, 14:00
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom 1–0 (0–0) Flag of Australia Australia
  • Great Britain advanced to the semi-finals.

[edit] Group C

November 23, 16:00
Pakistan Flag of Pakistan 2–0 (1–0) Flag of Belgium Belgium
November 24, 14:30
Germany Flag of Germany 5–4 (3–3) Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
November 27, 14:30
Pakistan Flag of Pakistan 5–1 (2–0) Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
November 27, 16:00
Germany Flag of Germany 0–0 (0–0) Flag of Belgium Belgium
November 29, 14:30
Pakistan Flag of Pakistan 0–0 (0–0) Flag of Germany Germany
November 29, 16:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 3–0 (1–0) Flag of Belgium Belgium
Group standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 3 2 1 0 7 1 5
Flag of Germany Germany 3 1 2 0 5 4 4
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 3 1 0 2 8 10 2
Flag of Belgium Belgium 3 0 1 2 0 5 1
  • Pakistan and Germany advanced to the semi-finals.

[edit] Playoffs

  Semi finals Final
             
December 3
 Flag of India India 1  
 Flag of Germany Germany 0  
 
December 6
     Flag of India India 1
   Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 0
Third place
December 3 December 6
 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 3  Flag of Germany Germany  3
 Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain 2    Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain  1
Semi-finals
December 3, 14:30
India Flag of India 1–0 (0–0) Flag of Germany Germany
December 3, 16:00
Pakistan Flag of Pakistan 3–2 (3–1) Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain
Bronze medal match
December 6, 14:30
Germany Flag of Germany 3–1 (2–1) Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain
Gold medal match
December 6, 16:00
India Flag of India 1–0 (0–0) Flag of Pakistan Pakistan

[edit] Medalists

 Gold Flag of India India
 Silver Flag of Pakistan Pakistan
  • Ullah Mutti
  • Ahmad Nasir
  • Alam Noor
  • Hussain Zakir
 Bronze Flag of Germany Germany
  • Gunter Brennecke
  • Hugo Budinger
  • Werner Delmes
  • Hugo Dollheiser
  • Eberhard Ferstl
  • Alfred Lücker
  • Helmut Nonn
  • Wolfgang Nonn
  • Heinz Radzikowski
  • Werner Rosenbaum
  • Gunther Ullerich

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