Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Field Hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held over a fourteen day period starting on August 10, and culminating with the medal finals on August 23. All games will be played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green.

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[edit] Competition format

Twelve teams will compete in both the men's and women's Olympic hockey tournaments, and the competition will consist of two rounds. In the first round the teams are divided into two pools of six teams, and play follows round robin format where each of the teams plays all the other teams in the pool once. Following this, the top four teams advance to a single elimination round consisting of two semifinal games, and the bronze and gold medal games.

[edit] Qualification

The twelve teams in the Olympic hockey tournaments will qualify through a series of tournaments. China, as the host nation, is guaranteed one automatic entry. Five continental championships will be used to determine 8 or 9 other qualifiers (depending on whether China is also the Asian continental champion). Finally, three Olympic qualification tournaments will be held to determine the last three entrants.

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Men

Date Event Location Qualifier[1]
Host nation Flag of the People's Republic of China China
December 2–14, 2006 2006 Asian Games Flag of Qatar Doha, Qatar Flag of South Korea Korea
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan
July 14–22, 2007 2007 African Olympic Qualifier Flag of Kenya Nairobi, Kenya Flag of South Africa South Africa
July 14–29, 2007 2007 Pan American Games Flag of Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Flag of Canada Canada
August 18–25, 2007 2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, England Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Flag of Spain Spain
Flag of Belgium Belgium
September 11–17, 2007 2007 Oceania Cup Flag of Australia Buderim, Australia Flag of Australia Australia
February 2–10, 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament #1 Flag of New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
March 1–9, 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament #2 Flag of Chile Santiago, Chile Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain
April 5–13, 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament #3 Flag of Japan Kakamigahara, Japan Flag of Germany Germany

[edit] Women

Date Event Location Qualifier[2]
Host nation Flag of the People's Republic of China China
December 2–14, 2006 2006 Asian Games Flag of Qatar Doha, Qatar Flag of Japan Japan
July 14–22, 2007 2007 African Olympic Qualifier Flag of Kenya Nairobi, Kenya Flag of South Africa South Africa
July 14–29, 2007 2007 Pan American Games Flag of Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Flag of Argentina Argentina
August 18–25, 2007 2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship Flag of the United Kingdom Manchester, England Flag of Germany Germany
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain
September 10–17, 2007 2007 Oceania Cup Flag of Australia Buderim, Australia Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
Flag of Australia Australia
April 12–20, 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament #1 Flag of Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan Flag of Spain Spain
April 19–27, 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament #2 Flag of Russia Kazan, Russia Flag of the United States USA
April 26–May 4, 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament #3 Flag of Canada Victoria, Canada Flag of South Korea Korea

[edit] Men

The pools were released on April 18, 2008 and were based on the world rankings.[3]

[edit] Pools

[edit] Pool A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Germany Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Spain Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of South Korea Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Belgium Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of the People's Republic of China China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
August 11, 2008
08:30
Germany Flag of Germany - Flag of the People's Republic of China China

August 11, 2008
18:00
Korea Flag of South Korea - Flag of New Zealand New Zealand

August 11, 2008
20:30
Spain Flag of Spain - Flag of Belgium Belgium

August 13, 2008
10:30
China Flag of the People's Republic of China - Flag of South Korea Korea

August 13, 2008
18:30
Belgium Flag of Belgium - Flag of Germany Germany

August 13, 2008
20:30
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand - Flag of Spain Spain

August 15, 2008
08:30
Spain Flag of Spain - Flag of the People's Republic of China China

August 15, 2008
18:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium - Flag of New Zealand New Zealand

August 15, 2008
21:00
Korea Flag of South Korea - Flag of Germany Germany

August 17, 2008
10:30
Korea Flag of South Korea - Flag of Belgium Belgium

August 17, 2008
18:30
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand - Flag of the People's Republic of China China

August 17, 2008
21:00
Germany Flag of Germany - Flag of Spain Spain

August 19, 2008
10:30
Germany Flag of Germany - Flag of New Zealand New Zealand

August 19, 2008
18:30
Korea Flag of South Korea - Flag of Spain Spain

August 19, 2008
21:00
China Flag of the People's Republic of China - Flag of Belgium Belgium

[edit] Pool B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Australia Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of South Africa South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Canada Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
August 11, 2008
10:30
Pakistan Flag of Pakistan Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain

August 11, 2008
18:30
Australia Flag of Australia Flag of Canada Canada

August 11, 2008
21:00
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands Flag of South Africa South Africa

August 13, 2008
08:30
South Africa Flag of South Africa Flag of Australia Australia

August 13, 2008
18:00
Canada Flag of Canada Flag of Pakistan Pakistan

August 13, 2008
21:00
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain

August 15, 2008
10:30
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Canada Canada

August 15, 2008
18:30
Pakistan Flag of Pakistan Flag of Australia Australia

August 15, 2008
21:00
South Africa Flag of South Africa Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain

August 17, 2008
08:30
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Canada Canada

August 17, 2008
18:00
Pakistan Flag of Pakistan Flag of South Africa South Africa

August 17, 2008
20:30
Australia Flag of Australia Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands

August 19, 2008
08:30
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Pakistan Pakistan

August 19, 2008
18:00
Canada Flag of Canada Flag of South Africa South Africa

August 19, 2008
20:30
Australia Flag of Australia Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain

[edit] Classification

[edit] Eleventh and twelfth place

August 23, 2008
08:30
   

[edit] Ninth and tenth place

August 21, 2008
08:30
   

[edit] Seventh and eighth place

August 21, 2008
11:00
   

[edit] Fifth and sixth place

August 23, 2008
11:00
   

[edit] First to fourth place classification

[edit] Semi-finals

August 21, 2008
18:00
   

August 21, 2008
20:30
   

[edit] Bronze medal match

August 23, 2008
18:00
   

[edit] Gold medal match

August 23, 2008
20:30
   

[edit] Women

The pools were released on May 5, 2008 and were based on the world rankings.[4]

[edit] Pools

[edit] Pool A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Australia Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of the People's Republic of China China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Spain Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of South Korea Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of South Africa South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
August 10, 2008
10:30
China Flag of the People's Republic of China Flag of Spain Spain

August 10, 2008
18:00
Australia Flag of Australia Flag of South Korea Korea

August 10, 2008
20:30
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands Flag of South Africa South Africa

August 12, 2008
10:30
Australia Flag of Australia Flag of Spain Spain

August 12, 2008
18:30
China Flag of the People's Republic of China Flag of South Africa South Africa

August 12, 2008
20:30
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands Flag of South Korea Korea

August 14, 2008
08:30
China Flag of the People's Republic of China Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands

August 14, 2008
18:00
Spain Flag of Spain Flag of South Korea Korea

August 14, 2008
20:30
South Africa Flag of South Africa Flag of Australia Australia

August 16, 2008
10:30
Australia Flag of Australia Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands

August 16, 2008
18:30
Korea Flag of South Korea Flag of the People's Republic of China China

August 16, 2008
21:00
Spain Flag of Spain Flag of South Africa South Africa

August 18, 2008
10:30
Korea Flag of South Korea Flag of South Africa South Africa

August 18, 2008
18:30
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Spain Spain

August 18, 2008
21:00
China Flag of the People's Republic of China Flag of Australia Australia

[edit] Pool B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Argentina Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Germany Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Japan Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of the United States USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
August 10, 2008
08:30
Japan Flag of Japan Flag of New Zealand New Zealand

August 10, 2008
18:30
Argentina Flag of Argentina Flag of the United States USA

August 10, 2008
21:00
Germany Flag of Germany Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain

August 12, 2008
08:30
Argentina Flag of Argentina Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain

August 12, 2008
18:00
USA Flag of the United States Flag of Japan Japan

August 12, 2008
21:00
Germany Flag of Germany Flag of New Zealand New Zealand

August 14, 2008
10:30
USA Flag of the United States Flag of Germany Germany

August 14, 2008
18:30
Japan Flag of Japan Flag of Argentina Argentina

August 14, 2008
21:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain

August 16, 2008
08:30
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand Flag of the United States USA

August 16, 2008
18:00
Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Argentina Argentina

August 16, 2008
20:30
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Japan Japan

August 18, 2008
08:30
Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Japan Japan

August 18, 2008
18:00
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of the United States USA

August 18, 2008
20:30
Argentina Flag of Argentina Flag of New Zealand New Zealand

[edit] Classification

[edit] Eleventh and twelfth place

August 22, 2008
08:30
   

[edit] Ninth and tenth place

August 20, 2008
08:30
   

[edit] Seventh and eighth place

August 20, 2008
11:00
   

[edit] Fifth and sixth place

August 22, 2008
11:00
   

[edit] First to fourth place classification

[edit] Semi-finals

August 20, 2008
18:00
   

August 20, 2008
20:30
   

[edit] Bronze medal match

August 22, 2008
18:00
   

[edit] Gold medal match

August 22, 2008
20:30
   

[edit] References