Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. In addition, the remaining six nations were to be determined by an olympic qualification event. As Japan emerged as Asian champion in both men's and women's events, a seventh berth was made available in each qualification event. Although the qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Men

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Event	Dates	Location(s)	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	Japan
2018 Asian Games	19 August – 1 September 2018	Jakarta	–	–A
2019 Pan American Games	30 July – 10 August 2019	Lima	1	Argentina
2019 African Olympic Qualifier	12 – 18 August 2019	Stellenbosch	1	South Africa
2019 EuroHockey Championship	16 – 24 August 2019	Antwerp	1	Belgium
2019 Oceania Cup	5 – 8 September 2019	Rockhampton	1	Australia
2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers	25 October – 3 November 2019	Various	7	Canada  Germany  Great Britain  India  Netherlands  New Zealand  Spain
Total			12

^A – Japan qualified both as the hosts and the continental champions, therefore that quota is added to the FIH Olympic Qualifiers rather than going to the runners-up of the tournament.[1]

Women

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Event	Dates	Location(s)	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	Japan
2018 Asian Games	19 August – 1 September 2018	Jakarta	–	–1
2019 Pan American Games	29 July – 9 August 2019	Lima	1	Argentina
2019 African Olympic Qualifier	12 – 18 August 2019	Stellenbosch	1	South Africa
2019 EuroHockey Championship	17 – 25 August 2019	Antwerp	1	Netherlands
2019 Oceania Cup	5 – 8 September 2019	Rockhampton	1	New Zealand
2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers	25 October – 3 November 2019	Various	7	Australia  China  Germany  Great Britain  India  Ireland  Spain
Total			12

^1 – Japan qualified both as the hosts and the continental champions, therefore that quota is added to the FIH Olympic Qualifiers rather than going to the runners-up of the tournament.[1]

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	4	1	0	22	9	+13	13	Quarter-finals
2	India	5	4	0	1	15	13	+2	12
3	Argentina	5	2	1	2	10	11	−1	7
4	Spain	5	1	2	2	9	10	−1	5
5	New Zealand	5	1	1	3	11	16	−5	4
6	Japan (H)	5	0	1	4	10	18	−8	1

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Host

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	1	0	26	9	+17	13	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	5	3	0	2	19	10	+9	9
3	Great Britain	5	2	2	1	11	11	0	8
4	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	13	13	0	7
5	South Africa	5	1	1	3	16	24	−8	4
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	9	27	−18	1

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	1 August
	Australia (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
					3 August
	Netherlands	2 (0)
					Australia	3
	1 August
					Germany	1
	Germany	3
									5 August
	Argentina	1
									Australia	1 (2)
	1 August
									Belgium (p.s.o.)	1 (3)
	India	3
					3 August
	Great Britain	1
					India	2
	1 August
					Belgium	5			Bronze medal match
	Belgium	3
									5 August
	Spain	1
									Germany	4
									India	5

Final standings

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
1	Belgium	8	6	2	0	35	13	+22	20	Gold Medal
2	Australia	8	5	3	0	28	13	+15	18	Silver Medal
3	India	8	6	0	2	25	23	+2	18	Bronze Medal
4	Germany	8	4	0	4	27	19	+8	12	Fourth place
5	Great Britain	6	2	2	2	12	14	−2	8	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Netherlands	6	2	2	2	15	15	0	8
7	Argentina	6	2	1	3	11	14	−3	7
8	Spain	6	1	2	3	10	13	−3	5
9	New Zealand	5	1	1	3	11	16	−5	4	Eliminated in group stage
10	South Africa	5	1	1	3	16	24	−8	4
11	Japan (H)	5	0	1	4	10	18	−8	1
12	Canada	5	0	1	4	9	27	−18	1

Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Host

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	18	2	+16	15	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	13	7	+6	12
3	Great Britain	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	9
4	India	5	2	0	3	7	14	−7	6
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	3
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	5	19	−14	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	13	1	+12	15	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	3	0	2	9	8	+1	9
3	Argentina	5	3	0	2	8	8	0	9
4	New Zealand	5	2	0	3	8	7	+1	6
5	China	5	2	0	3	9	16	−7	6
6	Japan (H)	5	0	0	5	6	13	−7	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Host

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	2 August
	Netherlands	3
					4 August
	New Zealand	0
					Netherlands	5
	2 August
					Great Britain	1
	Spain	2 (0)
									6 August
	Great Britain (p.s.o.)	2 (2)
									Netherlands	3
	2 August
									Argentina	1
	Germany	0
					4 August
	Argentina	3
					Argentina	2
	2 August
					India	1			Bronze medal match
	Australia	0
									6 August
	India	1
									Great Britain	4
									India	3

Final standings

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
1	Netherlands	8	8	0	0	29	4	+25	24	Gold Medal
2	Argentina	8	5	0	3	14	12	+2	15	Silver Medal
3	Great Britain	8	4	1	3	18	15	+3	13	Bronze Medal
4	India	8	3	0	5	12	20	−8	9	Fourth place
5	Australia	6	5	0	1	13	2	+11	15	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Germany	6	4	0	2	13	10	+3	12
7	Spain	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
8	New Zealand	6	2	0	4	8	10	−2	6
9	China	5	2	0	3	9	16	−7	6	Eliminated in group stage
10	Ireland	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	3
11	Japan (H)	5	0	0	5	6	13	−7	0
12	South Africa	5	0	0	5	5	19	−14	0

Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Host

Variations of the gamer can be seen throughout time, but the first time the world saw the game we see today was in the mid 1800's. Field Hockey was first developed in England and in British Isles. The first field hockey team was the Blackheath Football and Hockey Club. The sport then spread around the world adding new rules and concepts to the game as time went on. Field Hockey has now become the second largest team sport in the entire world (just behind soccer). It is played in over 100 countries and is popular in Canada and England. Field Hockey has been a sport in the Olympic Games since 1908 in London. The women's field hockey event was introduced into the Olympics at Moscow in 1980.

Field Hockey is played on a field that is 100 yards long and 60 yards wide with two goals at each end of the field. Each player is equipped with a stick that is rounded at the end and the objective is to get the rubber ball into the other team's net. Equipment such as chest pads, knee pads, a helmet, and gloves are worn by each player for their own protection. Each team has 11 players with positions such as defenders, forwards, midfielders, and a goalkeeper. The goalkeeper's objective is to keep the ball out of their goal and they are the only players on the field allowed to use any part of their body. Unlike soccer there is no offsides in Field Hockey allowing players to travel anywhere on the field.

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