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.
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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]
Each of the continental champions from five federations received an automatic berth. Alongside the seven teams qualifying through the 2004 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualification Tournament, twelve teams competed in this tournament.[2]
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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 of 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]
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)
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Pool A
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More information South Korea, 1 – 1 ...
Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Peter Elders (NED) |
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More information Germany, 2 – 1 ...
Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) John Wright (RSA) |
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More information Great Britain, 3 – 1 ...
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Satinder Kumar (IND) |
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More information South Korea, 3 – 2 ...
Umpires: Pedro Teixeira (POR) John Wright (RSA) |
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More information Egypt, 0 – 7 ...
Umpires: Han Jin-Soo (KOR) Peter Elders (NED) |
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More information Spain, 1 – 1 ...
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Murray Grime (AUS) |
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More information Pakistan, 3 – 0 ...
Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Amarjit Singh (MAS) |
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More information Germany, 6 – 1 ...
Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) David Gentles (AUS) |
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More information Great Britain, 1 – 5 ...
Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Christian Blasch (GER) |
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More information Egypt, 0 – 11 ...
Umpires: Padro Teixeira (POR) Christian Blasch (GER) |
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More information Spain, 4 – 0 ...
Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) John Wright (RSA) |
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More information Germany, 4 – 1 ...
Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Sumesh Putra (CAN) |
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More information Spain, 3 – 0 ...
Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Han Jin-Soo (KOR) |
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More information Pakistan, 8 – 2 ...
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL) |
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More information South Korea, 2 – 2 ...
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA) |
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Pool B
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More information Australia, 4 – 1 ...
Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Amarjit Singh (MAS) |
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More information Argentina, 1 – 2 ...
Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) David Gentles (AUS) |
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More information Netherlands, 3 – 1 ...
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Jason McCracken (NZL) |
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More information Argentina, 2 – 2 ...
Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Jason McCracken (NZL) |
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More information South Africa, 2 – 4 ...
Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) David Leiper (GBR) |
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More information New Zealand, 3 – 4 ...
Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Sumesh Putra (CAN) |
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More information Netherlands, 3 – 2 ...
Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Han Jin-Soo (KOR) |
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More information New Zealand, 3 – 1 ...
Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Pedro Teixeira (POR) |
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More information Australia, 4 – 3 ...
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA) |
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More information India, 1 – 2 ...
Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Xavier Adell (ESP) |
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More information South Africa, 2 – 3 ...
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Satinder Kumar (IND) |
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More information Argentina, 2 – 4 ...
Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Murray Grime (AUS) |
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More information New Zealand, 4 – 1 ...
Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Sumesh Putra (CAN) |
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More information India, 2 – 2 ...
Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Peter Elders (NED) |
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More information Australia, 1 – 2 ...
Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Amarjit Singh (MAS) |
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Ninth to twelfth place classification
9–12th place semi-finals
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Umpires: Pedro Teixeira (POR) Satinder Kumar (IND) |
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More information Great Britain, 4 – 1 ...
Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Christian Blasch (GER) |
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Eleventh place game
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Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Han Jin-Soo (KOR) |
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Ninth place game
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Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS) |
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Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
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Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) Xavier Adell (ESP) |
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More information Pakistan, 3–0 ...
Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Amarjit Singh (MAS) |
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Seventh place match
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Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Peter Elders (NED) |
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Fifth place match
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Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) David Leiper (GBR) |
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Medal round
Semi-finals
More information Netherlands, 3–2 ...
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Raymond O'Connor (IRL) |
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More information Spain, 3–6 ...
Umpires: Jonathan Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN) |
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Bronze medal match
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Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Henrik Ehlers (DEN) |
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Gold medal match
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Umpires: Raymond O'Connor (IRL) Jonathan Wright (RSA) |
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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.
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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
Source: FIH