Field hockey at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

The tournament of field hockey at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 27 August at the Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China. This Youth Olympics marked the debut of Hockey 5s, a 5-a-side tournament that is played on a smaller field size.^[1]

Field Hockey at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Youth Olympic Sports Park
Dates	17–27 August
No. of events	2 (1 boys, 1 girls)
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Qualification

A total of 10 teams will participate in each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 teams of 9 athletes, 1 per each gender. Each of the five continents hosted a qualification tournament where the top two teams qualified. As hosts, China chose to compete in the girls' tournament and therefore took one of the two available Asian spots.^[2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics, athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1999.^[2]

Boys

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation[3]	-	-	0	China
2013 Under 16 Asian Cup[3]	Singapore	4–7 April 2013	2	Bangladesh  Pakistan
2013 Youth European Championship[3]	Vienna	22–28 July 2013	2	Germany  Spain
2014 Youth American Championship[3]	San Juan	4–8 February 2014	2	Argentina  Canada  Mexico
Oceanian Qualification Tournament[3]	Port Villa	8–11 March 2014	2	Australia  New Zealand
African Qualification Tournament[3]	Lusaka	10–15 March 2014	2	South Africa  Zambia
TOTAL			10

Girls

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation[3]	-	-	1	China
2013 Youth European Championship[3]	Dublin	29 Jul–4 Aug 2013	2	Germany  Netherlands
2013 Under 16 Asian Cup[3]	Bangkok	2–6 October 2013	1	Japan
2014 Pan American Youth Championship[3]	Montevideo	11–15 February 2014	2	Argentina  Uruguay
Oceanian Qualification Tournament[3]	Port Villa	8–11 March 2014	2	Fiji  New Zealand
African Qualification Tournament[3]	Lusaka	10–15 March 2014	2	South Africa  Zambia
TOTAL			10

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.^[4] Each day during the group stage contained four boys' matches and four girls' matches.

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Event Date	Event Day	Starting Time	Event Details
August 17	Sunday	16:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 18	Monday	16:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 19	Tuesday	16:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 20	Wednesday	16:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 21	Thursday	16:00	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
August 23	Saturday	16:00	Boys' Quarterfinals Girls' Quarterfinals
August 24	Sunday	16:00	Girls' 9-10 Place Match Girls' 5-8 Semifinals Girls' Semifinals
August 25	Monday	16:00	Boys' 9-10 Place Match Boys' 5-8 Semifinals Boys' Semifinals
August 26	Tuesday	16:00	Girls' Placement Matches
August 27	Wednesday	16:00	Boys' Placement Matches

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
3	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
5	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' details	Australia	Canada	Spain
Girls' details	China	Netherlands	Argentina