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.

Contents 1 Competition format 2 Qualification 2.1 Schedule 2.1.1 Men 2.1.2 Women 3 Men 3.1 Pools 3.1.1 Pool A 3.1.2 Pool B 3.2 Classification 3.2.1 Eleventh and twelfth place 3.2.2 Ninth and tenth place 3.2.3 Seventh and eighth place 3.2.4 Fifth and sixth place 3.3 First to fourth place classification 3.3.1 Semi-finals 3.3.2 Bronze medal match 3.3.3 Gold medal match 4 Women 4.1 Pools 4.1.1 Pool A 4.1.2 Pool B 4.2 Classification 4.2.1 Eleventh and twelfth place 4.2.2 Ninth and tenth place 4.2.3 Seventh and eighth place 4.2.4 Fifth and sixth place 4.3 First to fourth place classification 4.3.1 Semi-finals 4.3.2 Bronze medal match 4.3.3 Gold medal match 5 References

[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

Main article: Men’s field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

[edit] Women

Main article: Women’s field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics

Date	Event	Location	Qualifier[2]
	Host nation		China
December 2–14, 2006	2006 Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	Japan
July 14–22, 2007	2007 African Olympic Qualifier	Nairobi, Kenya	South Africa
July 14–29, 2007	2007 Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Argentina
August 18–25, 2007	2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Manchester, England	Germany  Netherlands  Great Britain
September 10–17, 2007	2007 Oceania Cup	Buderim, Australia	New Zealand  Australia
April 12–20, 2008	Olympic Qualifying Tournament #1	Baku, Azerbaijan	Spain
April 19–27, 2008	Olympic Qualifying Tournament #2	Kazan, Russia	USA
April 26–May 4, 2008	Olympic Qualifying Tournament #3	Victoria, Canada	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
Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

August 11, 2008 08:30
	Germany	-	China

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August 11, 2008 18:00
	Korea	-	New Zealand

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August 11, 2008 20:30
	Spain	-	Belgium

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August 13, 2008 10:30
	China	-	Korea

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August 13, 2008 18:30
	Belgium	-	Germany

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August 13, 2008 20:30
	New Zealand	-	Spain

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August 15, 2008 08:30
	Spain	-	China

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August 15, 2008 18:00
	Belgium	-	New Zealand

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August 15, 2008 21:00
	Korea	-	Germany

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August 17, 2008 10:30
	Korea	-	Belgium

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August 17, 2008 18:30
	New Zealand	-	China

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August 17, 2008 21:00
	Germany	-	Spain

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August 19, 2008 10:30
	Germany	-	New Zealand

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August 19, 2008 18:30
	Korea	-	Spain

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August 19, 2008 21:00
	China	-	Belgium

[edit] Pool B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Great Britain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

August 11, 2008 10:30
	Pakistan	–	Great Britain

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August 11, 2008 18:30
	Australia	–	Canada

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August 11, 2008 21:00
	Netherlands	–	South Africa

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August 13, 2008 08:30
	South Africa	–	Australia

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August 13, 2008 18:00
	Canada	–	Pakistan

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August 13, 2008 21:00
	Netherlands	–	Great Britain

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August 15, 2008 10:30
	Netherlands	–	Canada

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August 15, 2008 18:30
	Pakistan	–	Australia

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August 15, 2008 21:00
	South Africa	–	Great Britain

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August 17, 2008 08:30
	Great Britain	–	Canada

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August 17, 2008 18:00
	Pakistan	–	South Africa

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August 17, 2008 20:30
	Australia	–	Netherlands

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August 19, 2008 08:30
	Netherlands	–	Pakistan

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August 19, 2008 18:00
	Canada	–	South Africa

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August 19, 2008 20:30
	Australia	–	Great Britain

[edit] Classification

[edit] Eleventh and twelfth place

August 23, 2008 08:30
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[edit] Ninth and tenth place

August 21, 2008 08:30
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[edit] Seventh and eighth place

August 21, 2008 11:00
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[edit] Fifth and sixth place

August 23, 2008 11:00
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[edit] First to fourth place classification

[edit] Semi-finals

August 21, 2008 18:00
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August 21, 2008 20:30
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[edit] Bronze medal match

August 23, 2008 18:00
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[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
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

August 10, 2008 10:30
	China	–	Spain

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August 10, 2008 18:00
	Australia	–	Korea

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August 10, 2008 20:30
	Netherlands	–	South Africa

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August 12, 2008 10:30
	Australia	–	Spain

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August 12, 2008 18:30
	China	–	South Africa

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August 12, 2008 20:30
	Netherlands	–	Korea

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August 14, 2008 08:30
	China	–	Netherlands

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August 14, 2008 18:00
	Spain	–	Korea

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August 14, 2008 20:30
	South Africa	–	Australia

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August 16, 2008 10:30
	Australia	–	Netherlands

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August 16, 2008 18:30
	Korea	–	China

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August 16, 2008 21:00
	Spain	–	South Africa

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August 18, 2008 10:30
	Korea	–	South Africa

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August 18, 2008 18:30
	Netherlands	–	Spain

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August 18, 2008 21:00
	China	–	Australia

[edit] Pool B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Great Britain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
USA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

August 10, 2008 08:30
	Japan	–	New Zealand

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August 10, 2008 18:30
	Argentina	–	USA

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August 10, 2008 21:00
	Germany	–	Great Britain

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August 12, 2008 08:30
	Argentina	–	Great Britain

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August 12, 2008 18:00
	USA	–	Japan

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August 12, 2008 21:00
	Germany	–	New Zealand

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August 14, 2008 10:30
	USA	–	Germany

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August 14, 2008 18:30
	Japan	–	Argentina

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August 14, 2008 21:00
	New Zealand	–	Great Britain

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August 16, 2008 08:30
	New Zealand	–	USA

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August 16, 2008 18:00
	Germany	–	Argentina

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August 16, 2008 20:30
	Great Britain	–	Japan

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August 18, 2008 08:30
	Germany	–	Japan

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August 18, 2008 18:00
	Great Britain	–	USA

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August 18, 2008 20:30
	Argentina	–	New Zealand

[edit] Classification

[edit] Eleventh and twelfth place

August 22, 2008 08:30
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[edit] Ninth and tenth place

August 20, 2008 08:30
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[edit] Seventh and eighth place

August 20, 2008 11:00
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[edit] Fifth and sixth place

August 22, 2008 11:00
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[edit] First to fourth place classification

[edit] Semi-finals

August 20, 2008 18:00
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August 20, 2008 20:30
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[edit] Bronze medal match

August 22, 2008 18:00
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[edit] Gold medal match

August 22, 2008 20:30
		–

[edit] References

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