1928 Summer Olympics / Hockey

Olympic hockey tournament 1928
Men's
Number of nations	9
Olympic champion	India
venue	Amsterdam
Stadion	Olympic Stadium Old Stadium
opening	May 17, 1928
Endgame	May 26, 1928
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With the IX. At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam , a competition in hockey (men) was held. It was the third Olympic hockey tournament after 1908 and 1920. Since then, hockey has been an integral part of the Olympic Games.

After hockey had dropped out of the Olympic program in 1924 due to the lack of a world association, the Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon (FIH) was founded in 1924 to organize the tournament. The British federations - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland - were not part of the FIH, so a team from Great Britain did not participate in the games.

Tournament mode

Originally 10 nations had registered, but Czechoslovakia withdrew. A team could register a maximum of 11 reserve players, for a total of 22 players. For the first time, the game was played in 2 groups with 5 or 4 participants:

• Group A: Belgium, Denmark, India, Switzerland, Austria,
• Group B: France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain.

The first two of the group played for gold, the second two for silver. The other places were not played out.

Group A

India in action

As expected, India prevailed in Group A and won all games without conceding a goal. Belgium finished second in the group and won 1-0 in the final and decisive group match against Denmark.
17th of May		Switzerland - Denmark	1: 2 (0: 1)
		India - Austria	6: 0 (3: 0)
May 18		India - Belgium	9: 0 (5: 0)
		Denmark - Austria	3: 1 (3: 0)
May 20th		Switzerland - Belgium	0: 3 (0: 2)
		India - Denmark	5: 0 (2: 0)
May 22		India - Switzerland	6: 0 (2: 0)
		Belgium - Austria	4: 0 (1: 0)
May 24th		Denmark - Belgium	0: 1 (0: 0)
		Switzerland - Austria	1: 0 (0: 0)

Table group A
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	India	4th	26: 0	8th
2.	Belgium	4th	8: 9	6th
3.	Denmark	4th	5: 8	4th
4th	Switzerland	4th	2:11	2
5.	Austria	4th	1:14	0

Group B

Netherlands - France

In Group B, the Netherlands won the game against Germany, which was decisive for group victory, 2-1.
17th of May		Netherlands - France	5: 0 (3: 0)
		Germany - Spain	5: 1 (4: 0)
May 19th		Netherlands - Germany	2: 1 (2: 1)
		France - Spain	2: 1 (1: 0)
May 22		Germany - France	2: 0 (2: 0)
23. May		Netherlands - Spain	1: 1 (1: 0)

Table group B
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	8: 2	5
2.	Germany	3	8: 3	4th
3.	France	3	2: 8	2
4th	Spain	3	3: 8	1

final

May 26		Germany - Belgium	3-0	3rd place match
		India - Netherlands	3: 0 (1: 0)	Endgame

The victorious Indian team before their first Olympic hockey game

Ranking list
space	team
1.	India
2.	Netherlands
3.	Germany
4th	Belgium
5.	Denmark
	France
	Switzerland
	Spain
	Austria

Medalist

			4th
India	Netherlands	Germany	Belgium
Richard James Allen Dhyan Chand Bais Maurice A. Gateley Kher Singh Gill Ernest John Goodsir Cullen Leslie Charles Hammond Feroze Khan George Marthins Rex A. Norris Broome Eric Pinniger Michael Rocque Frederic Seaman Ali Shaukat Jaipal Singh Sayed M. Yusuf	Jan Ankerman Jan Brand Rein de Waal Emile Duson Gerrit Jannink C. JJ Hardebeck T. F. Hubrecht Adriaan Katte August Kop G. Leembruggen H. JL Mangelaar Meertens Otto Muller from Czernicki Ab Tresling W. J. van Citters Paul van de Rovaart C. J. van der Hagen Robert van der Veen Tonny van Lierop, J.J. van Tienhoven van den Bogaard, J.M. van Voorst, van Beest, Haas Visser 't Hooft, N. Wenholt	Bruno Boche Georg Brunner Heinz Förstendorf Erwin Franzkowiak Werner Freyberg Theodor Haag Hans Haußmann Kurt Haverbeck Aribert Heymann Herbert Hobein Friedrich Horn Karl-Heinz Irmer Herbert Kemmer Fritz Lincke Herbert Müller Werner Proft Heinz Schäfer Gerd Strantzen Kurt Weiß Rolf Wollner Heinz Wöltje Erich Zander	Lambert Adelot Claude Baudoux Yvon Baudoux Freddy Cattoir Louis de Deken Charles Delheid Louis Diercxsens Auguste Goditiabois Adolphe Goemaere Georges Grosjean Joseph Jastine Charles Koning René Mallieux André Seeldrayers Etienne Soubre Johnny van der Straten Emile Vercken Corneille Wellens

Team Switzerland, Austria

Switzerland	Austria
Jean-Jacques Auberson Adolf Fehr Konrad Fehr Alfred Fischer Fred Jenny Adalbert Koch J. Loubert Ernst Luchsinger Maurice Magnin Eduard Mauris Roland Olivier Rene Pellarin Charles Piot Henry Poncet R. Rodé Max Zumstein	Emil Haladik Fritz Herzl Kurt Lehrfeld Erwin Landesmann Hubert Lichtneckert Fritz Lichtstein Willi Machu Paul Massarek Erwin Nossig Karl Ördögh Alfred Revi Hans Rosenfeld Otto Stritzko Hans Wald August Wildam Arthur Winter Fritz Steiner Josef Berger

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1. ^ The History of Hockey. Retrieved March 2, 2013 . 
2. ^ Official IOC Report 1928 (PDF; 81.6 MB) p. 676

• Official IOC Report 1928 (PDF; 81.6 MB)
• Autobiography of Hockey Wizard Dhyan Chand