1948 Summer Olympics / Hockey

Olympic hockey tournament 1948
Men's
Number of nations	13
Olympic champion	India
venue	London
Stadion	Empire Stadium Lyons' Sports Club Guinness Sports Club Polytechnic Sports Ground
opening	July 31, 1948
Endgame	August 13, 1948
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At the XIV Olympic Games in London in 1948 , a competition in hockey (men) was held. For the first time India took part as an independent nation and, in addition, Pakistan, which was newly formed in 1947. Great Britain took advantage of its host role, founded a British hockey association and participated in the Olympic hockey tournament for the first time since 1920. Germany - like Japan - was not allowed to take part in these first Olympic Games after the Second World War .

The finals took place in the main stadium of the Games, Empire Stadium (better known as Wembley Stadium).

Tournament mode

Due to the increased number of participants, the organizing committee extended the tournament from four to nine days and increased the number of venues for the group games from two to three. Of the 16 teams registered, 3 did not start. The 13 participants played in three groups:

• Group A: Argentina, India, Austria, Spain
• Group B: Afghanistan, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA
• Group C: Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Pakistan

The winners of group A and B, as well as the first and second of group C (1.A - 2.C and 1.B - 1.C) qualified for the semifinals. Third place was played out, not the other placements.

Group A

India won all three group games and advanced to the semi-finals. Spain managed to allow only two goals for the Indians through a tight defense.
July 31		India - Austria	8: 0 (2: 0)
August 2nd		Spain - Argentina	2: 3 (0: 3)
4th of August		India - Argentina	9: 1 (3: 0)
4th of August		Spain - Austria	1: 1 (1: 1)
6th of August		Austria - Argentina	1: 1 (0: 1)
6th of August		India - Spain	2: 0 (2: 0)

Table group A
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	India	3	19: 1	6th
2.	Argentina	3	5:12	3
3.	Austria	3	2:10	2
4th	Spain	3	3: 6	1

Group B

Great Britain did not get beyond a goalless draw in their first game against strongly defending Switzerland and clearly won the following two games. Just because Switzerland only scored one point against Afghanistan, the hosts were spared a play-off for group victory. At the time, only the points counted, not the goals.
July 31		Great Britain - Switzerland	0: 0 (0: 0)
3rd August		Afghanistan - USA	2: 0 (0: 0)
5th of August		Afghanistan - Switzerland	1: 1 (1: 0)
5th of August		Great Britain - USA	11: 0 (4: 0)
August 7th		Great Britain - Afghanistan	8: 0 (2: 0)
August 7th		Switzerland - USA	3: 1 (1: 1)

Table group B
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Great Britain	3	19: 0	5
2.	Switzerland	3	4: 2	4th
3.	Afghanistan	3	3: 9	3
4th	United States	3	1:16	0

Group C

Pakistan and the Netherlands qualified for the semi-finals in this group of 5.
July 31		Netherlands - Belgium	4: 1 (1: 1)
July 31		France - Denmark	2: 2 (0: 2)
August 2nd		Netherlands - Denmark	4: 1 (3: 1)
August 2nd		Pakistan - Belgium	2: 1 (0: 1)
3rd August		Netherlands - France	2: 0 (2: 0)
3rd August		Pakistan - Denmark	9: 0 (5: 0)
5th of August		Pakistan - France	3: 1 (1: 1)
5th of August		Belgium - Denmark	2: 1 (2: 0)
August 7th		Netherlands - Pakistan	1: 6 (0: 3)
August 7th		France - Belgium	1: 2 (0: 0)

Table group C
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Pakistan	4th	20: 3	8th
2.	Netherlands	4th	11: 8	6th
3.	Belgium	4th	6: 8	4th
4th	France	4th	4: 9	1
	Denmark	4th	4:17	1

Semifinals

The semi-finals and the finals took place in the Empire Stadium.
August 9		Great Britain - Pakistan	2: 0 (0: 0)	Semifinals
August 9		India - Netherlands	2: 1 (2: 0)	Semifinals

final

The bronze match ended in a draw, so another match for third place was scheduled the next day. Since there was no time left at the Empire Stadium, the game took place at the Lyons' Club.
12. August		Netherlands - Pakistan	1: 1 (0: 1)	3rd place match
13 August		Netherlands - Pakistan	2: 1 (2: 0)	3rd place match
12. August		India - Great Britain	4: 0 (2: 0)	Endgame

Ranking list
space	team
1.	India
2.	Great Britain
3.	Netherlands
4th	Pakistan
5.	Argentina
	Switzerland
	Afghanistan
	Belgium
	Austria
	France
	Spain
	United States
	Denmark

Medalist

			4th
India	Great Britain	Netherlands	Pakistan
Leslie Claudius Keshav Datt Walter D'Souza Lawrie Fernandes Ranganandhan Francis Gerry Glacken Akhtar Hussain Patrick Jansen Amir Kumar Kishan Lal Leo Pinto Jaswant Singh Rajput Latifur Rehman Reginald Rodrigues Balbir Singh Grahanandan Singh Kunwar Digvijal Singh Randhir Singh Gentle Trilochan Singh Maxie Singh Maxie Singh	Robert Adlard Standards Borrett David Brodie Ronald Davis William Griffiths Frederick Lindsay William Lindsay John Peake Frank Reynolds George Sime Michael Walford Neil White	Andries Cornelis Dirk Boerstra Henricus Nicolaas Bouwman Pieter Marie Johan Bromberg Henri Jean Joseph Derckx Johan Frederik Drijver Rius Theo Esser Jan Hendrik Kruize Jenne Langhout Hermanus Pieter Loggere Antonius Maria Richter Edouard Herbert Tiel Willem van Heel	Masood Ahmed Khan M Anwar Beg Moghal Mukhtar Bhatti Hamidullah Burki Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara Milton D'Mello Abdul Hamid Mahmoodul Hassan Abdul Ghafoor Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan Niaz Khan Shahzada Khurram Aziz Malik Abdul Razzaq Azizur Rehman Sheikh Rehmat Ullah Syed Shah- Muhammad-Salim Shahukhada Khawaja Muhammad Taqi

Team Austria, Switzerland

Austria	Switzerland
Adam Bishop Karl Brandl Siegfried Egger Karl Holzapfel Wolfgang Klee Johann Koller Franz Lovato Walter Niederle Oskar Nowak Karl Ördögh Josef Pecanka Franz Raule Friedrich Rückert Ernst Schala Franz Strachota	Robert Eger Otto Grolimund Emil Grub Hans Gruner Roger Jenzer Fritz Kehrer Fridolin Kurmann Pierre Pasche Josef Rippstein Jean-Pierre Roche Alois Schlee Eugen Siegrist Fritz Stuhlinger Karl Vogt Hugo Walser

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1. ^ History of Great Britain Hockey. Retrieved November 24, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Official IOC Report 1948 (PDF file; 30.89 MB) p. 40.
3. ↑ Official IOC Report 1948 (PDF file; 30.89 MB) p. 407.
4. ^ Official IOC Report 1948 (PDF file; 30.89 MB) p. 46.

• Official IOC Report 1948 (PDF file; 30.89 MB)