1976 Summer Olympics / Hockey

Olympic hockey tournament 1976
Men's
Number of nations	11
Olympic champion	New Zealand
venue	Montreal
Stadion	Stade Percival-Molson
opening	July 18, 1976
Endgame	July 30, 1976
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At the XXI. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , a hockey competition was held. The venue was the Stade Percival-Molson . For the first time, a world tournament was held on artificial turf .

Tournament mode

Only 12 participants were allowed, instead of 16. As in the previous games, the two finalists of the last games, Germany and Pakistan, as well as host Canada were qualified. Also the winner of the Pan American Games 1975 Argentina, Africa champion Kenya, Oceania representatives New Zealand, European champions Spain and the Netherlands, and three other teams due to their placement at the 1975 World Cup : India, Malaysia and Australia. In March 1976, a qualifying tournament was played for last place in Amsterdam, which Belgium won.

Due to the short-term withdrawal from Kenya, the number of participants was reduced to 11. The game was played in 2 groups A and B. The first and second of each group played the semifinals, as did the third and fourth of the groups (around places 5 to 8), and the fifth and sixth (around places 9 to 12).

Since the second and third were equal on points in both groups, playoffs were played to advance to the semi-finals. Due to the better goal difference, Canada came fifth in Group A ahead of Argentina. The cross game between 5.A and 6.B was canceled and Canada automatically qualified for the game for 9th place.

In the play-offs, up to five extra times were played if it was a tie. If there was still no decision, it was a seven-meter shooting.

Group A

A playoff for second place in the group was played between the tied Australia and India, which Australia won in seven-meter shooting. The better goal difference brought Canada 5th place.
July 18th	10:00	India - Argentina	4: 0 (2: 0)
	12:00	Australia - Malaysia	2: 0 (1: 0)
July 19	15:00	India - Netherlands	1: 3 (0: 1)
	17:00	Australia - Canada	3: 0 (2: 0)
20th of July	10:00	Netherlands - Malaysia	2: 0 (0: 0)
	12:00	Argentina - Canada	1: 3 (0: 2)
21 July	15:00	India - Australia	1: 6 (1: 3)
	17:00	Malaysia - Argentina	2: 0 (0: 0)
22nd of July	10:00	India - Canada	3: 0 (1: 0)
	12:00	Australia - Netherlands	1: 2 (0: 2)
July 23	15:00	Netherlands - Argentina	1: 0 (1: 0)
	17:00	Malaysia - Canada	1: 0 (0: 0)
24th July	10:00	India - Malaysia	3: 0 (2: 0)
	12:00	Australia - Argentina	2: 3 (1: 1)
July 25th	17:00	Netherlands - Canada	3: 1 (0: 1)
July 26th	13:00	Australia - India	1: 1 (1: 1.1: 1) in terms of 5: 4	for place 2A

Table group A
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Netherlands	5	11: 3	10
2.	Australia	5	14: 6	6th
	India	5	12: 9	6th
4th	Malaysia	5	3: 7	4th
5.	Canada	5	4:11	2
6th	Argentina	5	4:12	2

Group B

A playoff for second place in the group was played between the tied New Zealand and Spain, which New Zealand won after extra time.
July 18th	15:00	Pakistan - Belgium	5: 0 (1: 0)
	17:00	Germany - New Zealand	1: 1 (0: 0)
July 19	10:00	Pakistan - Spain	2: 2 (1: 1)
20th of July	15:00	Spain - New Zealand	1: 1 (1: 0)
21 July	10:00	Pakistan - Germany	4: 2 (2: 1)
	12:00	New Zealand - Belgium	2: 1 (1: 0)
22nd of July	17:00	Germany - Spain	1: 4 (1: 3)
July 23	10:00	Spain - Belgium	2: 3 (1: 1)
24th July	15:00	Pakistan - New Zealand	5: 2 (4: 1)
	17:00	Germany - Belgium	6: 1 (3: 1)
July 26th	17:00	Spain - New Zealand	0: 1 (0: 0.0: 0) n.v.	for 2nd place

Table group B
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Pakistan	4th	16: 6	7th
2.	New Zealand	4th	6: 8	4th
	Spain	4th	9: 7	4th
4th	Germany	4th	10:10	3
5.	Belgium	4th	5:15	2

qualification

Both semi-finals were won by the runners-up in the group.
July 28th	12:00	Belgium - Argentina	3: 2 n.V. (2: 2.1: 1)	9-11th place
	15:00	Pakistan - Australia	1: 2 (1: 1)	Semifinals
	17:00	Netherlands - New Zealand	1: 2 n.V. (1: 1.1: 1)	Semifinals
29th of July	12:00	Spain - Malaysia	2: 1 (1: 0)	5th to 8th place
	17:00	India - Germany	2: 3 (1: 0)	5th to 8th place

final

29th of July	10:00	Canada - Belgium	2: 3 n.V. (2: 2,1: 0)	for 9th place
30th July	10:00	India - Malaysia	2: 0 (0: 0)	for 7th place
	12:00	Germany - Spain	9: 1 (2: 1)	for 5th place
	15:00	Netherlands - Pakistan	2: 3 (1: 1)	for 3rd place
	17:00	New Zealand - Australia	1: 0 (0: 0)	Endgame

Ranking list
space	team
1.	New Zealand
2.	Australia
3.	Pakistan
4th	Netherlands
5.	BR Germany
6th	Spain
7th	India
8th.	Malaysia
9.	Belgium
10.	Canada
11.	Argentina

Medalist

			4th
New Zealand	Australia	Pakistan	Netherlands
Paul Ackerley Thur Borren Alan Chesney Alan McIntyre John Christensen Greg Dayman Tony Ineson Barry Maister Selwyn Maister Trevor Manning Arthur Parkin Ramesh Patel Jeff Archibald Mohan Patel Les Wilson	Robert Haigh Richard Charlesworth David Bell Terry Walsh Gregory Browning Wayne Hammond James Irvine Malcolm Poole Robert Proctor Ronald Riley Trevor Smith Douglas Golder lan Cooke Barry Dancer	Manzoor Hassan Munawarux Zaman Saleem Nazim Rasool Akhtar Iftikhar Syed Islah Islahuddin Samiulah Khan Haneef Khan Manzoor Hussain Abdul Rashid Gamar Zia Mudassar Asghar Saleern Sherwani Shanaz Sheikh Arshad Mahmood Arshad Ali Chaudry	Maarten Sikking André Bolhuis Tim Steens Geert van Eijk Theodoor Doyer Coen Kranenberg Rob Toft Wouter Leefers Hans Jorritsma Hans Kruize Jan Albers Paul Litjens Imbert Jebbink Ron Steens Bart Taminiau Wouter Kan

swell

1. ↑ IOC Report, Vol. 1, p. 212 (PDF; 34.9 MB)
2. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 , p. 656, note 570.
3. ↑ IOC Report, Vol. 3, p. 381 (PDF; 23.8 MB)

literature

• Official IOC report 1976, Vol. 1 (PDF; 34.9 MB)
• Official IOC report 1976, Vol. 3 (PDF; 23.8 MB)
• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .
• Olympic Games → Montreal 1976 at www.hockey.de
• Hockey at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games at www.sports-reference.com