2000 Summer Olympics / Hockey

Olympic hockey tournament 2000
Men's
Number of nations	12
Olympic champion	Netherlands
venue	Sydney
Stadion	Hockey Center in Olympic Park
opening	September 16, 2000
Endgame	September 30, 2000
← 1996 2004 →

Olympic hockey tournament 2000
Ladies
Number of nations	10
Olympic champion	Australia
venue	Sydney
Stadion	Hockey Center in Olympic Park
opening	September 16, 2000
Endgame	September 29, 2000
← 1996 2004 →

Two hockey competitions were held at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney .

The venue was the Hockey Center in the Sydney Olympic Park . For the first time at the Olympic Games there were 3 points for a win! A draw still counted 1 point. Both Olympic champions from Atlanta in 1996 were able to defend their titles and won gold again.

Men's

Game mode

The twelve teams played in two groups A and B each against each other . The two best in the group, the 3rd and 4th of the groups and the 5th and 6th then played in the knockout system for places 1 to 4, 5 to 8 and 9 to 12.

Tournament course

In the first game of the tournament, the Netherlands beat Great Britain 4-2. The German men had to play against Great Britain in the last group game. A win would have been enough to win the group, a draw would have been enough for second place in the group, but they lost this crucial game 2-1. The German men's team, which was one of the favorites, did not reach the semi-finals. After completing the group games, South Korea and India were tied on points and goals, the direct comparison brought South Korea to 2nd place in Group B and thus to the semi-finals.

The Australians finished the group stage first in the group B and had to face the Netherlands in the semi-finals. After 70 minutes of regular time and 15 minutes of extra time, there was no winner of the game, so it came to the seven-meter shooting. The Dutch won 5: 4 because their husband, Ronald Jansen, held the last shot of Australian Brent Livermore. In the second semifinals, the team from South Korea prevailed against the group top of Group A Pakistan. The Dutch team won the final against South Korea again in the seven-meter shoot-out, bronze went to the Australians, who beat the Pakistani 6-3.

Group A

Pakistan and the Netherlands qualified for the semi-finals. The better goal difference brought the Dutch compared to the Germans tied for points. They missed the semi-finals in the last group game due to the defeat against Great Britain.
16th September	13:30	Netherlands - Great Britain	4: 2 (1: 1)
	18:30	Canada - Pakistan	2: 2 (2: 2)
	20:30	Malaysia - Germany	0: 1 (0: 0)
September 18	10:30	Netherlands - Malaysia	0: 0 (0: 0)
	13:30	Great Britain - Pakistan	1: 8 (1: 4)
	3:30 p.m.	Germany - Canada	2: 1 (0: 0)
September 20th	13:30	Netherlands - Canada	5: 2 (2: 1)
	3:30 p.m.	Malaysia - Great Britain	2: 2 (0: 2)
21st September	3:30 p.m.	Germany - Pakistan	1: 1 (1: 1)
September 23rd	13:30	Malaysia - Pakistan	2: 2 (1: 1)
	20:30	Netherlands - Germany	2: 2 (2: 2)
September 24th	19:00	Great Britain - Canada	1: 1 (0: 1)
September 26th	10:30	Malaysia - Canada	1: 1 (0: 1)
	3:30 p.m.	Netherlands - Pakistan	0: 2 (0: 1)
	18:30	Germany - Great Britain	1: 2 (0: 0)

Table group A
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Pakistan	5	15: 6	9
2.	Netherlands	5	11: 8	8th
3.	Germany	5	7: 6	8th
4th	Great Britain	5	8:16	5
5.	Malaysia	5	5: 6	4th
6th	Canada	5	7:11	3

Group B

Australia and South Korea qualified for the semifinals. India, equal on points and goals with South Korea, had lost the direct comparison and was therefore in third place in the table.
16th September	3:30 p.m.	Spain - South Korea	1: 1 (1: 1)
17th of September	08:30	Australia - Poland	4: 0 (1: 0)
	10:30	Argentina - India	0: 3 (0: 2)
September 19th	10:30	Spain - Poland	1: 4 (0: 3)
	18:30	Argentina - South Korea	2: 2 (1: 1)
	20:30	Australia - India	2: 2 (1: 2)
21st September	08:30	South Korea - India	2: 0 (1: 0)
	10:30	Argentina - Poland	5: 5 (2: 1)
	13:30	Spain - Australia	2: 2 (1: 1)
September 23rd	3:30 p.m.	Spain - India	2: 3 (1: 2)
	18:30	Australia - Argentina	2: 1 (0: 0)
September 24th	21:00	Poland - South Korea	2: 3 (0: 2)
25th of September	08:30	Spain - Argentina	1: 5 (1: 1)
September 26th	13:30	Australia - South Korea	2: 1 (1: 1)
	20:30	Poland - India	1: 1 (0: 0)

Table group B
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Australia	5	12: 6	11
2.	South Korea	5	9: 7	8th
3.	India	5	9: 7	8th
4th	Argentina	5	13:13	5
5.	Poland	5	12:14	5
6th	Spain	5	7:15	2

qualification

Australia and South Korea qualified for the semifinals. India, equal on points and goals with South Korea, had lost the direct comparison and was therefore in third place in the table.
September 27th	20:30	Malaysia - Spain	0: 1 (0: 0)	to place 8-12
September 28th	17:30	Canada - Poland	3: 2 (0: 1)	to place 8-12
	09:00	Great Britain - India	2: 1 (1: 1)	to place 5-8
	11:30	Germany - Argentina	6: 2 (0: 2)	to place 5-8
	14:00	Pakistan - South Korea	0: 1 (0: 0)	Semifinals
	20:00	Australia - Netherlands	0: 0 n.V. (0: 0.0: 0) 4: 5 as	Semifinals

final

The Netherlands won Olympic gold for the second time by winning two seven-meter shoots in the semi-finals and in the final.
30. September	11:30	Malaysia - Poland	3: 2 n.V. (2: 2.1: 1)	for 11th place
	14:00	Spain - Canada	3: 0 (2: 0)	for 9th place
September 29th	11:30	India - Argentina	3: 1 (1: 0)	for 7th place
	14:00	Great Britain - Germany	0: 4 (0: 1)	for 5th place
30. September	14:00	Pakistan - Australia	3: 6 (1: 3)	for 3rd place
	20:00	South Korea - Netherlands	3: 3 n.V. (3: 3.1: 1) 4: 5 iS	Endgame

Ranking list
space	team
1.	Netherlands
2.	South Korea
3.	Australia
4th	Pakistan
5.	Germany
6th	Great Britain
7th	India
8th.	Argentina
9.	Spain
10.	Canada
11.	Malaysia
12.	Poland

Medalist

			4th
Netherlands	South Korea	Australia	Pakistan
Ronald Jansen Erik Jazet Wouter van Pelt Bram Lomans Diederik van Weel Stephan Veen Jeroen Delmee Jaques Brinkman Remco van Wijk Teun de Nooijer Jaap Buma Peter Wind Sander van der Weide Piet-Hein Geeris Marten Eikelboom	Kim Yoon Ji Seong-hwan Seo Jong-ho Kim Chel-hwan Kim Yong-bae Han Hyung-bae Kim Kyung-seok Kim Jung-chul Song Seung-tae Kang Keon-wook Kong Keon-wook Hwang Jong-hyun Lim Jung-woo Jeon Jong-ha Jeon Hong-kwon Yeo Woon-kon Lim Jong-chun	Michael Brennan Adam Commens Jason Duff Troy Elder James Elmer Damon Diletti Lachlan Dreher Paul Gaudoin Jay Stacy Daniel Dbroule Stephen Davies Michael York Craig Cictory Stephen Holt Matthew Wells Brent Livermore	Ahmad Alam Ali Raza Tariq Imran Irfan Yousaf Imran Yousaf Waseem Ahmad Mohammad Nadeem Atif Bashir Kamran Ashraf Mohammad Sarwar Mohammad Qasim Sohail Abbas Mohammad Shafqat Sameer Hussain Kashif Javad Muhammad Anis

Team Germany

Germany
Christopher Reitz Clemens Arnold Philipp Crone Christian Wein Björn Michel Sascha Reinelt Oliver Domke Christoph Eimer Björn Emmerling Christoph Bechmann Michael Green Tibor Weißenborn Florian Kunz Christian Mayerhöfer Matthias Witthaus Ulrich Moissl

Ladies

Olympic Champion Australia

Tournament mode

The ten teams initially played in two groups C and D each against each other. The three best in the group then played in what is known as the medal group E: The results from each other were taken from the group games and only the games against the other group participants were played. The 3rd and 4th of the medal group play for bronze, the 1st and 2nd for gold. The 4th and 5th of groups C and D played in the knockout system for places 7 to 10: first crosswise, then the losers for place 9, the winners for place 7.

Tournament course

In the opening game, the Argentines defeated the team from South Korea 3-2. The teams from New Zealand, China, Spain, Argentina, the Netherlands and Australia qualified for the round of the last six. The Australians prevailed in this group and qualified for the final. The team around Rechelle Hawkes , who had taken the Olympic oath, won the gold medal. The Australians won 3-1 in the final against Argentina. It was the third Australian victory in the fifth edition of the women's tournament. Bronze went to the Dutch team, who beat Spain 2-0 in the small final. The German women missed the medal round with a bit of luck and ended up in seventh place.

Group C

The Australia, Argentina and Spain qualified for the medal group.
16th September	08:30	South Korea - Argentina	2: 3 (2: 1)
17th of September	3:30 p.m.	Australia - Great Britain	2: 1 (1: 0)
	16:00	South Korea - Spain	0: 0 (0: 0)
September 18	18:30	Great Britain - Argentina	0: 1 (0: 1)
September 19th	3:30 p.m.	Australia - Spain	1: 1 (1: 1)
September 20th	10:30	South Korea - Great Britain	2: 2 (1: 0)
	20:30	Australia - Argentina	3: 1 (2: 0)
21st September	20:30	Argentina - Spain	0: 1 (0: 0)
September 22	3:30 p.m.	Australia - South Korea	3: 0 (2: 0)
	20:30	Great Britain - Spain	2: 0 (0: 0)

Table group C
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Australia	4th	9: 3	10
2.	Argentina	4th	5: 6	6th
3.	Spain	4th	2: 3	5
4th	Great Britain	4th	5: 5	4th
5.	South Korea	4th	4: 8	2

Group D

The Australia, Argentina and Spain qualified for the medal group.
16th September	10:30	Germany - New Zealand	1: 1 (0: 0)
17th of September	13:30	Netherlands - China	1: 2 (0: 1)
	20:30	Germany - South Africa	2: 1 (1: 1)
September 18	20:30	China - New Zealand	0: 2 (0: 1)
September 19th	13:30	Netherlands - South Africa	2: 2 (2: 0)
September 20th	08:30	Germany - China	1: 2 (0: 1)
	18:30	Netherlands - New Zealand	4: 3 (2: 1)
21st September	18:30	New Zealand - South Africa	1: 0 (0: 0)
September 22	13:30	Netherlands - Germany	2: 2 (1: 1)
	18:30	China - South Africa	0: 1 (0: 0)

Table group D
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	New Zealand	4th	7: 5	7th
2.	China	4th	4: 5	6th
3.	Netherlands	4th	9: 9	5
4th	Germany	4th	6: 6	5
5.	South Africa	4th	4: 5	4th

Medal group E

Australia and Argentina qualified for the gold game, the Netherlands and Spain for the bronze game.
September 24th	11:00	Spain - China	0: 0 (0: 0)
	14:00	Argentina - Netherlands	3: 1 (2: 1)
	16:00	Australia - New Zealand	3: 0 (0: 0)
25th of September	13:30	Argentina - China	2: 1 (1: 1)
	18:30	Australia - Netherlands	5: 0 (1: 0)
	20:30	Spain - New Zealand	2: 2 (1: 0)
September 27th	11:00	Spain - Netherlands	1: 2 (0: 1)
	16:30	Argentina - New Zealand	7: 1 (3: 2)
	18:30	Australia - China	5: 1 (3: 0)

Table medal group E
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Australia	5	17: 3	13
2.	Argentina	5	13: 7	9
3.	Netherlands	5	8:14	6th
4th	Spain	5	5: 5	6th
5.	China	5	4:10	4th
6th	New Zealand	5	8:16	4th

Qualification

25th of September	10:30	Great Britain - South Africa	3: 2 (2: 2)	for 7-10
	3:30 p.m.	South Korea - Germany	2: 3 n.V. (2: 2.0: 1)	for 7-10

final

The Australians won the Olympic hockey tournament for the third time.
September 27th	08:30	South Africa - South Korea	0: 3 (0: 3)	for 9th place
	13:00	Great Britain - Germany	0: 2 (0: 1)	for 7th place
September 29th	17:30	Netherlands - Spain	2: 0 (1: 0)	for 3rd place
	20:00	Australia - Argentina	3: 1 (2: 0)	Endgame

Ranking list
space	team
1.	Australia
2.	Argentina
3.	Netherlands
4th	Spain
5.	China
6th	New Zealand
7th	Germany
8th.	Great Britain
9.	South Korea
10.	South Africa

Medalists

			4th
Australia	Argentina	Netherlands	Spain
Alyson Annan Juliet Haslam Alison Peek Claire Mitchell-Taverner Kate Starre Kate Allen Lisa Carruthers Rechelle Hawkes Clover Maitland Rachel Imison Angie Skirving Julie Towers Renita Garard Jenny Morris Katrina Powell Nikki Hudson	Mariela Antoniska Agustina García Magadalena Aicega Paz Ferrari Anabel Gambero Ayelén Stepnik Inés Arrondo Luciana Aymar Vanina Oneto Jorgelina Rimoldi Karina Masotta Paola Vukojicic Laura Maiztequi Mercedes Margalot Maria de la Paz Hernandez Cecilia Rognoni	Clarinda Sinnige Macha van der Vaart Julie Deiters Fatima Moreira de Melo Hanneke Smabers Dillianne van den Boogaard Margje Teeuwen Mijntje Donners Ageeth Boomgaardt Myrna Veenstra Minke Smabers Carole Thate Fleur van de Kieft Minke Booij Daphne Touw	Elena Carrión Nuria Moreno Amanda González Carmen Barea Sonia de Ignacio-Simo María del Carmen Martín Sonia Barrio Silvia Muñoz Luci Lopez Mar Feito Maider Tellería Elena Urkizu Begoña Larzabal Erdoitza Goikoetxea Cibeles Romero Núria Camón

Team Germany

Germany
Julia Zwehl Birgit Beyer Denise Klecker Tanja Dickenscheid Nadine Ernsting-Krienke Inga Möller Natascha Keller Friederike Barth Britta Becker Marion Rodewald Heike Lätzsch Katrin Kauschke Simone Grässer Fanny Rinne Caroline Casaretto Franziska Gude

Sources, web links

• Official IOC Report, Vol. 2, Hockey (PDF; 2.1 MB) p. 232 ff
• Official IOC Report, Hockey Results (PDF; 4.54 MB)
• Olympic Summer Games 2000 Hockey on www.sports-reference.com
• Sydney 2000 on www.hockey.de