2012 Summer Olympics / Hockey

Olympic hockey tournament 2012
Men's
Number of nations	12
Olympic champion	Germany
venue	London
Stadion	Riverbank Arena
opening	July 30, 2012
Endgame	August 11, 2012
← 2008 2016 →

Olympic hockey tournament 2012
Ladies
Number of nations	12
Olympic champion	Netherlands
venue	London
Stadion	Riverbank Arena
opening	July 29, 2012
Endgame	August 10, 2012
← 2008 2016 →

Two hockey competitions were held from July 29 to August 11 at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the British capital, London .

Twelve teams each took part in the tournament for women and men. The venue was the temporary Riverbank Arena in the Olympic Park , which offered space for 16,000 spectators.

Olympic tournament of men

Medalist

space	country	athlete
1	Germany	Max Weinhold , Oskar Deecke , Florian Fuchs , Moritz Fürste , Martin Häner , Tobias Hauke , Oliver Korn , Maximilian Müller , Jan-Philipp Rabente , Thilo Stralkowski , Christopher Wesley , Benjamin Wess , Timo Wess , Matthias Witthaus , Christopher Zeller , Philipp Zeller , Linus Butt , Nicolas Jacobi .
2	Netherlands	Sander Baart , Billy Bakker , Marcel Balkestein , Floris Evers , Rogier Hofman , Robert van der Horst , Wouter Jolie , Robbert Kemperman , Teun de Nooijer , Jaap Stockmann , Valentin Verga , Klaas Vermeulen , Bob de Voogd , Mink van der Weerden , Roderick Weusthof , Sander de Wijn
3	Australia	Nathan Burgers , Matthew Butturini , Joel Carroll , Chris Ciriello , Tim Deavin , Jamie Dwyer , Russell Ford , Matthew Gohdes , Kieran Govers , Fergus Kavanagh , Mark Knowles , Eddie Ockenden , Simon Orchard , Matthew Swann , Glenn Turner , Liam de Young

Preliminary round

Group A

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Australia	3	2	0	23: 05	+18	11
2.	Great Britain	2	3	0	14: 08	+ 06	09
3.	Spain	2	2	1	08:10	- 02nd	08th
4th	Pakistan	2	1	2	09:16	- 07th	07th
5.	Argentina	1	1	3	10:14	- 04th	04th
6th	South Africa	0	1	4th	11:22	−11	01

date	time	encounter	Result
July 30, 2012	10:45 a.m.	Australia - South Africa	6: 0 (2: 0)
	1:45 p.m.	Spain - Pakistan	1: 1 (0: 0)
	7:00 p.m.	Great Britain - Argentina	4: 1 (1: 0)
August 1, 2012	08:30 am	Spain - Australia	0: 5 (0: 3)
	4:00 p.m.	South Africa - Great Britain	2: 2 (0: 1)
	7:00 p.m.	Pakistan - Argentina	2: 0 (1: 0)
August 3, 2012	08:30 am	Australia - Argentina	2: 2 (2: 0)
	4:00 p.m.	Great Britain - Pakistan	4: 1 (2: 0)
	7:00 p.m.	South Africa - Spain	2: 3 (1: 1)
5th August 2012	10:45 a.m.	Pakistan - South Africa	5: 4 (3: 3)
	7:00 p.m.	Great Britain - Australia	3: 3 (0: 2)
	9:15 pm	Argentina - Spain	1: 3 (0: 0)
August 7, 2012	10:45 a.m.	Australia - Pakistan	7: 0 (4: 0)
	1:45 p.m.	Argentina - South Africa	6: 3 (2: 2)
	7:00 p.m.	Spain - Great Britain	1: 1 (0: 1)

Group B

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	5	0	0	18: 07	+11	15th
2.	Germany	3	1	1	14:11	+ 03	10
3.	Belgium	2	1	2	08: 07	+ 01	07th
4th	South Korea	2	0	3	09: 08	+ 01	06th
5.	New Zealand	1	2	2	10:14	- 04th	05
6th	India	0	0	5	06:18	−12	00

date	time	encounter	Result
July 30, 2012	08:30 am	South Korea - New Zealand	2: 0 (2: 0)
	4:00 p.m.	Netherlands - India	3: 2 (2: 0)
	9:15 pm	Germany - Belgium	2: 1 (1: 1)
August 1, 2012	10:45 a.m.	Belgium - Netherlands	1: 3 (0: 0)
	1:45 p.m.	New Zealand - India	3: 1 (3: 1)
	9:15 pm	South Korea - Germany	0: 1 (0: 1)
August 3, 2012	10:45 a.m.	Netherlands - New Zealand	5: 1 (3: 1)
	1:45 p.m.	Germany - India	5: 2 (4: 1)
	9:15 pm	Belgium - South Korea	2: 1 (0: 0)
5th August 2012	08:30 am	New Zealand - Belgium	1: 1 (0: 0)
	1:45 p.m.	India - South Korea	1: 4 (1: 1)
	4:00 p.m.	Netherlands - Germany	3: 1 (1: 1)
August 7, 2012	08:30 am	South Korea - Netherlands	2: 4 (0: 2)
	4:00 p.m.	India - Belgium	0: 3 (0: 1)
	9:15 pm	Germany - New Zealand	5: 5 (2: 4)

Placement games

date	time	encounter	Result
Game for 11th place:
August 11, 2012	08:30 am	South Africa - India	3: 2 (2: 1)
Game for 9th place:
August 9, 2012	08:30 am	Argentina - New Zealand	1: 3 (0: 3)
Game for 7th place:
August 9, 2012	11:30 a.m.	Pakistan - South Korea	3: 2 (1: 2)
Match for 5th place:
August 11, 2012	11:30 a.m.	Spain - Belgium	2: 5 (1: 4)

Final round

date	time	encounter	Result
Semifinals:
August 9, 2012	3:30 p.m.	Australia - Germany	2: 4 (1: 1)
	8:00 p.m.	Great Britain - Netherlands	2: 9 (1: 4)
3rd place match:
August 11, 2012	3:30 p.m.	Australia - Great Britain	3: 1 (1: 1)
Final:
August 11, 2012	8:00 p.m.	Germany - Netherlands	2: 1 (1: 0)

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

Olympic tournament of women

Medalists

space	country	Sportswomen
1	Netherlands	Kitty van Male , Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel , Kelly Jonker , Maartje Goderie , Lidewij Welten , Maartje Pracht , Naomi van As , Ellen Hoog , Sophie Polkamp , Joyce Sombroek , Kim Lammers , Eva de Goede , Marilyn Agliotti , Merel de Blaey , Margot van Geffen , Caia van Maasakker
2	Argentina	Laura del Colle , Rosario Luchetti , Macarena Rodríguez , Luciana Aymar , Carla Rebecchi , Delfina Merino , Martina Cavallero , Florencia Habif , Rocío Sánchez , Daniela Sruoga , Sofia Maccari , Mariela Scarone , Silvina D'Elia , Noel Barrionuevo , Josefina Sruiooga , Florencia Mutiooga
3	Great Britain	Beth Storry , Emily Maguire , Laura Unsworth , Crista Cullen , Hannah Macleod , Anne Panter , Helen Richardson , Kate Walsh , Chloe Rogers , Laura Bartlett , Alex Danson , Georgie Twigg , Ashleigh Ball , Sally Walton , Nicola White , Sarah Thomas

Preliminary round

Group A

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	5	0	0	12: 05	+7	15th
2.	Great Britain	3	0	2	14: 07	+7	09
3.	China	2	1	2	06: 03	+3	07th
4th	South Korea	2	0	3	09:13	−4	06th
5.	Japan	1	1	2	04: 09	−5	04th
6th	Belgium	0	2	3	02:10	−8	02

date	time	encounter	Result
July 29, 2012	10:45 a.m.	Netherlands - Belgium	3: 0 (1: 0)
	1:45 p.m.	China - South Korea	4: 0 (1: 0)
	7:00 p.m.	Great Britain - Japan	4: 0 (4: 0)
July 31, 2012	08:30 am	Netherlands - Japan	3: 2 (2: 0)
	1:45 p.m.	Belgium - China	0-0
	4:00 p.m.	Great Britain - South Korea	5: 3 (2: 1)
2nd August 2012	08:30 am	South Korea - Japan	1: 0 (0: 0)
	1:45 p.m.	China - Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 1)
	7:00 p.m.	Belgium - Great Britain	0: 3 (0: 1)
4th August 2012	10:45 a.m.	Netherlands - South Korea	3: 2 (2: 1)
	1:45 p.m.	Japan - Belgium	1: 1 (0: 1)
	4:00 p.m.	China - Great Britain	2: 1 (0: 0)
August 6, 2012	1:45 p.m.	Japan - China	1: 0 (0: 0)
	4:00 p.m.	South Korea - Belgium	3: 1 (2: 0)
	7:00 p.m.	Great Britain - Netherlands	1: 2 (1: 0)

Group B

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Argentina	3	1	1	12: 04	+8	10
2.	New Zealand	3	1	1	09: 05	+4	10
3.	Australia	3	1	1	05: 02	+3	10
4th	Germany	2	1	2	06: 07	−1	07th
5.	South Africa	1	0	4th	09:14	−5	03
6th	United States	1	0	4th	04:13	−9	03

date	time	encounter	Result
July 29, 2012	08:30 am	New Zealand - Australia	1: 0 (1: 0)
	4:00 p.m.	Argentina - South Africa	7: 1 (5: 1)
	9:15 pm	Germany - USA	2: 1 (2: 0)
July 31, 2012	10:45 a.m.	South Africa - New Zealand	1: 4 (0: 3)
	7:00 p.m.	Argentina - USA	0: 1 (0: 1)
	9:15 pm	Germany - Australia	1: 3 (1: 1)
2nd August 2012	10:45 a.m.	Australia - USA	1: 0 (1: 0)
	4:00 p.m.	South Africa - Germany	0: 2 (0: 1)
	9:15 pm	New Zealand - Argentina	1: 2 (0: 1)
4th August 2012	08:30 am	Australia - South Africa	1: 0 (1: 0)
	7:00 p.m.	USA - New Zealand	2: 3 (2: 2)
	9:15 pm	Germany - Argentina	1: 3 (0: 2)
August 6, 2012	08:30 am	New Zealand - Germany	0-0
	10:45 a.m.	USA - South Africa	0: 7 (0: 4)
	9:15 pm	Argentina - Australia	0-0

Placement games

date	time	encounter	Result
Game for 11th place:
August 10, 2012	08:30 am	Belgium - USA	2: 1 (1: 1)
Game for 9th place:
August 8, 2012	08:30 am	Japan - South Africa	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1)
Game for 7th place:
August 8, 2012	11:30 a.m.	South Korea - Germany	1: 4 (1: 2)
Match for 5th place:
August 10, 2012	11:30 a.m.	China - Australia	0: 2 (0: 0)

Final round

date	time	encounter	Result
Semifinals:
August 8, 2012	3:30 p.m.	Netherlands - New Zealand	5: 3 after 7-meter shooting (2: 2, 2: 2, 1: 1)
	8:00 p.m.	Great Britain - Argentina	1: 2 (0: 2)
3rd place match:
August 10, 2012	3:30 p.m.	New Zealand - Great Britain	1: 3 (0: 0)
Final:
August 10, 2012	8:00 p.m.	Netherlands - Argentina	2: 0 (0: 0)

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

qualification

Qualification criteria

Twelve teams with 16 athletes each will take part in the competitions for women and men, for a total of 384 athletes. Eight of the twelve quota places per gender were awarded at continental championships and tournaments. The two best teams from Europe for women and the three best teams for men qualified, the two best teams for women and the best team from Asia for men and, equally for women and men, the two best teams from Oceania and the best Team from Africa and America . Great Britain automatically qualified to host. If Great Britain placed itself on a qualifying rank at the European Championship, the next team receives the quota place.

Finally, in 2012 three international qualification tournaments with six teams each were held for women and men. The respective winner qualified for the Olympic tournament.

Overview of all qualification competitions:

Men

• 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou , November 13-24, 2010 
• European field hockey championship 2011 in Mönchengladbach , August 20th to 28th, 2011 
• African Olympic qualification tournament in Bulawayo , September 2-11 , 2011 
• Oceania Cup in Hobart , October 5-9, 2011 
• Pan-American Games in Guadalajara , October 20-29, 2011 
• 1st qualifying tournament in Delhi , February 18-26, 2012 
• 2nd qualifier in Dublin , March 10-18, 2012 
• 3rd qualifying tournament in Kakamigahara , April 26th to May 6th, 2012 

Women

• 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou , November 13-24, 2010 
• European field hockey championship 2011 in Mönchengladbach , August 20th to 28th, 2011 
• African Olympic qualification tournament in Bulawayo , September 2-11 , 2011 
• Oceania Cup in Hobart , October 5-9, 2011 
• Pan American Games in Guadalajara , October 19-28, 2011 
• 1st qualifying tournament in Delhi , February 18-25, 2012 
• 2nd qualification tournament in Kontich , March 17th to 25th, 2012 
• 3rd qualifying tournament in Kakamigahara , April 25th to May 5th, 2012 

At the Asian Games, Pakistan secured their participation for the men and China and South Korea for the women, while the German and Dutch teams qualified for the European Championships, and Belgium for the men. As expected, Australia and New Zealand each came from Oceania, and finally Argentina won the Pan American Games and the US team surprisingly won the women’s participation.

At the African qualification tournament in Bulawayo , the South African team qualified for women and men. However, the starting places were given back later because the tournament was not sufficient evidence of performance for participation from the perspective of the South African Association. Instead, the women's team started at the qualifying tournament in Delhi , where they finally qualified. The men's team took part in the qualification tournament in Kakamigahara and was also able to finally qualify. The quota places that became available were assigned to Argentina for women and Spain for men based on the world rankings.

Qualifying tournaments

Men's

1st qualification tournament 18. – 26. February 2012 in Delhi
rank	team	Tordiff.	Points
1.	India	36: 8	15th
2.	France	17: 8	10
3.	Poland	24:13	9
4th	Canada	29: 8	7th
5.	Italy	7:27	3
6th	Singapore	5:54	0

Preliminary round
February 18	Canada	Italy	9-0
	France	Poland	2: 1
	India	Singapore	15: 1
19th of February	Canada	Poland	2: 3
	Singapore	France	0: 9
	India	Italy	8: 1
21st of February	Singapore	Canada	1:15
	Poland	Italy	7: 2
	France	India	2: 6
February 22	Poland	Singapore	11: 3
	Italy	France	0: 3
	Canada	India	2: 3
February 24th	Italy	Singapore	4-0
	France	Canada	1: 1
	India	Poland	4: 2
Play for 5th place
February 26th	Italy	Singapore	5-0
3rd place match
February 26th	Poland	Canada	3: 4
final
February 26th	India	France	8: 1

2nd qualification tournament 10. – 18. March 2012 in Dublin
rank	team	Tordiff.	Points
1.	South Korea	23: 7	13
2.	Ireland	23: 3	11
3.	Malaysia	19: 8	10
4th	Russia	10:20	6th
5.	Chile	9:20	3
6th	Ukraine	5:31	0

Preliminary round
March 10th	Malaysia	Chile	5: 1
	Ireland	Russia	6: 1
	South Korea	Ukraine	8: 2
March 11	Malaysia	Russia	6: 2
	Ukraine	Ireland	0:12
	South Korea	Chile	6: 1
March 13th	Ukraine	Malaysia	1: 5
	Russia	Chile	4: 3
	Ireland	South Korea	1: 1
March, 15	Russia	Ukraine	2-0
	Malaysia	South Korea	2: 3
	Chile	Ireland	0: 3
17. March	South Korea	Russia	5: 1
	Chile	Ukraine	4: 2
	Ireland	Malaysia	1: 1
Play for 5th place
March 18th	Chile	Ukraine	1: 2
3rd place match
March 18th	Malaysia	Russia	6: 1
final
March 18th	South Korea	Ireland	3: 2

3rd qualifying tournament April 26th – April 6th May 2012 in Kakamigahara
rank	team	Tordiff.	Points
1.	Japan	27: 6	13
2.	South Africa	27:10	11
3.	People's Republic of China	14: 8	9
4th	Austria	8: 9	7th
5.	Czech Republic	8:15	3
6th	Brazil	2:38	0

Preliminary round
26th of April	China	Austria	1-0
	Japan	Czech Republic	6-0
	South Africa	Brazil	11: 1
April 28	South Africa	Czech Republic	6: 2
	Brazil	China	0: 8
	Japan	Austria	4: 1
April, 30th	Austria	Czech Republic	2: 1
	Brazil	Japan	0:11
	China	South Africa	2: 5
2.May	Austria	Brazil	3: 1
	Japan	South Africa	3: 3
	Czech Republic	China	0: 1
May 4th	Czech Republic	Brazil	5-0
	China	Japan	2: 3
	South Africa	Austria	2: 2
Play for 5th place
May 6th	Czech Republic	Brazil	5: 1
3rd place match
May 6th	China	Austria	5: 3
final
May 6th	Japan	South Africa	1: 2

Ladies

1st qualification tournament 18. – 26. February 2012 in Delhi
rank	team	Tordiff.	Points
1.	South Africa	14: 5	13
2.	India	11: 7	10
3.	Italy	9: 6	8th
4th	Ukraine	8: 7	7th
5.	Canada	7:15	4th
6th	Poland	2:11	0

Preliminary round
February 18	South Africa	Poland	2: 1
	Italy	Canada	2: 2
	India	Ukraine	1: 1
19th of February	Poland	Italy	1: 4
	South Africa	Ukraine	2-0
	India	Canada	4: 1
21st of February	Canada	Ukraine	2: 5
	Italy	South Africa	1: 1
	Poland	India	0: 3
February 22	Ukraine	Italy	1: 2
	Canada	Poland	1-0
	India	South Africa	2: 5
February 24th	Ukraine	Poland	1-0
	South Africa	Canada	4: 1
	Italy	India	0: 1
Play for 5th place
February 26th	Canada	Poland	3-0
3rd place match
February 26th	Italy	Ukraine	2: 1
final
February 26th	South Africa	India	3: 1

2nd qualification tournament 17. – 25. March 2012 in Kontich
rank	team	Tordiff.	Points
1.	Belgium	22: 1	13
2.	Ireland	17: 4	13
3.	Spain	12: 6	7th
4th	Russia	9:11	7th
5.	France	9:18	3
6th	Mexico	5:34	0

Preliminary round
17. March	Spain	Mexico	7-0
	Ireland	France	5: 1
	Belgium	Russia	4-0
March 18th	Spain	France	2: 1
	Ireland	Russia	3-0
	Mexico	Belgium	0:12
March, 20th	Mexico	Ireland	0: 5
	Russia	France	3: 2
	Belgium	Spain	1-0
March 22	Russia	Mexico	5: 1
	Ireland	Spain	3: 2
	France	Belgium	0: 4
March 23	France	Mexico	5: 4
	Spain	Russia	1: 1
	Belgium	Ireland	1: 1
Play for 5th place
25th March	France	Mexico	5: 1
3rd place match
25th March	Spain	Russia	5: 1
final
25th March	Belgium	Ireland	4: 1

3rd qualifying tournament April 25th – 5th May 2012 in Kakamigahara
rank	team	Tordiff.	Points
1.	Japan	23: 1	13
2.	Azerbaijan	15: 6	10
3.	Chile	8: 6	8th
4th	Belarus	10:10	7th
5.	Austria	3:22	3
6th	Malaysia	5:19	1

Preliminary round
April 25	Chile	Belarus	1: 3
	Japan	Austria	7-0
	Azerbaijan	Malaysia	4-0
April 27	Azerbaijan	Belarus	3-0
	Japan	Malaysia	8-0
	Austria	Chile	0: 3
April 29	Chile	Japan	0-0
	Austria	Azerbaijan	0: 5
	Belarus	Malaysia	2: 2
1st of May	Malaysia	Chile	1: 2
	Azerbaijan	Japan	1: 4
	Belarus	Austria	5-0
May 3rd	Austria	Malaysia	3: 2
	Japan	Belarus	4-0
	Chile	Azerbaijan	2: 2
Play for 5th place
5th of May	Austria	Malaysia	0: 5
3rd place match
5th of May	Chile	Belarus	2: 1
final
5th of May	Japan	Azerbaijan	5: 1

Qualified teams

Qualified teams
Men's		Ladies
host	Great Britain	host	Great Britain
Africa	-	Africa	-
America	Argentina	America	United States
Asia	Pakistan	Asia	China
Europe	Belgium	Asia	South Korea
Europe	Germany	Europe	Germany
Europe	Netherlands	Europe	Netherlands
Oceania	Australia	Oceania	Australia
Oceania	New Zealand	Oceania	New Zealand
1st qualifying tournament	India	1st qualifying tournament	South Africa
2nd qualifying tournament	South Korea	2nd qualifying tournament	Belgium
3rd qualifying tournament	South Africa	3rd qualifying tournament	Japan
invitation	Spain	invitation	Argentina

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
2	Germany	1	0	0	1
3	Argentina	0	1	0	1
4th	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6th

Web links

Commons : Field Hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Results: Men , Women (English)
• Schedule: Men , Women (English)
• Competition: Competition Regulations (English)
• Schedule (English; PDF file; 66 kB)
• YouTube video of the men's final
• YouTube video of the women's final

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} P-accredited
2. ↑ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM - GAMES OF THE XXX OLYMPIAD" ( memento of the original from June 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 119 kB) Website of the NOK from Australia. Retrieved December 15, 2010. (English). 
3. ^ "FIH release 2012 Olympic Qualification quotas" website of the FIH. Retrieved December 15, 2010. (English).
4. ↑ Argentina make Olympics after S. Africa withdrawal. Retrieved February 25, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Agony for SA hockey men but one more chance for London 2012. Retrieved on February 26, 2012 (English).