Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's field hockey
at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Helliniko Olympic Complex
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
CityAthens
Dates15 – 27 August
Teams12
Venue(s)Hellinikon Olympic Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored213 (5.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)Pakistan Sohail Abbas (11 goals)
2000 (previous) (next) 2008

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the 20th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 15 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 27 August. All games were played at the hockey centre within the Hellinikon Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece.

Australia won the gold medal for the first time after defeating defending champions the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Spain 4–3.[1]

Qualification

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Each of the continental champions from five federations received an automatic berth. Alongside the seven teams qualifying through the 2004 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualification Tournament, twelve teams competed in this tournament.[2]

Dates Event Location Qualifier(s)
30 September – 12 October 2002 2002 Asian Games South Korea Busan, South Korea  South Korea
2–13 August 2003 2003 Pan American Games Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  Argentina
1–13 September 2003 2003 EuroHockey Nations Championship Spain Barcelona, Spain  Germany
17–21 September 2003 2003 Men's Oceania Cup New Zealand Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand  Australia
10–16 October 2003 2003 All-Africa Games Nigeria Abuja, Nigeria  Egypt
2–13 March 2004 Olympic Qualification Tournament Spain Madrid, Spain  Netherlands
 Spain
 Pakistan
 India
 Great Britain
 New Zealand
 South Africa

Although the host nation would have qualified automatically as well, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to give them an automatic berth due to the standard of hockey in Greece. Greece appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), however it was turned down. Greece's first option to gain a place at the Olympics was by qualifying for the EuroHockey Nations Championship held in 2003. As they did not qualify for this tournament their last option was to beat Canada, the last ranked team of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in a best of three play-off competition. Canada would have kept its place in the Qualifier regardless of whether it won or lost against Greece. There would, however, have been six places at stake at the tournament if Greece had qualified, rather than the seven eventually available. Greece lost the first two matches against Canada, losing their chance to qualify to the Olympics.[3]

Umpires

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  •  Xavier Adell (ESP)
  •  Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
  •  David Gentles (AUS)
  •  Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
  •  David Leiper (GBR)
  •  Ray O'Connor (IRL)
  •  Amarjit Singh (MAS)
  •  John Wright (RSA)
  •  Christian Blasch (GER)
  •  Peter Elders (NED)
  •  Murray Grime (AUS)
  •  Satinder Kumar (IND)
  •  Jason McCracken (NZL)
  •  Sumesh Putra (CAN)
  •  Pedro Teixeira (POR)

Rosters

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Preliminary round

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All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 3 2 0 14 3 +11 11 Semi-finals
2  Germany 5 3 2 0 15 6 +9 11
3  Pakistan 5 3 0 2 19 8 +11 9 5–8th place semi-finals
4  South Korea 5 2 2 1 17 8 +9 8
5  Great Britain 5 1 0 4 9 21 −12 3 9–12th place semi-finals
6  Egypt 5 0 0 5 2 30 −28 0
Source: FIH
15 August 2004
18:00
South Korea  1 – 1  Spain
You Hyo-Sik field hockey ball 16' Report Freixa field hockey ball 43'
Umpires:
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Peter Elders (NED)
15 August 2004
18:30
Germany  2 – 1  Pakistan
Emmerling field hockey ball 7'
Michel field hockey ball 31'
Report Butt field hockey ball 43'
Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
John Wright (RSA)
15 August 2004
20:00
Great Britain  3 – 1  Egypt
Middleton field hockey ball 18'
Fordham field hockey ball 53'
Hawes field hockey ball 59'
Report S. Mohamed field hockey ball 37'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Satinder Kumar (IND)

17 August 2004
08:30
South Korea  3 – 2  Great Britain
Lee Jung-Seon field hockey ball 15'68'
Yeo Woon-Kon field hockey ball 47'
Report Hall field hockey ball 45'
Stott field hockey ball 52'
Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
John Wright (RSA)
17 August 2004
18:30
Egypt  0 – 7  Pakistan
Report Jawad field hockey ball 3'12'
Nadeem field hockey ball 15'
Abbas field hockey ball 30'34'38'58'
Umpires:
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
Peter Elders (NED)
17 August 2004
20:30
Spain  1 – 1  Germany
Freixa field hockey ball 28' Report Bechmann field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Murray Grime (AUS)

19 August 2004
10:30
Pakistan  3 – 0  South Korea
Butt field hockey ball 43'
Abbasi field hockey ball 56'
Abbas field hockey ball 66'
Report
Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
19 August 2004
18:00
Germany  6 – 1  Egypt
Zeller field hockey ball 17'67'
Witthaus field hockey ball 38'
Kunz field hockey ball 46'
Bechmann field hockey ball 49'58'
Report Enaba field hockey ball 24'
Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
David Gentles (AUS)
19 August 2004
18:30
Great Britain  1 – 5  Spain
Middleton field hockey ball 57' Report Amat field hockey ball 7'38'
Freixa field hockey ball 32'35'
Ribas field hockey ball 61'
Umpires:
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Christian Blasch (GER)

21 August 2004
08:30
Egypt  0 – 11  South Korea
Report Lee Jung-Seon field hockey ball 16'25'37'59'68'
Jeon Jong-Ha field hockey ball 29'
Seo Jong-Ho field hockey ball 57'
Song Seung-Tae field hockey ball 62'65'65'
You Hyo-Sik field hockey ball 66'
Umpires:
Padro Teixeira (POR)
Christian Blasch (GER)
21 August 2004
20:00
Spain  4 – 0  Pakistan
Tubau field hockey ball 6'35'41'
Freixa field hockey ball 63'
Report
Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
John Wright (RSA)
21 August 2004
20:30
Germany  4 – 1  Great Britain
Zeller field hockey ball 21'39'
Witthaus field hockey ball 38'
Scharowsky field hockey ball 52'
Report Moodie field hockey ball 60'
Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)

23 August 2004
10:30
Spain  3 – 0  Egypt
Tubau field hockey ball 6'65'
Amat field hockey ball 62'
Report
Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
23 August 2004
18:00
Pakistan  8 – 2  Great Britain
Abbas field hockey ball 9'39'
Ali field hockey ball 35+'
Nadeem field hockey ball 37'
Butt field hockey ball 55'68'
Abbasi field hockey ball 59'
Shabbir field hockey ball 60'
Report Stott field hockey ball 5'
Hall field hockey ball 65'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
23 August 2004
18:30
South Korea  2 – 2  Germany
Lee Jung-Seon field hockey ball 8'54' Report Zeller field hockey ball 35'
Emmerling field hockey ball 66'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
John Wright (RSA)

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 0 16 9 +7 15 Semi-finals
2  Australia 5 3 1 1 14 10 +4 10
3  New Zealand 5 3 0 2 13 11 +2 9 5–8th place semi-finals
4  India 5 1 1 3 11 13 −2 4
5  South Africa 5 1 0 4 9 15 −6 3 9–12th place semi-finals
6  Argentina 5 0 2 3 8 13 −5 2
Source: FIH
15 August 2004
08:30
Australia  4 – 1  New Zealand
Elder field hockey ball 15'
Dwyer field hockey ball 24'42'60'
Report Smith field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
15 August 2004
10:30
Argentina  1 – 2  South Africa
Almada field hockey ball 10' Report Nicol field hockey ball 38'41'
Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
David Gentles (AUS)
15 August 2004
20:30
Netherlands  3 – 1  India
Eikelboom field hockey ball 2'
De Nooijer field hockey ball 50'
Taekema field hockey ball 54'
Report G. A. Singh field hockey ball 69'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Jason McCracken (NZL)

17 August 2004
10:30
Argentina  2 – 2  Australia
Almada field hockey ball 2'31' Report Dwyer field hockey ball 26'66'
Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Jason McCracken (NZL)
17 August 2004
18:00
South Africa  2 – 4  India
Nicol field hockey ball 7'
Fulton field hockey ball 12'
Report D. Pillay field hockey ball 27'
B. Singh field hockey ball 41'
D. Tirkey field hockey ball 69'
G. A. Singh field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
David Leiper (GBR)
17 August 2004
20:00
New Zealand  3 – 4  Netherlands
Shaw field hockey ball 9'55'
Burrows field hockey ball 59'
Report Taekema field hockey ball 4'24'
Klaver field hockey ball 39'
Van der Weide field hockey ball 68'
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)

19 August 2004
08:30
Netherlands  3 – 2  South Africa
Derikx field hockey ball 29'
De Nooijer field hockey ball 49'
Klaver field hockey ball 69'
Report Evans field hockey ball 17'
Symons field hockey ball 23'
Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
19 August 2004
20:00
New Zealand  3 – 1  Argentina
Shaw field hockey ball 12'
Hari field hockey ball 44'
Burrows field hockey ball 49'
Report Lombi field hockey ball 8'
Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
19 August 2004
20:30
Australia  4 – 3  India
Elder field hockey ball 11'
Dwyer field hockey ball 38'
McCann field hockey ball 49'
Brennan field hockey ball 70'
Report Thakur field hockey ball 6'
G. A. Singh field hockey ball 50'
Halappa field hockey ball 52'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
John Wright (RSA)

21 August 2004
10:30
India  1 – 2  New Zealand
D. Pillay field hockey ball 62' Report Burrows field hockey ball 36'
Shaw field hockey ball 70+'
Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
21 August 2004
18:00
South Africa  2 – 3  Australia
Nicol field hockey ball 4'
Smith field hockey ball 29'
Report Brooks field hockey ball 17'
Eglington field hockey ball 19'
Brennan field hockey ball 47'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
21 August 2004
18:30
Argentina  2 – 4  Netherlands
Almada field hockey ball 37'
Lombi field hockey ball 52'
Report Reckers field hockey ball 17'
Klaver field hockey ball 22'
Taekema field hockey ball 26'
De Nooijer field hockey ball 44'
Umpires:
Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Murray Grime (AUS)

23 August 2004
08:30
New Zealand  4 – 1  South Africa
Kosoof field hockey ball 15'
Shaw field hockey ball 38'46'
Burrows field hockey ball 70'
Report Smith field hockey ball 28'
Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
23 August 2004
20:00
India  2 – 2  Argentina
G. A. Singh field hockey ball 33'60' Report Vila field hockey ball 52'69'
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Peter Elders (NED)
23 August 2004
20:30
Australia  1 – 2  Netherlands
Brooks field hockey ball 28' Report Taekema field hockey ball 10'13'
Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Classification round

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Ninth to twelfth place classification

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9–12th place semi-finalsNinth place
 
      
 
25 August
 
 
 South Africa5
 
27 August
 
 Egypt1
 
 South Africa1 (3)
 
25 August
 
 Great Britain (p.s.)1 (4)
 
 Great Britain4
 
 
 Argentina1
 
Eleventh place
 
 
27 August
 
 
 Egypt2
 
 
 Argentina4

9–12th place semi-finals

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25 August 2004
08:30
South Africa  5 – 1  Egypt
Nicol field hockey ball 2'54'67'
Fulton field hockey ball 7'
Smith field hockey ball 50'
Report Ahmed field hockey ball 17'
Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
Satinder Kumar (IND)

25 August 2004
11:00
Great Britain  4 – 1  Argentina
Moore field hockey ball 24'
Bertram field hockey ball 35+'
Hall field hockey ball 38'
Pearn field hockey ball 67'
Report Retegui field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Christian Blasch (GER)

Eleventh place game

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27 August 2004
09:00
Egypt  2 – 4  Argentina
El Sayed field hockey ball 21'
Mohamed field hockey ball 43'
Report Retegui field hockey ball 20'
Almada field hockey ball 26'48'62'
Umpires:
Xavier Adell (ESP)
Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

Ninth place game

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27 August 2004
11:30
South Africa  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Great Britain
Nicol field hockey ball 45' Report Fordham field hockey ball 43'
Penalties
Symons Penalty shoot-out scored
Clark Penalty shoot-out scored
Nicol Penalty shoot-out scored
Denne Penalty shoot-out missed
Fulton Penalty shoot-out missed
3 – 4 Penalty shoot-out scored Hawes
Penalty shoot-out scored Moodie
Penalty shoot-out missed Stott
Penalty shoot-out scored Garrard
Penalty shoot-out scored Hall
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Fifth to eighth place classification

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CrossoverFifth Place
 
      
 
25 August
 
 
 New Zealand4
 
27 August
 
 South Korea3
 
 New Zealand2
 
25 August
 
 Pakistan4
 
 Pakistan3
 
 
 India0
 
Seventh Place
 
 
27 August
 
 
 South Korea2
 
 
 India5

Crossover

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25 August 2004
18:00
New Zealand  4–3  South Korea
Burrows field hockey ball 26'62'69'
McIndoe field hockey ball 28'
Report Yeo field hockey ball 14'
Lee field hockey ball 39'
Jeon field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
Peter Elders (NED)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

25 August 2004
20:30
Pakistan  3–0  India
Aziz field hockey ball 43'
Abbas field hockey ball 59'
Shabbir field hockey ball 68'
Report
Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Seventh place match

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27 August 2004
08:30
South Korea  2–5  India
Ji field hockey ball 57'
Kang field hockey ball 58'
Report Gagan field hockey ball 4'11'
V. Pillay field hockey ball 15'
Prabhjot field hockey ball 32'
Sinclair field hockey ball 68'
Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Peter Elders (NED)

Fifth place match

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27 August 2004
11:00
New Zealand  2–4  Pakistan
Brooks field hockey ball 16'
Smith field hockey ball 35'
Report Abbas field hockey ball 35'47'68'
Jawwad field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Sumesh Putra (CAN)
David Leiper (GBR)

Medal round

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
25 August
 
 
 Netherlands3
 
27 August
 
 Germany2
 
 Netherlands1
 
25 August
 
 Australia (a.e.t.)2
 
 Spain3
 
 
 Australia6
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
27 August
 
 
 Germany (a.e.t.)4
 
 
 Spain3

Semi-finals

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25 August 2004
18:30
Netherlands  3–2  Germany
Taekema field hockey ball 5'
Eikelboom field hockey ball 47'
De Nooijer field hockey ball 52'
Report Witthaus field hockey ball 3'
Bechmann field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Raymond O'Connor (IRL)

25 August 2004
21:00
Spain  3–6  Australia
Tubau field hockey ball 8'
Ribas field hockey ball 49'67'
Report Elder field hockey ball 3'
McCann field hockey ball 23'44'
Wells field hockey ball 27'
Schubert field hockey ball 51'53'
Umpires:
Jonathan Wright (RSA)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Bronze medal match

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27 August 2004
18:00
Germany  4–3 (a.e.t.)  Spain
Reinelt field hockey ball 22'
Duckwitz field hockey ball 45'
Emmerling field hockey ball 49'
Michel field hockey ball 80'
Report Freixa field hockey ball 31'
Tubau field hockey ball 39'47'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Gold medal match

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27 August 2004
20:30
Netherlands  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Australia
R. Brouwer field hockey ball 29' Report Brooks field hockey ball 37'
Dwyer field hockey ball 78'
Umpires:
Raymond O'Connor (IRL)
Jonathan Wright (RSA)

Final ranking

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As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 7 5 1 1 22 14 +8 16 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands 7 6 0 1 20 13 +7 18 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany 7 4 2 1 21 12 +9 14 Bronze Medal
4  Spain 7 3 2 2 20 13 +7 11 Fourth place
5  Pakistan 7 5 0 2 26 10 +16 15 Eliminated in
group stage
6  New Zealand 7 4 0 3 19 18 +1 12
7  India 7 2 1 4 16 18 −2 7
8  South Korea 7 2 2 3 22 17 +5 8
9  Great Britain 7 2 1 4 14 23 −9 7
10  South Africa 7 2 1 4 15 17 −2 7
11  Argentina 7 1 2 4 13 19 −6 5
12  Egypt 7 0 0 7 5 39 −34 0
Source: FIH

Goalscorers

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There were 213 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5.07 goals per match.

11 goals

10 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

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  1. ^ "Hockey at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Qualification for Athens 2004 Olympic Games clarified". Planet Field Hockey. 2003-10-20. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  3. ^ "FIH responds to HHF News Release". PLanet Field Hockey. 2004-02-24. Archived from the original on 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
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