Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Green Hockey Field
Dates	10–23 August

Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held over a fourteen-day period beginning on 10 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 22 and 23 August.^[1] All games were played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green.^[1]

Competition format

Twelve teams competed in both the men's and women's Olympic hockey tournaments with the competition consisting of two rounds.^[2] In the first round, teams were divided into two pools of six teams, and play followed round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.^[2] At the end of the pool matches, teams were ranked in their pool according to the following criteria in order:^[2]

• Total points accumulated
• Number of matches won
• Goal difference
• Goals for
• The result of the match played between the teams in question

Following the completion of the pool games, teams placing first and second in each pool advanced to a single elimination round consisting of two semifinal games, and the bronze and gold medal games.^[2] Remaining teams competed in classification matches to determine their ranking in the tournament. During these matches, extra time of 7½ minutes per half was played if teams were tied at the end of regulation time. During extra time, play followed golden goal rules with the first team to score declared the winner. If no goals were scored during extra time, a penalty stroke competition took place.^[2]

Competition schedule

The competition schedule was released on 29 May 2008 by the FIH and BOCOG.^[3][4]

Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics
August			8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
																	W	M

Round robin matches

Classification matches

W

Medal games - Women

M

Medal games - Men

Men's tournament

Participating nations

The pools were released on 18 April 2008 and were based on the world rankings.^[5]

Pool A  Belgium  China  Germany  South Korea  New Zealand  Spain

Pool B  Australia  Canada  Great Britain  Netherlands  Pakistan  South Africa

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Germany (GER) Philip Witte Maximilian Mueller Sebastian Biederlack Carlos Nevado Moritz Fuerste Jan-Marco Montag Tobias Hauke Tibor Weißenborn Benjamin Weß Niklas Meinert Timo Weß Oliver Korn Christopher Zeller Max Weinhold Matthias Witthaus Florian Keller Philipp Zeller Head Coach: Markus Weise	Spain (ESP) Francisco Cortes Santiago Freixa Francisco Fábregas Victor Sojo Alex Fabregas Pablo Amat Eduardo Tubau Roc Oliva Juan Fernandez Ramon Alegre Xavier Ribas Albert Sala Rodrigo Garza Sergi Enrique Eduard Arbos David Alegre Head coach: Maurits Hendriks	Australia (AUS) Jamie Dwyer Liam de Young Rob Hammond Mark Knowles Eddie Ockenden David Guest Luke Doerner Grant Schubert Bevan George Andrew Smith Stephen Lambert Eli Matheson Matthew Wells Travis Brooks Kiel Brown Fergus Kavanagh Des Abbott Head coach: Barry Dancer Assistant coach: Colin Batch

Women's tournament

Participating nations

The pools were released on 5 May 2008 and were based on the world rankings.^[6]

Pool A  Australia  China  South Korea  Netherlands  South Africa  Spain

Pool B  Argentina  Germany  Great Britain  Japan  New Zealand  United States

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Netherlands (NED) Maartje Goderie Maartje Paumen Naomi van As Minke Smabers Marilyn Agliotti Minke Booij Wieke Dijkstra Sophie Polkamp Ellen Hoog Lidewij Welten Lisanne de Roever Miek van Geenhuizen Eva de Goede Janneke Schopman Eefke Mulder Fatima Moreira de Melo Head Coach: Marc Lammers	China (CHN) Ren Ye Zhang Yimeng Gao Lihua Chen Qiuqi Zhao Yudiao Li Hongxia Cheng Hui Tang Chunling Zhou Wanfeng Ma Yibo Fu Baorong Pan Fengzhen Huang Junxia Song Qingling Li Shuang Chen Zhaoxia Head Coach: Kim Chang-Bak	Argentina (ARG) Paola Vukojicic Belén Succi Magdalena Aicega Mercedes Margalot Mariana Rossi Noel Barrionuevo Giselle Kañevsky Claudia Burkart Luciana Aymar Mariné Russo Mariana González Oliva Soledad García Alejandra Gulla María de la Paz Hernández Carla Rebecchi Rosario Luchetti Head Coach: Gabriel Minadeo

References

1. "Hockey - Beijing Olympics 2008". en.beijing2008.cn. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
2. XXIXth Olympic Games Tournament Regulations - Men's and Women's Hockey Competitions
3. "Olympic Hockey Tournament Match Schedule released". fihockey.org. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
4. Match schedule
5. FIH releases pools for Men’s Olympic Hockey Tournament
6. FIH releases pools for Women’s Olympic Hockey Tournament

External links

• Official FIH website