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Field hockey
at the Games of the Olympiad
Field hockey – Paris 2024.svg
Venue Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Dates 27 July – 9 August 2024
No. of events 2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors 384 from 15 nations
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The field hockey tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from 27 July to 9 August at Stade Yves-du-Manoir, a legacy venue of the 1924 Summer Olympics. Twenty-four teams (twelve each for men and women) competed against each other in their respective tournaments.

Qualification

The International Olympic Committee and the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had ratified and released the qualification criteria for Paris 2024 on 30 March 2022. Each of the continental champions from five confederations (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) secured the men's and women's spots for their respective NOC, whereas host nation France received a direct quota place each in the men's and women's tournament after they have attained the top twenty-five spot or higher in the FIH world ranking list.

The remainder of the quota places was attributed to the eligible NOCs with a substantial ranking through two separate FIH Olympic qualifying tournaments. The top three squads at the end of each tournament secured the berths to complete the twelve-team field for Paris 2024. If the French hockey players had won the 2023 EuroHockey Championships, the number of places in two wildcard tournaments would have risen to seven, with the remaining spot offered to the highest-ranked of the two bronze medal losers.

Qualification summary

Nation Men's Women's Athletes
 Argentina Yes Yes 32
 Australia Yes Yes 32
 Belgium Yes Yes 32
 China Yes 16
 France Yes Yes 32
 Germany Yes Yes 32
 Great Britain Yes Yes 32
 India Yes 16
 Ireland Yes 16
 Japan Yes 16
 Netherlands Yes Yes 32
 New Zealand Yes 16
 South Africa Yes Yes 32
 Spain Yes Yes 32
 United States Yes 16
Total: 15 NOCs 192 192 384

Men's qualification

Qualification Date Host/Country Berths Qualified team
Host country N/A 1  France
2023 Oceania Cup 10–13 August 2023 Whangārei 1  Australia
2023 EuroHockey Championship 19–27 August 2023 Mönchengladbach 1  Netherlands
2022 Asian Games 24 September − 6 October 2023 Hangzhou 1  India
2023 Pan American Games 25 October – 3 November 2023 Santiago 1  Argentina
2023 African Olympic Qualifier 29 October – 5 November 2023 Pretoria 1  South Africa
2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 13–21 January 2024 Valencia 3  Belgium
 Spain
 Ireland
Muscat 3  Germany
 Great Britain
 New Zealand
Total 12

Women's qualification

Qualification Date Host/Country Berths Qualified team
Host country N/A 1  France
2023 Oceania Cup 10–13 August 2023 Whangārei 1  Australia
2023 EuroHockey Championship 18–26 August 2023 Mönchengladbach 1  Netherlands
2022 Asian Games 25 September − 7 October 2023 Hangzhou 1  China
2023 Pan American Games 26 October – 4 November 2023 Santiago 1  Argentina
2023 African Olympic Qualifier 29 October – 5 November 2023 Pretoria 1  South Africa
2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 13–20 January 2024 Ranchi 3  Germany
 United States
 Japan
Valencia 3  Belgium
 Spain
 Great Britain
Total 12

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Netherlands 2 0 0 2
2  China 0 1 0 1
 Germany 0 1 0 1
4  Argentina 0 0 1 1
 India 0 0 1 1
Totals (5 entries) 2 2 2 6

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
 Netherlands
Thierry Brinkman
Jip Janssen
Lars Balk
Jonas de Geus
Thijs van Dam
Seve van Ass
Jorrit Croon
Justen Blok
Derck de Vilder
Floris Wortelboer
Tjep Hoedemakers
Koen Bijen
Joep de Mol
Pirmin Blaak
Tijmen Reyenga
Duco Telgenkamp
Floris Middendorp
 Germany
Mats Grambusch
Mathias Müller
Lukas Windfeder
Niklas Wellen
Johannes Große
Thies Prinz
Paul-Philipp Kaufmann
Teo Hinrichs
Tom Grambusch
Gonzalo Peillat
Christopher Rühr
Justus Weigand
Marco Miltkau
Martin Zwicker
Hannes Müller
Malte Hellwig
Moritz Ludwig
Jean Danneberg
 India
Harmanpreet Singh
Jarmanpreet Singh
Abhishek Nain
Manpreet Singh
Hardik Singh
Gurjant Singh
Sanjay
Mandeep Singh
Lalit Upadhyay
P. R. Sreejesh
Sumit Walmiki
Shamsher Singh
Raj Kumar Pal
Amit Rohidas
Vivek Prasad
Sukhjeet Singh
Women
details
 Netherlands
Xan de Waard
Anne Veenendaal
Luna Fokke
Freeke Moes
Lisa Post
Yibbi Jansen
Renée van Laarhoven
Felice Albers
Maria Verschoor
Sanne Koolen
Frédérique Matla
Joosje Burg
Marleen Jochems
Pien Sanders
Marijn Veen
Laura Nunnink
Pien Dicke
 China
Ou Zixia
Ye Jiao
Gu Bingfeng
Yang Liu
Zhang Ying
Chen Yi
Ma Ning
Li Hong
Dan Wen
Zou Meirong
He Jiangxin
Fan Yunxia
Chen Yang
Xu Wenyu
Zhong Jiaqi
Tan Jinzhuang
Yu Anhui
 Argentina
Rocío Sánchez Moccia
Sofía Toccalino
Agustina Gorzelany
Valentina Raposo
Agostina Alonso
Agustina Albertario
María José Granatto
Cristina Cosentino
Victoria Sauze
Sofía Cairó
Eugenia Trinchinetti
Lara Casas
Juana Castellaro
Pilar Campoy
Julieta Jankunas
Zoe Díaz

Men's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
 
                   
 
4 August
 
 
 Germany 3
 
6 August
 
 Argentina 2
 
 Germany 3
 
4 August
 
 India 2
 
 India (P.S.O.) 1 (4)
 
8 August
 
 Great Britain 1 (2)
 
 Germany 1 (1)
 
4 August
 
 Netherlands (P.S.O.) 1 (3)
 
 Netherlands 2
 
6 August
 
 Australia 0
 
 Netherlands 4
 
4 August
 
 Spain 0 Bronze medal match
 
 Belgium 2
 
8 August
 
 Spain 3
 
 India 2
 
 
 Spain 1
 

Final standings

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
1  Netherlands 8 5 2 1 23 10 +13 17 Gold medal
2  Germany 8 6 1 1 23 11 +12 19 Silver medal
3  India 8 4 2 2 15 12 +3 14 Bronze medal
4  Spain 8 3 1 4 15 20 −5 10 Fourth place
5  Belgium 6 4 1 1 17 10 +7 13 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Australia 6 3 0 3 12 12 0 9
7  Great Britain 6 2 3 1 12 8 +4 9
8  Argentina 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 8
9  South Africa 5 1 1 3 11 17 −6 4 Eliminated in
group stage
10  Ireland 5 1 0 4 4 9 −5 3
11  France (H) 5 0 1 4 8 22 −14 1
12  New Zealand 5 0 0 5 4 14 −10 0
Source:
(H) Host.

Women's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
 
                   
 
5 August
 
 
 Netherlands 3
 
7 August
 
 Great Britain 1
 
 Netherlands 3
 
5 August
 
 Argentina 0
 
 Argentina (p.s.o.) 1 (2)
 
9 August
 
 Germany 1 (0)
 
 Netherlands (p.s.o.) 1 (3)
 
5 August
 
 China 1 (1)
 
 Belgium 2
 
7 August
 
 Spain 0
 
 Belgium 1 (2)
 
5 August
 
 China (p.s.o.) 1 (3) Bronze medal match
 
 Australia 2
 
9 August
 
 China 3
 
 Argentina (p.s.o.) 2 (3)
 
 
 Belgium 2 (1)
 

Final standings

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
1  Netherlands 8 7 1 0 26 7 +19 22 Gold medal
2  China 8 3 2 3 20 14 +6 11 Silver medal
3  Argentina 8 4 3 1 19 13 +6 15 Bronze medal
4  Belgium 8 5 2 1 18 7 +11 17 Fourth place
5  Australia 6 4 1 1 17 8 +9 13 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Germany 6 3 1 2 13 8 +5 10
7  Spain 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7
8  Great Britain 6 2 0 4 9 15 −6 6
9  United States 5 1 1 3 5 13 −8 4 Eliminated in
group stage
10  Japan 5 1 0 4 2 15 −13 3
11  South Africa 5 0 0 5 4 10 −6 0
12  France (H) 5 0 0 5 4 24 −20 0
Source:
(H) Host.

See also

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