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Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament facts for kids

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Men's field hockey
at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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Tournament details
Host country France
City Paris
Dates 30 July – 8 August
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Final positions
Champions  Netherlands (3rd title)
Runner-up  Germany
Third place  India
Tournament statistics
Matches played 38
Goals scored 154 (4.05 per match)
Top scorer(s) Harmanpreet Singh (10 goals)
All statistics are correct as of 8 August 2024
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The men's field hockey tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the 25th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It took place from 27 July to 8 August 2024. All games were played at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir in Paris, France.

The Netherlands took home gold after a finals victory over Germany for their third title, while India took the bronze medal.

Competition schedule

In the preliminary round, games were played on two pitches.

G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Final
Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8
G G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top four teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners met for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers played in the bronze medal match.

Qualification

Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. France as the host nation qualified automatically. The other teams qualified through the 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.

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

Umpires

On 12 September 2023, 14 umpires were appointed by the FIH.

  • Gabriel Labate (ARG)
  • Irene Presenqui (ARG)
  • Zeke Newman (AUS)
  • Steve Rogers (AUS)
  • Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
  • Ben Göntgen (GER)
  • Dan Barstow (GBR)
  • Martin Madden (GBR)
  • Sarah Wilson (GBR)
  • Raghu Prasad (IND)
  • Coen van Bunge (NED)
  • Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
  • Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
  • David Tomlinson (NZL)
  • Marcin Grochal (POL)
  • Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
  • Sean Rapaport (RSA)

Squads

Group stage

The pools were announced on 22 January 2024. The match schedule was announced on 6 March 2024.

All times are local (UTC+2).

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.


27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
10:00
v
Great Britain  4–0  Spain
Park field hockey ball 13'
Furlong field hockey ball 16'48'
Shipperley field hockey ball 58'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Steve Rogers (AUS)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
12:45
v
Netherlands  5–3  South Africa
Janssen field hockey ball 2'30'
De Geus field hockey ball 10'
Hoedemakers field hockey ball 16'
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 33'
M. Cassiem field hockey ball 7'
Kok field hockey ball 34'
Guise-Brown field hockey ball 44'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
17:00
v
Germany  8–2  France
Weigand field hockey ball 1'44'
Rühr field hockey ball 7'
Prinz field hockey ball 19'
M. Grambusch field hockey ball 21'
T. Grambusch field hockey ball 22'
Wellen field hockey ball 33'49'
Masson field hockey ball 15+'
Charlet field hockey ball 59'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
17:00
v
Germany  0–2  Spain
Basterra field hockey ball 32'
Cunill field hockey ball 53'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
Martin Madden (GBR)
28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
19:45
v
Netherlands  4–0  France
Reyenga field hockey ball 7'
Bijen field hockey ball 28'
De Geus field hockey ball 31'
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 54'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
20:15
v
South Africa  2–2  Great Britain
Hobson field hockey ball 11'
Sherwood field hockey ball 53'
Roper field hockey ball 32'
Shipperley field hockey ball 59'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
10:00
v
Spain  3–3  France
Iglesias field hockey ball 28'
Vilallonga field hockey ball 32'
Cunill field hockey ball 51'
Clément field hockey ball 8'13'
Martin-Brisac field hockey ball 45'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Coen van Bunge (NED)
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
10:30
v
South Africa  1–5  Germany
Guise-Brown field hockey ball 35' Peillat field hockey ball 1'39'
Rühr field hockey ball 15'
Weigand field hockey ball 17'
M. Grambusch field hockey ball 58'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (GBR)
Raghu Prasad (IND)
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
12:45
v
Great Britain  2–2  Netherlands
Morton field hockey ball 56'58' Wortelboer field hockey ball 45'
Van Dam field hockey ball 52'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Gabriel Labate (ARG)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
17:30
v
Germany  1–0  Netherlands
Wellen field hockey ball 3'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Martin Madden (GBR)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
19:45
v
Spain  3–0  South Africa
Reyne field hockey ball 25'53'
Basterra field hockey ball 37'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
12:45
v
France  1–2  Great Britain
Clément field hockey ball 30' Wallace field hockey ball 41'
Albery field hockey ball 54'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)
10:30
v
Netherlands  5–3  Spain
Janssen field hockey ball 19'53'
Hoedemakers field hockey ball 40'48'
Wortelboer field hockey ball 43'
Basterra field hockey ball 7'
Reyné field hockey ball 15'
Miralles field hockey ball 48'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (GBR)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)
19:45
v
France  2–5  South Africa
Clément field hockey ball 16'
Charlet field hockey ball 25'
Guise-Brown field hockey ball 2'
Horne field hockey ball 23'
M. Cassiem field hockey ball 56'
D. Cassiem field hockey ball 57'60'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Marcin Grochal (POL)
2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)
20:15
v
Great Britain  1–2  Germany
Furlong field hockey ball 49' Rühr field hockey ball 19'25'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

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.


27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
10:30
v
Belgium  2–0  Ireland
Boon field hockey ball 25'
Hendrickx field hockey ball 49'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Gabriel Labate (ARG)
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
13:15
v
Australia  1–0  Argentina
Govers field hockey ball 30+'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Ben Göntgen (GER)
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
17:30
v
India  3–2  New Zealand
Mandeep field hockey ball 24'
Vivek field hockey ball 34'
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 59'
Lane field hockey ball 8'
Child field hockey ball 53'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Martin Madden (GBR)

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
17:30
v
Belgium  2–1  New Zealand
Hendrickx field hockey ball 8'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 44'
Lane field hockey ball 43'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Steve Rogers (AUS)
Dan Barstow (GBR)

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
10:00
v
Ireland  1–2  Australia
Cole field hockey ball 25' Weyer field hockey ball 9'
Govers field hockey ball 30'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
12:45
v
India  1–1  Argentina
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 59' Martínez field hockey ball 22'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Daniel Barstow (GBR)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
13:15
v
Ireland  0–2  India
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 11'19'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Steve Rogers (AUS)
David Tomlinson (NZL)
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
17:00
v
Argentina  2–0  New Zealand
Domene field hockey ball 24'
Martínez field hockey ball 60'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
19:45
v
Australia  2–6  Belgium
Sharp field hockey ball 28'
Govers field hockey ball 44'
Hendrickx field hockey ball 7'
Boon field hockey ball 15'30'57'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 35'
Kina field hockey ball 38'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
10:00
v
India  1–2  Belgium
Abhishek field hockey ball 18' Stockbroekx field hockey ball 33'
Dohmen field hockey ball 44'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Zeke Newman (AUS)
1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
10:30
v
New Zealand  0–5  Australia
Wickham field hockey ball 22'
Govers field hockey ball 25'52'57'
Willott field hockey ball 42'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Gabriel Labate (ARG)
1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
13:15
v
Argentina  2–1  Ireland
Domene field hockey ball 17'
Casella field hockey ball 28'
Cole field hockey ball 27'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Marcin Grochal (POL)

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)
13:15
v
Australia  2–3  India
Craig field hockey ball 25'
Govers field hockey ball 55'
Abhishek field hockey ball 12'
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 13'32'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
Gabriel Labate (ARG)
2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)
17:00
v
New Zealand  1–2  Ireland
Morrison field hockey ball 5' Walker field hockey ball 13'
Duncan field hockey ball 31'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Zeke Newman (AUS)
2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)
17:30
v
Belgium  3–3  Argentina
De Kerpel field hockey ball 34'
Hendrickx field hockey ball 52'
Stockbroekx field hockey ball 60'
Casella field hockey ball 5'
Domene field hockey ball 45'
Rey field hockey ball 53'
Pitch 2
Umpires:
Steve Rogers (AUS)
Martin Madden (GBR)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
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
 

Quarter-finals

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04)
10:00
v
India  1–1  Great Britain
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 22' Morton field hockey ball 27'
Penalties
Harmanpreet Penalty shoot-out scored
Sukhjeet Penalty shoot-out scored
Lalit Penalty shoot-out scored
Raj Kumar Penalty shoot-out scored
4–2 Penalty shoot-out scored Albery
Penalty shoot-out scored Wallace
Penalty shoot-out missed Williamson
Penalty shoot-out missed Roper
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04)
12:30
v
Belgium  2–3  Spain
De Sloover field hockey ball 41'
Hendrickx field hockey ball 58'
Basterra field hockey ball 40'
Reyné field hockey ball 55'
Miralles field hockey ball 57'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Gabriel Labate (ARG)
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04)
17:30
v
Netherlands  2–0  Australia
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 35'
Van Dam field hockey ball 52'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (GBR)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04)
20:00
v
Germany  3–2  Argentina
Hinrichs field hockey ball 9'
Peillat field hockey ball 24'
Weigand field hockey ball 54'
Casella field hockey ball 11'
Mazilli field hockey ball 48'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Zeke Newman (AUS)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

Semi-finals

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06)
14:00
v
Netherlands  4–0  Spain
Janssen field hockey ball 12'
Brinkman field hockey ball 20'
van Dam field hockey ball 32'
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 50'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Martin Madden (GBR)

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06)
19:00
v
Germany  3–2  India
Peillat field hockey ball 18'
Rühr field hockey ball 27'
Miltkau field hockey ball 54'
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 7'
Sukhjeet field hockey ball 36'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

Bronze medal match

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08)
14:00
v
India  2–1  Spain
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 30'33' Miralles field hockey ball 18'
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

Gold medal match

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08)
19:00
v
Germany  1–1  Netherlands
Prinz field hockey ball 50' Brinkman field hockey ball 46'
Penalties
Wellen Penalty shoot-out missed
H. Müller Penalty shoot-out missed
Prinz Penalty shoot-out missed
Weigand Penalty shoot-out scored
1–3 Penalty shoot-out missed De Geus
Penalty shoot-out missed De Mol
Penalty shoot-out scored Brinkman
Penalty shoot-out scored Van Dam
Penalty shoot-out scored Telgenkamp
Pitch 1
Umpires:
Martin Madden (GBR)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

Final ranking

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.

Goalscorers

There were 154 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 4.05 goals per match.

10 goals

  • Harmanpreet Singh

7 goals

  • Blake Govers

5 goals

  • Alexander Hendrickx
  • Christopher Rühr
  • Jip Janssen

4 goals

  • Tom Boon
  • Timothée Clément
  • Gonzalo Peillat
  • Justus Weigand
  • Duco Telgenkamp
  • José Basterra
  • Marc Reyné

3 goals

  • Maico Casella
  • Tomas Domene
  • Niklas Wellen
  • Gareth Furlong
  • Lee Morton
  • Thijs van Dam
  • Tjep Hoedemakers
  • Matthew Guise-Brown
  • Marc Miralles

2 goals

  • Lucas Martínez
  • Florent Van Aubel
  • Thibeau Stockbroekx
  • Victor Charlet
  • Mats Grambusch
  • Thies Prinz
  • Rupert Shipperley
  • Abhishek
  • Lee Cole
  • Thierry Brinkman
  • Jonas de Geus
  • Floris Wortelboer
  • Sam Lane
  • Dayaan Cassiem
  • Mustapha Cassiem
  • Pepe Cunill

1 goal

  • Matías Rey
  • Agustín Mazzilli
  • Tom Craig
  • Lachlan Sharp
  • Corey Weyer
  • Tom Wickham
  • Ky Willott
  • John-John Dohmen
  • Nicolas De Kerpel
  • Antoine Kina
  • Arthur De Sloover
  • Simon Martin-Brisac
  • Charles Masson
  • Tom Grambusch
  • Teo Hinrichs
  • Marco Miltkau
  • James Albery
  • Nicholas Park
  • Phil Roper
  • Zach Wallace
  • Vivek Prasad
  • Mandeep Singh
  • Sukhjeet Singh
  • Jeremy Duncan
  • Benjamin Walker
  • Koen Bijen
  • Tijmen Reyenga
  • Simon Child
  • Joe Morrison
  • Andrew Hobson
  • Keenan Horne
  • Tevin Kok
  • Bradley Sherwood
  • Álvaro Iglesias
  • Rafael Vilallonga
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