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
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]
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
- 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
Preliminary round
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Pool A
Source: FIH
Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Peter Elders (NED) | |
Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) John Wright (RSA) | |
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Satinder Kumar (IND) | |
Umpires: Pedro Teixeira (POR) John Wright (RSA) | |
Umpires: Han Jin-Soo (KOR) Peter Elders (NED) | |
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Murray Grime (AUS) | |
Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Amarjit Singh (MAS) | |
Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) David Gentles (AUS) | |
Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Christian Blasch (GER) | |
Umpires: Padro Teixeira (POR) Christian Blasch (GER) | |
Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) John Wright (RSA) | |
Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Sumesh Putra (CAN) | |
Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Han Jin-Soo (KOR) | |
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL) | |
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA) | |
Pool B
Source: FIH
Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Amarjit Singh (MAS) | |
Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) David Gentles (AUS) | |
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Jason McCracken (NZL) | |
Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Jason McCracken (NZL) | |
Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) David Leiper (GBR) | |
Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Sumesh Putra (CAN) | |
Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Han Jin-Soo (KOR) | |
Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Pedro Teixeira (POR) | |
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA) | |
Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Xavier Adell (ESP) | |
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Satinder Kumar (IND) | |
Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Murray Grime (AUS) | |
Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Sumesh Putra (CAN) | |
Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Peter Elders (NED) | |
Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Amarjit Singh (MAS) | |
Classification round
Ninth to twelfth place classification
9–12th place semi-finals
Umpires: Pedro Teixeira (POR) Satinder Kumar (IND) | |
Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Christian Blasch (GER) | |
Eleventh place game
Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Han Jin-Soo (KOR) | |
Ninth place game
Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS) | |
Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) Xavier Adell (ESP) | |
Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Amarjit Singh (MAS) | |
Seventh place match
Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Peter Elders (NED) | |
Fifth place match
Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) David Leiper (GBR) | |
Medal round
Semi-finals
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Raymond O'Connor (IRL) | |
Umpires: Jonathan Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN) | |
Bronze medal match
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Henrik Ehlers (DEN) | |
Gold medal match
Umpires: Raymond O'Connor (IRL) Jonathan Wright (RSA) | |
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.
Source: FIH
Goalscorers
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
- ^ "Hockey at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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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