| Field hockey at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Oi Hockey Stadium |
| Dates | 24 July – 6 August 2021 |
| No. of events | 2 |
| Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
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| Tournament | ||
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| Squads | ||
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Field hockey was a sport at the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo which took place from 24 July to 6 August 2021 at theOi Seaside Park. Twenty-four teams (twelve each for men and women) competed in the tournament.[1]
It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[2]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
Date Event | Sat 24 | Sun 25 | Mon 26 | Tue 27 | Wed 28 | Thu 29 | Fri 30 | Sat 31 | Sun 1 | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | ||
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| Men | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||
| Women | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||
Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. In addition, the remaining six nations were to be determined by an olympic qualification event. As Japan emerged as Asian champion in both men's and women's events, a seventh berth was made available in each qualification event. Although the qualification was unaffected by theCOVID-19 pandemic.
| Event | Dates | Location(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | — | 1 |  Japan |
| 2018 Asian Games | 19 August – 1 September 2018 |  Jakarta | – | –A |
| 2019 Pan American Games | 30 July – 10 August 2019 |  Lima | 1 |  Argentina |
| 2019 African Olympic Qualifier | 12 – 18 August 2019 |  Stellenbosch | 1 | South Africa |
| 2019 EuroHockey Championship | 16 – 24 August 2019 |  Antwerp | 1 | Belgium |
| 2019 Oceania Cup | 5 – 8 September 2019 |  Rockhampton | 1 | Australia |
| 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers | 25 October – 3 November 2019 | Various | 7 |  Canada Germany Great Britain India Netherlands New Zealand Spain |
| Total | 12 | |||
| Event | Dates | Location(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| 2018 Asian Games | 19 August – 1 September 2018 | Jakarta | – | –1 |
| 2019 Pan American Games | 29 July – 9 August 2019 | Lima | 1 | Argentina |
| 2019 African Olympic Qualifier | 12 – 18 August 2019 | Stellenbosch | 1 | South Africa |
| 2019 EuroHockey Championship | 17 – 25 August 2019 | Antwerp | 1 | Netherlands |
| 2019 Oceania Cup | 5 – 8 September 2019 | Rockhampton | 1 | New Zealand |
| 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers | 25 October – 3 November 2019 | Various | 7 | Australia China Germany Great Britain India Ireland Spain |
| Total | 12 | |||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
Teams were divided into two groups of six nations, playing every team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top four teams per group will qualify to the quarter-finals.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 13 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | India | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 12 | |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 5 | |
| 5 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 4 | |
| 6 | Japan(H) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 9 | +17 | 13 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 9 | |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 7 | |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 4 | |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 1 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 1 August | ||||||||||
| Australia(p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| 3 August | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 (0) | |||||||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||||||
| 1 August | ||||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 August | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||||||
| Australia | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| 1 August | ||||||||||
| Belgium(p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| India | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 August | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | 1 | |||||||||
| India | 2 | |||||||||
| 1 August | ||||||||||
| Belgium | 5 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Belgium | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 August | ||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||||||
| Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| India | 5 | |||||||||
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | Belgium | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 20 | Gold Medal |
| 2 | Australia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 18 | Silver Medal |
| 3 | India | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 18 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Germany | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 12 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Great Britain | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 8 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 8 | |
| 7 | Argentina | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 7 | |
| 8 | Spain | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 5 | |
| 9 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 4 | |
| 11 | Japan(H) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 1 | |
| 12 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 1 |
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
Teams were divided into two groups of six nations, playing every team in their group once. Three points are awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top four teams per group will qualify for the quarter-finals.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 15 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 | |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | |
| 4 | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 6 | |
| 5 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | |
| 6 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 15 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | |
| 5 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 6 | |
| 6 | Japan(H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 2 August | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 August | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 0 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 5 | |||||||||
| 2 August | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | 1 | |||||||||
| Spain | 2 (0) | |||||||||
| 6 August | ||||||||||
| Great Britain(p.s.o.) | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 August | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 August | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 August | ||||||||||
| India | 1 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 August | ||||||||||
| India | 1 | |||||||||
| Great Britain | 4 | |||||||||
| India | 3 | |||||||||
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 24 | Gold Medal |
| 2 | Argentina | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 15 | Silver Medal |
| 3 | Great Britain | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 13 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | India | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Australia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 15 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Germany | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 12 | |
| 7 | Spain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | |
| 8 | New Zealand | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | |
| 9 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | |
| 11 | Japan(H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 | |
| 12 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 |
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