Field hockey at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament explained

Tournament:Men's field hockey
at the 2015 Pan American Games
Dates:14–25 July
Country:Canada
City:Toronto
Venues:Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields
Teams:8
Confederations:1
Count:9
Matches:24
Goals:136
Top Scorer: Gonzalo Peillat
Top Scorer Goals:14
Previous Year:2011
Previous Tournament:Field hockey at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament
Next Year:2019
Next Tournament:Field hockey at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games was held in Toronto, Canada at the Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields from July 14 to 25.[1]

For these Games, the men competed in an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. All teams will advance to an eight team single elimination bracket.[2]

Argentina were the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Canada, 3–1 in the final.

The winner of this tournament, if not already qualified, qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[3]

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top two teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified for the tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualified as well. The remaining three spots were given to the three best teams from the 2013 Pan American Cup that had not qualified yet. This happened after the two qualification tournaments in 2014 were played. Each nation may enter one team (16 athletes per team).[4] [5]

Summary

EventDateLocationQuotasQualifier(s)
Host1
2013 Pan American Cup10–17 August 2013 Brampton3

2014 South American Games8–16 March 2014 Santiago2
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games16–24 November 2014 Veracruz2
Total 8

Pools

Pools were based on the world rankings as of January 21, 2015. Teams were placed into pools using the serpentine system. Teams ranked 1, 4, 5 and 8 would be in Pool A, while teams ranked 2, 3, 6 and 7 would be in Pool B.[6]

Rankings are listed in parentheses.

width=20%Pool Awidth=20%Pool B
  • (6)
  • (27)
  • (30)
  • (48)
  • (16)
  • (25)
  • (33)
  • (36)

Rosters

See main article: Field hockey at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's team rosters. At the start of the tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 16 players on their rosters.[2]

Competition format

In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into two pools of four 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]

Following the completion of the pool games, all eight teams advanced to a single elimination round consisting of four quarterfinal games, two semifinal games, and the bronze and gold medal matches. Losing teams competed in classification matches to determine their ranking in the tournament. A penalty stroke competition took place, if a classification match ended in a draw, to determine a winner.[2]

All games were played in four 15 minute quarters.[2]

Medalists

Men's tournament
Juan Manuel Vivaldi
Gonzalo Peillat
Juan Gilardi
Pedro Ibarra
Facundo Callioni
Matías Paredes
Joaquin Menini
Lucas Vila
Ignacio Ortiz
Juan Martín López
Nicolas Della Torre
Isidoro Ibarra
Matias Rey
Manuel Brunet
Agustin Mazzili
Lucas Rossi

Brenden Bissett
David Carter
Taylor Curran
Adam Froese
Matthew Guest
Gabriel Ho-Garcia
David Jameson
Gordon Johnston
Ben Martin
Devohn Noronha-Teixeira
Sukhi Panesar
Mark Pearson
Matthew Sarmento
Iain Smythe
Scott Tupper
Paul Wharton

Richardo Achondo
Prada A. Berczely
Fernando Binder Wiener
Felipe Eggers
Andrés Fuenzalida
Ignacio Gajardo
Adrián Henríquez
Thomás Kannegiesser
Sebastián Kapsch
Vicente Martín Tarud
Fernando Renz
Nicolás Renz
Sven Richter
Martín Rodríguez
Raimundo Valenzuela
Jaime Zarhi

Results

The official schedule was revealed on February 18, 2015.[7]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Quarter-finals

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Fifth to eighth place classification

Cross-overs

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Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule. 15 September 2015. toronto2015.org. TO2015. 16 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141018053743/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/2138/original/pan-am-games-detailed-schedule.pdf?1410780010. 18 October 2014. dead.
  2. Web site: Sport Technical Manual Field Hockey . panamhockey.org/ . . 13 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Field hockey. corporate.olympics.com.au. International Hockey Federation. 18 September 2014.
  4. Web site: Qualification System Field hockey. December 2013. panamhockey.org/. TO2015. 18 September 2014. 3 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171203013844/http://www.panamhockey.org/files/documents/2014/eng/TO2015-Qualification_System-Field%20Hockey.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: PAHF announces teams qualified for 2015 Pan American Games. 27 November 2014. panamhockey.org/. Pan American Hockey Federation. 28 November 2014. 4 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141204123652/http://www.panamhockey.org/en/news-338-pahf-announces-teams-qualified-for-2015-pan. dead.
  6. Web site: PAHF announce Pools for 2015 Pan American Games. 23 January 2014. panamhockey.org/. Pan American Hockey Federation. 23 January 2014. 4 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150704020011/http://www.panamhockey.org/en/news-353-pahf-announce-pools-for-2015-pan-american. dead.
  7. Web site: Schedule announced for 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto . 18 February 2015 . panamhockey.org/ . Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) . 18 February 2015.