Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament explained

Tournament:Men's field hockey
at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Size:150px
Country:France
City:Paris
Dates:30 July – 8 August
Venues:Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Teams:12
Confederations:5
Count:3
Matches:38
Goals:154
Top Scorer: Harmanpreet Singh
Top Scorer Goals:10
Previous Year:2020
Previous Tournament:Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Next Year:2028
Next Tournament:Field hockey at the 2028 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Update:8 August 2024

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.[1]

The Netherlands took home gold after a finals victory over Germany for their third title, while India took the bronze medal.[2] [3]

Competition schedule

In the preliminary round, games were played on two pitches.[4]

GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal
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

See main article: Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 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.[5]

Umpires

On 12 September 2023, 14 umpires were appointed by the FIH.[6]

Squads

See main article: Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.

Group stage

The pools were announced on 22 January 2024.[7] The match schedule was announced on 6 March 2024.[8] [9]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final ranking

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IOC makes historic decision by simultaneously awarding Olympic Games 2024 to Paris and 2028 to Los Angeles. 14 July 2021. International Olympic Committee. 22 July 2021. 22 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210722200104/https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-makes-historic-decision-by-simultaneously-awarding-olympic-games-2024-to-paris-and-2028-to-los-angeles. live.
  2. Web site: Hockey at Paris 2024: Blaak brilliance guides Oranje men to first Olympic gold in 24 years. 8 August 2024. fih.hockey. 8 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Hockey at Paris 2024: India claim back-to-back Olympic bronze medals with victory over Spain. 8 August 2024. fih.hockey. 8 August 2024.
  4. Web site: Schedule for hockey at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. 17 September 2023. fih.hockey. 17 September 2021. 26 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230726101507/https://www.fih.hockey/events/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/competition-schedule. dead.
  5. News: Sean. McAlister. How to qualify for hockey at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained. International Olympic Committee. 12 December 2022. 11 February 2023.
  6. News: Officials announced for Olympic Games Paris 2024. FIH. 23 September 2023.
  7. News: Pools for Paris 2024 Olympic hockey tournaments revealed!. FIH. 22 January 2024.
  8. News: Paris 2024 Hockey Olympic tournaments match schedules to be revealed on 6 March at Olympic House!. FIH. 2 March 2024.
  9. News: Paris 2024 Hockey Olympic tournaments' schedules revealed. FIH. 6 March 2024.