Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Field hockey
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Oi Hockey Stadium
Dates:	24 July – 6 August 2021
Num Events:	2
Prev:	2016
Next:	2024

Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 24 July to 6 August 2021 at the Oi 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 the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Schedule

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	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
	G	G	G	G	G	G	G		¼		½		B	F
	G	G	G		G	G	G	G		¼		½			B	F

Qualification

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 the COVID-19 pandemic.

Men

See main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification.

Women

See main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification.

Medal summary

Medalists

Men	Gauthier Boccard Tom Boon Thomas Briels Cédric Charlier Félix Denayer Nicolas De Kerpel Arthur De Sloover Sébastien Dockier John-John Dohmen Simon Gougnard Alexander Hendrickx Antoine Kina Loïck Luypaert Augustin Meurmans Victor Wegnez Vincent Vanasch Florent Van Aubel Arthur Van Doren	Daniel Beale Joshua Beltz Tim Brand Andrew Charter Tom Craig Matt Dawson Blake Govers Jeremy Hayward Tim Howard Dylan Martin Trent Mitton Eddie Ockenden Flynn Ogilvie Lachlan Sharp Joshua Simmonds Jacob Whetton Tom Wickham Aran Zalewski	Surender Kumar Varun Kumar Birendra Lakra Vivek Prasad Dilpreet Singh Gurjant Singh Harmanpreet Singh Hardik Singh Mandeep Singh Manpreet Singh Rupinder Pal Singh Shamsher Singh Simranjeet Singh Nilakanta Sharma P. R. Sreejesh Sumit Lalit Upadhyay Amit Rohidas
Women	Felice Albers Eva de Goede Xan de Waard Marloes Keetels Josine Koning Sanne Koolen Laurien Leurink Frédérique Matla Laura Nunnink Malou Pheninckx Pien Sanders Lauren Stam Margot van Geffen Caia van Maasakker Maria Verschoor Lidewij Welten	Agustina Albertario Agostina Alonso Noel Barrionuevo Valentina Costa Biondi Emilia Forcherio Agustina Gorzelany María José Granatto Victoria Granatto Julieta Jankunas Sofía Maccari Delfina Merino Valentina Raposo Rocío Sánchez Moccia Micaela Retegui Victoria Sauze Belén Succi Sofía Toccalino Eugenia Trinchinetti	Giselle Ansley Grace Balsdon Fiona Crackles Maddie Hinch Sarah Jones Hannah Martin Shona McCallin Lily Owsley Hollie Pearne-Webb Isabelle Petter Ellie Rayer Sarah Robertson Anna Toman Susannah Townsend Laura Unsworth Leah Wilkinson

Men's tournament

See main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group 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.

Group B

Final standings

Women's tournament

See main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group 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.

Group B

Final standings

See also

• Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games
• Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• Field hockey at the 2019 Pan American Games

External links

• Results book

Notes and References

1. News: Tokyo 2020 – FIH Hockey Qualification System. FIH. 2 May 2018.
2. Web site: Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
3. Web site: Schedule – Hockey Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Olympian Database . 7 March 2020.
4. Web site: Hockey Competition Schedule . Tokyo 2020 . 7 March 2020.