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Hockey at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games:

Men's Hockey

Hockey at the 2016 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games

Events:

Host City: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue(s): Olympic Hockey Centre, Deodoro Olympic Park, Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro
Date Started: August 6, 2016
Date Finished: August 18, 2016

Gold: ARG Argentina
Silver: BEL Belgium
Bronze: GER Germany

Summary

The two preliminary groups of the men’s Olympic field hockey tournament were won by Belgium and Germany.

After winning against India, Belgium reached the final by beating one of the tournament favorites, their neighbor Netherlands in the semi-finals, but then lost against Argentina by 2-4. After the bronze medal in 1920, this was only the second Olympic medal for a Belgian field hockey team.

Argentina did not only won the gold medal but the first Olympic medal ever for South America in men’s field hockey.

The bronze medal was won by Germany, who did not make it to the final for the first time since 2004 but defeated the Netherlands in a penalty shootout.

View a Phase of this Event • Final Standings • Final Round • Semi-Finals • Quarter-Finals • Preliminary Round • Summary

Final Standings

Rank Team NOC Medal GP G SOG FG FGA PCG PCA PSG PSA GC YC RC
1 Argentina ARG Gold 8 25 92 10 44 14 47 1 1 10 6 0
2 Belgium BEL Silver 8 29 110 27 84 2 26 0 0 10 1 0
3 Germany GER Bronze 8 23 114 14 82 7 30 2 2 9 4 0
4 Netherlands NED 8 24 98 13 62 11 36 0 0 8 2 0
5 Spain ESP 6 14 76 10 49 4 27 0 0 17 4 0
6 Australia AUS 6 13 84 7 51 6 33 0 0 7 0 0
7 New Zealand NZL 6 19 53 14 40 5 13 0 0 8 4 0
8 India IND 6 10 58 3 31 7 27 0 0 9 5 0
9 Great Britain GBR 5 14 72 10 49 3 22 1 1 7 2 0
10 Ireland IRL 5 10 42 4 21 6 21 0 0 6 2 0
11 Canada CAN 5 7 31 3 16 4 15 0 0 9 2 0
12 Brazil BRA 5 1 12 0 10 1 2 0 0 5 2 0