# Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Field hockey was a sport at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo which 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.
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.

## Schedule

| DateEvent | 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 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Fri 6 |
| Men | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | | ¼ | | ½ | | B | F | | |
| Women | 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

| Event | Dates | Location(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| 2018 Asian Games | 19 August – 1 September 2018 | Jakarta | – | – |
| 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 | Total | Total | 12 | |
    ^A – Japan qualified both as the hosts and the continental champions, therefore that quota is added to the FIH Olympic Qualifiers rather than going to the runners-up of the tournament.

### Women

| Event | Dates | Location(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| 2018 Asian Games | 19 August – 1 September 2018 | Jakarta | – | – |
| 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 | Total | Total | 12 | |
    ^1 – Japan qualified both as the hosts and the continental champions, therefore that quota is added to the FIH Olympic Qualifiers rather than going to the runners-up of the tournament.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Belgium 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 | Australia 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 | India 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 details | Netherlands 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 | Argentina 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 | Great Britain 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

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 A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 4 | |
| 6 | Japan (H) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 1 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 4 | |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 1 | |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 1 August | 1 August | | | |
| Australia (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | | | |
| Australia (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | 3 August | 3 August | | |
| Netherlands | 2 (0) | 3 August | 3 August | |
| Netherlands | 2 (0) | Australia | 3 | |
| 1 August | 1 August | | Australia | 3 | |
| 1 August | 1 August | Germany | 1 | |
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 1 | |
| Germany | 3 | | | | 5 August | 5 August |
| Argentina | 1 | | | | 5 August | 5 August |
| Argentina | 1 | | | | Australia | 1 (2) |
| 1 August | 1 August | | | | | Australia | 1 (2) |
| 1 August | 1 August | | | | Belgium (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) |
| India | 3 | | | | Belgium (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) |
| India | 3 | 3 August | 3 August | | | |
| Great Britain | 1 | 3 August | 3 August | | | |
| Great Britain | 1 | India | 2 | | | |
| 1 August | 1 August | | India | 2 | | | |
| 1 August | 1 August | Belgium | 5 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Belgium | 3 | Belgium | 5 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Belgium | 3 | | | | 5 August | 5 August |
| Spain | 1 | | | | 5 August | 5 August |
| Spain | 1 | | | | Germany | 4 |
| | | | | | India | 5 |

### Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 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 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 7 | Argentina | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 8 | Spain | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 5 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 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 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | Japan (H) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |

## 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 A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 15 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | |
| 6 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 6 | |
| 6 | Japan (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 | |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 2 August | 2 August | | | |
| Netherlands | 3 | | | |
| Netherlands | 3 | 4 August | 4 August | | |
| New Zealand | 0 | 4 August | 4 August | |
| New Zealand | 0 | Netherlands | 5 | |
| 2 August | 2 August | | Netherlands | 5 | |
| 2 August | 2 August | Great Britain | 1 | |
| Spain | 2 (0) | Great Britain | 1 | |
| Spain | 2 (0) | | | | 6 August | 6 August |
| Great Britain (p.s.o.) | 2 (2) | | | | 6 August | 6 August |
| Great Britain (p.s.o.) | 2 (2) | | | | Netherlands | 3 |
| 2 August | 2 August | | | | | Netherlands | 3 |
| 2 August | 2 August | | | | Argentina | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | | | | Argentina | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 4 August | 4 August | | | |
| Argentina | 3 | 4 August | 4 August | | | |
| Argentina | 3 | Argentina | 2 | | | |
| 2 August | 2 August | | Argentina | 2 | | | |
| 2 August | 2 August | India | 1 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Australia | 0 | India | 1 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Australia | 0 | | | | 6 August | 6 August |
| India | 1 | | | | 6 August | 6 August |
| India | 1 | | | | Great Britain | 4 |
| | | | | | India | 3 |

### Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 7 | Spain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 8 | New Zealand | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 9 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | Japan (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |