# Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 29 July to 11 August at the Riverbank Arena within the Olympic Park.
On 13 November 2010 the International Hockey Federation (FIH) decided to allocate 12 teams for each men and women events respectively.
Germany won the men's tournament for the fourth time, and the women's tournament was won by the Netherlands — their third Olympic women's hockey title.

## Competition schedule

| P | Preliminaries | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | Tue 7 | Wed 8 | Thu 9 | Fri 10 | Sat 11 |
| Men | | P | | P | | P | | P | | P | | ½ | | F |
| Women | P | | P | | P | | P | | P | | ½ | | F | |

## Qualification

Each of the continental champions received a berth alongside the host, Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales compete separately in most competitions, but send a combined team to the Olympics and selected friendly tournaments, which is managed by England Hockey), while another three spots were decided in qualifying tournaments.
For the men's tournament, Europe received two extra quota places, and Oceania one extra. While for the women's, Asia, Oceania and Europe each received one extra quota place. All were based on FIH world rankings.
However, South Africa as African champion for both tournaments gave up the automatic berth on the premise that they should play a qualifier having deemed the African tournament as sub-standard even though they won the African qualifier tournament. Instead they played in the men's and women's Olympic qualification tournament and made the cut. Their automatic berth was awarded to Spain in the men's tournament and Argentina in the women's.

### Men's qualification

| Date | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | Great Britain (4) |
| 15–25 November 2010 | 2010 Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 1 | Pakistan (8) |
| 20–28 August 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 3 | Germany (2) Netherlands (3) Belgium (11) |
| 2–11 September 2011 | 2011 African Olympic Qualifier | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 0 | — |
| 6–9 October 2011 | 2011 Oceania Cup | Hobart, Australia | 2 | Australia (1) New Zealand (7) |
| 14–30 October 2011 | 2011 Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1 | Argentina (9) |
| 18–26 February 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 | New Delhi, India | 1 | India (10) |
| 10–18 March 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 | Dublin, Ireland | 1 | South Korea (6) |
| 26 April – 6 May 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 | Kakamigahara, Japan | 1 | South Africa (12) |
| Invitational | Invitational | Invitational | 1 | Spain (5) |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |
    ^1 – Great Britain automatically qualified as host nation, therefore the berth obtained by England as third placed team at the 2011 EuroHockey Nations Championship was given to fourth placed team Belgium.
    ^2 – South Africa won the African qualifier tournament but gave up their automatic berth on the premise that they should play a qualifier having deemed the African tournament as sub-standard. Eventually they won the Qualification Tournament 3. Instead, Spain was invited as the highest ranked team not already qualified after the conclusion of the continental championships.

### Women's qualification

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | Great Britain (4) |
| 13–24 November 2010 | 2010 Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 2 | China (5) South Korea (8) |
| 20–27 August 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 2 | Netherlands (1) Germany (3) |
| 2–11 September 2011 | 2011 African Olympic Qualifier | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 0 | — |
| 6–9 October 2011 | 2011 Oceania Cup | Hobart, Australia | 2 | New Zealand (6) Australia (7) |
| 14–30 October 2011 | 2011 Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1 | United States (10) |
| 18–25 February 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 | New Delhi, India | 1 | South Africa (12) |
| 17–25 March 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 | Kontich, Belgium | 1 | Belgium (16) |
| 25 April – 5 May 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 | Kakamigahara, Japan | 1 | Japan (9) |
| Invitational | Invitational | Invitational | 1 | Argentina (2) |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |
    ^1 – South Africa won the African qualifier tournament but gave up their automatic berth on the premise that they should play a qualifier having deemed the African tournament as sub-standard. Eventually they won the Qualification Tournament 1. Instead, Argentina was invited as the highest ranked team not already qualified after the conclusion of the continental championships.

## Men's tournament
### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain (H) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Argentina | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 4 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 1 | Eleventh place game |

### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 0 | Eleventh place game |

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 9 August | 9 August |
| Australia | 2 |
| Australia | 2 | 11 August | 11 August |
| Germany | 4 | 11 August | 11 August |
| Germany | 4 | Germany | 2 |
| 9 August | 9 August | | Germany | 2 |
| 9 August | 9 August | Netherlands | 1 |
| Netherlands | 9 | Netherlands | 1 |
| Great Britain | 2 | | |
| Great Britain | 2 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 11 August | 11 August |
| | | Australia | 3 |
| | | Great Britain | 1 |

### Final standings

* Germany
* Netherlands
* Australia
* Great Britain
* Belgium
* Spain
* Pakistan
* South Korea
* New Zealand
* Argentina
* South Africa
* India

## Women's tournament
### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | China | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 2 | |

### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 10 | |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | |
| 6 | United States | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | |

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 8 August | 8 August |
| Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) |
| Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | 10 August | 10 August |
| New Zealand | 2 (1) | 10 August | 10 August |
| New Zealand | 2 (1) | Netherlands | 2 |
| 8 August | 8 August | | Netherlands | 2 |
| 8 August | 8 August | Argentina | 0 |
| Argentina | 2 | Argentina | 0 |
| Great Britain | 1 | | |
| Great Britain | 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 10 August | 10 August |
| | | New Zealand | 1 |
| | | Great Britain | 3 |

### Final standings

* Netherlands
* Argentina
* Great Britain
* New Zealand
* Australia
* China
* Germany
* South Korea
* Japan
* South Africa
* Belgium
* United States

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Great Britain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team details | Germany (GER) Maximilian Müller Martin Häner Oskar Deecke Christopher Wesley Moritz Fürste Tobias Hauke Jan-Philipp Rabente Benjamin Weß Timo Weß Oliver Korn Christopher Zeller Max Weinhold Matthias Witthaus Florian Fuchs Philipp Zeller Thilo Stralkowski | Netherlands (NED) Jaap Stockmann Klaas Vermeulen Marcel Balkestein Wouter Jolie Roderick Weusthof Robbert Kempermann Teun de Nooijer Sander Baart Floris Evers Bob de Voogd Sander de Wijn Rogier Hofman Robert van der Horst Billy Bakker Valentin Verga Mink van der Weerden | Australia (AUS) Mark Knowles Jamie Dwyer Liam de Young Simon Orchard Glenn Turner Chris Ciriello Matthew Butturini Russell Ford Eddie Ockenden Joel Carroll Matthew Gohdes Tim Deavin Matthew Swann Nathan Burgers Kieran Govers Fergus Kavanagh |
| Women's team details | Netherlands (NED) Marilyn Agliotti Merel de Blaeij Eva de Goede Maartje Goderie Ellen Hoog Kelly Jonker Kim Lammers Maartje Paumen Sophie Polkamp Joyce Sombroek Naomi van As Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel Margot van Geffen Kitty van Male Caia van Maasakker Lidewij Welten | Argentina (ARG) Luciana Aymar Noel Barrionuevo Martina Cavallero Laura del Colle Silvina D'Elía Florencia Habif Rosario Luchetti Sofía Maccari Delfina Merino Maria Florencia Mutio Carla Rebecchi Macarena Rodríguez Rocío Sánchez Moccia Mariela Scarone Daniela Sruoga Maria Josefina Sruoga | Great Britain (GBR) Ashleigh Ball Laura Bartlett Crista Cullen Alex Danson Hannah Macleod Emily Maguire Anne Panter Helen Richardson Chloe Rogers Beth Storry Sarah Thomas Georgie Twigg Laura Unsworth Kate Walsh Sally Walton Nicola White |