# Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the 23rd edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It took place over a thirteen-day period beginning on 6 August, and culminated with the medal finals on 18 August. All games were played at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Argentina won the gold medal for the first time after defeating Belgium 4–2 in the final. Defending champions Germany won the bronze medal by defeating the Netherlands 4–3 on a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw.
The medals for the tournament were presented by René Fasel, Switzerland; Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, Belgium; and Gerardo Werthein, Argentina; members of the International Olympic Committee.

## Competition schedule

The match schedule of the men's tournament was unveiled on 27 April 2016.
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Thu 18 |
| 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 advance to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.

## Qualification

Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Brazil as the host nation qualified automatically but with a rider. Due to the standard of field hockey in Brazil, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) required Brazil to place higher than thirtieth in the FIH World Rankings by the end of 2014 or finish no worse than sixth at the 2015 Pan American Games in order to qualify as host nation. They achieved this by beating the United States on a penalty shoot-out in the quarterfinal, ensuring a top four finish. In addition to the six highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Qualifier |
| 20 September – 2 October 2014 | 2014 Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | India |
| 3–14 June 2015 | 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Germany |
| 3–14 June 2015 | 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Canada |
| 3–14 June 2015 | 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Spain |
| 3–14 June 2015 | 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals | Buenos Aires, Argentina | New Zealand |
| 20 June – 5 July 2015 | 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals | Antwerp, Belgium | Belgium |
| 20 June – 5 July 2015 | 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals | Antwerp, Belgium | Great Britain |
| 20 June – 5 July 2015 | 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals | Antwerp, Belgium | Ireland |
| 21 July 2015 | Host nation | Toronto, Canada | Brazil |
| 14–25 July 2015 | 2015 Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | Argentina |
| 21–29 August 2015 | 2015 EuroHockey Nations Championship | London, England | Netherlands |
| 21–25 October 2015 | 2015 Oceania Cup | Stratford, New Zealand | Australia |
| 23 October – 1 November 2015 | 2015 African Qualifying Tournament | Randburg, South Africa | — |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 |
* ↑ South Africa won the continental qualifier however the team did not participate in the 2016 Olympics. South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and South African Hockey Association (SAHA) made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the Continental Qualification route would not be considered. As a result, New Zealand, as the highest-ranked team from the 2014-15 Hockey World League Semifinals not already qualified, participated instead.

## Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 5 | |
| 6 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 46 | −45 | 0 | |
* 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 12:30
| Belgium | 4–1 | Great Britain |
| Truyens 5' Cosyns 32' Gougnard 35' Charlier 56' | Report | Catlin 27' |
* Umpires: John Weight (RSA) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 13:30
| Australia | 2–1 | New Zealand |
| Ciriello 8' Gohdes 23' | Report | Child 31' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 19:30
| Spain | 7–0 | Brazil |
| Lleonart 16', 42' Oliva 35' Romeu 35', 52' Ruiz 45' Alegre 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Chen Dekang (CHN)
* 7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 17:00
| Great Britain | 2–2 | New Zealand |
| Condon 2' Middleton 25' | Report | Russell 14' Phillips 19' |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)
* 7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 19:30
| Brazil | 0–12 | Belgium |
| | Report | Van Aubel 12' Van Doren 14', 54' Cosyns 18', 53' Denayer 25' Truyens 28' Boccard 33' Briels 33' Dockier 41' Charlier 48' Dohmen 51' |
* Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 20:30
| Australia | 0–1 | Spain |
| | Report | Casasayas 6' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 10:00
| New Zealand | 2–3 | Spain |
| Child 3', 30' | Report | Oliva 1' Casasayas 10' Lleonart 60' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 18:00
| Brazil | 1–9 | Great Britain |
| Smith 4' | Report | Dixon 9' Middleton 12', 54' Jackson 27', 57' Martin 37' Ward 47', 59' Gleghorne 56' |
* Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 20:30
| Belgium | 1–0 | Australia |
| Cosyns 16' | Report | |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Marcin Grochal (POL)
* 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 19:30
| New Zealand | 9–0 | Brazil |
| Wilson 15', 19', 34', 41' Shay 21' Child 26' Russell 30' Jenness 45' Woods 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 20:30
| Great Britain | 1–2 | Australia |
| Jackson 58' | Report | Zalewski 50' Whetton 55' |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) John Wright (RSA)
* 11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 13:30
| Spain | 1–3 | Belgium |
| Quemada 41' | Report | Charlier 6' Stockbroekx 16' Charlier 21' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 17:00
| Great Britain | 1–1 | Spain |
| Ward 15' | Report | Alegre 9' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 18:00
| Belgium | 1–3 | New Zealand |
| Van Aubel 58' | Report | Child 31' Wilson 37' Inglis 52' |
* Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) John Wright (RSA)
* 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 20:30
| Australia | 9–0 | Brazil |
| Dwyer 7', 9' Gohdes 11' Turner 20', 24', 27' Dawson 35' Govers 45', 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 13 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 3 | |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 1 | |
* 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 10:00
| Argentina | 3–3 | Netherlands |
| Vila 29', 49' Paredes 54' | Report | Hertzberger 18' Van der Weerden 36' Van Ass 43' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (GBR) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 11:00
| India | 3–2 | Ireland |
| Raghunath 15+' Ru. Singh 27', 49' | Report | Shimmins 45' Harte 56' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Paco Vázquez (ESP)
* 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 18:00
| Canada | 2–6 | Germany |
| Pearson 11' Pereira 39' | Report | Fürste 4', 33' Wellen 6', 46' Müller 14' Butt 26' |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 18:00
| Netherlands | 5–0 | Ireland |
| van der Weerden 7', 40' Croon 8' Pruijser 42' Hertzberger 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 11:00
| Germany | 2–1 | India |
| Wellen 18' Rühr 60' | Report | Ru. Singh 23' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Martin Madden (GBR)
* 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 12:30
| Canada | 1–3 | Argentina |
| Tupper 55' | Report | Paredes 13' Peillat 46', 51' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 11:00
| Argentina | 1–2 | India |
| Peillat 49' | Report | C. Singh 8' K. Singh 35' |
* Umpires: Paco Vázquez (ESP) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 12:30
| Germany | 3–2 | Ireland |
| Fürste 13', 38' Zwicker 42' | Report | Magee 26' Darling 59' |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)
* 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 13:30
| Netherlands | 7–0 | Canada |
| Van Ass 9' Van der Weerden 25', 52', 60' Hertzberger 29', 36' Kemperman 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Nathan Stagno (GBR)
* 11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 10:00
| Netherlands | 2–1 | India |
| Hofman 35' Van der Weerden 54' | Report | Raghunath 38' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Martin Madden (GBR)
* 11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 11:00
| Ireland | 4–2 | Canada |
| O'Donoghue 1', 28' Caruth 29' Darling 57' | Report | Tupper 37', 50' |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Nathan Stagno (GBR)
* 11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 12:30
| Argentina | 4–4 | Germany |
| Vila 4' P. Ibarra 29' Peillat 48' M. Rey 57' | Report | Herzbruch 15' Wesley 24' Grambusch 28' Müller 60' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Paco Vázquez (ESP)
* 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 12:30
| India | 2–2 | Canada |
| A. Singh 33' Ra. Singh 41' | Report | Tupper 33', 52' |
* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 13:30
| Germany | 2–1 | Netherlands |
| Fuchs 7' Grambusch 33' | Report | Van As 44' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
* 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 19:30
| Ireland | 2–3 | Argentina |
| Jermyn 25' O'Donoghue 51' | Report | Saladino 8' Peillat 27', 51' |
* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 14 August | 14 August | | | |
| Belgium | 3 | | | |
| Belgium | 3 | 16 August | 16 August | | |
| India | 1 | 16 August | 16 August | |
| India | 1 | Belgium | 3 | |
| 14 August | 14 August | | Belgium | 3 | |
| 14 August | 14 August | Netherlands | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 4 | Netherlands | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 4 | | | | 18 August | 18 August |
| Australia | 0 | | | | 18 August | 18 August |
| Australia | 0 | | | | Belgium | 2 |
| 14 August | 14 August | | | | | Belgium | 2 |
| 14 August | 14 August | | | | Argentina | 4 |
| Spain | 1 | | | | Argentina | 4 |
| Spain | 1 | 16 August | 16 August | | | |
| Argentina | 2 | 16 August | 16 August | | | |
| Argentina | 2 | Argentina | 5 | | | |
| 14 August | 14 August | | Argentina | 5 | | | |
| 14 August | 14 August | Germany | 2 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 2 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Germany | 3 | | | | 18 August | 18 August |
| New Zealand | 2 | | | | 18 August | 18 August |
| New Zealand | 2 | | | | Netherlands | 1 (3) |
| | | | | | Germany (p.s.o.) | 1 (4) |

### Quarter-finals

* 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 10:00
| Spain | 1–2 | Argentina |
| Quemada 57' | Report | Peillat 15' Gilardi 59' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (GBR) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 12:30
| Belgium | 3–1 | India |
| Dockier 34', 45' Boon 50' | Report | A. Singh 15' |
* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Nathan Stagno (GBR)
* 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 18:00
| Netherlands | 4–0 | Australia |
| Bakker 1' De Voogd 28' Verga 33' Van der Weerden 49' | Report | |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Paco Vázquez (ESP)
* 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 20:30
| Germany | 3–2 | New Zealand |
| Fürste 56', 60' Fuchs 60' | Report | Inglis 18' McAleese 49' |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Murray Grime (AUS)

### Semi-finals

* 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 12:00
| Argentina | 5–2 | Germany |
| Peillat 9', 12', 28' Menini 36' Vila 47' | Report | Fürste 51' Rühr 58' |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) John Wright (RSA)
* 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 17:00
| Belgium | 3–1 | Netherlands |
| Truyens 25' Dohmen 29' van Aubel 46' | Report | van der Weerden 29' |
* Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Murray Grime (AUS)

### Bronze medal match

* 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 12:00
| Netherlands | 1–1 | Germany |
| Croon 35' | Report | M. Grambusch 42' |
| Penalties |||
| Bakker Kemperman Hertzberger Van Ass De Wijn | 3–4 | Hauke M. Grambusch Herzbruch Butt |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Martin Madden (GBR)

### Gold medal match

* 18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 17:00
| Belgium | 2–4 | Argentina |
| Cosyns 3' Boccard 45' | Report | P. Ibarra 12' Ortiz 15' Peillat 22' Mazzilli 60' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)
Stadium: Olympic Hockey Centre Attendance: 8,000

## Final ranking

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 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Argentina | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 17 | Gold Medal |
| | Belgium | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 18 | Silver Medal |
| | Germany | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 17 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Netherlands | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 14 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Spain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 10 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Australia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 9 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 7 | New Zealand | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 8 | India | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 9 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 5 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 46 | −45 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Goalscorers

There were 189 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 4.97 goals per match.
11 goals
* Gonzalo Peillat
9 goals
* Mink van der Weerden
7 goals
* Moritz Fürste
5 goals
* Tanguy Cosyns
* Scott Tupper
* Simon Child
* Nick Wilson
4 goals
* Lucas Vila
* Cédric Charlier
* Jeroen Hertzberger
3 goals
* Glenn Turner
* Florent van Aubel
* Sébastien Dockier
* Jérôme Truyens
* Mats Grambusch
* Niklas Wellen
* Ashley Jackson
* Barry Middleton
* Samuel Ward
* Rupinder Pal Singh
* Shane O'Donoghue
* Seve van Ass
* Xavi Lleonart
2 goals
* Pedro Ibarra
* Matías Paredes
* Jamie Dwyer
* Matthew Gohdes
* Blake Govers
* Gauthier Boccard
* John-John Dohmen
* Arthur van Doren
* Florian Fuchs
* Mathias Müller
* Christopher Rühr
* V. R. Raghunath
* Akashdeep Singh
* Michael Darling
* Jorrit Croon
* Hugo Inglis
* Kane Russell
* David Alegre
* Álex Casasayas
* Roc Oliva
* Pau Quemada
* Josep Romeu
1 goal
* Juan Ignacio Gilardi
* Agustín Mazzilli
* Joaquín Menini
* Ignacio Ortiz
* Matías Rey
* Juan Saladino
* Chris Ciriello
* Matthew Dawson
* Jacob Whetton
* Aran Zalewski
* Thomas Briels
* Tom Boon
* Félix Denayer
* Simon Gougnard
* Emmanuel Stockbroekx
* Stephane Smith
* Mark Pearson
* Keegan Pereira
* Linus Butt
* Timm Herzbruch
* Christopher Wesley
* Martin Zwicker
* Nicholas Catlin
* David Condon
* Adam Dixon
* Mark Gleghorne
* Harry Martin
* Chinglensana Singh
* Kothajit Singh
* Ramandeep Singh
* Peter Caruth
* Conor Harte
* John Jermyn
* Eugene Magee
* Kirk Shimmins
* Billy Bakker
* Rogier Hofman
* Robbert Kempermann
* Mirco Pruijser
* Valentin Verga
* Bob de Voogd
* Stephen Jenness
* Shea McAleese
* Shay Neal
* Hayden Phillips
* Nic Woods
* Viçens Ruiz