# Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the 20th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 15 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 27 August. All games were played at the hockey centre within the Hellinikon Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece.
Australia won the gold medal for the first time after defeating defending champions the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Spain 4–3. Pakistan's Sohail Abbas was the top scorer of the tournament, netting 11 goals.

## Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations received an automatic berth. Alongside the seven teams qualifying through the 2004 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualification Tournament, twelve teams competed in this tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Qualifier(s) |
| 30 September – 12 October 2002 | 2002 Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | South Korea |
| 2–13 August 2003 | 2003 Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Argentina |
| 1–13 September 2003 | 2003 EuroHockey Nations Championship | Barcelona, Spain | Germany |
| 17–21 September 2003 | 2003 Men's Oceania Cup | Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand | Australia |
| 10–16 October 2003 | 2003 All-Africa Games | Abuja, Nigeria | Egypt |
| 2–13 March 2004 | Olympic Qualification Tournament | Madrid, Spain | Netherlands Spain Pakistan India Great Britain New Zealand South Africa |
Although the host nation would have qualified automatically as well, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to give them an automatic berth due to the standard of hockey in Greece. Greece appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), however it was turned down. Greece's first option to gain a place at the Olympics was by qualifying for the EuroHockey Nations Championship held in 2003. As they did not qualify for this tournament their last option was to beat Canada, the last ranked team of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in a best of three play-off competition. Canada would have kept its place in the Qualifier regardless of whether it won or lost against Greece. There would, however, have been six places at stake at the tournament if Greece had qualified, rather than the seven eventually available. Greece lost the first two matches against Canada, losing their chance to qualify to the Olympics.

## Umpires

* Xavier Adell (ESP)
* Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* David Gentles (AUS)
* Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
* David Leiper (GBR)
* Ray O'Connor (IRL)
* Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* John Wright (RSA)
* Christian Blasch (GER)
* Peter Elders (NED)
* Murray Grime (AUS)
* Satinder Kumar (IND)
* Jason McCracken (NZL)
* Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* Pedro Teixeira (POR)

## Preliminary round

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Pakistan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 9 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 8 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 3 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
| 6 | Egypt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 0 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
* 15 August 2004 18:00
| South Korea | 1 – 1 | Spain |
| You Hyo-Sik 16' | Report | Freixa 43' |
* Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Peter Elders (NED)
* 15 August 2004 18:30
| Germany | 2 – 1 | Pakistan |
| Emmerling 7' Michel 31' | Report | Butt 43' |
* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) John Wright (RSA)
* 15 August 2004 20:00
| Great Britain | 3 – 1 | Egypt |
| Middleton 18' Fordham 53' Hawes 59' | Report | S. Mohamed 37' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 17 August 2004 08:30
| South Korea | 3 – 2 | Great Britain |
| Lee Jung-Seon 15', 68' Yeo Woon-Kon 47' | Report | Hall 45' Stott 52' |
* Umpires: Pedro Teixeira (POR) John Wright (RSA)
* 17 August 2004 18:30
| Egypt | 0 – 7 | Pakistan |
| | Report | Jawad 3', 12' Nadeem 15' Abbas 30', 34', 38', 58' |
* Umpires: Han Jin-Soo (KOR) Peter Elders (NED)
* 17 August 2004 20:30
| Spain | 1 – 1 | Germany |
| Freixa 28' | Report | Bechmann 64' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Murray Grime (AUS)
* 19 August 2004 10:30
| Pakistan | 3 – 0 | South Korea |
| Butt 43' Abbasi 56' Abbas 66' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 19 August 2004 18:00
| Germany | 6 – 1 | Egypt |
| Zeller 17', 67' Witthaus 38' Kunz 46' Bechmann 49', 58' | Report | Enaba 24' |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) David Gentles (AUS)
* 19 August 2004 18:30
| Great Britain | 1 – 5 | Spain |
| Middleton 57' | Report | Amat 7', 38' Freixa 32', 35' Ribas 61' |
* Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Christian Blasch (GER)
* 21 August 2004 08:30
| Egypt | 0 – 11 | South Korea |
| | Report | Lee Jung-Seon 16', 25', 37', 59', 68' Jeon Jong-Ha 29' Seo Jong-Ho 57' Song Seung-Tae 62', 65', 65' You Hyo-Sik 66' |
* Umpires: Padro Teixeira (POR) Christian Blasch (GER)
* 21 August 2004 20:00
| Spain | 4 – 0 | Pakistan |
| Tubau 6', 35', 41' Freixa 63' | Report | |
* Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) John Wright (RSA)
* 21 August 2004 20:30
| Germany | 4 – 1 | Great Britain |
| Zeller 21', 39' Witthaus 38' Scharowsky 52' | Report | Moodie 60' |
* Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 23 August 2004 10:30
| Spain | 3 – 0 | Egypt |
| Tubau 6', 65' Amat 62' | Report | |
* Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
* 23 August 2004 18:00
| Pakistan | 8 – 2 | Great Britain |
| Abbas 9', 39' Ali 35+' Nadeem 37' Butt 55', 68' Abbasi 59' Shabbir 60' | Report | Stott 5' Hall 65' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)
* 23 August 2004 18:30
| South Korea | 2 – 2 | Germany |
| Lee Jung-Seon 8', 54' | Report | Zeller 35' Emmerling 66' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 9 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 4 | India | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 4 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 3 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
| 6 | Argentina | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 2 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
* 15 August 2004 08:30
| Australia | 4 – 1 | New Zealand |
| Elder 15' Dwyer 24', 42', 60' | Report | Smith 58' |
* Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
* 15 August 2004 10:30
| Argentina | 1 – 2 | South Africa |
| Almada 10' | Report | Nicol 38', 41' |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) David Gentles (AUS)
* 15 August 2004 20:30
| Netherlands | 3 – 1 | India |
| Eikelboom 2' De Nooijer 50' Taekema 54' | Report | G. A. Singh 69' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Jason McCracken (NZL)
* 17 August 2004 10:30
| Argentina | 2 – 2 | Australia |
| Almada 2', 31' | Report | Dwyer 26', 66' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Jason McCracken (NZL)
* 17 August 2004 18:00
| South Africa | 2 – 4 | India |
| Nicol 7' Fulton 12' | Report | D. Pillay 27' B. Singh 41' D. Tirkey 69' G. A. Singh 70' |
* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) David Leiper (GBR)
* 17 August 2004 20:00
| New Zealand | 3 – 4 | Netherlands |
| Shaw 9', 55' Burrows 59' | Report | Taekema 4', 24' Klaver 39' Van der Weide 68' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 19 August 2004 08:30
| Netherlands | 3 – 2 | South Africa |
| Derikx 29' De Nooijer 49' Klaver 69' | Report | Evans 17' Symons 23' |
* Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)
* 19 August 2004 20:00
| New Zealand | 3 – 1 | Argentina |
| Shaw 12' Hari 44' Burrows 49' | Report | Lombi 8' |
* Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Pedro Teixeira (POR)
* 19 August 2004 20:30
| Australia | 4 – 3 | India |
| Elder 11' Dwyer 38' McCann 49' Brennan 70' | Report | Thakur 6' G. A. Singh 50' Halappa 52' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA)
* 21 August 2004 10:30
| India | 1 – 2 | New Zealand |
| D. Pillay 62' | Report | Burrows 36' Shaw 70+' |
* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Xavier Adell (ESP)
* 21 August 2004 18:00
| South Africa | 2 – 3 | Australia |
| Nicol 4' Smith 29' | Report | Brooks 17' Eglington 19' Brennan 47' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 21 August 2004 18:30
| Argentina | 2 – 4 | Netherlands |
| Almada 37' Lombi 52' | Report | Reckers 17' Klaver 22' Taekema 26' De Nooijer 44' |
* Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Murray Grime (AUS)
* 23 August 2004 08:30
| New Zealand | 4 – 1 | South Africa |
| Kosoof 15' Shaw 38', 46' Burrows 70' | Report | Smith 28' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 23 August 2004 20:00
| India | 2 – 2 | Argentina |
| G. A. Singh 33', 60' | Report | Vila 52', 69' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Peter Elders (NED)
* 23 August 2004 20:30
| Australia | 1 – 2 | Netherlands |
| Brooks 28' | Report | Taekema 10', 13' |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

## Classification round
### Ninth to twelfth place classification

| 9–12th place semi-finals | 9–12th place semi-finals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 25 August | 25 August |
| South Africa | 5 |
| South Africa | 5 | 27 August | 27 August |
| Egypt | 1 | 27 August | 27 August |
| Egypt | 1 | South Africa | 1 (3) |
| 25 August | 25 August | | South Africa | 1 (3) |
| 25 August | 25 August | Great Britain (p.s.) | 1 (4) |
| Great Britain | 4 | Great Britain (p.s.) | 1 (4) |
| Argentina | 1 | | |
| Argentina | 1 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 27 August | 27 August |
| | | Egypt | 2 |
| | | Argentina | 4 |

#### 9–12th place semi-finals

* 25 August 2004 08:30
| South Africa | 5 – 1 | Egypt |
| Nicol 2', 54', 67' Fulton 7' Smith 50' | Report | Ahmed 17' |
* Umpires: Pedro Teixeira (POR) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 25 August 2004 11:00
| Great Britain | 4 – 1 | Argentina |
| Moore 24' Bertram 35+' Hall 38' Pearn 67' | Report | Retegui 64' |
* Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Christian Blasch (GER)

#### Eleventh place game

* 27 August 2004 09:00
| Egypt | 2 – 4 | Argentina |
| El Sayed 21' Mohamed 43' | Report | Retegui 20' Almada 26', 48', 62' |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Han Jin-Soo (KOR)

#### Ninth place game

* 27 August 2004 11:30
| South Africa | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Great Britain |
| Nicol 45' | Report | Fordham 43' |
| Penalties |||
| Symons Clark Nicol Denne Fulton | 3 – 4 | Hawes Moodie Stott Garrard Hall |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 25 August | 25 August |
| New Zealand | 4 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 27 August | 27 August |
| South Korea | 3 | 27 August | 27 August |
| South Korea | 3 | New Zealand | 2 |
| 25 August | 25 August | | New Zealand | 2 |
| 25 August | 25 August | Pakistan | 4 |
| Pakistan | 3 | Pakistan | 4 |
| India | 0 | | |
| India | 0 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 27 August | 27 August |
| | | South Korea | 2 |
| | | India | 5 |

#### Crossover

* 25 August 2004 18:00
| New Zealand | 4–3 | South Korea |
| Burrows 26', 62', 69' McIndoe 28' | Report | Yeo 14' Lee 39' Jeon 57' |
* Umpires: Peter Elders (NED) Xavier Adell (ESP)
* 25 August 2004 20:30
| Pakistan | 3–0 | India |
| Aziz 43' Abbas 59' Shabbir 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

#### Seventh place match

* 27 August 2004 08:30
| South Korea | 2–5 | India |
| Ji 57' Kang 58' | Report | Gagan 4', 11' V. Pillay 15' Prabhjot 32' Sinclair 68' |
* Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Peter Elders (NED)

#### Fifth place match

* 27 August 2004 11:00
| New Zealand | 2–4 | Pakistan |
| Brooks 16' Smith 35' | Report | Abbas 35', 47', 68' Jawwad 55' |
* Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) David Leiper (GBR)

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 25 August | 25 August |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 27 August | 27 August |
| Germany | 2 | 27 August | 27 August |
| Germany | 2 | Netherlands | 1 |
| 25 August | 25 August | | Netherlands | 1 |
| 25 August | 25 August | Australia (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| Spain | 3 | Australia (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| Australia | 6 | | |
| Australia | 6 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 27 August | 27 August |
| | | Germany (a.e.t.) | 4 |
| | | Spain | 3 |

#### Semi-finals

* 25 August 2004 18:30
| Netherlands | 3–2 | Germany |
| Taekema 5' Eikelboom 47' De Nooijer 52' | Report | Witthaus 3' Bechmann 58' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Raymond O'Connor (IRL)
* 25 August 2004 21:00
| Spain | 3–6 | Australia |
| Tubau 8' Ribas 49', 67' | Report | Elder 3' McCann 23', 44' Wells 27' Schubert 51', 53' |
* Umpires: Jonathan Wright (RSA) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

#### Bronze medal match

* 27 August 2004 18:00
| Germany | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
| Reinelt 22' Duckwitz 45' Emmerling 49' Michel 80' | Report | Freixa 31' Tubau 39', 47' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

#### Gold medal match

* 27 August 2004 20:30
| Netherlands | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Australia |
| R. Brouwer 29' | Report | Brooks 37' Dwyer 78' |
* Umpires: Raymond O'Connor (IRL) Jonathan Wright (RSA)

## 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 |
| | Australia | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 16 | Gold Medal |
| | Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 18 | Silver Medal |
| | Germany | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 14 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Spain | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 11 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Pakistan | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 15 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | New Zealand | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 12 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | India | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | South Korea | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 8 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | Great Britain | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | South Africa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | Argentina | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 5 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | Egypt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 39 | −34 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Goalscorers

There were 213 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5.07 goals per match.
11 goals
* Sohail Abbas
10 goals
* Lee Jung-Seon
8 goals
* Gregory Nicol
* Eduardo Tubau
7 goals
* Mario Almada
* Jamie Dwyer
* Gagan Ajit Singh
* Taeke Taekema
* Phil Burrows
6 goals
* Hayden Shaw
* Santiago Freixa
5 goals
* Christopher Zeller
4 goals
* Christoph Bechmann
* Teun de Nooijer
* Rehan Butt
3 goals
* Travis Brooks
* Troy Elder
* Michael McCann
* Björn Emmerling
* Matthias Witthaus
* Daniel Hall
* Karel Klaver
* Kashif Jawwad
* Emile Smith
* Song Seung-Tae
* Pol Amat
* Xavier Ribas
2 goals
* Jorge Lombi
* Carlos Retegui
* Matías Vila
* Michael Brennan
* Grant Schubert
* Sameh Mohamed
* Björn Michel
* Guy Fordham
* Barry Middleton
* Niall Stott
* Dhanraj Pillay
* Marten Eikelboom
* Darren Smith
* Shakeel Abbasi
* Muhammad Nadeem
* Muhammad Shabbir
* Craig Fulton
* You Hyo-Sik
* Jeon Jong-Ha
* Yeo Woon-Kon
1 goal
* Nathan Eglington
* Matthew Wells
* Adnan Ahmed
* Belal Enaba
* Mohamed el Sayed
* Eike Duckwitz
* Florian Kunz
* Sascha Reinelt
* Justus Scharowsky
* Thomas Bertram
* Benjamin Hawes
* Graham Moodie
* Robert Moore
* Mark Pearn
* Arjun Halappa
* Vikram Pillay
* Adam Sinclair
* Baljit Singh Dhillon
* Prabhjot Singh
* Deepak Thakur
* Dilip Tirkey
* Ronald Brouwer
* Geert-Jan Derikx
* Robert Reckers
* Sander van der Weide
* Gareth Brooks
* Bevan Hari
* David Kosoof
* Wayne McIndoe
* Ghazanfar Ali
* Tariq Aziz
* Steven Evans
* Ian Symons
* Seo Jong-Ho
* Ji Seong-Hwan
* Kang Seong-Jung
Source: FIH