# Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 24th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 24 July to 5 August 2021. All games were played at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
It was originally scheduled to be held from 25 July to 6 August 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.
Argentina won the previous olympic field hockey event but were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Belgium captured their first gold medal after defeating Australia in the final after penalties. India won their first hockey medal since 1980 Summer Olympics by defeating Germany in the bronze-medal match.
The medals for the competition were presented by Baron Pierre-Oliver Bekcers-Vieujant, Belgium; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Narinder Dhruv Batra, the FIH President.

## Competition schedule

| 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 |
| 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 advanced to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners met for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers played in the bronze medal match.

## Qualification

Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. The other teams qualified through the 2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers.
| 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.

## Umpires

On 11 September 2019, 14 umpires were appointed by the FIH.
* Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
* Adam Kearns (AUS)
* Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
* Ben Göntgen (GER)
* Martin Madden (GBR)
* Raghu Prasad (IND)
* Javed Shaikh (IND)
* Coen van Bunge (NED)
* Simon Taylor (NZL)
* David Tomlinson (NZL)
* Marcin Grochal (POL)
* Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
* Peter Wright (RSA)
* Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

## Group stage

The pools were announced on 23 November 2019.
All times are local (UTC+9).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | 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 | |
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 09:30 v
| Japan | 3–5 | Australia |
| Ke. Tanaka 22', 27' Kirishita 26' | Report | Brand 11' Craig 14' Govers 31' Zalewski 38' Beale 50' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 10:00 v
| New Zealand | 2–3 | India |
| Russell 6' Jenness 43' | Report | Rupinder 10' Harmanpreet 26', 33' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 12:15 v
| Argentina | 1–1 | Spain |
| Mazzilli 23' | Report | Quemada 52' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 18:30 v
| India | 1–7 | Australia |
| Dilpreet 34' | Report | Beale 10' Hayward 21' Ogilvie 23' Beltz 26' Govers 40', 42' Brand 51' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Marcin Grochal (POL)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 19:00 v
| Japan | 1–2 | Argentina |
| Ke. Tanaka 60' | Report | Tolini 5' Keenan 19' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 20:45 v
| Spain | 3–4 | New Zealand |
| González 26' Quemada 31' Boltó 39' | Report | Jenness 14' Tarrant 27' Russell 48' Smith 57' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 09:30 v
| Argentina | 2–5 | Australia |
| Tolini 4' Casella 55' | Report | Govers 15', 23' Wickham 21' Sharp 25' Hayward 39' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Martin Madden (GBR) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 10:00 v
| India | 3–0 | Spain |
| Simranjeet 14' Rupinder 15', 51' | Report | |
* South Pitch Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 11:45 v
| Japan | 2–2 | New Zealand |
| Yamasaki 3' Ke. Tanaka 40' | Report | Wilson 11' Lane 41' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 20:45 v
| Japan | 1–4 | Spain |
| Zendana 2' | Report | Lleonart 3', 55' Quemada 23' Alegre 28' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Martin Madden (GBR)
* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 21:15 v
| Australia | 4–2 | New Zealand |
| Brand 9', 50' Govers 55' Wickham 57' | Report | Russell 13', 58' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Marcin Grochal (POL)
* 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 09:30 v
| India | 3–1 | Argentina |
| Varun 43' Vivek 58' Harmanpreet 59' | Report | Casella 48' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 10:00 v
| Australia | 1–1 | Spain |
| Wickham 18' | Report | Quemada 60' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
* 30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 18:30 v
| Japan | 3–5 | India |
| Ke. Tanaka 19' Watanabe 33' Murata 59' | Report | Harmanpreet 13' Gurjant 17', 56' Shamsher 34' Nilakanta 51' |
* North Pitch Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
* 30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 19:00 v
| Argentina | 4–1 | New Zealand |
| Martínez 15+' Vila 17' Tolini 44' Keenan 60' | Report | Russell 14' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Martin Madden (GBR) Coen van Bunge (NED)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | 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 | |
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 11:45 v
| Netherlands | 1–3 | Belgium |
| Hertzberger 35' | Report | Hendrickx 41', 44', 45' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 18:30 v
| Great Britain | 3–1 | South Africa |
| Ward 2' Ansell 32' Waller 56' | Report | Guise-Brown 4' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Ben Goentgen (GER)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 19:00 v
| Canada | 1–7 | Germany |
| K. Pereira 16' | Report | Windfeder 11', 28' Rühr 22', 25' Häner 44' Bosserhoff 59' Grambusch 60' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 21:15 v
| South Africa | 3–5 | Netherlands |
| M. Cassiem 2' D. Cassiem 10' Kok 18' | Report | Pruyser 24', 54' Van Dam 29' Brinkman 36' Van der Weerden 48' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 09:30 v
| Germany | 1–3 | Belgium |
| Häner 51' | Report | Charlier 5', 7' Hendrickx 35' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 11:45 v
| Great Britain | 3–1 | Canada |
| Ansell 33', 57' Ward 41' | Report | Van Son 51' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Marcin Grochal (POL)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 12:15 v
| Germany | 5–1 | Great Britain |
| Fuchs 15', 51', 60' Rühr 35' Weigand 42' | Report | Roper 8' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 18:30 v
| Belgium | 9–4 | South Africa |
| Dohmen 4', 15' Hendrickx 9', 18', 40' Briels 12' Van Doren 15' Gougnard 25' Charlier 41' | Report | D. Cassiem 5', 31' M. Cassiem 23' Ntuli 29' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 20:45 v
| Netherlands | 4–2 | Canada |
| Bakker 1' Brinkman 4' De Mol 50' Pruyser 60' | Report | Wallace 10' Tupper 53' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 10:00 v
| Belgium | 9–1 | Canada |
| Hendrickx 12', 40' Dockier 29', 32' Denayer 39' Gougnard 43', 45' Boon 51' Van Aubel 55' | Report | Pearson 15' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 11:45 v
| South Africa | 4–3 | Germany |
| Guise-Brown 9' Horne 13' Spooner 45' M. Cassiem 48' | Report | Herzbruch 8' Windfeder 22' Staib 24' |
* North Pitch Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Javed Shaikh (IND)
* 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 12:15 v
| Netherlands | 2–2 | Great Britain |
| Brinkman 22' Janssen 31' | Report | Ward 52', 57' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 12:15 v
| Canada | 4–4 | South Africa |
| Pearson 11' K. Pereira 17' Boothroyd 42' Ho-Garcia 59' | Report | Ntuli 2' Spooner 9' Guise-Brown 34' Mvimbi 58' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Raghu Prasad (IND)
* 30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 20:45 v
| Germany | 3–1 | Netherlands |
| Wellen 10' Staib 41' Herzbruch 54' | Report | Hertzberger 57' |
* North Pitch Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 21:15 v
| Belgium | 2–2 | Great Britain |
| Boon 36' Briels 43' | Report | Shipperley 17' Ansell 38' |
* South Pitch Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| 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 |

### Quarter-finals

* 1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 09:30 v
| Germany | 3–1 | Argentina |
| Windfeder 19', 48' Herzbruch 40' | Report | Casella 52' |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
* 1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 12:00 v
| Australia | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| Wickham 13', 38' | Report | Van der Weerden 32' Hertzberger 50' |
| Penalties |||
| Govers Ogilvie Brand | 3–0 | Hertzberger Kemperman De Geus |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)
* 1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 18:30 v
| Belgium | 3–1 | Spain |
| Hendrickx 38', 57' Boon 41' | Report | Alegre 26' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
* 1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 21:00 v
| India | 3–1 | Great Britain |
| Dilpreet 7' Gurjant 16' Hardik 57' | Report | Ward 45' |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Simon Taylor (NZL)

### Semi-finals

* 3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) 10:30 v
| India | 2–5 | Belgium |
| Harmanpreet 7' Mandeep 8' | Report | Luypaert 2' Hendrickx 19', 49', 53' Dohmen 60' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) 19:00 v
| Australia | 3–1 | Germany |
| Brand 7' Govers 27' Sharp 59' | Report | Windfeder 11' |
* Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Marcin Grochal (POL)

### Bronze medal match

* 5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) 10:30 v
| Germany | 4–5 | India |
| Oruz 2' Wellen 24' Fürk 25' Windfeder 48' | Report | Simranjeet 17', 34' Hardik 27' Harmanpreet 29' Rupinder 31' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Simon Taylor (NZL)

### Gold medal match

* 5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) 19:00 v
| Australia | 1–1 | Belgium |
| Wickham 47' | Report | Van Aubel 32' |
| Penalties |||
| Govers Ogilvie Brand Simmonds Whetton | 2–3 | Van Aubel De Sloover Denayer Hendrickx |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Marcin Grochal (POL)

## 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 |
| 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 |

## Goalscorers

There were 209 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 5.5 goals per match.
14 goals
* Alexander Hendrickx
7 goals
* Blake Govers
* Lukas Windfeder
6 goals
* Tom Wickham
* Harmanpreet Singh
5 goals
* Tim Brand
* Sam Ward
* Kenta Tanaka
* Kane Russell
4 goals
* Liam Ansell
* Rupinder Pal Singh
* Pau Quemada
3 goals
* Maico Casella
* Leandro Tolini
* Tom Boon
* Cédric Charlier
* John-John Dohmen
* Simon Gougnard
* Florian Fuchs
* Timm Herzbruch
* Christopher Rühr
* Gurjant Singh
* Simranjeet Singh
* Thierry Brinkman
* Jeroen Hertzberger
* Mirco Pruyser
* Dayaan Cassiem
* Mustaphaa Cassiem
* Matthew Guise-Brown
2 goals
* Nicolás Keenan
* Daniel Beale
* Jeremy Hayward
* Lachlan Sharp
* Thomas Briels
* Sébastien Dockier
* Florent Van Aubel
* Mark Pearson
* Keegan Pereira
* Martin Häner
* Constantin Staib
* Niklas Wellen
* Dilpreet Singh
* Hardik Singh
* Mink van der Weerden
* Stephen Jenness
* Nqobile Ntuli
* Nicholas Spooner
* David Alegre
* Xavi Lleonart
1 goal
* Lucas Martínez
* Agustín Mazzilli
* Lucas Vila
* Joshua Beltz
* Tom Craig
* Flynn Ogilvie
* Aran Zalewski
* Félix Denayer
* Loïck Luypaert
* Arthur Van Doren
* Fin Boothroyd
* Gabriel Ho-Garcia
* Floris Van Son
* Scott Tupper
* Jamie Wallace
* Niklas Bosserhoff
* Benedikt Fürk
* Mats Grambusch
* Timur Oruz
* Justus Weigand
* Phil Roper
* Rupert Shipperley
* Jack Waller
* Varun Kumar
* Vivek Prasad
* Nilakanta Sharma
* Mandeep Singh
* Shamsher Singh
* Yoshiki Kirishita
* Kazuma Murata
* Kota Watanabe
* Koji Yamasaki
* Hirotaka Zendana
* Billy Bakker
* Thijs van Dam
* Jip Janssen
* Joep de Mol
* Sam Lane
* Jake Smith
* Blair Tarrant
* Nick Wilson
* Keenan Horne
* Tevin Kok
* Samkelo Mvimbi
* Marc Boltó
* Enrique González
Source: Tokyo2020 and FIH