{"history":[],"article":{"id":"ef6a26da-f226-4933-8c63-09533a30e610","title":"Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament","slug":"field-hockey-at-the-2008-summer-olympics-men-s-tournament","content":":::summary\n![Olympic Green Hockey Field](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Olympic///Green///Hockey///Field.jpg)\n**Tournament:** Men's field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics \n**Size:** 250px \n**Dates:** 11 – 23 August \n**Country:** China \n**City:** [Beijing](https://bliptext.com/articles/beijing) \n**Venues:** [Olympic Green Hockey Field](https://bliptext.com/articles/olympic-green-hockey-field) \n**Teams:** 12 \n**Confederations:** 5 \n**Count:** 3 \n**Matches:** 38 \n**Goals:** 174 \n**Top Scorer:** [Taeke Taekema](https://bliptext.com/articles/taeke-taekema) \n**Top Scorer Goals:** 11 \n**Previous Year:** 2004 \n**Previous Tournament:** Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament \n**Next Year:** 2012 \n**Next Tournament:** Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament \n:::\n\n# \nThe **men's [field hockey](https://bliptext.com/articles/field-hockey) tournament at the [2008 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/2008-summer-olympics)** was the 21st edition of the [field hockey](https://bliptext.com/articles/field-hockey) event for men at the [Summer Olympic Games](https://bliptext.com/articles/summer-olympic-games).\nIt was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 11 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 23 August.\nAll games were played at the [hockey field](https://bliptext.com/articles/olympic-green-hockey-field) constructed on the [Olympic Green](https://bliptext.com/articles/olympic-green) in [Beijing](https://bliptext.com/articles/beijing), China.\n[Germany](https://bliptext.com/articles/germany-at-the-2008-summer-olympics) won the gold medal for the third time after defeating [Spain](https://bliptext.com/articles/spain-at-the-2008-summer-olympics) 1–0 in the final.\n[Defending champions](https://bliptext.com/articles/field-hockey-at-the-2004-summer-olympics-men-s-tournament) [Australia](https://bliptext.com/articles/australia-at-the-2008-summer-olympics) won the bronze medal by defeating [Netherlands](https://bliptext.com/articles/netherlands-at-the-2008-summer-olympics) 6–2.\nThis was the only edition [India](https://bliptext.com/articles/india-at-the-2008-summer-olympics) has missed out in its Olympic history.\n\n# Competition format\nThe twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing [round-robin](https://bliptext.com/articles/round-robin-tournament) games within their pool.\nFollowing the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advance to the semifinals.\nAll other teams play classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings.\nThe two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.\n\n# Qualification\nEach of the continental champions from five federations and host received an automatic berth.\nThe [European](https://bliptext.com/articles/european-hockey-federation) and [Asian](https://bliptext.com/articles/asian-hockey-federation) federations received two and one extra quotas respectively based upon the [FIH World Rankings](https://bliptext.com/articles/fih-world-rankings) at the completion of the [2006 World Cup](https://bliptext.com/articles/2006-men-s-hockey-world-cup).\nIn addition to the three teams qualifying through the [Olympic Qualifying Tournaments](https://bliptext.com/articles/men-s-field-hockey-qualifying-tournaments-for-the-2008-summer-olympics), the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.\n\n# Umpires\nFifteen umpires for the men's event were appointed by the [FIH](https://bliptext.com/articles/international-hockey-federation).\nDuring each match, a [video umpire](https://bliptext.com/articles/video-referee) was used to assist the on-field umpires in determining if a goal had been legally scored.\n\n# Squads\n\n# Preliminary round\nAll times are [China Standard Time](https://bliptext.com/articles/china-standard-time) ([UTC+08:00](https://bliptext.com/articles/utc-08-00))\n\n## Pool A\n

\n\n## Pool B\n

\n\n# Classification round\n\n## Fifth to twelfth place classification\n\n### Eleventh and twelfth place\n

\n\n### Ninth and tenth place\n

\n\n### Seventh and eighth place\n

\n\n### Fifth and sixth place\n

\n\n## Medal round\n\n### Semi-finals\n

\n\n### Bronze medal match\n

\n\n### Gold medal match\n

\n\n# Statistics\n\n## Final standings\n\n## Goalscorers","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T10:59:39.208Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T10:59:39.208Z","search_vector":"'2008':5 'field':1 'hockey':2 'men':8 'olymp':7 'summer':6 'tournament':10","search_content":" \n \n**Tournament:** Men's field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics \n**Size:** 250px \n**Dates:** 11 – 23 August \n**Country:** China \n**City:** [Beijing](https://bliptext.com/articles/beijing) \n**Venues:** [Olympic Green Hockey Field](https://bliptext.com/articles/olympic-green-hockey-field) \n**Teams:** 12 \n**Confederations:** 5 \n**Count:** 3 \n**Matches:** 38 \n**Goals:** 174 \n**Top Scorer:** [Taeke Taekema](https://bliptext.com/articles/taeke-taekema) \n**Top Scorer Goals:** 11 \n**Previous Year:** 2004 \n**Previous Tournament:** Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament \n**Next Year:** 2012 \n**Next Tournament:** Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament \n \n\n# \nThe **men's [field hockey](https://bliptext.com/articles/field-hockey) tournament at the [2008 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/2008-summer-olympics)** was the 21st edition of the [field hockey](https://bliptext.com/articles/field-hockey) event for men at the [Summer Olympic Games](https://bliptext.com/articles/summer-olympic-games).\nIt was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 11 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 23 August.\nAll games were played at the [hockey field](https://bliptext.com/articles/olympic-green-hockey-field) constructed on the [Olympic Green](https://bliptext.com/articles/olympic-green) in [Beijing](https://bliptext.com/articles/beijing), China.\n[Germany](https://bliptext.com/articles/germany-at-the-2008-summer-olympics) won the gold medal for the third time after defeating [Spain](https://bliptext.com/articles/spain-at-the-2008-summer-olympics) 1–0 in the final.\n[Defending champions](https://bliptext.com/articles/field-hockey-at-the-2004-summer-olympics-men-s-tournament) [Australia](https://bliptext.com/articles/australia-at-the-2008-summer-olympics) won the bronze medal by defeating [Netherlands](https://bliptext.com/articles/netherlands-at-the-2008-summer-olympics) 6–2.\nThis was the only edition [India](https://bliptext.com/articles/india-at-the-2008-summer-olympics) has missed out in its Olympic history.\n\n# Competition format\nThe twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing [round-robin](https://bliptext.com/articles/round-robin-tournament) games within their pool.\nFollowing the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advance to the semifinals.\nAll other teams play classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings.\nThe two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.\n\n# Qualification\nEach of the continental champions from five federations and host received an automatic berth.\nThe [European](https://bliptext.com/articles/european-hockey-federation) and [Asian](https://bliptext.com/articles/asian-hockey-federation) federations received two and one extra quotas respectively based upon the [FIH World Rankings](https://bliptext.com/articles/fih-world-rankings) at the completion of the [2006 World Cup](https://bliptext.com/articles/2006-men-s-hockey-world-cup).\nIn addition to the three teams qualifying through the [Olympic Qualifying Tournaments](https://bliptext.com/articles/men-s-field-hockey-qualifying-tournaments-for-the-2008-summer-olympics), the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.\n\n# Umpires\nFifteen umpires for the men's event were appointed by the [FIH](https://bliptext.com/articles/international-hockey-federation).\nDuring each match, a [video umpire](https://bliptext.com/articles/video-referee) was used to assist the on-field umpires in determining if a goal had been legally scored.\n\n# Squads\n\n# Preliminary round\nAll times are [China Standard Time](https://bliptext.com/articles/china-standard-time) ([UTC+08:00](https://bliptext.com/articles/utc-08-00))\n\n## Pool A\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n## Pool B\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n# Classification round\n\n## Fifth to twelfth place classification\n\n### Eleventh and twelfth place\n \n\n### Ninth and tenth place\n \n\n### Seventh and eighth place\n \n\n### Fifth and sixth place\n \n\n## Medal round\n\n### Semi-finals\n \n \n\n### Bronze medal match\n \n\n### Gold medal match\n \n\n# Statistics\n\n## Final standings\n\n## Goalscorers","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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