The men's

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tournament at the

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was the 21st edition of the field hockey event for men at the

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, China.

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won the gold medal for the third time after defeating

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1–0 in the final. Defending champions

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won the bronze medal by defeating

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6–2. This was the only edition

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has missed out in its Olympic history.

Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their pool. Following the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advance to the semifinals. All other teams play classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings. 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 federations and host received an automatic berth. The

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and Asian federations received two and one extra quotas respectively based upon the

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at the completion of the

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. In addition to the three teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.

Umpires

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Squads

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Fifth to twelfth place classification

Eleventh and twelfth place

Ninth and tenth place

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

Medal round

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Statistics

Final standings

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Goalscorers

References

External links

Official FIH website
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