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Hockey, Men

Date11 – 23 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationBeijing Aolinpike Gongyuan Qugunqiu Chang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants196 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification round matches.

Before the Olympic hockey tournament even began, one hockey nation was already in shock. India, which had always competed since their debut in 1928, was eliminated by Great-Britain in one of the qualifying tournaments. Although the last medal of the 8-time Olympic champion had been back in 1980, their failure to qualify was considered an upset on the subcontinent.

India’s absence did not affect the list of favourites, which consisted of the traditional powerhouses Australia, Germany, Netherlands and Spain. Germany had won the last two World Cups, as well as the 2007 Champions Trophy. However, they had trouble qualifying at the European Championships. At that event, Belgium, which had not competed since 1976, took the bronze ahead of Germany, forcing the World Champions to one of the three Qualifying Tournaments. Of the other favorites, the Dutch team had won the 2007 Europeans, beating Spain, while defending Olympic champion Australia had lost the past two World Cup finals to the Germans.

The round robin stage went pretty much as expected, with the four favourites going through to the semi-finals. Both contests were close affairs. Germany only defeated the Netherlands after a penalty shootout, while Spain came back from 0-2 behind to dismiss Australia 3-2. The final was not as exciting, both teams playing defensively. A single penalty corner, scored by Christopher Zeller, gave Germany the decisive lead after 16 minutes. Germany’s title added a new chapter in the family history of the Kellers. Striker Florian Keller joined his grandfather, father, brother and sister as Olympic medallists.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1GermanyGERGold
3Philip Witte
4Max Müller
5Sebastian Biederlack
7Carlos Nevado
9Moritz Fürste
10Jan-Marco Montag
13Tobias Hauke
14Tibor Weißenborn
15Benjamin Weß
16Niklas Meinert
17Timo Weß
18Oliver Korn
19Christopher Zeller
21Max Weinhold
22Matthias Witthaus
23Florian Keller
25Philipp Zeller
2Christian Schulte DNS
CoachMarkus Weise
2SpainESPSilver
1Quico Cortés
2Santi Freixa
5Kiko Fábregas
6Víctor Sojo
8Alex Fábregas
9Pol Amat
10Edi Tubau
11Roc Oliva
12Juan Fernández
13Ramón Alegre
16Xavier Ribas
17Albert Sala
18Rodrigo Garza
20Sergi Enrique
21Eduard Arbós
23David Alegre
3Franc Dinarés DNS
22Xavier Trenchs DNS
CoachMaurits Hendriks
3AustraliaAUSBronze
1Jamie Dwyer
2Liam De Young
6Rob Hammond
9Mark Knowles
11Eddie Ockenden
12David Guest
13Luke Doerner
14Grant Schubert
15Bevan George
17Andrew Smith
18Stephen Lambert
19Eli Matheson
23Matt Wells
24Travis Brooks
28Kiel Brown
31Fergus Kavanagh
32Des Abbott
30Stephen Mowlam DNS
CoachBarry Dancer
4NetherlandsNED
1Guus Vogels
3Geert-Jan Derikx
5Rob Derikx
6Thomas Boerma
7Sander van der Weide
8Ronald Brouwer
9Roderick Weusthof
10Taeke Taekema
11Laurence Docherty
12Jeroen Delmée
14Teun de Nooijer
18Rob Reckers
19Matthijs Brouwer
20Jeroen Hertzberger
23Timme Hoyng
24Robert van der Horst
26Jaap Stockmann DNS
27Rogier Hofman DNS
CoachRoelant Oltmans
5Great BritainGBR
1Alistair McGregor
4Glenn Kirkham
5Richard Alexander
6Rick Mantell
7Ashley Jackson
8Simon Mantell
9Stephen Dick
10Matt Daly
12Jonty Clarke
13Rob Moore
14Ben Hawes
17Alastair Wilson
18Barry Middleton
20James Tindall
21Jon Bleby
24Ben Marsden
16Niall Stott DNS
25James Fair DNS
CoachJason Lee
6Republic of KoreaKOR
1Go Dong-Sik
2Kim Byeong-Hun
3Kim Cheol
5Kim Yong-Bae
6Lee Nam-Yong
7Seo Jong-Ho
8Gang Seong-Jeong
9Yun Seong-Hun
10Yu Hyo-Sik
11Yeo Un-Gon
14Hyeon Hye-Seong
15Cha Jong-Bok
16Lee Myeong-Ho
17Hong Eun-Seong
19Gang Mun-Gwon
22Kim Sam-Seok
25Jang Jong-Hyeon
12Lee Jae-Won DNS
CoachJo Myeong-Jun
7New ZealandNZL
3Dave Kosoof
6Simon Child
7Blair Hopping
8Dean Couzins
9Casey Henwood
10Ryan Archibald
12Bradley Shaw
16Paul Woolford
17Kyle Pontifex
18Phil Burrows
19Hayden Shaw
20James Nation
24Gareth Brooks
25Shea McAleese
30Ben Collier
31Steve Edwards
28Richard Petherick DNS
32Nick Wilson DNS
CoachShane McLeod
8PakistanPAK
1Salman Akbar
2Zeeshan Ashraf
3Muhammad Imran
4Muhammad Javed
5Muhammad Saqlain
6Muhammad Asif Rana
7Muhammad Waqas
8Waqar Akbar
9Shakeel Abbasi
10Rehan Butt
11Syed Abbas Haider Bilgrami
12Nasir Ahmed
13Syed Imran Ali Warsi
14Adnan Maqsood
15Muhammad Zubair
16Shafqat Rasool
Muhammad Ateeq DNS
Shabbir Ahmed Khan DNS
CoachNaveed Alam
9BelgiumBEL
1Cédric De Greve
2Xavier Reckinger
4Thierry Renaer
5Jérôme Dekeyser
6Loïc Vandeweghe
7John-John Dohmen
8Thomas Van Den Balck
9Maxime Luycx
10Cédric Charlier
11Charles Vandeweghe
14Philippe Goldberg
15Grégory Gucassoff
17Thomas Briels
18Patrice Houssein
19Félix Denayer
28Jérôme Truyens
David Van Rysselberghe DNS
Alexandre De Saedeleer DNS
CoachAdam Commens
10CanadaCAN
2Mike Mahood
3Anthony Wright
4Scott Tupper
6Marian Schole
9Ken Pereira
10Wayne Fernandes
11Peter Short
13Rob Short
16Scott Sandison
17Connor Grimes
18Paul Wettlaufer
19Mark Pearson
20Ranjeev Deol
21Ravi Kahlon
23Bindi Singh Kullar
24Sukhwinder Singh
8Philip Wright DNS
30David Carter DNS
CoachLouis Mendonca
11People's Republic of ChinaCHN
1Sun Tianjun
6Luo Fangming
8Jiang Xishang
9Song Yi
10Li Wei
11Lu Fenghui
12Meng Xuguang
15Liu Xiantang
16Meng Lizhi
17Hu Liang
18Meng Jun
19Yu Yang
20Na Yubo
25Su Rifeng
27Tao Zhinan
29Ao Changrong
32Hu Huiren
7De Yunze DNS
CoachKim Sang-Ryul
12South AfricaRSA
1Andrew Cronje
2Ian Symons
5Austin Smith
6Bruce Jacobs
7Darryn Gallagher
8Marvin Harper
9Emile Smith
11Clyde Abrahams
13Paul Blake
14Eric Rose-Innes
16Marvin Bam
17Geoffrey Abbott
18Thornton McDade
19Chris Hibbert
21Lungile Tsolekile
22Thomas Hammond
20Shanyl Balwanth DNS
23Erasmus Pieterse DNS
CoachGregg Clark

Preliminary Round

Date11 – 19 August 2008

Group A

Date11 – 19 August 2008
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1SpainESP401129-5Q
2GermanyGER3201112-6Q
3Republic of KoreaKOR212713-11
4New ZealandNZL212710-9
5BelgiumBEL11349-13
6People's Republic of ChinaCHN01417-16
MatchDate/TimeLocationTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #111 Aug 8:30Pitch 1GermanyGER4 – 1People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #211 Aug 18:00Pitch 2New ZealandNZL3 – 1Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #311 Aug 20:30Pitch 2SpainESP4 – 2BelgiumBEL
Match #413 Aug 10:30Pitch 1Republic of KoreaKOR5 – 2People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #513 Aug 18:30Pitch 1BelgiumBEL1 – 1GermanyGER
Match #613 Aug 20:30Pitch 2SpainESP1 – 0New ZealandNZL
Match #715 Aug 8:30Pitch 1SpainESP2 – 1People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #815 Aug 18:00Pitch 2New ZealandNZL4 – 2BelgiumBEL
Match #915 Aug 20:30Pitch 2GermanyGER3 – 3Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1017 Aug 10:30Pitch 1Republic of KoreaKOR3 – 1BelgiumBEL
Match #1117 Aug 18:30Pitch 1People's Republic of ChinaCHN2 – 2New ZealandNZL
Match #1217 Aug 21:00Pitch 1GermanyGER1 – 0SpainESP
Match #1319 Aug 10:30Pitch 1GermanyGER3 – 1New ZealandNZL
Match #1419 Aug 18:30Pitch 1SpainESP2 – 1Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1519 Aug 21:00Pitch 1BelgiumBEL3 – 1People's Republic of ChinaCHN

Group B

Date11 – 19 August 2008
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1NetherlandsNED4101316-6Q
2AustraliaAUS3201124-7Q
3Great BritainGBR221810-7
4PakistanPAK203611-13
5CanadaCAN113410-17
6South AfricaRSA00504-25
MatchDate/TimeLocationTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #111 Aug 10:30Pitch 1Great BritainGBR4 – 2PakistanPAK
Match #211 Aug 18:30Pitch 1AustraliaAUS6 – 1CanadaCAN
Match #311 Aug 21:00Pitch 1NetherlandsNED5 – 0South AfricaRSA
Match #413 Aug 8:30Pitch 1AustraliaAUS10 – 0South AfricaRSA
Match #513 Aug 18:00Pitch 2PakistanPAK3 – 1CanadaCAN
Match #613 Aug 21:00Pitch 1NetherlandsNED1 – 0Great BritainGBR
Match #715 Aug 10:30Pitch 1NetherlandsNED4 – 2CanadaCAN
Match #815 Aug 18:30Pitch 1AustraliaAUS3 – 1PakistanPAK
Match #915 Aug 21:00Pitch 1Great BritainGBR2 – 0South AfricaRSA
Match #1017 Aug 8:30Pitch 1CanadaCAN1 – 1Great BritainGBR
Match #1117 Aug 18:00Pitch 2PakistanPAK3 – 1South AfricaRSA
Match #1217 Aug 20:30Pitch 2AustraliaAUS2 – 2NetherlandsNED
Match #1319 Aug 8:30Pitch 1NetherlandsNED4 – 2PakistanPAK
Match #1419 Aug 18:00Pitch 2CanadaCAN5 – 3South AfricaRSA
Match #1519 Aug 20:30Pitch 2AustraliaAUS3 – 3Great BritainGBR

Semi-Finals

Date21 August 2008
FormatWinners of each match advanced to final round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #121 Aug 18:00Pitch 1GermanyGER1 – 1NetherlandsNEDASDET, 4-3 PS
Match #221 Aug 20:30Pitch 1SpainESP3 – 2AustraliaAUS

Final Round

Date21 – 23 August 2008
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/223 Aug 20:30Pitch 1GermanyGER1 – 0SpainESP
Match 3/423 Aug 18:00Pitch 1AustraliaAUS6 – 2NetherlandsNED
Match 5/623 Aug 11:00Pitch 1Great BritainGBR5 – 2Republic of KoreaKOR
Match 7/821 Aug 11:00Pitch 1New ZealandNZL4 – 2PakistanPAK
Match 9/1021 Aug 8:30Pitch 1BelgiumBEL3 – 0CanadaCAN
Match 11/1223 Aug 8:30Pitch 1People's Republic of ChinaCHN4 – 3South AfricaRSAASDET