2020 TOKYO Olympics (FIELD HOCKEY) - 24 July to 6 August 2021 at the Oi Seaside Park.

 

Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will take place from 24 July to 6 August 2021 at the Oi Seaside Park. Twenty-four teams (twelve each for men and women) will compete in the tournament. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Malaysia has failed to qualify to Tokyo Olympics after losing to Great Britain 9-3 in November 2019. To see the highlights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OExvSKSbQqk

The last Olympics Malaysia played was in 2000 Sydney for Men and Women has never ever qualified.

Less than 18 days, Tokyo Olympics will begin and just to update my readers on the field hockey competition on its format, grouping, fixtures and overall Officials invloved. 

There will be a total of 76 matches i.e. 38 for Men & 38 for Women. 

The Format:

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Date Event	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		Fri 6
Men	G	G	G	G	G	G	G		¼		½		B	F
Women	G	G	G		G	G	G	G		¼		½			B	F

MEN'S COMPETITION

Group stage:

Teams were divided into two groups of six nations, playing every team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	QF
1	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Japan (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 25 July 2021.Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	QF
1	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Great Britain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 25 July 2021. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	1 August
					3 August
	1 August
									5 August
	1 August
					3 August
	1 August
									Bronze medal match
									5 August

WOMEN'S COMPETITION

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group stage

Teams were divided into two groups of six nations, playing every team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	QF
1	Great Britain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 25 July 2020. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	QF
1	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Japan (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 26 July 2020. Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	2 August
					4 August
	2 August
									6 August
	2 August
					4 August
	2 August
									Bronze medal match
									6 August

As for Field Hockey full schedule, please click below the link.

https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/schedule/hockey-schedule

Tournament Officials:

MEN

WOMEN

Please enjoy the Olympics spirit and stay safe everyone.