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Hockey, Men

Date17 – 26 May 1928
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympisch Stadion, Amsterdam / Amsterdamsche Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants137 from 9 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification round matches.

Field hockey returned to the Olympics after the Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH) was established in 1926. Defending champion Great Britain cancelled their entry, without an official reason for their absence. Probably they were afraid to play against the team from India, still a British dependency at that time. The Indians had only played their first international games in 1926. Nevertheless England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland had refused to play the Indian side during their tour of the home nations prior to the Olympics. They did beat a “Hockey Association XI” with 9 English internationals 4-0, and an Anglo-Scottish XI 7-3, which mostly likely prompted the British withdrawal.

The Indians breezed through the preliminary round, beating all opponents with at least a five goal difference while not conceding a single goal. The other finalist was the home nation. The Dutch had been playing hockey for some time, but under their own rules. These involved a soft ball, double-sided sticks, mixed teams and no shooting circle. Dutch team captain Rein de Waal spearheaded a switch to the international rules, and also managed to arrange training sessions with the Indian team. Thanks to a surprising 2-1 victory over heavily-favored Germany, the home team made it into the final. They were no match for the Indians however, who scored three goals and then made little effort to increase the score.

PosNrTeamNOCWTLPtsGoals
1British IndiaIND5001029–0Gold
2NetherlandsNED21158–5Silver
3GermanyGER301611–3Bronze
4BelgiumBEL30268–12
=5DenmarkDEN20245–8
=5FranceFRA10222–8
=7SwitzerlandSUI10322–11
=7SpainESP01213–8
9AustriaAUT00401–14

Preliminary Round (17 – 24 May 1928)

Group A (17 – 24 May 1928)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1IND400826–0Q
2BEL30168–9QB
3DEN20245–8
4SUI10322–11
5AUT00401–14

Match #1 17 May 15:50DEN 2 – 1SUI
Match #2 17 May 17:00IND 6 – 0AUT
Match #3 18 May 16:30IND 9 – 0BEL
Match #4 18 May 19:00DEN 3 – 1AUT
Match #5 20 May 16:00BEL 3 – 0SUI
Match #6 20 May 16:00IND 5 – 0DEN
Match #7 22 May 15:00IND 6 – 0SUI
Match #8 22 May 19:00BEL 4 – 0AUT
Match #9 24 May 16:00BEL 1 – 0DEN
Match #10 24 May 18:00SUI 1 – 0AUT

Group B (17 – 23 May 1928)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1NED21058–2Q
2GER20148–3QB
3FRA10222–8
4ESP01213–8

Match #1 17 May 15:15NED 5 – 0FRA
Match #2 17 May 19:30GER 5 – 1ESP
Match #3 19 May 16:00NED 2 – 1GER
Match #4 19 May 19:00FRA 2 – 1ESP
Match #5 22 May 16:30GER 2 – 0FRA
Match #6 23 May 16:45ESP 1 – 1NED

Final Round (26 May 1928)

Medal round.

Match 1/2 26 May 15:45IND 3 – 0NED
Match 3/4 26 May 14:00GER 3 – 0BEL

Rankings

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