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Hockey, Men

Date23 November – 6 December 1956
StatusOlympic
LocationMelbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria / Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants174 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification round matches.

Shortly before the opening ceremonies, the strong Dutch team withdrew due a boycott over the Hungarian Revolt, leaving the tournament with one less medal contender. The Melbourne Games did see the first Olympic hockey appearances of Australia and New Zealand, both future champions in the event. India breezed through the first round, with double digit victories over the United States and Afghanistan. The other top nations had a harder time reaching the next round, Britain needing a play-off against Australia, while Pakistan and Germany tied 0-0. Germany gave India a run for their money in the semis. Playing against a locked-down defense, India only managed to break the German lines once, late in the game. In the first ever hockey encounter between India and Pakistan, the Pakistani also showed that the gap between Indian hockey and the rest of the world was being closed fast. A single goal after the break gave India the advantage in the final, for their sixth consecutive gold medal.

PosNrTeamNOCWTLPtsGoals
1IndiaIND5001038–0Gold
2PakistanPAK311710–4Silver
3Unified Team of GermanyGER22168–6Bronze
4Great BritainGBR22269–10
5AustraliaAUS412914–7
6New ZealandNZL303624–13
7BelgiumBEL12349–10
8SingaporeSGP204411–30
9MalayaMAL321819–8
10KenyaKEN222616–7
=11United StatesUSA01513–34
=11AfghanistanAFG11436–38

Preliminary Round (23 November – 1 December 1956)

Group A (26 – 30 November 1956)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1IND300636–0Q
2SGP201411–7
3AFG10225–20
4USA00302–27

Match #1 26 Nov 11:30SGP 6 – 1USA
Match #2 26 Nov 14:30IND 14 – 0AFG
Match #3 28 Nov 11:30SGP 5 – 0AFG
Match #4 28 Nov 14:30IND 16 – 0USA
Match #5 30 Nov 11:30IND 6 – 0SGP
Match #6 30 Nov 14:30AFG 5 – 1USA

Group B (23 November – 1 December 1956)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1GBR22066–4Q1
2AUS20246–5
3MAL02125–6
4KEN02122–4

Match #1 23 Nov 11:30MAL 2 – 2GBR
Match #2 23 Nov 14:30AUS 2 – 0KEN
Match #3 24 Nov 16:00GBR 1 – 1KEN
Match #4 26 Nov 16:00AUS 3 – 2MAL
Match #5 28 Nov 16:00KEN 1 – 1MAL
Match #6 30 Nov 16:00GBR 2 – 1AUS
Play-off 01 Dec 14:00GBR 1 – 0AUS

Group C (23 – 29 November 1956)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1PAK21057–1Q
2GER12045–4Q
3NZL10228–10
4BEL01210–5

Match #1 23 Nov 14:00PAK 2 – 0BEL
Match #2 24 Nov 14:30GER 5 – 4NZL
Match #3 27 Nov 14:30PAK 5 – 1NZL
Match #4 27 Nov 16:00GER 0 – 0BEL
Match #5 29 Nov 14:30GER 0 – 0PAK
Match #6 29 Nov 16:00NZL 3 – 0BEL

Classification Round 5-82 (3 – 6 December 1956)

Round-robin classification tournament.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1AUS21058–2
2NZL201416–3
3BEL11139–5
4SGP00300–23

Match #1 03 Dec 09:00NZL 13 – 0SGP
Match #2 03 Dec 11:30BEL 2 – 2AUS
Match #3 04 Dec 09:00BEL 5 – 0SGP
Match #4 04 Dec 11:30AUS 1 – 0NZL
Match #5 06 Dec 09:00NZL 3 – 2BEL
Match #6 06 Dec 11:30AUS 5 – 0SGP

Classification Round 9-123 (3 – 6 December 1956)

Round-robin classification tournament.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1MAL300614–2
2KEN201414–3
=3USA01211–7
=3AFG01211–18

Match #1 4 03 DecMAL 58 – 0AFG
Match #2 03 DecKEN 3 – 0USA
Match #3 6 04 DecMAL 73 – 0USA
Match #4 04 DecKEN 9 – 0AFG
Match #5 8 06 DecMAL 93 – 2KEN
Match #6 06 DecAFG 1 – 1USA

Semi-Finals (3 December 1956)

Single-elimination.

Match #1 03 Dec 14:30IND 1 – 0GER
Match #2 03 Dec 16:00PAK 3 – 2GBR

Final Round (6 December 1956)

Medal round.

Match 1/2 06 Dec 16:00IND 1 – 0PAK
Match 3/4 06 Dec 14:30GER 3 – 1GBR

Rankings

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