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Hockey, Men

Date	23 November – 6 December 1956
Status	Olympic
Location	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria / Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants	174 from 12 countries
Format	Round-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.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	GP	Goals
1	–	India	IND	–	–	Gold
	1	Shankar Laxman		4	0
	2	Bakshish Singh		4	0
	3	Randhir Singh Gentle		5	5
	4	Leslie Claudius		5	1
	5	Amir Kumar		4	0
	6	Govind Perumal		4	0
	7	Charles Stephen		4	2
	8	Gurdev Singh		5	5
	9	Balbir Singh, Sr.		3	5
	10	Udham Singh		5	14
	11	Raghbir Singh Bhola		4	0
	12	Ranganathan Francis		1	0
	13	Amit Singh Bakshi		1	0
	14	Hari Pal Kaushik		1	0
	15	Hardayal Singh		2	6
	16	Raghbir Lal		2	0
	17	Balkrishan Singh		2	0
	18	O. P. Malhotra DNS		–	–
Coach		Harbail Singh
2	–	Pakistan	PAK	–	–	Silver
	–	Zakir Hussain		5	0
	–	Munir Ahmed Dar		1	0
	–	Ghulam Rasool		5	0
	–	Anwar Ahmed Khan		5	0
	–	Qazi Massarrat Hussain		2	0
	–	Noor Alam		5	0
	–	Abdul Hamid		5	3
	–	Habibur Rehman		5	2
	–	Ahmed Naseer Bunda		5	2
	–	Motiullah		4	2
	–	Latif-ur Rehman		2	0
	–	Akhtar Hussain		4	0
	–	Habib Ali Kiddie		3	0
	–	Manzoor Hussain Atif		4	1
	–	Aziz Malik DNS		–	–
	–	Zafar Hayat DNS		–	–
	–	Muhammad Amin DNS		–	–
	–	Muhammad Nasib DNS		–	–
Coach		Ali Dara
3	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER	–	–	Bronze
	–	Alfred Lücker		5	0
	–	Helmut Nonn		5	0
	–	Günther Ullerich		5	0
	–	Günther Brennecke		5	0
	–	Werner Delmes		5	0
	–	Eberhard Ferstl		5	0
	–	Hugo Dollheiser		5	2
	–	Heinz Radzikowski		5	1
	–	Wolfgang Nonn		5	2
	–	Hugo Budinger		5	2
	–	Werner Rosenbaum		5	1
	–	Heinz Schmidt DNS		–	–
	–	Franz Nikodem DNS		–	–
	–	Hans Plaß DNS		–	–
	–	Harry Reuff DNS		–	–
Coach		Ernst-Ludwig Nack
4	–	Great Britain	GBR	–	–
	–	David Archer		6	0
	–	Denys Carnill		6	0
	–	John Conroy		6	5
	–	Geoff Cutter		1	0
	–	Colin Dale		1	0
	–	Howard Davis		5	0
	–	Mike Doughty		6	1
	–	Neil Forster		6	2
	–	Steve Johnson		1	0
	–	Anthony Robinson		6	0
	–	Freddie Scott		4	0
	–	John Strover		6	0
	–	David Thomas		6	1
	–	John Cockett		6	0
	–	Colin Thompson DNS		–	–
	–	Charles Vye DNS		–	–
Coach		Stanley Hoare
5	–	Australia	AUS	–	–
	1	Ian Dick		6	2
	2	Mel Pearce		3	0
	3	Gordon Pearce		7	0
	4	Eric Pearce		7	5
	5	Maurice Foley		4	5
	6	Ray Whiteside		5	0
	7	Brian Booth		2	0
	8	Glen Jobson		1	1
	9	Keith Leeson		6	0
	10	Kenneth Clarke		1	0
	11	Don Mecklem		2	0
	12	Kevin Carton		6	0
	13	Dennis Kemp		6	0
	14	Desmond Spackman		7	1
	15	Alan Barblett		6	0
	16	Geoff Bennett		1	0
	17	John Dwyer		3	0
	18	Louis Hailey		4	0
	–	Ken Reid DNS		–	–
Coach		Fred Browne
6	–	New Zealand	NZL	–	–
	7	Campbell Currie		4	1
	13	Brian Johnston		3	0
	4	Bruce Turner		1	0
	1	David Goldsmith		1	0
	9	Guy McGregor		5	6
	10	Ivan Armstrong		3	2
	2	John Abrams		2	0
	5	John Tynan		4	1
	6	Murray Loudon		3	0
	8	Noel Hobson		3	0
	11	Phil Bygrave		4	4
	3	Reginald Johansson		3	3
	12	Bill Schaefer		2	0
	14	Keith Cumberpatch		1	2
Coach		Eddie McLeod
7	–	Belgium	BEL	–	–
	–	André Carbonnelle		3	0
	–	André Muschs		3	0
	–	Franz Lorette		3	0
	–	Jacques Vanderstappen		3	0
	–	Jean Dubois		3	0
	–	Jean Enderle		3	0
	–	Jean Van Leer		3	0
	–	Jean-Pierre Rensburg		1	0
	–	Luc Decrop		3	0
	–	Roger Goossens		3	0
	–	Roger Paternoster		3	0
	–	Yvan Freedman		2	0
	–	Pierre Dupont DNS		–	–
Coach		?
8	–	Singapore	SGP	–	–
	1	Arumugam Vijiaratnam		4	1
	2	Burdett Coutts		3	0
	3	Edwin Doraisamy		5	0
	4	Fred Fernandez		4	1
	5	Dollah Hamid		6	0
	6	Chai Hon Yam		3	1
	7	Michael Wright		3	1
	8	Osbert de Rozario		6	1
	9	Percy Pennefather		6	5
	10	Rudy Mosbergen		6	1
	11	Sinnadurai Vellupillai		5	0
	12	Velipillay Devadas		5	0
	13	Bill Hay		5	0
	14	Ajit Singh Gill		2	0
	15	S. Jeyathurai		1	0
	16	Richard Schoon		1	0
	17	Roy Sharma		1	0
	–	Edward Pillai DNS		–	–
Coach		Noël Hay
9	–	Malaya	MAL	–	–
Forward	18	Sheikh Ali		3	0
Forward	17	Noel Arul		4	0
Forward	16	Aman Ullah Karim		5	4
Forward	15	Thomas Lawrence		5	2
Forward	14	Chuah Eng Kim		6	1
Forward	13	Salam Devendran		2	0
Forward	12	P. Alagendra		2	0
Forward	11	Hamzah Shamsuddin		2	0
Halfback	10	Gerry Toft		5	0
Halfback	9	Mike Shepherdson		6	0
Halfback	8	Rajaratnam Selvanayagam		1	0
Halfback	7	Gian Singh		2	0
Halfback	6	Philip Sankey		5	0
Fullback	5	Freddy Vias		1	0
Fullback	4	Chuah Eng Cheng		6	1
Fullback	3	Manikam Shanmuganathan		6	0
Goalkeeper	2	Supaat Nadarajah		2	0
Goalkeeper	1	Peter Van Huizen		4	0
Coach		Kandiah Aryaduray
10	–	Kenya	KEN	–	–
	1	Roland Frank		3	0
	2	Anthony Vaz		3	0
	3	Balbir Singh Sidhu		3	0
	4	Peter Dalgado		3	0
	5	Surjeet Singh Deol		3	0
	6	Tejinder Singh Rao		2	0
	7	Gursaran Singh Sehmi		1	0
	8	Tejparkash Singh Brar		3	0
	9	Reynold D'Souza		2	0
	10	Hardev Singh Kular		2	0
	11	Alu Mendonca		3	0
	12	Michael Pereira		2	0
	13	Bill Plenderleith		2	2
	14	Dudley Coulson		1	0
	–	Joginder Singh Dhillon DNS		–	–
	–	Avtar Singh Deol DNS		–	–
Coach		Mahan Singh
=11	–	United States	USA	–	–
	–	Newbold Black		3	0
	–	Henry Clifford		4	0
	–	Stan Harris		2	0
	–	James Jongeneel		3	1
	–	Gerrit Kruize		4	0
	–	Tjerk Leegstra		3	0
	–	Harry Marcoplos		4	1
	–	Kurt Orban		4	1
	–	John Rote		4	0
	–	Walter Stude		3	0
	–	Felix Ucko		3	0
	–	Kurt Ucko		3	0
	–	Ray Wittelsberger		4	0
	–	Charles Shanks DNS		–	–
	–	Herman Van Nouhuys DNS		–	–
	–	J. Kirk Greer DNS		–	–
Coach		Kurt Orban
=11	–	Afghanistan	AFG	–	–
	–	Abdul Kadir Nuristani		3	0
	–	Din Mohammad Nuristani		3	0
	–	Ghazi Salah-ud-Din		2	0
	–	Jahan Gulam Nuristani		3	2
	–	Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal		3	2
	–	Mohammad Amin Nuristani		2	0
	–	Najam Yahya		3	1
	–	Khan Nasrullah Totakhail		3	0
	–	Noor Ullah Nuristani		3	0
	–	Ramazan Nuristani		2	0
	–	Mohammad Anis Sherzai		3	0
	–	Ahmad Shah Abouwi		3	0
	–	Maksood Sayed DNS		–	–
	–	Sakhi Ghulam DNS		–	–
	–	Samad Abdul DNS		–	–
	–	Usman Mohammad DNS		–	–
Coach		?

Preliminary Round

Date	23 November – 1 December 1956

Group A

Date	26 – 30 November 1956
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	India	IND	3	0	6	36-0	Q
2	Singapore	SGP	2	1	4	11-7
3	Afghanistan	AFG	1	2	2	5-20
4	United States	USA	0	3	0	2-27

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	26 Nov 11:30	Singapore	SGP	6 – 1	United States	USA
Match #2	26 Nov 14:30	India	IND	14 – 0	Afghanistan	AFG
Match #3	28 Nov 11:30	Singapore	SGP	5 – 0	Afghanistan	AFG
Match #4	28 Nov 14:30	India	IND	16 – 0	United States	USA
Match #5	30 Nov 11:30	India	IND	6 – 0	Singapore	SGP
Match #6	30 Nov 14:30	Afghanistan	AFG	5 – 1	United States	USA

Group B

Date	23 November – 1 December 1956
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Great Britain	GBR	2	2	0	6	6-4	Q	1
2	Australia	AUS	2	0	2	4	6-5
3	Malaya	MAL	0	2	1	2	5-6
4	Kenya	KEN	0	2	1	2	2-4

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	23 Nov 11:30	Malaya	MAL	2 – 2	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	23 Nov 14:30	Australia	AUS	2 – 0	Kenya	KEN
Match #3	24 Nov 16:00	Great Britain	GBR	1 – 1	Kenya	KEN
Match #4	26 Nov 16:00	Australia	AUS	3 – 2	Malaya	MAL
Match #5	28 Nov 16:00	Kenya	KEN	1 – 1	Malaya	MAL
Match #6	30 Nov 16:00	Great Britain	GBR	2 – 1	Australia	AUS
Play-off	01 Dec 14:00	Great Britain	GBR	1 – 0	Australia	AUS

Group C

Date	23 – 29 November 1956
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Pakistan	PAK	2	1	0	5	7-1	Q
2	Unified Team of Germany	GER	1	2	0	4	5-4	Q
3	New Zealand	NZL	1	0	2	2	8-10
4	Belgium	BEL	0	1	2	1	0-5

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	23 Nov 14:00	Pakistan	PAK	2 – 0	Belgium	BEL
Match #2	24 Nov 14:30	Unified Team of Germany	GER	5 – 4	New Zealand	NZL
Match #3	27 Nov 14:30	Pakistan	PAK	5 – 1	New Zealand	NZL
Match #4	27 Nov 16:00	Unified Team of Germany	GER	0 – 0	Belgium	BEL
Match #5	29 Nov 14:30	Unified Team of Germany	GER	0 – 0	Pakistan	PAK
Match #6	29 Nov 16:00	New Zealand	NZL	3 – 0	Belgium	BEL

Classification Round 5-8

Date	3 – 6 December 1956
Format	Round-robin classification tournament.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Australia	AUS	2	1	0	5	8-2
2	New Zealand	NZL	2	0	1	4	16-3
3	Belgium	BEL	1	1	1	3	9-5
4	Singapore	SGP	0	0	3	0	0-23

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	03 Dec 09:00	New Zealand	NZL	13 – 0	Singapore	SGP
Match #2	03 Dec 11:30	Belgium	BEL	2 – 2	Australia	AUS
Match #3	04 Dec 09:00	Belgium	BEL	5 – 0	Singapore	SGP
Match #4	04 Dec 11:30	Australia	AUS	1 – 0	New Zealand	NZL
Match #5	06 Dec 09:00	New Zealand	NZL	3 – 2	Belgium	BEL
Match #6	06 Dec 11:30	Australia	AUS	5 – 0	Singapore	SGP

Classification Round 9-12

Date	3 – 6 December 1956
Format	Round-robin classification tournament.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Malaya	MAL	3	0	0	6	14-2
2	Kenya	KEN	2	0	1	4	14-3
=3	United States	USA	0	1	2	1	1-7
=3	Afghanistan	AFG	0	1	2	1	1-18

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	03 Dec	Malaya	MAL	8 – 0	Afghanistan	AFG
Match #2	03 Dec	Kenya	KEN	3 – 0	United States	USA
Match #3	04 Dec	Malaya	MAL	3 – 0	United States	USA
Match #4	04 Dec	Kenya	KEN	9 – 0	Afghanistan	AFG
Match #5	06 Dec	Malaya	MAL	3 – 2	Kenya	KEN
Match #6	06 Dec	Afghanistan	AFG	1 – 1	United States	USA

Semi-Finals

Date	3 December 1956
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	03 Dec 14:30	India	IND	1 – 0	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #2	03 Dec 16:00	Pakistan	PAK	3 – 2	Great Britain	GBR

Final Round

Date	6 December 1956
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	06 Dec 16:00	India	IND	1 – 0	Pakistan	PAK
Match 3/4	06 Dec 14:30	Unified Team of Germany	GER	3 – 1	Great Britain	GBR