| Date | 6 – 18 August 2016 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Centro Olímpico de Hóquei, Parque Olímpico de Deodoro, Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro |
| Participants | 196 from 12 countries |
The two preliminary groups of the men’s Olympic field hockey tournament were won by Belgium and Germany. After winning against India, Belgium reached the final by beating one of the tournament favorites, their neighbor Netherlands in the semi-finals, but then lost against Argentina by 2-4. After the bronze medal in 1920, this was only the second Olympic medal for a Belgian field hockey team. Argentina not only won the gold medal but won the first Olympic medal ever for South America in men’s field hockey. Germany did not make it to the final for the first time since 2004 but in the bronze-medal match defeated the Netherlands in a penalty shootout.
| Date | 6 – 12 August 2016 |
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| Format | Round-robin pools advance teams to quarter-finals. |
| Date | 6 – 12 August 2016 |
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| Format | Top four in group advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | BEL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 21-5 | ||
| 2 | Spain | ESP | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13-6 | ||
| 3 | Australia | AUS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13-4 | ||
| 4 | New Zealand | NZL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 17-8 | ||
| 5 | Great Britain | GBR | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14-10 | ||
| 6 | Brazil | BRA | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1-46 |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 06 Aug 12:30 | Pitch 1 | Belgium | BEL | 4 – 1 | Great Britain | GBR | |
| Match #2 | 06 Aug 13:30 | Pitch 2 | Australia | AUS | 2 – 1 | New Zealand | NZL | |
| Match #3 | 06 Aug 19:30 | Pitch 2 | Spain | ESP | 7 – 0 | Brazil | BRA | |
| Match #4 | 07 Aug 17:00 | Pitch 2 | Great Britain | GBR | 2 – 2 | New Zealand | NZL | |
| Match #5 | 07 Aug 19:30 | Pitch 2 | Belgium | BEL | 12 – 0 | Brazil | BRA | |
| Match #6 | 07 Aug 20:30 | Pitch 1 | Spain | ESP | 1 – 0 | Australia | AUS | |
| Match #7 | 09 Aug 10:00 | Pitch 1 | Spain | ESP | 3 – 2 | New Zealand | NZL | |
| Match #8 | 09 Aug 18:00 | Pitch 1 | Great Britain | GBR | 9 – 1 | Brazil | BRA | |
| Match #9 | 09 Aug 20:30 | Pitch 1 | Belgium | BEL | 1 – 0 | Australia | AUS | |
| Match #10 | 10 Aug 19:30 | Pitch 2 | New Zealand | NZL | 9 – 0 | Brazil | BRA | |
| Match #11 | 10 Aug 20:30 | Pitch 1 | Australia | AUS | 2 – 1 | Great Britain | GBR | |
| Match #12 | 11 Aug 13:30 | Pitch 2 | Belgium | BEL | 3 – 1 | Spain | ESP | |
| Match #13 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Pitch 2 | Spain | ESP | 1 – 1 | Great Britain | GBR | |
| Match #14 | 12 Aug 18:00 | Pitch 1 | New Zealand | NZL | 3 – 1 | Belgium | BEL | |
| Match #15 | 12 Aug 20:30 | Pitch 1 | Australia | AUS | 9 – 0 | Brazil | BRA |
| Date | 6 – 12 August 2016 |
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| Format | Top four in group advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | GER | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 17-10 | ||
| 2 | Netherlands | NED | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 18-6 | ||
| 3 | Argentina | ARG | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14-12 | ||
| 4 | India | IND | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9-9 | ||
| 5 | Ireland | IRL | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10-16 | ||
| 6 | Canada | CAN | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7-22 |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 06 Aug 10:00 | Pitch 1 | Argentina | ARG | 3 – 3 | Netherlands | NED | |
| Match #2 | 06 Aug 11:00 | Pitch 2 | India | IND | 3 – 2 | Ireland | IRL | |
| Match #3 | 06 Aug 18:00 | Pitch 1 | Germany | GER | 6 – 2 | Canada | CAN | |
| Match #4 | 07 Aug 18:00 | Pitch 1 | Netherlands | NED | 5 – 0 | Ireland | IRL | |
| Match #5 | 08 Aug 11:00 | Pitch 2 | Germany | GER | 2 – 1 | India | IND | |
| Match #6 | 08 Aug 12:30 | Pitch 1 | Argentina | ARG | 3 – 1 | Canada | CAN | |
| Match #7 | 09 Aug 11:00 | Pitch 2 | India | IND | 2 – 1 | Argentina | ARG | |
| Match #8 | 09 Aug 12:30 | Pitch 1 | Germany | GER | 3 – 2 | Ireland | IRL | |
| Match #9 | 09 Aug 13:30 | Pitch 2 | Netherlands | NED | 7 – 0 | Canada | CAN | |
| Match #10 | 11 Aug 10:00 | Pitch 1 | Netherlands | NED | 2 – 1 | India | IND | |
| Match #11 | 11 Aug 11:00 | Pitch 2 | Ireland | IRL | 4 – 2 | Canada | CAN | |
| Match #12 | 11 Aug 12:30 | Pitch 1 | Argentina | ARG | 4 – 4 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #13 | 12 Aug 12:30 | Pitch 1 | Canada | CAN | 2 – 2 | India | IND | |
| Match #14 | 12 Aug 13:30 | Pitch 2 | Germany | GER | 2 – 1 | Netherlands | NED | |
| Match #15 | 12 Aug 19:30 | Pitch 2 | Argentina | ARG | 3 – 2 | Ireland | IRL |
| Date | 14 August 2016 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 14 Aug 10:00 | Pitch 1 | Argentina | ARG | 2 – 1 | Spain | ESP | |
| Match #2 | 14 Aug 12:30 | Pitch 1 | Belgium | BEL | 3 – 1 | India | IND | |
| Match #3 | 14 Aug 18:00 | Pitch 1 | Netherlands | NED | 4 – 0 | Australia | AUS | |
| Match #4 | 14 Aug 20:30 | Pitch 1 | Germany | GER | 3 – 2 | New Zealand | NZL |
| Date | 16 August 2016 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to gold medal match. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 16 Aug 12:00 | Pitch 1 | Argentina | ARG | 5 – 2 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #2 | 16 Aug 17:00 | Pitch 1 | Belgium | BEL | 3 – 1 | Netherlands | NED |
| Date | 18 August 2016 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 18 Aug 17:00 | Pitch 1 | Argentina | ARG | 4 – 2 | Belgium | BEL | |
| Match 3/4 | 18 Aug 12:00 | Pitch 1 | Germany | GER | 1 – 1 | Netherlands | NED | 4-3 PS |