Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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Women's field hockey
at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Tournament details
Host countryJapan
CityTokyo
Dates24 July – 6 August 2021
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Oi Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (4th title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored142 (3.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Frédérique Matla (9 goals)
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The women's field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the eleventh edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 24 July to 6 August 2021. All games were played at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

It was originally scheduled to be held from 25 July to 7 August 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Because of this pandemic, the games were be played behind closed doors.[2]

The Netherlands won their fourth title, after winning the final 3–1 over Argentina.[3] The defending champions Great Britain won the bronze medal after defeating India 4–3 in the bronze medal game.[4]

The medals for the competition were presented by Gerardo Werthein, Argentina; IOC Executive Board Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by , India; FIH President.

Competition schedule[]

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
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
G G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Competition format[]

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top four teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners met for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers played in the bronze medal match.

Qualification[]

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. The other teams qualified through the 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[5]

Event Dates Location(s) Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation N/A N/A 1  Japan
2018 Asian Games 19 August – 1 September 2018 Indonesia Jakarta – –1
2019 Pan American Games 29 July – 9 August 2019 Peru Lima 1  Argentina
2019 African Olympic Qualifier 12 – 18 August 2019 South Africa Stellenbosch 1  South Africa
2019 EuroHockey Championship 17 – 25 August 2019 Belgium Antwerp 1  Netherlands
2019 Oceania Cup 5 – 8 September 2019 Australia Rockhampton 1  New Zealand
2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers 25 October – 3 November 2019 Various 7  Australia
 China
 Germany
 Great Britain
 India
 Ireland
 Spain
Total 12
^1 – Japan qualified both as the hosts and the continental champions, therefore that quota is added to the FIH Olympic Qualifiers rather than going to the runners-up of the tournament.[5]

Umpires[]

On 11 September 2019, 14 umpires were appointed by the FIH.[6]

  • Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
  • Irene Presenqui (ARG)
  • Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
  • Laurine Delforge (BEL)
  • Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
  • Michelle Meister (GER)
  • Sarah Wilson (GBR)
  • Emi Yamada (JPN)
  • Amber Church (NZL)
  • Kelly Hudson (NZL)
  • Michelle Joubert (RSA)
  • Annelize Rostron (RSA)
  • Ayanna McClean (TTO)
  • Maggie Giddens (USA)

Squads[]

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Group stage[]

The pools were announced on 23 November 2019.[7]

All times are local (UTC+9).[8][9]

Group A[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 0 18 2 +16 15 Quarterfinals
2  Germany 5 4 0 1 13 7 +6 12
3  Great Britain 5 3 0 2 11 5 +6 9
4  India 5 2 0 3 7 14 −7 6
5  Ireland 5 1 0 4 4 11 −7 3
6  South Africa 5 0 0 5 5 19 −14 0
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.


24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
20:45
v
Netherlands  5–1  India
Albers field hockey ball 6', 43'
Van Geffen field hockey ball 33'
Matla field hockey ball 45'
Van Maasakker field hockey ball 52' 		Report Rani field hockey ball 10'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Amber Church (NZL)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
21:15
v
Ireland  2–0  South Africa
Upton field hockey ball 9'
Torrans field hockey ball 45' 		Report
South Pitch
Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Emi Yamada (JPN)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
09:30
v
Great Britain  1–2  Germany
Jones field hockey ball 13' Report Huse field hockey ball 24'
Stapenhorst field hockey ball 33'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
10:00
v
Netherlands  4–0  Ireland
Albers field hockey ball 8'
Pheninckx field hockey ball 49'
Leurink field hockey ball 50'
Matla field hockey ball 56' 		Report
South Pitch
Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
18:30
v
South Africa  1–4  Great Britain
Walraven field hockey ball 6' Report Rayer field hockey ball 29', 50'
Toman field hockey ball 39'
Unsworth field hockey ball 40'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Maggie Giddens (USA)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
21:15
v
Germany  2–0  India
Lorenz field hockey ball 12'
Schröder field hockey ball 35' 		Report
South Pitch
Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
Emi Yamada (JPN)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
09:30
v
Netherlands  5–0  South Africa
Matla field hockey ball 16', 35'
Keetels field hockey ball 42'
Albers field hockey ball 52'
Verschoor field hockey ball 55' 		Report
North Pitch
Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Ayanna McClean (TTO)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
10:00
v
Great Britain  4–1  India
Martin field hockey ball 2', 19'
Owsley field hockey ball 41'
Balsdon field hockey ball 57' 		Report Sharmila field hockey ball 23'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
12:15
v
Germany  4–2  Ireland
Altenburg field hockey ball 10', 40'
Pieper field hockey ball 20'
Hauke field hockey ball 55' 		Report Tice field hockey ball 42'
McLoughlin field hockey ball 51'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
19:00
v
Great Britain  0–1  Netherlands
Report Matla field hockey ball 13'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
09:30
v
South Africa  1–4  Germany
Marks field hockey ball 53' Report Altenburg field hockey ball 2', 24'
Zimmermann field hockey ball 10'
Schröder field hockey ball 49'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Emi Yamada (JPN)
Maggie Giddens (USA)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
11:45
v
Ireland  0–1  India
Report Navneet field hockey ball 57'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Annelize Rostron (RSA)
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
12:15
v
India  4–3  South Africa
Vandana field hockey ball 4', 17', 49'
Neha field hockey ball 32' 		Report Glasby field hockey ball 15'
Hunter field hockey ball 30'
Marais field hockey ball 39'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
18:30
v
Germany  1–3  Netherlands
Zimmermann field hockey ball 23' Report Matla field hockey ball 8', 56'
Welten field hockey ball 14'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
20:45
v
Ireland  0–2  Great Britain
Report Townsend field hockey ball 17'
Martin field hockey ball 32'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

Group B[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 5 0 0 13 1 +12 15 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 5 3 0 2 9 8 +1 9
3  Argentina 5 3 0 2 8 8 0 9
4  New Zealand 5 2 0 3 8 7 +1 6
5  China 5 2 0 3 9 16 −7 6
6  Japan (H) 5 0 0 5 6 13 −7 0
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Host


25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
10:00
v
Australia  3–1  Spain
Malone field hockey ball 31'
Chalker field hockey ball 32'
Stewart field hockey ball 37' 		Report Pérez field hockey ball 33'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Annelize Rostron (RSA)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
11:45
v
Japan  3–4  China
Nomura field hockey ball 21'
Y. Nagai field hockey ball 31'
H. Nagai field hockey ball 45+' 		Report Gu field hockey ball 10', 35'
Zhang Y. field hockey ball 20'
Liang field hockey ball 52'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Ayanna McClean (TTO)
Michelle Meister (GER)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
12:15
v
New Zealand  3–0  Argentina
Smith field hockey ball 35'
Ralph field hockey ball 40'
Pearson field hockey ball 54' 		Report
South Pitch
Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
Maggie Giddens (USA)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
12:15
v
Australia  6–0  China
Chalker field hockey ball 16', 22'
Peris field hockey ball 31'
Malone field hockey ball 54'
Kershaw field hockey ball 56'
Stewart field hockey ball 58' 		Report
South Pitch
Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
19:00
v
Argentina  3–0  Spain
Raposo field hockey ball 47'
Albertario field hockey ball 57'
Barrionuevo field hockey ball 59' 		Report
South Pitch
Umpires:
Ayanna McClean (TTO)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
20:45
v
Japan  1–2  New Zealand
Oikawa field hockey ball 18' Report Merry field hockey ball 26'
Ralph field hockey ball 29'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Annelize Rostron (RSA)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
11:45
v
New Zealand  1–2  Spain
Smith field hockey ball 35' Report Iglesias field hockey ball 8'
Riera field hockey ball 22'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Michelle Meister (GER)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
18:30
v
Japan  0–1  Australia
Report M. Fitzpatrick field hockey ball 33'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
19:00
v
Argentina  3–2  China
Gorzelany field hockey ball 18', 24'
Jankunas field hockey ball 54' 		Report Li H. field hockey ball 52'
Liu field hockey ball 56'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Annelize Rostron (RSA)
Emi Yamada (JPN)
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
18:30
v
Spain  2–0  China
Pérez field hockey ball 4'
Bonastre field hockey ball 19' 		Report
North Pitch
Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
20:45
v
Japan  1–2  Argentina
Mori field hockey ball 19' Report Gorzelany field hockey ball 10'
M. Granatto field hockey ball 45'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Ayanna McClean (TTO)
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
21:15
v
New Zealand  0–1  Australia
Report Chalker field hockey ball 34'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
09:30
v
China  3–2  New Zealand
Liu field hockey ball 24'
Chen Y. field hockey ball 37'
Liang field hockey ball 54' 		Report Gunson field hockey ball 20'
Keddell field hockey ball 45'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Ayanna McClean (TTO)
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
10:00
v
Japan  1–4  Spain
Mori field hockey ball 6' Report Barrios field hockey ball 25'
García Grau field hockey ball 38'
Mejías field hockey ball 55'
Bonastre field hockey ball 57'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
Maggie Giddens (USA)
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
11:45
v
Argentina  0–2  Australia
Report S. Fitzpatrick field hockey ball 49'
Chalker field hockey ball 59'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Michelle Joubert (RSA)

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
2 August
 
 
 Netherlands3
 
4 August
 
 New Zealand0
 
 Netherlands5
 
2 August
 
 Great Britain1
 
 Spain2 (0)
 
6 August
 
 Great Britain (p.s.o.)2 (2)
 
 Netherlands3
 
2 August
 
 Argentina1
 
 Germany0
 
4 August
 
 Argentina3
 
 Argentina2
 
2 August
 
 India1 Bronze medal match
 
 Australia0
 
6 August
 
 India1
 
 Great Britain4
 
 
 India3
 

Quarter-finals[]

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
09:30
v
Germany  0–3  Argentina
Report Albertario field hockey ball 27'
V. Granatto field hockey ball 29'
Raposo field hockey ball 52'
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Amber Church (NZL)
2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
12:00
v
Australia  0–1  India
Report Gurjit field hockey ball 22'
Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
18:30
v
Netherlands  3–0  New Zealand
Welten field hockey ball 7'
Matla field hockey ball 21'
Stam field hockey ball 37' 		Report
Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
21:00
v
Spain  2–2  Great Britain
Iglesias field hockey ball 20'
Bonastre field hockey ball 51' 		Report Martin field hockey ball 17'
Balsdon field hockey ball 37'
Penalties
Ycart Penalty shoot-out missed
García Grau Penalty shoot-out missed
Oliva Penalty shoot-out missed
Pérez Penalty shoot-out missed 		0–2 Penalty shoot-out missed Toman
Penalty shoot-out scored Martin
Penalty shoot-out scored Jones
Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Annelize Rostron (RSA)

Semi-finals[]

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)
10:30
v
Netherlands  5–1  Great Britain
Albers field hockey ball 19', 38'
Keetels field hockey ball 18'
Verschoor field hockey ball 32'
Matla field hockey ball 49' 		Report Ansley field hockey ball 41'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)
19:00
v
Argentina  2–1  India
Barrionuevo field hockey ball 18', 37' Report Gurjit field hockey ball 2'
Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Bronze medal match[]

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)
10:30
v
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Great Britain  4–3  India
Rayer field hockey ball 16'
Robertson field hockey ball 24'
Pearne-Webb field hockey ball 35'
Balsdon field hockey ball 48' 		Report Gurjit field hockey ball 25', 26'
Vandana field hockey ball 29'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Michelle Meister (GER)

Gold medal match[]

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)
19:00
v
1st place, gold medalist(s) Netherlands  3–1  Argentina 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Van Geffen field hockey ball 23'
Van Maasakker field hockey ball 26', 29' 		Report Gorzelany field hockey ball 30+'
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Goalscorers[]

There were 142 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 3.74 goals per match.

9 goals

6 goals

5 goals

  • Australia Emily Chalker

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Tokyo2020 and FIH

Final ranking[]

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Netherlands 8 8 0 0 29 4 +25 24 Gold Medal
2  Argentina 8 5 0 3 14 12 +2 15 Silver Medal
3  Great Britain 8 4 1 3 18 15 +3 13 Bronze Medal
4  India 8 3 0 5 12 20 −8 9 Fourth place
5  Australia 6 5 0 1 13 2 +11 15 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Germany 6 4 0 2 13 10 +3 12
7  Spain 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10
8  New Zealand 6 2 0 4 8 10 −2 6
9  China 5 2 0 3 9 16 −7 6 Eliminated in
group stage
10  Ireland 5 1 0 4 4 11 −7 3
11  Japan (H) 5 0 0 5 6 13 −7 0
12  South Africa 5 0 0 5 5 19 −14 0
Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Host

References[]

  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans after new COVID-19 state of emergency declared". usatoday.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Netherlands women take field hockey gold". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Great Britain beat India to win women's hockey bronze". bbc.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. ^ "FIH appoints Officials for Tokyo 2020". FIH. 11 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic hockey tournaments: pools confirmed". FIH. 23 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Hockey competition schedule announced for rescheduled Olympic Games in Tokyo". FIH. 17 July 2020.
  9. ^ Schedule
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