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Hockey - Source: Photosport
- Twelve teams in the preliminary rounds in two pools of six
- The men's draw is:
Pool A: Australia, Great Britain, Spain, Pakistan,
Argentina, South Africa
Pool B: Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, New Zealand,
India, Belgium
- The women's draw is:
Pool A: Netherlands, Great Britain, China, South Korea,
Japan, Belgium
Pool B: Argentina, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, United
States, South Africa
- Each team plays the other in that pool
- The top two teams in each pool proceed to the semi-finals
- The remaining teams play classification matches for places fifth
to 12th
- Semi-final winners play for the gold and silver medals, losers
play for the bronze
Competition format
- Teams comprise 11 players, with five interchange players and
unlimited interchange allowed.
- Goalkeepers may block or deflect the ball from the goal with any
part of their bodies
- Games run for 70 minutes, 35 minutes per half
- Goals can only be scored by a field goal (shot from inside
shooting circle, a D-shaped area in front of the opponents' goal),
a penalty corner, or a penalty stroke
- In finals, classification matches or games that require a winner
to advance to the next round, games tied at the end of regulation
time go into extra time of seven and a half minute halves
- First team to score in extra time wins - known as the "golden
goal" rule
- If scores are locked at the end of extra-time, a result is
decided by a penalty stroke competition
- Each team selects five players who take alternating strokes