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Hockey is the oldest known ball and stick game. Records exist of it having been played in Persia in 2000 BC. The name hockey probably derives from the French hocquet, or shepherd’s crook, and refers to the crooked stick which is used to hit a small ball. [Full story]

List of Events

On the program of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008

• hockey Men
• hockey Women

Athlete Quota:

192 men (12 teams of 16 players each)
192 women (12 teams of 16 players each)
Total of 384 athletes

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Allocation

SCHEDULE(M)
TIMELINE
SCHEDULE(W)
ENTRY (M)
ENTRY (W)

Men's Hockey Schedule

The matches will take place at Olympic Green Hockey Stadium.

Date	Pool	Teams	Venue
August 11 08:30 - 10:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	Germany VS China	Pitch A
August 11 10:30 - 12:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Pakistan VS Great Britain	Pitch A
August 11 18:00 - 19:30	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	Republic of Korea VS New Zealand	Pitch B
August 11 20:30 - 22:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Spain VS Belgium	Pitch B
August 11 18:30 - 20:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Australia VS Canada	Pitch A
August 11 21:00 - 22:30	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Netherlands VS South Africa	Pitch A
August 13 08:30 - 10:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	South Africa VS Australia	Pitch A
August 13 10:30 - 12:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	China VS Republic of Korea	Pitch A
August 13 18:00 - 19:30	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Canada VS Pakistan	Pitch B
August 13 20:30 - 22:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	New Zealand VS Spain	Pitch B
August 13 18:30 - 20:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	Belgium VS Germany	Pitch A
August 13 21:00 - 22:30	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Netherlands VS Great Britain	Pitch A
August 15 08:30 - 10:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	Spain VS China	Pitch A
August 15 10:30 - 12:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Netherlands VS Canada	Pitch A
August 15 18:00 - 19:30	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	Belgium VS New Zealand	Pitch B
August 15 20:30 - 22:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	Republic of Korea VS Germany	Pitch B
August 15 18:30 - 20:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Pakistan VS Australia	Pitch A
August 15 21:00 - 22:30	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	South Africa VS Great Britain	Pitch A
August 17 08:30 - 10:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Great Britain VS Canada	Pitch A
August 17 10:30 - 12:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	Republic of Korea VS Belgium	Pitch A
August 17 18:00 - 19:30	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Pakistan VS South Africa	Pitch B
August 17 20:30 - 22:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Australia VS netherlands	Pitch B
August 17 18:30 - 20:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	New Zealand VS China	Pitch A
August17 21:00 - 22:30	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	Germany VS Spain	Pitch A
August 19 08:30 - 10:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Netherlands VS Pakistan	Pitch A
August 19 10:30 - 12:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	Germany VS New Zealand	Pitch A
August 19 18:00 - 19:30	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Canada VS South Africa	Pitch B
August 19 18:30 - 20:00	Men's Preliminaries - Pool B	Australia VS Great Britain	Pitch B
August 19 20:00 - 21:45	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	Republic of Korea VS Spain	Pitch A
August 19 21:00 - 22:30	Men's Preliminaries - Pool A	China VS Belgium	Pitch A
August 21 08:30 - 10:30	Men's Classification 9th/10th	5th Pool A VS 5th Pool B	Pitch A
August 21 11:00 - 13:00	Men's Classification 7th/8th	4th Pool A VS 4th Pool B	Pitch A
August 21 18:00 - 20:00	Men's Semifinal 01	1st Pool B VS 2nd Pool A	Pitch A
August 21 20:30 - 22:30	Men's Semifinal 02	1st Pool A VS 2nd Pool B	Pitch A
August 23 08:30 - 10:30	Men's Classification 11th/12th	6th Pool A VS 6th Pool B	Pitch A
August 23 11:00 - 13:00	Men's Classification 5th/6th	3rd Pool A VS 3rd Pool B	Pitch A
August 23 18:00 - 20:00	Men's Bronze Medal Match	Loser of B1vA2 VS Loser of A1vB2	Pitch A
August 23 20:30 - 22:30	Men's Gold Medal Match	Winner of B1vA2 VS Winner of A1vB2	Pitch A

Women's Hockey Schedule

The matches will take place at Olympic Green Hockey Stadium.

Date	Pool	Teams	Venue
August 10 08:30 - 10:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	Japan VS New Zealand	Pitch A
August 10 10:30 - 12:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	China VS Spain	Pitch A
August 10 18:00 - 19:30	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	Australia VS Republic of Korea	Pitch B
August 10 20:30 - 22:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	Netherlands VS South Africa	Pitch B
August 10 18:30 - 20:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	Argentina VS United States	Pitch A
August 10 21:00 - 22:30	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	Germany VS Great Britain	Pitch A
August 12 08:30 - 10:00	WoMen's Preliminaries - Pool B	Argentina VS Great Britain	Pitch A
August 12 10:30 - 12:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	Australia VS Spain	Pitch A
August 12 18:00 - 19:30	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	United States VS Japan	Pitch B
August 12 20:30 - 22:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	Netherlands VS Republic of Korea	Pitch B
August 12 18:30 - 20:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	China VS South Africa	Pitch A
August 12 21:00 - 22:30	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	Germany VS New Zealand	Pitch A
August 14 08:30 - 10:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	China VS Netherlands	Pitch A
August 14 10:30 - 12:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	United States VS Germany	Pitch A
August 14 18:00 - 19:30	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	Spain VS Republic of Korea	Pitch B
August 14 20:30 - 22:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	South Africa VS Australia	Pitch B
August 14 18:30 - 20:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	Japan VS Argentina	Pitch A
August 14 21:00 - 22:30	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	New Zealand VS Great Britain	Pitch A
August16 08:30 - 10:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	New Zealand VS United States	Pitch A
August 16 10:30 - 12:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	Australia VS Netherlands	Pitch A
August 16 18:00 - 19:30	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	Germany VS Argentina	Pitch B
August 16 20:30 - 22:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	Great Britain VS Japan	Pitch B
August 16 18:30 - 20:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	Republic of Korea VS China	Pitch A
August16 21:00 - 22:30	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	Spain VS South Africa	Pitch A
August 18 08:30 - 10:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	Germany VS Japan	Pitch A
August 18 10:30 - 12:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	Republic of Korea VS South Africa	Pitch A
August 18 18:00 - 19:30	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	Great Britain VS United States	Pitch B
August 18 18:30 - 20:00	Women's Preliminaries - Pool B	Argentina VS New Zealand	Pitch B
August 18 20:00 - 21:45	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	Netherlands VS Spain	Pitch A
August 18 21:00 - 22:30	Women's Preliminaries - Pool A	China VS Australia	Pitch A
August 20 08:30 - 10:30	Women's Classification 9th/10th	5th Pool A VS 5th Pool B	Pitch A
August 20 11:00 - 13:00	Women's Classification 7th/8th	4th Pool A VS 4th Pool B	Pitch A
August 20 18:00 - 20:00	Women's Semifinal 01	1st Pool B VS 2nd Pool A	Pitch A
August 20 20:30 - 22:30	Women's Semifinal 02	1st Pool A VS 2nd Pool B	Pitch A
August 22 08:30 - 10:30	Women's Classification 11th/12th	6th Pool A VS 6th Pool B	Pitch A
August 22 11:00 - 13:00	Women's Classification 5th/6th	3rd Pool A VS 3rd Pool B	Pitch A
August 22 18:00 - 20:00	Women's Bronze Medal Match	Loser of B1vA2 VS Loser of A1vB2	Pitch A
August 22 20:30 - 22:30	Women's Gold Medal Match	Winner of B1vA2 VS Winner of A1vB2	Pitch A

Competition venues

Hall of Fame

Rechelle HawkesMidfielder Rechelle Hawkes joined the Australian national hockey team in 1985. She competed in her first Olympics in 1988 and won the first of her three gold medals as Australia eliminated the favoured Dutch team 3-2 in the semifinals and then beat the home team, South Korea, 2-0 in the final. [Full story]

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Olympic Records

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2 - 14 December 2006	15th Asian Games, Doha (QAT)
14 - 22 July 2007	Africa Olympic Qualifiers (Men and Women), Nairobi (KEN)
14 - 29 July 2007	15th Pan American Games, Rio De Janeiro (BRA)
18–25 August 2007	8th Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Manchester (GBR)
19–26 August 2007	11th Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Manchester (GBR)
10–17 September 2007	5th Men's Oceania Cup, Brisbane (AUS)
10–17 September 2007	5th Women's Oceania Cup, Suva (FIJ)
2–9 February 2008	Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Auckland (NZL)
1–9 March 2008	Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Santiago (CHI)
5–13 April 2008	Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Kakamigahara (JPN)
12–20 April 2008	Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Baku (AZE)
19–27 April 2008	Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Kazan (RUS)
26 April–4 May 2008	Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Victoria (CAN)
18 May 2008	FIH confirms qualification to the National Association and NOC
1 June 2008	National Associations/NOCs to confirm their participation in the Olympic hockey tournament in writing to FIH
23 July 2008	Deadline for Beijing 2008 Organising Committee to receive entry forms submitted by NOCs

NOC Code	Qualification
CHN	host nation
NED	the gold medalist from the EuroHockey Nations Championship
KOR	the gold medalist from the Asian Games
CAN	the gold medalist from the Pan American Games
RSA	the gold medalist from the Africa Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
ESP	the silver medalist from the EuroHockey Nations Championship
BEL	the bronze medalist from the EuroHockey Nations Championship
PAK	the bronze medalist from the Asian Games
AUS	the gold medalist from the Oceania Cup
NZL	the gold medalist from the first Olympic qualification

NOC Code	Qualification
CHN	host nation
GER	the gold medalist from the EuroHockey Nations Championship
ARG	the gold medalist from the Pan American Games
RSA	the gold medalist from the Africa Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
NED	the silver medalist from the EuroHockey Nations Championship
GBR	the bronze medalist from the EuroHockey Nations Championship
NZL	the gold medalist from the Oceania Cup
AUS	the silver medalist from the Oceania Cup
JPN	world ranking