The men's field hockey tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 19th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games . It was held over a fifteen-day period beginning on 16 September, and culminating with the medal finals on 30 September. All games were played at the hockey centre within the Olympic Park in Sydney , Australia .
Defending champions the Netherlands won the gold medal for the second time after defeating South Korea 5–4 in the final on penalty strokes after a 3–3 draw. Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Pakistan 6–3.[ 1]
Each of the continental champions from five federations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European federation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings . Alongside the teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament , twelve teams competed in this tournament.
^1 – South Africa qualified but gave up their automatic berth on the premise that there weren't enough black players in the team. Argentina took their place as the 7th ranked team at the Olympic Qualification Tournament .[ 2]
^2 – Australia qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota was added to the ones awarded by the 2000 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier to a total of 6.
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00 )
Umpires: Steven Horgan (USA) Santiago Deo (ESP)
Umpires: Han Jin-soo (KOR) Donald Prior (AUS)
Umpires: Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA)
Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Eric Denis (BEL)
Umpires: Santiago Deo (ESP) Murray Grime (AUS)
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Han Jin-soo (KOR)
Umpires: Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) Donald Prior (AUS)
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Santiago Deo (ESP)
Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Umpires: Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) Steven Horgan (USA)
Umpires: Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Umpires: Santiago Deo (ESP) Han Jin-soo (KOR)
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA)
Umpires: Peter von Reth (NED) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Umpires: Christian Siebrecht (GER) Jason McCracken (NZL)
Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Richard Wolter (GER)
Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Steven Horgan (USA)
Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Richard Wolter (GER)
Umpires: Peter von Roth (NED) Christian Siebrecht (GER)
Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Peter von Roth (NED)
Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Steven Horgan (USA)
Umpires: Sumesh Putra (CAN) Christian Siebrecht (GER)
Umpires: Peter von Roth (NED) Eric Denis (BEL)
Umpires: Christian Siebrecht (GER) Jason McCracken (NZL)
Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
Umpires: Peter von Roth (NED) Richard Wolter (GER)
Umpires: Eric Denis (BEL) Christian Siebrecht (GER)
Classification round [ edit ]
Ninth to twelfth place classification [ edit ]
Umpires: Steven Horgan (USA) John Wright (RSA)
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Amrjit Singh (MAS)
Eleventh and twelfth place [ edit ]
Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Murray Grime (AUS)
Ninth and tenth place [ edit ]
Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Eric Denis (BEL)
Fifth to eighth place classification [ edit ]
Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Han Jin-soo (KOR)
Seventh and eighth place [ edit ]
Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Murray Grime (AUS)
Fifth and sixth place [ edit ]
Umpires: Steven Horgan (USA) Jason McCracken (NZL)
Umpires: Peter von Reth (NED) Christian Siebrecht (GER)
Umpires: Santiago Deo (ESP) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Umpires: Peter von Roth (NED) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Umpires: Christian Siebrecht (GER) Santiago Deo (ESP)
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.
There were 164 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.9 goals per match.
13 goals
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: FIH
Tournaments Qualifications
Squads