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Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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The field hockey competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, which was held in the Percival Molson Memorial Stadium at the McGill University, on an artificial surface for the first time. Only a men's competition occurred.[1]

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New Zealand won the gold medal for the first time by defeating Australia 1–0 in the final. Pakistan won the bronze medal by defeating the Netherlands 3–2.

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

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Source: Olympedia
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Australia and India finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool. The match was contested on 26 July 1976 and Australia won 5–4 after a penalty shoot-out.
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More information Australia, 3–0 ...

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More information Canada, 3–1 ...

More information Australia, 6–1 ...
More information Malaysia, 2–0 ...

More information India, 3–0 ...
More information Netherlands, 2–1 ...

More information Netherlands, 1–0 ...
More information Malaysia, 1–0 ...

More information India, 3–0 ...
More information Argentina, 3–2 ...

More information Netherlands, 3–1 ...

More information Australia, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...

Group B

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Source: Olympedia
Notes:
  1. New Zealand and Spain finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool. The match was contested on 26 July 1976 and New Zealand won 1–0.
More information Pakistan, 5–0 ...
More information West Germany, 1–1 ...

More information Spain, 2–2 ...

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More information Pakistan, 4–2 ...
More information New Zealand, 2–1 ...

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More information Belgium, 3–2 ...

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More information West Germany, 6–1 ...

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Classification round

Ninth to eleventh place classification

 
7–9th place semi-finalNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
29 July
 
 
 Canada2
 
28 July
 
 Belgium (a.e.t)3
 
 Belgium (a.e.t)3
 
 
 Argentina2
 

9–11th place semi-final

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Ninth place game

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Fifth to eighth place classification

 
5–8th place semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
29 July
 
 
 India2
 
30 July
 
 West Germany3
 
 West Germany9
 
29 July
 
 Spain1
 
 Spain2
 
 
 Malaysia1
 
Seventh place
 
 
30 July
 
 
 India2
 
 
 Malaysia0

5–8th place semi-finals

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Seventh place game

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Fifth place game

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Medal round

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
29 July
 
 
 Netherlands1
 
30 July
 
 New Zealand (a.e.t)2
 
 New Zealand1
 
29 July
 
 Australia0
 
 Pakistan1
 
 
 Australia2
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
30 July
 
 
 Netherlands2
 
 
 Pakistan3

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

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Gold medal match

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Statistics

Final standings

  1.  New Zealand
  2.  Australia
  3.  Pakistan
  4.  Netherlands
  5.  West Germany
  6.  Spain
  7.  India
  8.  Malaysia
  9.  Belgium
  10.  Canada
  11.  Argentina

Goalscorers

There were 139 goals scored in 37 matches, for an average of 3.76 goals per match.

11 goals

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Olympedia

Medallists


References

  1. "Hockey at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

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