Hockey

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Schedule & Results

Hockey

Daily Calendar

Event

	Event		Status
Mon 1510:00	Women's Quarterfinal - Match 33	NZL New Zealand AUS Australia	Running
Mon 1512:30	Women's Quarterfinal - Match 32	USA United States GER Germany
Mon 1518:00	Women's Quarterfinal - Match 34	GBR Great Britain ESP Spain
Mon 1520:30	Women's Quarterfinal - Match 31	NED Netherlands ARG Argentina

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Aim of the game

Two teams of 11 players use sticks to control, dribble, pass and shoot a ball – the side that scores the most goals wins

Why should you watch this?

One of the oldest Olympic sports, hockey boasts great skill and bravery, plenty of goals, clever tactics and thrilling penalty shoot-outs

Venues

Olympic Hockey Centre

International Federation

FIHOCKEY

Olympic debut

London 1908

Flick

To pass the ball in the air with a flick of the stick
Obstruction

A foul in which the player uses their stick or body to shield the ball from an opponent
Push-pass

Technique used for more accurate passes and shots along the ground, in which the player pushes the ball rather than hitting hit

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The first record of the sport is from Ancient Egypt, 4000 years ago
The first recorded club was the Blackheath Hockey Club, formed in Britain in 1861
Pakistan’s men defeated India 1-0 in the final of the Rome 1960 Games, ending India’s 32-year run as Olympic champions
The Zimbabwe team took the first gold when the women's game debuted at the Moscow 1980 Games
At the London 2012 Games, the Dutch women became three-time Olympic champions, beating Argentina in the final
India’s men won six consecutive Olympic titles between 1928 and 1956, remaining undefeated for 30 matches, and scoring 197 goals along the way
Argentina is the only South American country to have won an Olympic medal in hockey, their women’s team having claimed two silvers and two bronzes
Hockey is the only team sport to have had Olympic medal-winners from every continent
Until 1970, Olympic hockey matches were played on grass. The switch to synthetic surfaces made the game faster
The match format has been changed for Rio 2016, with four quarters of 15 minutes replacing the two 35-minute halves used at London 2012

Duration

Matches are divided into four 15-minute quarters.

Teams

Each team has 11 players including the goalkeeper, who is the only person allowed to touch the ball with their body. He or she uses protective pads on the head, chest, legs and arms.

Goals

Goals may only be scored from within the designated semi-circle, marked with a radius of 14.63m from the middle of the base line. A hockey goal is 2.14m high and 3.66m wide.

Short Corner

Unintentional fouls committed by the defending team within the shooting circle are penalised with a short corner (also known as a penalty corner), in which the ball is passed to the edge of the area from a position marked on the base line and must exit and re-enter the area for a resulting goal to be valid.