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Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Competitors
  
173 from 12 nations

Venue
  
Melbourne Cricket Ground Olympic Park Stadium

Dates
  
November 23 – December 6, 1956

The field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was contested from November 23 to December 6, with twelve participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games. India won the gold medal for the sixth successive Games, not allowing a single goal against in the entire tournament. Pakistan won the silver medal, and Germany won the bronze.

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Participating nations

Twelve teams were seeded and placed into one of three preliminary groups of four teams each. With the unbalanced seeding, the top two teams in Group C advanced to the semi-finals, but only the top team in both Groups A and B advanced.

Group A

Group standings
  • India advanced to the semi-finals.

    • Group B

    Group standings
  • Great Britain and Australia played an additional tie-breaker match to determine the group winner.
  • Great Britain advanced to the semi-finals.

    • Group C

    Group standings
  • Pakistan and Germany advanced to the semi-finals.

    • Playoffs

    Semi-finals
    Bronze medal match
    Gold medal match

    References

    Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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