Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Field hockey
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueRiverbank Arena
Dates29 July – 11 August 2012
No. of events2
Competitors15 from 387 nations
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Field hockey at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 29 July to 11 August at the Riverbank Arena within the Olympic Park.

On 13 November 2010 the International Hockey Federation (FIH) decided to allocate 12 teams for each men and women events respectively.[1]

Germany won the men's tournament for the fourth time, and the women's tournament was won by the Netherlands — their third Olympic women's hockey title.

  1. ^ "FIH release 2012 Olympic Qualification quotas". 13 November 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2011.