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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Preliminary round

[edit] Group A

November 26, 11:30
	Singapore	6–1 (3–1)	USA

November 26, 14:30
	India	14–0 (3–0)	Afghanistan

November 28, 11:30
	Singapore	5–0 (4–0)	Afghanistan

November 28, 14:30
	India	16–0 (6–0)	USA

November 30, 11:30
	India	6–0 (3–0)	Singapore

November 30, 14:30
	Afghanistan	5–1 (2–1)	USA

Group standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
India	3	3	0	0	36	0	6
Singapore	3	2	0	1	11	7	4
Afghanistan	3	1	0	2	5	20	2
USA	3	0	0	3	2	27	0

• India advanced to the semi-finals.

[edit] Group B

November 23, 11:30
	Great Britain	2–2 (1–1)	Malaya

November 23, 14:30
	Australia	2–0 (1–0)	Kenya

November 24, 16:00
	Great Britain	1–1 (1–1)	Kenya

November 26, 16:00
	Australia	3–2 (2–1)	Malaya

November 28, 16:00
	Malaya	1–1 (0–1)	Kenya

November 30, 16:00
	Great Britain	2–1 (1–0)	Australia

Group standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Great Britain	3	1	2	0	5	4	4
Australia	3	2	0	1	6	4	4
Malaya	3	0	2	1	5	6	2
Kenya	3	0	2	1	2	4	2

• Great Britain and Australia played an additional tie-breaker match to determine the group winner.

December 1, 14:00
	Great Britain	1–0 (0–0)	Australia

• Great Britain advanced to the semi-finals.

[edit] Group C

November 23, 16:00
	Pakistan	2–0 (1–0)	Belgium

November 24, 14:30
	Germany	5–4 (3–3)	New Zealand

November 27, 14:30
	Pakistan	5–1 (2–0)	New Zealand

November 27, 16:00
	Germany	0–0 (0–0)	Belgium

November 29, 14:30
	Pakistan	0–0 (0–0)	Germany

November 29, 16:00
	New Zealand	3–0 (1–0)	Belgium

Group standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	7	1	5
Germany	3	1	2	0	5	4	4
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	8	10	2
Belgium	3	0	1	2	0	5	1

• Pakistan and Germany advanced to the semi-finals.

[edit] Playoffs

	Semi finals				Final
	December 3
	India	1
	Germany	0
					December 6
					India	1
					Pakistan	0
					Third place
	December 3			December 6
	Pakistan	3		Germany	3
	Great Britain	2			Great Britain	1

Semi-finals

December 3, 14:30
	India	1–0 (0–0)	Germany

December 3, 16:00
	Pakistan	3–2 (3–1)	Great Britain

Bronze medal match

December 6, 14:30
	Germany	3–1 (2–1)	Great Britain

Gold medal match

December 6, 16:00
	India	1–0 (0–0)	Pakistan

[edit] Medalists

Gold

India

Silver

Pakistan

Bronze

Germany

[edit] References

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