Field hockey at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Field hockey
at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueSengkang Hockey Stadium
Dates16 – 23 August 2010
No. of events2 (1 boys, 1 girls)
Competitors132 (66 boys, 66 girls) from 12 nations
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Field hockey at the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Tournament
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Field hockey was one of 26 sports featured at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics from August 16–23, 2010 at Sengkang Hockey Stadium in Singapore. Players must have been born between January 1, 1993 and December 31, 1994.[1]

Qualification

Each winner of five continental qualification tournaments gained automatic entry. The hosts Singapore were limited to fielding just one team.[2] Singapore chose to field a boys' team, and the extra unused quota in the girls' tournament was allocated to Europe. The full list of qualified teams is as below:[3]

Continent Boys Girls
Europe  Belgium  Netherlands
 Ireland
Americas  Chile  Argentina
Asia  Pakistan  South Korea
Oceania  Australia  New Zealand
Africa  Ghana  South Africa
Host  Singapore —

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys'
details 		 Australia  Pakistan  Belgium
Girls'
details 		 Netherlands  Argentina  New Zealand

References

  1. ^ "Hockey schedule for YOG released". FIH. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Qualification System - 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  3. ^ "FIH confirms teams for Youth Olympic Games". FIH. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.