Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Field Hockey at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Parque Polideportivo Roca
Dates	7–14 October
No. of events	2 (1 boys, 1 girls)

Field Hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 14 October. The events took place at the Parque Polideportivo Roca in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For the second Youth Olympics in a row, the format for this event was Hockey 5s, a 5-a-side tournament that is played on a smaller field size.

Qualification

Initially, 10 teams per tournament were scheduled to take part; however, on 6 July 2017 the International Hockey Federation announced the tournaments will be expanded to 12 teams.[1] As hosts, Argentina qualified in both tournaments. Five continental tournaments were scheduled with two nations qualifying to the Youth Olympics. The 12th and final team was determined through a draw where the third best team qualified from the continent qualified. Should a nation decline it would go to the third best team in another continent. The results of the random draw (and priority) for the boys' tournament was Oceania > Asia > Europe > Africa and Pan American while the results for the girls' tournament was Africa > Asia > Europe > Oceania > Pan America.[1][2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. Also nations (excluding Argentina) may only qualify in one team sport (Beach Handball, Futsal, Hockey5s or Rugby Sevens) per gender.[2]

Boys

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Argentina
EuroHockey5s Championships [3]	Walcz	6–9 July 2017	2	Poland  Austria^A
Youth Pan American Championship[4]	Guadalajara	10–17 March 2018	2	Mexico  Canada
Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier	Bangkok	25–29 April 2018	3	India  Malaysia  Bangladesh^B
Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier	Port Moresby	25–28 April 2018	2	Australia  Vanuatu
African Youth Games	Algiers	19–26 July 2018	2	Zambia  Kenya^A
TOTAL			12

^A France and South Africa qualified in boys' field hockey and rugby sevens, opting to send their respective latter. Austria and Kenya respectively were listed by the IHF as participating in their place.[5]

^B Solomon Islands decided to compete in futsal and thus the quota was reallocated to the third best placed team from Asia, Bangladesh.[6]

Girls

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Argentina
EuroHockey5s Championships[7]	Wattignies	12–15 July 2017	2	Austria  Poland
Youth Pan American Championship[8]	Guadalajara	10–17 March 2018	2	Uruguay  Mexico
Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier	Bangkok	25–29 April 2018	2	China  India
Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier	Port Moresby	25–28 April 2018	2	Australia  Vanuatu
African Youth Games	Algiers	19–26 July 2018	3	South Africa  Namibia  Zimbabwe
TOTAL			12

Schedule

The schedule was released by the FIH and Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee.[9] Each day during the group stage will contain six boys' matches and six girls' matches.

All times are ART (UTC-3)

Event Date	Event Day	Starting Time	Event Details
October 7	Sunday	09:30	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
October 8	Monday	09:30	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
October 9	Tuesday	09:30	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
October 10	Wednesday	09:30	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
October 11	Thursday	09:30	Boys' Group Stage Girls' Group Stage
October 12	Friday	08:00	Boys' 9–10 Place Match Boys' Quarterfinals Boys' 11–12 Place Match Girls' Quarterfinals
October 13	Saturday	09:00	Girls' 11–12 Place Match Boys' 5–8 Place Match Boys' Semifinals Girls' Semifinals
October 14	Sunday	08:30	Boys' 7–8 Place Match Girls' 7–8 Place Match Boys' 5–6 Place Match Girls' 5–6 Place Match Boys' 3–4 Place Match Girls' 3–4 Place Match Boys' Final Girls' Final

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina*	1	0	1	2
2	Malaysia	1	0	0	1
3	India	0	2	0	2
4	China	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' details	Malaysia Hamiz Ahir Akhimullah Anuar Amirul Azahar Arif Ishak Kamarulzaman Kamaruddin Syarman Mat Muhibddin Moharam Firadus Rosdi Shahrul Saupi	India Shivam Anand Prashant Chauhan Sudeep Chirmako Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem Pawan Vivek Prasad Rahul Kumar Rajbhar Sanjay Maninder Singh	Argentina Nehuen Hernando Facundo Zarate Ignacio Ibarra Gaspar Garrone Tadeo Marcucci Santiago Micaz Facundo Sarto Lisandro Zago Agustin Cabaña
Girls' details	Argentina Brisa Bruggesser María Cerundolo Celina Di Santo Azul Iritxity Victoria Miranda Gianella Palet Lourdes Pérez Iturraspe Sofía Ramallo Josefina Rübenacker	India Salima Tete Reet Baljeet Kaur Ishika Chaudhary Mumtaz Khan Khushboo Chetna Bichu Kharibam Lalremsiami Hmar	China Xinyi Zhu Heyang Zhang Ruirui Cao Meirong Zou Ning Ma Anhui Yu Yunxia Fan Wenqian Cai Yangyan Gu

References

1. "FIH confirms additional continental places for Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games". FIH. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
2. "Qualification System: Field Hockey" (PDF). FIH. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
3. "Poland are crowned EuroHockey5s champions – Home of The European Hockey Federation". eurohockey.org. 9 July 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
4. "2018 Campeonato Panamericano Juvenil (Masculino)". Pan Am Hockey. 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
5. "With Olympic tickets in their hands". 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
6. "NOCSI: Futsal squad to represent SI at the 2018 YOG". Solomon Fresh Beat. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
7. "EuroHockey5s for U16 girls gets underway – Home of The European Hockey Federation". eurohockey.org. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
8. "2018 Campeonato Panamericano Juvenil (Femenino)". Pan Am Hockey. 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
9. "FIH reveals Pools and Match Schedule for Youth Olympic Games 2018". FIH. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

External links

• Official Results Book – Hockey 5s