Hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a sport open only to men. 15 teams played in the field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 competition.

Results

Men's field hockey

Final ranking

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Preliminary round

The preliminary round was conducted by breaking the 15 teams into two groups of 7 and 8 teams. The groups then played a round-robin tournament

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

with each team playing the other teams in the group once. 2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 for a loss. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals while the third and fourth played in consolation semifinals.

Group A

Place	Team	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points
1.		6	0	0	12 QS
2.		4	0	2	8 QS
3.		3	1	2	7 QC
4.		3	0	3	6 QC
5.		2	0	4	4
6.		1	1	4	3
7.		1	0	5	2

• Pakistan def. Australia 2-1
• Pakistan def. Kenya 5-2
• Pakistan def. Japan 1-0
• Pakistan def. Great Britain 1-0
• Pakistan def. Rhodesia 6-0
• Pakistan def. New Zealand 2-0
• Kenya def. Australia 1-0
• Australia def. Japan 3-1
• Australia def. Great Britain 7-0
• Australia def. Rhodesia 3-0
• Australia def. New Zealand 2-1
• Japan def. Kenya 2-0
• Kenya def. Great Britain 1-0
• Kenya tied Rhodesia 0-0
• Kenya def. New Zealand 3-2
• Great Britain def. Japan 1-0
• Japan def. Rhodesia 2-1
• Japan def. New Zealand 1-0
• Great Britain def. Rhodesia 4-1
• New Zealand def. Great Britain 2-0
• Rhodesia def. New Zealand 2-1

Group B

Place	Team	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points
1.		5	2	0	12 QS
2.		4	3	0	11 QS
3.		2	5	0	9 QC
4.		4	1	2	9 QC
5.		2	2	3	6
6.		2	2	3	6
7.		1	0	6	2
8.		0	1	6	1

• India tied Spain 1-1
• India tied United Team of Germany 1-1
• India def. Netherlands 2-1
• India def. Malaysia 3-1
• India def. Belgium 2-0
• India def. Canada 3-0
• India def. Hong Kong 6-0
• Spain tied United Team of Germany 1-1
• Spain tied Netherlands 1-1
• Spain def. Malaysia 3-0
• Spain def. Belgium 3-0
• Spain def. Canada 3-0
• Spain def. Hong Kong 4-0
• United Team of Germany def. Netherlands 1-0
• United Team of Germany tied Malaysia 0-0
• United Team of Germany tied Belgium 0-0
• United Team of Germany def. Canada 5-1
• United Team of Germany tied Hong Kong 1-1
• Netherlands def. Malaysia 2-0
• Netherlands def. Belgium 4-0
• Netherlands def. Canada 5-0
• Netherlands def. Hong Kong 7-0
• Malaysia tied Belgium 3-3
• Malaysia def. Canada 3-1
• Malaysia def. Hong Kong 4-1
• Belgium def. Canada 5-1
• Belgium def. Hong Kong 2-0
• Canada def. Hong Kong 2-1

Semifinals

The top two teams in each of the groups played in the 1st-4th semifinals, with the winner of each group playing the second-place team in the other group. The third and fourth team in each group played in the consolation semifinals

Round	Winner	Score	Loser
Consolation		3-1
		5-1
Semifinals		3-0
		3-1

Finals

The winners of the semifinals played for the gold and silver medals, while the losers played for the bronze medal and 4th place. The winners of the consolation semifinals played for 5th and 6th places.

Game	Winner	Score	Loser
5th/6th		3-0
Bronze medal		3-2
Gold medal		1-0