Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's field hockey
at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Olympic field hockey
Tournament details
Host country	Soviet Union
City	Moscow
Dates	20–29 July 1980
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Minor Arena of Dynamo Stadium Young Pioneers Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (8th title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	146 (8.11 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Juan Amat (16 goals)
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The men's field hockey tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a ten-day period beginning on 20 July, and culminating on 29 July 1980. Games were played across two venues in Moscow, at the Minor Arena at Dynamo Stadium and Young Pioneers Stadium.^[1]

India won the gold medal for the eighth time, defeating Spain 4–3 in the gold-medal match. Soviet Union won the bronze medal after defeating Poland 2–1 in the bronze-medal match.^[2]

The original plan was for a twelve-team tournament, divided into two round-robin groups of six, with the top two of each qualifying for the semi-finals.

However, nine of the twelve teams withdrew as part of the U.S.-led boycott in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Argentina, Kenya, Pakistan, Malaysia, and West Germany boycotted completely, and while Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and New Zealand competed in some sports, their hockey governing bodies pulled out.

The organising committee subsequently reduced the competition to six teams, the minimum required to hold a competition, with Cuba and Tanzania representing the Americas and Africa in place of Argentina and Kenya respectively, while Poland were invited as the next best team from the 1978 World Cup.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	1	0	33	3	+30	9	Gold-medal match
2	India	5	3	2	0	39	6	+33	8
3	Soviet Union	5	3	0	2	30	11	+19	6	Bronze-medal match
4	Poland	5	2	1	2	19	15	+4	5
5	Cuba	5	1	0	4	7	42	−35	2
6	Tanzania	5	0	0	5	3	54	−51	0

20 July 1980 11:00 Poland  7–1  Cuba Rachwalski  8' Horwat  27', 48' Hensler  33' Torz  42' Bak  63' Mysliwiec  69' Report Izquierdo  49' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

20 July 1980 12:45 India  18–0  Tanzania Deavinder  4', 21', 25', 27' Baskaran  15', 29', 57', 63' Shahid  17' Surinder  23', 30', 31', 34', 58' Fernandes  27' Iqbal  52', 55' Kaushik  61' Report Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

20 July 1980 17:00 Soviet Union  1–2 Spain Lampeev  18' Report Coghen  32' Amat  57' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

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21 July 1980 11:00 Soviet Union  11–2  Cuba Klevtsov  2', 44' Pleshakov  4' Pavlovski  10' Belyakov  17' Gusev  34' Zagorodnev  41', 54' Nichepurenko  42', 56' Lampeev  59' Report Izquierdo  29', 52' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

21 July 1980 12:45 Spain 12–0  Tanzania Garralda  2' Coghen  7', 24', 28', 30', 43' Monsalve  31' Malgosa  34', 41' Chaves  44' Amat  65', 68' Report Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

21 July 1980 17:00 India  2–2  Poland Deavinder  31' Fernandes  69' Report Stanislawski  39' Wybieralski  65' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

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23 July 1980 11:00 Tanzania  0–4  Cuba Report Mico  6' Izquierdo  29', 45', 50' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

23 July 1980 12:45 Spain 2–2  India Amat  21' Cabot  43' Report Surinder  15', 65' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

23 July 1980 17:00 Soviet Union  5–1  Poland Belyakov  24' Pleshakov  26' Klevtsov  41' Gusev  42', 49' Report Torz  60' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

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24 July 1980 11:00 India  13–0  Cuba Surinder  3', 11', 43', 64' Shahid  8', 40' Rajinder  12', 19' Amarjit  18', 35' Baskaran  22' Deavinder  30', 63' Report Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

24 July 1980 12:45 Spain 6–0  Poland Amat  10' Fábregas  12' Malgosa  15' Roca  17' Chaves  18' Pellón  69' Report Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

24 July 1980 17:00 Soviet Union  11–2  Tanzania Lampeev  6', 20', 22', 41', 47' Zagorodnev  9' Zigangirov  17', 26' Klevtsov  27' Goncharov  55', 61' Report Manwar  32', 58' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

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26 July 1980 11:00 Poland  9–1  Tanzania Mysliwiec  5' Wybieralski  29', 49', 57' Stanislawski  33' Torz  36', 42' Horwat  52' Mielniczak  61' Report D'Silva  12' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

26 July 1980 12:45 Soviet Union  2–4  India Gusev  36' Zigangirov  66' Report Deavinder  3' Surinder  34' Shahid  41' Kaushik  64' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

26 July 1980 17:00 Cuba  0–11 Spain Report Chaves  5', 54' Amat  11', 13', 20', 26', 30', 33', 36', 50' Roca  55' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

29 July 1980 11:00 Cuba  4–1  Tanzania Pedroso  30' Vazquez  36' Izquierdo  37' Hernandez  55' Report Sykes  51' Young Pioneers Stadium

29 July 1980 15:00 Soviet Union  2–1  Poland Lampeev  10', 32' Report Torz  67' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

29 July 1980 17:00 India  4–3 Spain S. Singh  24', 30' Kaushik  42' Shahid  58' Report Amat  53', 54', 65' Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

1.  India
2. Spain
3.  Soviet Union
4.  Poland
5.  Cuba
6.  Tanzania

There were 146 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 8.11 goals per match.

16 goals

14 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

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