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Field Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Hockey Centre located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex . There a test competition involving four each men's and women's teams was held in February, with Spain taking the honours for the men and South Africa for the women. The competitions for both men and women was split into two groups with the top two teams after the preliminary rounds progressing through to the semi-finals. MEN'S COMPETITION The men's event was contested by twelve teams with Sydney Gold Medal lists Netherlands trying to make it a Hat Trick of Olympic titles: Participating Nations Five nations automatically qualified for the 20th edition of the Men's Olympic Field Hockey Tournament:
The seven remaining spots were taken by the first seven countries of the 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament , held in Madrid, Spain :
Greece's Plea Rejected On May 20 , 2004 the International Hockey Federation (FIH) confirmed the participation of the South Africa's Men's Team in the Athens Olympics after the Court Of Arbitration For Sport turned down Greece's appeal to be allowed a berth in the tournament as hosts. South Africa thus becomes the 12th and final team to qualify for the mega event. The FIH's decision came almost three months after the Hellenic Hockey Federation of Greece moved the CAS claiming a berth in the Olympics on grounds that they are the host country. The hosts had failed to win a berth in the mega event despite being given two chances by the FIH. The first option for Greece to gain a place at the Olympics was by qualifying for the 2003 European Nations Cup, held in Barcelona. Greece did not qualify for this tournament, but there was a second opportunity, which required Greece to beat Canada, the lowest ranked in the Olympic qualifier, in a best of three play-off competition. Greece participated under protest, but lost the series 2-0. Men's Team Squads See Also: Men's Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics (team squads) Men's Pool A Men's Pool B Men's Hockey Final Stages Men's Classification Matches 9th-12th place Men's Classification Matches 5th-8th place Men's Semifinals Men's Classification Match 11th-12th place Men's Classification Match 9th-10th place Men's Classification Match 7th-8th place Men's Classification Match 5th-6th place Men's Bronze Medal Match Men's Gold Medal Match MEN'S MEDAL WINNERS
WOMEN'S EVENT Ten teams competed in the women's event with Australia, winners of three of the last four Olympic Games gold medals, looking to keep their remarkable run going. Women's Pool A Women's Pool B Women's Hockey Final Stages Women's Classification Match 9th-10th place Women's Classification Matches 5th-8th place Women's Classification Match 7th-8th place Women's Classification Match 5th-6th place Women's Semi Finals Women's Bronze Medal Match Women's Gold Medal Match WOMEN'S MEDAL WINNERS
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