Field hockey at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Field hockey
at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueSengkang Hockey Stadium
Dates16 – 23 August 2010
Competitors132 (66 boys, 66 girls) from 12 nations
Field hockey at the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Events
boys girls

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 N/A

Medal summary

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

References

  1. "Hockey schedule for YOG released". FIH. 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  2. "Qualification System - 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  3. "FIH confirms teams for Youth Olympic Games". FIH. 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-07-24.

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