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. 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.

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.

Boys

Event Location Date Total Places QualifiedHost Nation – – 1 EuroHockey5s Championships Walcz 6–9 July 2017 2 Youth Pan American Championship Guadalajara 10–17 March 2018 2 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier Bangkok 25–29 April 2018 3 Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier Port Moresby 25–28 April 2018 2 African Youth Games Algiers 19–26 July 2018 2 TOTAL 12 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. Solomon Islands decided to compete in futsal and thus the quota was reallocated to the third best placed team from Asia, Bangladesh.

Girls

Event Location Date Total Places QualifiedHost Nation – – 1 EuroHockey5s Championships Wattignies 12–15 July 2017 2 Youth Pan American Championship Guadalajara 10–17 March 2018 2 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier Bangkok 25–29 April 2018 2 Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier Port Moresby 25–28 April 2018 2 African Youth Games Algiers 19–26 July 2018 3 TOTAL 12

Schedule

The schedule was released by the FIH and Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. 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 StageGirls' Group Stage October 8 Monday 09:30 Boys' Group StageGirls' Group Stage October 9 Tuesday 09:30 Boys' Group StageGirls' Group Stage October 10 Wednesday 09:30 Boys' Group StageGirls' Group Stage October 11 Thursday 09:30 Boys' Group StageGirls' Group Stage October 12 Friday 08:00 Boys' 9–10 Place MatchBoys' QuarterfinalsBoys' 11–12 Place MatchGirls' Quarterfinals October 13 Saturday 09:00 Girls' 11–12 Place MatchBoys' 5–8 Place Match Boys' Semifinals Girls' Semifinals October 14 Sunday 08:30 Boys' 7–8 Place MatchGirls' 7–8 Place MatchBoys' 5–6 Place MatchGirls' 5–6 Place MatchBoys' 3–4 Place MatchGirls' 3–4 Place MatchBoys' FinalGirls' Final

Medal summary

Medal table

Events Boys' Hamiz AhirAkhimullah AnuarAmirul AzaharArif IshakKamarulzaman KamaruddinSyarman MatMuhibddin MoharamFiradus RosdiShahrul SaupiShivam AnandPrashant ChauhanSudeep ChirmakoRabichandra Singh MoirangthemPawanVivek PrasadRahul Kumar RajbharSanjayManinder SinghNehuen HernandoFacundo ZarateIgnacio IbarraGaspar GarroneTadeo MarcucciSantiago MicazFacundo SartoLisandro ZagoAgustin CabañaGirls' Brisa BruggesserMaría CerundoloCelina Di SantoAzul IritxityVictoria MirandaGianella PaletLourdes Pérez IturraspeSofía RamalloJosefina RübenackerSalima Tete Reet Baljeet Kaur Ishika Chaudhary Mumtaz Khan Khushboo Chetna Bichu Kharibam Lalremsiami HmarXinyi ZhuHeyang ZhangRuirui CaoMeirong ZouNing MaAnhui YuYunxia FanWenqian CaiYangyan Gu

References

External links Official Results Book – Hockey 5s