Men's Field Hockey Tournament at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[heywoodu 15,018]

After 106 attempts there's finally a scored PC for the Dutch men  

[heywoodu 15,018]

Shootouts for a spot in the semi's, not feeling confident about that at all, but it's already quite the performance they got this far after the very bad group phase..

[NearPup 3,035]

The elimination of extra time in field hockey is a real loss.

[heywoodu 15,018]

9 minutes ago, NearPup said:

The elimination of extra time in field hockey is a real loss.

I agree now  

[heywoodu 15,018]

First time since 1984 the Dutch men don't make the semis in the Olympics. And it was not at all undeserved, they were by far not good enough.

[Siddhartha Talukdar 231]

Just now, heywoodu said:

First time since 1984 the Dutch men don't make the semis in the Olympics. And it was not at all undeserved, they were by far not good enough.

How did World No 3 and runners up in last World Cup finish fourth in their pool

[heywoodu 15,018]

1 minute ago, Siddhartha Talukdar said:

How did World No 3 and runners up in last World Cup finish fourth in their pool

Because they haven't played well at all for the past few years (sure, they got a Euro gold), and got below even that level in Tokyo. World rankings don't mean much and the World Cup was already three years ago and was more of a unexpectedly good result than anything else.

[LDOG 2,418]

28 minutes ago, NearPup said:

The elimination of extra time in field hockey is a real loss.

Absolutely. It encourages negative play from underskilled teams. See Ireland in women's world cup.

[LDOG 2,418]

Not surprised by the dutch debacle, Caldas is an overrated coach. 7 years with the men and no improvement at all. His titles with the women are not a proof of anything, any decent coach can win stuff coaching the dutch women. 

[rajiv 31]

7 minutes ago, LDOG said:

Not surprised by the dutch debacle, Caldas is an overrated coach. 7 years with the men and no improvement at all. His titles with the women are not a proof of anything, any decent coach can win stuff coaching the dutch women. 

Exactly

fancy losing to a 3rd rate team like Australia