ACOG - Hockey - IBM

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  • Olympic Hockey Overview
  • Spectator's Guide to Olympic Hockey
  • Who to Watch in Hockey
  • History of Olympic Hockey
  • Olympic Medals in Hockey
  • Competition Dates
    20 Jul to 2 Aug 1996

    Venue
    Morris Brown College (including finals for men and women)
    Capacity: 15,000
    Clark Atlanta University
    Capacity: 5,000

    Events/Disciplines
    Two Events
    MenWomen
    TeamTeam

    Number of Athletes
    192 men (12 teams of 16), 128 women (8 teams of 16), 320 total

    Changes Since Barcelona
    Changed: Women’s event format from two pools of four to one pool of eight. Increased the total number of women’s games from 20 to 30

    Qualifications
    Men: Continental qualifiers and the top five countries from the qualifying tournament determine the participating countries. USA automatically qualified as host country.
    Women: Winner of the 8th World Cup; winner of the 1992 Olympic Games; and the top five countries from the qualifying tournament qualify. USA automatically qualified as host country.

    Competition Format
    Two pools of six teams for men and one pool of eight teams for women compete in a round-robin tournament, progressing to semifinal and medal-round matches.

    International Federation
    FIH - Fédération Internationale de Hockey
    B.P. 5, Avenues des Arts 1
    1040 Brussels, Belgium
    Tel: (32-2) 219-4537
    Fax: (32-2) 219-2761

    Olympic Debut
    Men: 1908
    Women: 1980

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    Olympic Factoid
    More tickets were sold to the competitions of the 1996 Games than to any other Olympic Games or sports event in history. The 8.6 million ticket sales figures topped sales to the Los Angeles and Barcelona Games combined.