Hockey England lodged an official protest today following the Argentina v England bronze-medal match

England Hockey lodged a protest following their match on 15 June 2014 due to a two minute and 26 second period of the second half when Argentina had 12 players on the pitch. The score at the time of the incident was 0-0 and remained 0-0 at the end of that time period. England Hockey stated in their protest that the incident could have affected the outcome of the game. 

The Tournament Director reviewed the terms of the protest, interviewed England and Argentina’s management teams, viewed relevant video footage and determined that there was a breach of the Rules of Hockey but that the breach was unintentional. It was decided that the result will stand and the Argentinian team have been sanctioned by way of suspension to the captain for one match in the next FIH event.

The FIH regrets this unfortunate incident and commends England Hockey, their players and management team on their sportsmanship in dealing with this matter.

Argentina offered their sincere apologies for this unintentional and unfortunate incident.

The FIH intends to review procedures related to this matter to ensure this situation does not occur in the future.