The men's field hockey tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Pan American Hockey Stadium from October 20–29.Hockey technical manual

Argentina won their eighth gold medal by defeating the defending champions Canada 3–1 in the final. Chile won the bronze medal by defeating Cuba 4–3.

Qualification A National Olympic Committee may enter one men's team for the field hockey competition. Mexico, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions. DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifiedHost nation13–11 April 20102010 South American ChampionshipRio de Janeiro, Brazil2 22–31 July 20102010 Central American and Caribbean GamesCaguas, Puerto Rico27–15 March 20092009 Pan American CupSantiago, Chile2 3–6 February 2011Qualifier for 2011 Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil1Total8

Cuba played a three match series against the men's country that would have qualified as the eighth country (Brazil, who finished in the third qualifying position from the 2009 Pan American Cup), as Cuba did not enter the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Pools Pools were based on the current world rankings (January 4, 2011). Teams ranked 1, 4, 5 and 8 would be in Pool A, while teams ranked 2, 3, 6 and 7 would be in Pool B.

Pool APool B (10) (25) (29) (58) (11) (20) (31) (45)

Umpires Twelve officials were appointed by Pan American Hockey Federation to officiate matches.

John Wright (RSA) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN) Diego Barbas (ARG) Jamar Springer (BAR) Chris Wilson (CAN) Martín Vatter (CHI) Daniel López Ramos (URU) Arturo Vázquez Serrano (MEX) Grant Hundley (USA) Constantine Soteriades (USA) Maximiliano Scala (ARG) Devin Hooper (GUY)

Competition format Eight teams competed in both the men's and women's Pan American Games hockey tournaments with the competition consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into two pools of four teams, and play followed round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Following the completion of the pool games, teams placing first and second in each pool advanced to a single elimination round consisting of two semifinal games, and the bronze and gold medal games. Remaining teams competed in classification matches to determine their ranking in the tournament. During these matches, extra time of 7½ minutes per half was played if teams were tied at the end of regulation time. During extra time, play followed golden goal rules with the first team to score declared the winner. If no goals were scored during extra time, a penalty stroke competition took place.

Results All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)Preliminary round summary

Preliminary round Pool A

Pool B

Fifth to eighth place classification

5–8th place semi-finals

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

Medal round

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standings

Medalists Men Juan Manuel VivaldiIgnacio BergnerMatías VilaPedro IbarraLucas ArgentoLucas ReyRodrigo VilaMatías ParedesLucas CammareriLucas VilaFernando ZylberbergJuan Martín LópezManuel BrunetFederico BermejilloAgustín MazzilliLucas RossiPhilip WrightScott TupperJesse WatsonRichard HildrethKen PereiraKeegan PereiraJagdish GillDavid JamesonRob ShortAdam FroeseMark PearsonIain SmytheGabbar SinghMatthew GuestsDavid CarterAntoni KindlerMathias AnwandterAndrés FuenzalidaJose ZirpelAdrián HenríquezJaime ZarhiEsteban KrainzJuan Cristobal RodriguezThomas KannegiesserMartín RodríguezAlexis BerczelySebastián KapschFernando FernándezFernando BinderRaúl GarcésJan Christian RichterSven Richter

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