Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a sport open only to men. 15 teams played in the field hockey competition. The preliminary round was conducted by breaking the 15 teams into two groups of 7 and 8 teams. The groups then played a round-robin tournament with each team playing the other teams in the group once. 2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 for a loss. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals while the third and fourth played in
American football field Goal posts are padded at the base, and orange ribbons are normally placed at the tip of each upright. According to the high school rulebook recommendations, the field should be angled at approximately 1.2° (rising inch per foot, or 1 in 48) upward from each sideline to the center of the field so that the center is higher than the sidelines. American football field American football games are played on a rectangular "Field of Play" that measures long between goal lines, and () wide. In addition, there are end zones extending another past the goal lines to the "end lines",