Afghanistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Afghanistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, after having missed the 1952 Games in Helsinki. They only sent a team of 12 to compete in the field hockey, of which six of the competitors competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]

Afghanistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AFG
NOC	Afghanistan National Olympic Committee
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Field Hockey

Squad

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
		Ahmad Shah Abouwi			?		3	0
		Noor Ullah Nuristani			?		3	0
		Ramazan Nuristani			?		2	0
		Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal			?		3	2
		Ghazi Salah-ud-Din			?		2	0
		Abdul Kadir Nuristani			?		3	0
		Din Mohammad Nuristani			?		3	0
		Jahan Gulam Nuristani			?		3	2
		Mohammad Amin Nuristani			?		2	0
		Mohammad Anis Sherzai			?		3	0
		Mohammad Yahya Najem			?		3	1
		Khan Nasrullah Totakhail			?		3	0

Group A

November 26, 14:30 India  14–0 (3–0)  Afghanistan

November 28, 11:30 Singapore 5–0 (4–0)  Afghanistan

November 30, 14:30  Afghanistan 5–1 (2–1)  United States

Group standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
India	3	3	0	0	36	0	6
Singapore	3	2	0	1	11	7	4
Afghanistan	3	1	0	2	5	20	2
United States	3	0	0	3	2	27	0

• India advanced to the semi-finals.

References

• The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 (PDF). Melbourne, Australia: W.M. Houston, Government Printer. 1958. pp. 500–511. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-01-29.

1. "Players". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 Aug 2013.