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Afghanistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics 
Summary
Afghanistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, after having missed the 1952 Games in Helsinki. They only sent a team of 12 players to compete in the field hockey. Six of these players had also competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Afghanistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | AFG |
| NOC | Afghanistan National Olympic Committee |
| in Melbourne/Stockholm | |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Field Hockey edit
Squad edit
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
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| 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 edit
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- Group standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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 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 edit
- 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.
- ^ "Players". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 Aug 2013.