Field_hockey_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_qualification
Twelve teams qualified for the men's field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
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| Event | Dates | Location(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | — | 1 |  Japan |
| 2018 Asian Games | 19 August – 1 September 2018 |  Jakarta |
– | –A |
| 2019 Pan American Games | 30 July – 10 August 2019 |  Lima |
1 |  Argentina |
| 2019 African Olympic Qualifier | 12 – 18 August 2019 |  Stellenbosch |
1 | South Africa |
| 2019 EuroHockey Championship | 16 – 24 August 2019 |  Antwerp |
1 | Belgium |
| 2019 Oceania Cup | 5 – 8 September 2019 |  Rockhampton |
1 | Australia |
| 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers | 25 October – 3 November 2019 | Various | 7 |  Canada Germany Great Britain India Netherlands New Zealand Spain |
| Total | 12 | |||
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Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament
The champion of the men's field hockey tournament at the 2018 Asian Games qualifies for the Olympics. If Japan is the winner, the quota place is added to the qualification events rather than going to the runner-up.[2]
Qualified teams
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| Event | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | 19 September 2014 |  Incheon |
1 | Indonesia |
| Qualified automatically via 2014 Asian Games | 20 September – 2 October 2014 | Incheon |
5 | India Pakistan South Korea Malaysia China Japan |
| Asian Games Qualifiers | 8–17 March 2018 |  Muscat |
4 | Oman Bangladesh Sri Lanka Thailand Chinese Taipei |
| Reallocation | — | — | 2 |  Kazakhstan Hong Kong |
| Total | 12 | |||
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Preliminary round
Pool A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 3 | +73 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Japan |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 12 | |
| 3 | South Korea |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 8 | +31 | 9 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Sri Lanka |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 41 | −34 | 6 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Indonesia (H) |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 40 | −35 | 3 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Hong Kong |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 57 | −54 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
Pool B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | +44 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malaysia |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 6 | +35 | 12 | |
| 3 | Bangladesh |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 9 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Oman |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 6 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Thailand |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 3 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Kazakhstan |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 45 | −40 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
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Final round
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 30 August | ||||||
| India | 2 (6) | |||||
| 1 September | ||||||
| Malaysia (p.s.o.) | 2 (7) | |||||
| Malaysia | 6 (1) | |||||
| 30 August | ||||||
| Japan (p.s.o.) | 6 (3) | |||||
| Pakistan | 0 | |||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 1 September | ||||||
| India | 2 | |||||
| Pakistan | 1 | |||||
Final standings
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| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
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Japan |
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Malaysia |
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India |
| 4 | Pakistan |
| 5 | South Korea |
| 6 | Bangladesh |
| 7 | Oman |
| 8 | Sri Lanka |
| 9 | Thailand |
| 10 | Indonesia |
| 11 | Kazakhstan |
| 12 | Hong Kong |
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Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics as hosts
Qualified teams
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| Event | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Peru |
| 2018 South American Games | 29 May – 6 June |  Cochabamba |
2 | Argentina Chile |
| 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | 21–29 July |  Barranquilla |
2 |  Cuba Mexico |
| 2017 Men's Pan American Cup | 4–12 August |  Lancaster |
3 | Canada United States Trinidad and Tobago |
| Total | 8 | |||
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- A playoff was not necessary, as Canada and the United States were the top two teams not qualified from the 2017 Men's Pan American Cup.
Preliminary round
Pool A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Chile |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Cuba |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 3 | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
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Source: FIH
Pool B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United States |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 6 | |
| 3 | Mexico |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Peru (H) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 38 | −35 | 0 |
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Classification round
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 5 August | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 14 | |||||||||
| 8 August | ||||||||||
| Peru | 1 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 5 | |||||||||
| 5 August | ||||||||||
| United States | 0 | |||||||||
| Cuba | 1 | |||||||||
| 10 August | ||||||||||
| United States | 5 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 5 | |||||||||
| 5 August | ||||||||||
| Canada | 2 | |||||||||
| Chile | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 August | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||||||
| Chile | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 August | ||||||||||
| Canada | 3 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | |||||||||
| 10 August | ||||||||||
| Canada | 5 | |||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| Chile | 1 | |||||||||
Final standings
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| Pos | Team | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina |
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| 2 | Canada |
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| 3 | United States | |
| 4 | Chile | |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 6 | Cuba | |
| 7 | Mexico | |
| 8 | Peru (H) |
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Main article: 2019 Men's African Olympic Qualifier
Teams
The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament FIH World Rankings, were expected to participate in the tournament.[4] Nigeria and Uganda withdrew before the tournament.
Pool
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa (H) |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 15 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 |  Egypt |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 12 | |
| 3 |  Ghana |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 9 | |
| 4 |  Zimbabwe |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Kenya |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 3 | |
| 6 |  Namibia |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 1 |
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Main article: 2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
Qualified teams
The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[6]
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| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2016 | Host | 1 | Belgium (2) | |
| 19–27 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 5 | Netherlands (3)  England (6) Germany (7) Spain (9) Ireland (11) |
| 6–12 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship II | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 |  Scotland (21) Wales (25) |
| Total | 8 | |||
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Preliminary round
Pool A
Pool B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ireland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | Pool C |
| 4 | Scotland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 1 |
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Final round
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 22 August | ||||||
| Belgium | 4 | |||||
| 24 August | ||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||
| Belgium | 5 | |||||
| 22 August | ||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 24 August | ||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||
| Netherlands | 4 | |||||
Final ranking
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Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II
Main article: 2019 Men's Oceania Cup
Pool
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
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Main article: 2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers
Originally, twelve teams were to take part in the Olympic qualifying events. These teams were to be drawn into six pairs; each pair playing a two-match, aggregate score series. The winner of each series qualifies for the Olympics. As Japan won the 2018 Asian Games (thereby qualifying twice, once as host and once as Asian champions), there will instead be 14 teams, 7 of whom will qualify.[2]
Qualification
The participating teams were confirmed on 29 August 2019 by the International Hockey Federation.[9]
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| Dates | Event(s) | Location | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 January – 30 June 2019 | 2019 FIH Pro League | 2 | Australia Belgium Great Britain Netherlands | |
| 26 April – 4 May 2019 | 2018–19 FIH Series Finals | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 2 | Canada Malaysia |
| 6–15 June 2019 | Bhubaneswar, India | 1 | India South Africa | |
| 15–23 June 2019 | Le Touquet, France | 2 |  France Ireland | |
| 8 September 2019 | FIH World Rankings | 7 |  Austria Egypt Germany New Zealand Pakistan Russia South Korea Spain | |
| Total | 14 | |||
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Matches
The draw for the final seven qualification ties was held on 9 September 2019. The ties will be played over two legs, both in the home team's venue.
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
6–5 | France |
3–3 | 3–2 |
| Netherlands |
10–5 | Pakistan |
4–4 | 6–1 |
| Canada |
6–6 (5–4 p.s.o.) |
Ireland |
3–5 | 3–1 |
| India |
11–3 | Russia |
4–2 | 7–1 |
| New Zealand |
6–2 | South Korea |
3–2 | 3–0 |
| Germany |
10–3 | Austria |
5–0 | 5–3 |
| Great Britain |
9–3 | Malaysia |
4–1 | 5–2 |
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- Australia, Belgium, and South Africa already qualified directly for the 2020 Summer Olympics by winning their continental championship so they were replaced by the highest ranked teams not already qualified.
- "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- "Tokyo 2020 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- "Tournament Regulations: Outdoor Competitions" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. January 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- "FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers: draw live on 9 September". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.