Tournament: | 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers |
Dates: | 25 October – 3 November |
Venues: | 7 |
Cities: | 7 |
Teams: | 14 |
Confederations: | 4 |
Matches: | 14 |
Goals: | 46 |
Top Scorer: | Emily Chalker |
Top Scorer Goals: | 3 |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Next Tournament: | 2024 Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers |
The 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers was the final stage of the qualification for the women's field hockey event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was held in October and November 2019.
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 qualified for the Olympics. As Japan won the 2018 Asian Games (thereby qualifying twice, once as host and once as Asian champions), there instead were 14 teams, seven of whom qualified.[1] The seven Olympic qualifiers each featured two nations playing two back-to-back matches, with nations drawn to play each other based on their rankings at the end of the 2018 / 2019 Continental Championships. The qualifiers were held in October and November 2019 with the matches hosted by the higher-ranked of the two competing nations.[2]
The participating teams were confirmed on 29 August 2019 by the International Hockey Federation.[3]
Dates | Event(s) | Location | Quota | Qualifier(s) | |
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26 January – 29 June 2019 | 2019 FIH Pro League | 2 | |||
8–16 June 2019 | 2018–19 FIH Series Finals | Banbridge | 2 | ||
15–23 June 2019 | Hiroshima | 1 | |||
19–27 June 2019 | Valencia | 2 | |||
8 September 2019 | FIH World Rankings | 7 | |||
Total | 14 |
The seeding was announced on 8 September 2019.[3] [4]
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The first legs were played on 25 October or 1 and 2 November 2019, and the second legs on 26 October or 2 and 3 November 2019.[5]
Australia won 9–2 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. China won 2–1 after penalty-shootout.----Spain won 4–1 on aggregate.----India won 6–5 on aggregate.----Germany won 9–0 on aggregate.----Great Britain won 5–1 on aggregate.----0–0 on aggregate. Ireland won 4–3 after penalty-shootout.