Field hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games explained

The field hockey tournament at the 2003 Pan American Games was held in the Santo Domingo Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 1–17, 2003. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. First place received a ticket for the Olympic tournament. The men competed for the tenth time at the Pan Americans, the women for the fifth time.

Medal summary

Events

Men
Women

Qualification

A total of eight men's and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The eight quotas in both the men's and women's tournaments were the same, consisting of the following:

• Host nation.
• Defending champions.
• Top two placed teams at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
• Highest placed team at the men's and women's South American Championship, not already qualified.
• The three remaining quotas were awarded to the highest placed teams from the men's and women's Pan American Cups.

Each nation was entitled to enter 16 athletes per team, for a total of 256 athletes across both competitions.

Men's Qualification

The qualification route for the men's tournament is as follows.^[1]

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation
24 July – 4 August 1999	1999 Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada
22 June – 2 July 2000	2000 Pan American Cup	Havana, Cuba
23 November – 3 December 2002	2002 CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador
16–23 March 2003	2003 South American Championship	Santiago, Chile

Women's Qualification

The qualification route for the women's tournament is as follows.^[2]

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation
24 July – 4 August 1999	1999 Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada
8–18 March 2001	2001 Pan American Cup	Kingston, Jamaica
23 November – 3 December 2002	2002 CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador
16–23 March 2003	2003 South American Championship	Santiago, Chile

Men's competition

See main article: Field hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's tournament.

The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a classification round.

Preliminary round

Pool B

Medal round

Women's competition

See main article: Field hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's tournament.

The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a classification round.

Preliminary round

Pool B

Medal round

External links

• Official website (women)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2003 Pan American Games – Men . . panamhockey.org . 2 July 2020 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924063930/http://www.panamhockey.org/eng/compet/2003mpanam.htm . dead .
2. Web site: 2003 Pan American Games – Women . . panamhockey.org . 2 July 2020.