2018–19 Men's Hockey Series
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 53 (from 5 confederations) | ||
| Venue(s) | 11 (in 11 host cities) | ||
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The 2018–19 Men's Hockey Series will be the inaugural season of the Hockey Series, a field hockey championship for men's national teams. The tournament will start in June 2018 and finish in November 2019.[1]
The Hockey Series is open to national teams that are not playing in the Hockey Pro League.
The Hockey Series takes place in two rounds, the Open and the Finals. The nine highest ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings (as of 9 June 2017) skip the Open and advance directly to the Finals. All other national teams play in the Hockey Series Open, which features eight regional events with up to six teams each. Fifteen teams will qualify from the Hockey Series Open to the Hockey Series Finals, for a total of 24 teams in the Finals. Those teams will play in three events, with eight teams per event (three automatic qualifiers and five that advanced from the Open).[2]
The top two placed teams in each of the Finals events will qualify for the Olympic qualification events.[3] In this qualification event, they will be joined by the top four placed teams from the Pro League, and the two highest ranked teams not already qualified. The teams will be drawn and play a two-legged tie to determine six qualified nations for the Olympic Games.
Schedule
Hockey Series Open
| Dates | Location | Teams | Hockey Series Finals quotas |
Hockey Series Finals qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–10 June 2018 | Salamanca, Mexico |      |
2 | |
| 23 June – 1 July 2018 | Singapore |       |
2 | |
| 25–30 June 2018 | Zagreb, Croatia |     .svg.png){kind=small} |
2 | |
| 15–18 August 2018 | Port Vila, Vanuatu |     |
1 | |
| 28 August – 2 September 2018 | Gniezno, Poland |       |
2 | |
| 4–9 September 2018 | Lousada, Portugal |       |
2 | |
| 18–23 September 2018 | Santiago, Chile |       |
2 | |
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Cancelled[4] | |||
| Total | 15 | |||
Hockey Series Finals
- Qualified teams
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| TBD | TBD | |
| Dates | Location | Teams Qualified | Olympic Qualification Events Quotas |
Olympic Qualification Event Qualifiers | |
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| By Ranking | From Hockey Series Open | ||||
| 23 April–1 May 2019 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
2 | ||
| 15–23 June 2019 | Le Touquet, France | |
2 | ||
| 2 | |||||
References
- ↑ "Pakistan and Vanuatu to host Hockey Series Open events". FIH.ch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ↑ Hockey Series Q&A
- ↑ Olympic qualification system
- ↑ "International hockey teams refuse to play in Pakistan". arysports.tv. 20 September 2018.