Field hockey at the 2015 Pan American Games

Field hockey at the XVII Pan American Games
	Field hockey pictogram for the games
Venue	Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields
Dates	July 13–25, 2015
Competitors	256 from 10 nations
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Field hockey competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 13–25, at the Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields, which are located on the back campus of the University of Toronto.^[1]^[2] A total of eight men's and women's teams will compete in each respective tournament.^[3]

The winners of the two tournaments will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, granted they are not already qualified as a host or via the 2014–15 Hockey World League Semifinals.^[4]

Competition schedule

The Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields at the University of Toronto's back campus, was the venue for the field hockey competitions.

The following is the competition schedule for the field hockey competitions:^[5]

P	Preliminaries	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	3rd place play-off	F	Final

Event↓/Date →	Mon 13	Tue 14	Wed 15	Thu 16	Fri 17	Sat 18	Mon 20	Tue 21	Wed 22	Thu 23	Fri 24		Sat 25
Men		P		P		P		¼		½			B	F
Women	P		P		P		¼		½		B	F

Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	0	2
2	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
3	Canada (CAN)*	0	1	1	2
4	Chile (CHI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Argentina (ARG) Juan Manuel Vivaldi Gonzalo Peillat Juan Gilardi Pedro Ibarra Facundo Callioni Matías Paredes Joaquin Menini Lucas Vila Ignacio Ortiz Juan Martín López Nicolas Della Torre Isidoro Ibarra Matias Rey Manuel Brunet Agustin Mazzili Lucas Rossi	Canada (CAN) Brenden Bissett David Carter Taylor Curran Adam Froese Matthew Guest Gabriel Ho-Garcia David Jameson Gordon Johnston Ben Martin Devohn Noronha-Teixeira Sukhi Panesar Mark Pearson Matthew Sarmento Iain Smythe Scott Tupper Paul Wharton	Chile (CHI) Richardo Achondo Prada A. Berczely Fernando Binder Wiener Felipe Eggers Andres Fuenzalida Ignacio Gajardo Adrian Henriquez Thomas Kannegiesser Seba Kapsch Vicente Martin Tarud Fernando Renz Nicolas Renz Sven Richter Martin Rodriguez Ducaud Raimundo Valenzuela Jaime Zarhi
Women's tournament	United States (USA) Jaclyn Briggs Lauren Crandall Rachel Dawson Katelyn Falgowski Stefanie Fee Melissa Gonzalez Michelle Kasold Kelsey Kolojejchick Alyssa Manley Kathleen O'Donnell Julia Reinprecht Katherine Reinprecht Paige Selenski Michelle Vittese Jill Witmer Emily Wold	Argentina (ARG) Belén Succi Macarena Rodríguez Jimena Cedrés Martina Cavallero Delfina Merino Agustina Habif Florencia Habif Rocío Sánchez Moccia Agustina Albertario Luciana Molina Pilar Romang Paula Ortiz Noel Barrionuevo Julia Gomes Fantasia Josefina Sruoga Florencia Mutio	Canada (CAN) Thea Culley Kate Gillis Hannah Haughn Danielle Hennig Karli Johansen Shanlee Johnston Sara McManus Stephanie Norlander Abigail Raye Madeline Secco Natalie Sourisseau Brienne Stairs Holly Stewart Alex Thicke Kaitlyn Williams Amanda Woodcroft

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. The top two teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualifies teams in both events. The remaining three spots in each tournament will be given to the three best teams from the respective 2013 Pan American Cup that have yet to qualify. This will happen after the two qualification tournaments in 2014 are played. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (16 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 32 athletes.^[6]

Men

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2013 Men's Pan American Cup	August 10–17	Brampton, Canada	3	United States Mexico Brazil
2014 South American Games	March 8–16	Santiago, Chile	2	Argentina Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	November 16–24	Veracruz, Mexico	2	Cuba Trinidad and Tobago
Total			8

Women

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2013 Women's Pan American Cup	September 21–28	Mendoza, Argentina	3	United States Mexico Uruguay
2014 South American Games	March 9–16, 2014	Santiago	2	Argentina Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	November 15–23	Veracruz	2	Cuba Dominican Republic
Total			8

Participating nations

A total of ten countries have qualified field hockey teams.^[7] The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants qualified.

Argentina (32)
Brazil (16)
Canada (32)
Chile (32)
Cuba (32)
Dominican Republic (16)
Mexico (32)
Trinidad and Tobago (16)
United States (32)
Uruguay (16)

References

↑ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
↑ "Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
↑ "Field Hockey". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
↑ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Field hockey" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
↑ "Qualification System Field hockey" (PDF). panamhockey.org/. TO2015. December 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
↑ "PAHF announces teams qualified for 2015 Pan American Games". panamhockey.org/. Pan American Hockey Federation. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.

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[1] "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

[2] "Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[3] "Field Hockey". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

[4] "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Field hockey" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[5] "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

[6] "Qualification System Field hockey" (PDF). panamhockey.org/. TO2015. December 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[7] "PAHF announces teams qualified for 2015 Pan American Games". panamhockey.org/. Pan American Hockey Federation. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.