Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
	men	women
Tournament
	men	women
Squads
	men	women

Twelve teams qualify for the men's field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. In addition, the remaining six nations will be determined by an Olympic qualification event.^[1]

Table

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier
7 September 2013	Host	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1	Japan
19 August – 1 September 2018	2018 Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	–	—A
30 July – 10 August 2019	2019 Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	1
16 – 25 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Antwerp, Belgium	1
1 – 8 September 2019	2019 Oceania Cup	Rockhampton, Australia	1
2019	2019 African Qualifying Tournament		1
2019	Olympic qualification event		7
Total			12

^A – Japan qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota is added to the qualification events rather than going to the runner-up of the tournament.^[1]

2018 Asian Games

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.^[1]

Qualified teams

Means of qualification	Dates	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host country	19 September 2014	Incheon, South Korea	1	Indonesia
Qualified automatically via 2014 Asian Games	20 September–2 October 2014	Incheon, South Korea	6 5	India
				Pakistan
				South Korea
				Malaysia
				China
				Japan
Asian Games Qualifiers	8–17 March 2018	Muscat, Oman	5 4	Oman
				Bangladesh
				Sri Lanka
				Thailand
				Chinese Taipei
Reallocation			2	Kazakhstan  Hong Kong
Total			12

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	5	5	0	0	76	3	+73	15	Semifinals
2	Japan	5	4	0	1	30	11	+19	12
3	South Korea	5	3	0	2	39	8	+31	9	5th place game
4	Sri Lanka	5	2	0	3	7	41	−34	6	7th place game
5	Indonesia (H)	5	1	0	4	5	40	−35	3	9th place game
6	Hong Kong	5	0	0	5	3	57	−54	0	11th place game

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Host.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	5	5	0	0	45	1	+44	15	Semifinals
2	Malaysia	5	4	0	1	41	6	+35	12
3	Bangladesh	5	3	0	2	11	15	−4	9	5th place game
4	Oman	5	2	0	3	7	19	−12	6	7th place game
5	Thailand	5	1	0	4	4	27	−23	3	9th place game
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	5	45	−40	0	11th place game

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[2]

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal game
	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 game
					1 September
					India	2
					Pakistan	1

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Japan
	Malaysia
	India
4	Pakistan
5	South Korea
6	Bangladesh
7	Oman
8	Sri Lanka
9	Thailand
10	Indonesia
11	Kazakhstan
12	Hong Kong

2019 Pan American Games

Qualified teams

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	N/A	N/A	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

2019 EuroHockey Nations Championship

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
15 June 2016	Host		1	Belgium
19 - 27 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Championship	Amstelveen, Netherlands	5	Netherlands  England  Germany  Spain  Ireland
6 - 12 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Championship II	Glasgow, Scotland	2	Scotland  Wales
Total			8

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semifinals
2	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Transferred to Pool C
4	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 16 August 2019. Source: Belfius EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]
(H) Host.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semifinals
2	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Transferred to Pool C
4	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 17 August 2019. Source: Belfius EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

Final ranking

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8

Olympic qualifying events

Twelve teams will take part in the Olympic qualifying events. These teams will be drawn into six pairs; each pair will play a two-match, aggregate score series. The winner of each series qualifies for the Olympics. If Japan wins the 2018 Asian Games, there will instead be 14 teams.^[1]

References