The Men's field hockey Qualifying Tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics were qualification tournaments to determine the final three spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournaments, which involved 18 teams divided into three groups, with three separate qualifying tournaments, were held in New Zealand, Chile and Japan, at different times in 2008. Only the winners of each qualifying tournament earned a berth in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Teams Below is the list of 18 teams who participated in these qualifying tournaments:

DateEventLocationQuotasQualifier(s)4–14 December 20062006 Asian GamesDoha, Qatar3 14–22 July 20072007 African Olympic QualifierNairobi, Kenya015–25 July 20072007 Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil3 19–26 August 20072007 EuroHockey ChampionshipManchester, England4 9–16 September 20072007 EuroHockey Nations TrophyLisbon, Portugal3 11–16 September 20072007 Oceania CupBuderim, Australia1

In addition, International Hockey Federation also named four reserve teams after four of the above teams are failed to make it in this qualifying tournament, two of them already confirmed to be in the reserve list:

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Qualifying 1

Pool

Results All times are New Zealand Summer Time (UTC+13)

Fifth and sixth

Third and fourth

Final

Awards Fair Play TrophyBest GoalkeeperTop GoalscorerBest Player Juan Manuel Vivaldi Mark Gleghorne Blair Hopping

Final standings Rank Team456

Qualified for the Summer Olympics

Qualifying 2

Pool

Results All times are Chile Summer Time (UTC-3)

Fifth and sixth

Third and fourth

Final

Awards Best PlayerBest GoalkeeperTop GoalscorerFair Play Trophy Prabhjot Singh Moises Alejandro Vargas Garcia Felipe Montegu

Final standings Rank Team456

Qualified for the Summer Olympics

Qualifying 3

Pool

Results

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Fifth and sixth

Third and fourth

Final

Awards Top GoalscorerBest PlayerBest GoalkeeperFair Play Trophy Christopher Zeller Timo Weß Kumar Subramaniam

Final standings Rank Team456

Qualified for the Summer Olympics

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