The 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers was the final stage of the qualification for the women's field hockey event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was held in October and November 2019.
Format Originally, twelve teams were to take part in the Olympic qualifying events. These teams were to be drawn into six pairs; each pair playing a two-match, aggregate score series. The winner of each series qualified for the Olympics. As Japan won the 2018 Asian Games (thereby qualifying twice, once as host and once as Asian champions), there instead were 14 teams, seven of whom qualified. The seven Olympic qualifiers each featured two nations playing two back-to-back matches, with nations drawn to play each other based on their rankings at the end of the 2018 / 2019 Continental Championships. The qualifiers were held in October and November 2019 with the matches hosted by the higher-ranked of the two competing nations.
Qualification
The participating teams were confirmed on 29 August 2019 by the International Hockey Federation.
DatesEvent(s)LocationQuotaQualifier(s)26 January – 29 June 20192019 FIH Pro League28–16 June 20192018–19 FIH Series Finals Banbridge215–23 June 2019 Hiroshima119–27 June 2019 Valencia28 September 2019FIH World Rankings7Total14
Seeding The seeding was announced on 8 September 2019. +Pot 1 (Host teams)TeamRank245+Pot 2 (Host teams)TeamRank78910+Pot 3 (Away teams)TeamRank11121315+Pot 4 (Away teams)TeamRank171819
Overview The first legs were played on 25 October or 1 and 2 November 2019, and the second legs on 26 October or 2 and 3 November 2019.
Matches
Australia won 9–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. China won 2–1 after penalty-shootout.
Spain won 4–1 on aggregate.
India won 6–5 on aggregate.
Germany won 9–0 on aggregate.
Great Britain won 5–1 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate. Ireland won 4–3 after penalty-shootout.
Goalscorers
See also 2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers
Notes
References
External links International Hockey Federation