The women's qualification for the Olympic field hockey tournament takes place between December 2025 and March 2028, allocating twelve teams for the final tournament. All five FIH (International Hockey Federation) zones are expected to have a continental representation in the Olympic field hockey event.
The host nation, the United States, received a direct quota place in the women's tournament after having attained the top twenty-five spot or higher in the FIH world ranking list.
Method Twelve teams will participate in the women's field hockey tournament, with each National Olympic Committee (NOC) sending a roster of sixteen players and three (including one goalkeeper) substitutes.
Host nation As the host nation, the United States received a direct quota place in the women's tournament after having attained the top twenty-five spot or higher in the FIH world ranking list. If the American hockey players had won the 2027 Pan American Games, the number of places in two wildcard tournaments would have risen to five, with the remaining spot offered to the highest-ranked of the two bronze medal winners.
FIH Pro League The winners of the Season 7 (2025–26 edition) and the Season 8 (2026–27 edition) secure a quota place for their respective NOC. Should the same team win both seasons, the runner-up of the Season 8 would take the spot.
Continental qualification The winners from each of the five confederation zones (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) in their respective tournaments listed below secured a quota place for their respective NOC: Africa – 2027 African Olympic Qualifier Americas – 2027 Pan American Games Asia – 2026 Asian Games Europe – 2027 EuroHockey Championship Oceania – 2027 Oceania Cup
Qualification via the wild card tournament The remaining third of the total quota was attributed to the eight-team field through each of the two separate FIH Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQTs), held in March 2028. The top two eligible NOCs at the end of each tournament secured the berths to complete the twelve-team field for Los Angeles 2028. If the host nation, the United States, had won the 2027 Pan American Games, a fifth spot would have been available in the OQTs to be eventually awarded to the highest-ranked of the two bronze medal winners at midnight on the final day of the second tournament.
The teams based on the continental quotas, determined by the number of NOCs from each continent within the top 24 of the FIH world ranking list, were eligible to participate in each of the two OQTs. From these quotas, eight nations already qualified for Los Angeles were removed from the list, leaving the remainder to be filled by the highest-ranked eligible NOCs in each of the continental meets.
Qualified teams QualificationDateHost/CountryBerthsQualified teamHost countrycolspan=2 12025–26 FIH Pro League9 December 2025 – 28 June 2026Various12026 Asian Games18 September – 3 October 2026 Kakamigahara12026–27 FIH Pro League8 December 2026 – 20 June 2027Various12027 Pan American Games27 July – 6 August 2027 Lima12027 EuroHockey Championship28 July – 8 August 2027 London12027 Oceania CupSeptember 2027 (TBC) TBC12027 African Olympic QualifierTBCTBC12028 FIH Hockey Olympic QualifiersMarch 2028 (TBC)TBC2TBC2Total12
2025–26 FIH Pro League
Final standings
2026–27 FIH Pro League
2026 Asian Games
Final standings
2027 Pan American Games
2027 EuroHockey Championships
2027 Oceania Cup
2027 African Olympic Qualifier
FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
Qualified teams QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified team2026 Asian Games18 September – 2 October 2026 Kakamigahara3/42027 Pan American Games27 July – 6 August 2027 Lima2/3/42027 EuroHockey Championship28 July – 8 August 2027 London8/92027 Oceania CupSeptember 2027 TBC0/1Total16
See also Field hockey at the 2028 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
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