2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers explained

Tournament:2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
Country:Oman
Country2:Spain
Dates:13–21 January
Venues:2
Cities:2
Teams:16
Confederations:5
Previous Year:2019
Previous Tournament:2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers
Next Year:2028

The 2024 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers was the final stage of the qualification for the men's field hockey event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It was held in Muscat, Oman and Valencia, Spain between 13 and 21 January 2024.[1]

Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand and Spain qualified for the Olympics.[2] [3]

Format

Teams not qualifying from the continental qualification tournament were participating in this tournament according to the respective spots received by the FIH. The 16 teams were split into two eight-team tournaments. In each tournament the eight teams were divided into two four-team pools. After the round-robin stage the top two teams advanced to the semifinals. The top three teams of each tournament qualified for the Olympics.[4]

Qualified teams

QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified team
2023 EuroHockey Championship II23–29 July 2023 Dublin2
2023 Oceania Cup10–13 August 2023 Whangārei1
2023 EuroHockey Championship19–27 August 2023 Mönchengladbach5



2022 Asian Games24 September − 6 October 2023 Hangzhou5



2023 Pan American Games25 October – 3 November 2023 Santiago2
2023 African Olympic Qualifier[5] 29 October – 5 November 2023 Pretoria1
Total16

Squads

See main article: 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers squads.

Tournament 1

Tournament:2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Oman
Country:Oman
City:Muscat
Dates:15–21 January
Venues:Hockey Oman
Teams:8
Confederations:4
Matches:20
Goals:89
Top Scorer: Sam Ward
Top Scorer Goals:8

The tournament was held in Muscat, Oman from 15 to 21 January 2024.[6]

Teams

All times are local (UTC+4).

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Crossover

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Fifth and sixth place

Medal round

Semi-finals

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Final

Final standings

Goalscorers

Tournament 2

Tournament:2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Spain
Country:Spain
City:Valencia
Dates:13–21 January
Venues:Estadio Betero
Teams:8
Confederations:3
Matches:20
Goals:116
Top Scorer: Tom Boon
Top Scorer Goals:7

The tournament was held in Valencia, Spain from 13 to 21 January 2024.

Teams

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Crossover

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Fifth and sixth place

Medal round

Semi-finals

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Final

Final standings

Goalscorers

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Sean. McAlister. How to qualify for hockey at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained. International Olympic Committee. 12 December 2022. 11 February 2023.
  2. News: Defending Olympic champions Belgium qualify for Paris along with Spanish men and Japanese women. International Olympic Committee. 19 January 2024. 19 January 2024.
  3. News: World champions Germany and GB men & women achieve Olympic qualification. International Olympic Committee. 20 January 2024. 20 January 2024.
  4. News: FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024: Pools Revealed. fih.hockey. 5 November 2023. 5 November 2023.
  5. africanhockeyfederation . CsRUTEqRzsB . 15 May 2023: Revised AfHF 2023 Events Roadmap New hosts & dates announced. . 15 May 2023.
  6. News: FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers: who plays whom in the group stage?. fih.hockey. 7 November 2023. 7 November 2023.