2024 Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers explained

Tournament:2024 Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
Country:India
Country2:Spain
Dates:13–20 January
Venues:2
Cities:2
Teams:16
Confederations:4
Matches:40
Goals:152
Top Scorer: Ambre Ballenghien
Top Scorer Goals:9
Previous Year:2019
Previous Tournament:2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers
Next Year:2028

The 2024 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers was the final stage of the qualification for the women's field hockey event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It was held in Ranchi, India and Valencia, Spain between 13 and 20 January 2024.[1]

Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Spain and the United States qualified for the Olympics.[2] [3] [4]

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.[5]

Qualified teams

QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified team
2023 EuroHockey Championship II30 July – 5 August 2023 Prague2
2023 Oceania Cup10–13 August 2023 Whangārei1
2023 EuroHockey Championship18–26 August 2023 Mönchengladbach6




2022 Asian Games25 September − 7 October 2023 Hangzhou4


2023 Pan American Games26 October – 4 November 2023 Santiago3

Total16

Squads

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

Tournament 1

Tournament:2024 Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers India
Country:India
City:Ranchi
Dates:13–19 January
Venues:Jaipal Singh Stadium
Teams:8
Confederations:4
Matches:20
Goals:63
Top Scorer: Jette Fleschütz
Charlotte Stapenhorst
Sonja Zimmermann
Top Scorer Goals:4
Best Player: Nike Lorenz
Goalkeeper: Kelsey Bing
Young Player: Deepika

The tournament was held at the Jaipal Singh Stadium in Ranchi, India from 13 to 19 January 2024.[6] Germany defeated the United States 2–0 in the final as they both qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Japan defeated the hosts India 1–0 and sealed the third and last qualifying spot in Ranchi.[3]

Teams

All times are local (UTC+5:30).

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

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award Player
Best player Nike Lorenz
Top scorers Charlotte Stapenhorst
Sonja Zimmermann
Jette Fleschütz
Best goalkeeper Kelsey Bing
Best junior player Deepika

Goalscorers

Tournament 2

Tournament:2024 Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Spain
Country:Spain
City:Valencia
Dates:13–20 January
Venues:Estadio Beteró
Teams:8
Confederations:3
Matches:20
Goals:89
Top Scorer: Ambre Ballenghien
Top Scorer Goals:9
Best Player: Barbara Nelen
Goalkeeper: Ayeisha McFerran
Young Player: Camille Belis

The tournament was held at the Estadio Beteró in Valencia, Spain from 13 to 20 January 2024. Belgium defeated the hosts Spain 2–1 in the final as they both qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Great Britain defeated Ireland 2–1 and sealed the last qualifying spot in Valencia.[4]

Preliminary round

Pool A

All times are local (UTC+1).

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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

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award Player
Best player Barbara Nelen
Top scorer Ambre Ballenghien
Best goalkeeper Ayeisha McFerran
Best junior player Camille Belis

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: USA, Spain, Germany and Belgium women book tickets to Paris at Olympic qualifiers. International Olympic Committee. 18 January 2024. 18 January 2024.
  3. News: Defending Olympic champions Belgium qualify for Paris along with Spanish men and Japanese women. International Olympic Committee. 19 January 2024. 19 January 2024.
  4. News: World champions Germany and GB men & women achieve Olympic qualification. International Olympic Committee. 20 January 2024. 20 January 2024.
  5. News: FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024: Pools Revealed. fih.hockey. 5 November 2023. 5 November 2023.
  6. News: FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers: who plays whom in the group stage?. fih.hockey. 7 November 2023. 7 November 2023.