| Tournament: | Women's field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
| Size: | 150px |
| Country: | Brazil |
| City: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Dates: | 6–19 August 2016 |
| Venues: | Olympic Hockey Centre |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 38 |
| Goals: | 129 |
| Top Scorer: |  Alex DansonMaartje Paumen  Katie Bam |
| Top Scorer Goals: | 5 |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Previous Tournament: | Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Next Tournament: | Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament |
The women's field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the tenth edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympics. It took place over a fourteen-day period beginning on 6 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 19 August. All games were played at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Great Britain won the gold medal for the first time after defeating defending champions the Netherlands 2–0 on a penalty shoot-out after a 3–3 draw.[1] Germany won the bronze medal by defeating New Zealand 2–1.[2]
The medals for the tournament were presented by Barry Maister, New Zealand; Camiel Eurlings, Netherlands; and Nicole Hoevertsz, Aruba; members of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Pam Elgar and Marijke Fleuren, executive board members of the International Hockey Federation and Leandro Negre, president of the International Hockey Federation.
The match schedule of the women's tournament was unveiled on 27 April 2016.[3] [4]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | ||
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| G | G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||
The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.
See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. Each of the continental champions from five confederations receive an automatic berth. The host nation didn't qualify as they didn't place higher than fortieth in the FIH World Rankings by the end of 2014 nor finished no worse than seventh at the 2015 Pan American Games (they didn't even qualify for that tournament). This restriction was decided between the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to the standard of field hockey in Brazil. In addition to the seven highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament.[5]
See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads.
All times are local (UTC−3).
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The medallists were:
| Medal | Name |
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| Netherlands women's national field hockey team | |
| Germany women's national field hockey team | |