Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Twelve teams qualified for the women's field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. In addition, the remaining six nations will be determined by an Olympic qualification event. As hosts Japan also won the Asian Games title, a seventh quota place was added to the Olympic qualification event.

Table

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Event	Dates	Location(s)	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation	—	—	1	Japan
2018 Asian Games	19 August – 1 September 2018	Jakarta	–	–1
2019 Pan American Games	29 July – 9 August 2019	Lima	1	Argentina
2019 African Olympic Qualifier	12 – 18 August 2019	Stellenbosch	1	South Africa
2019 EuroHockey Championship	17 – 25 August 2019	Antwerp	1	Netherlands
2019 Oceania Cup	5 – 8 September 2019	Rockhampton	1	New Zealand
2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers	25 October – 3 November 2019	Various	7	Australia China Germany Great Britain India Ireland Spain
Total			12

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2018 Asian Games

Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament

The champion of the women's field hockey tournament at the 2018 Asian Games qualifies for the Olympics. If Japan is the winner, the quota place is added to the qualification events rather than going to the runner-up.

Qualified teams

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Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Final round

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Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Japan
	India
	China
4	South Korea
5	Malaysia
6	Thailand
7	Indonesia
8	Chinese Taipei
9	Hong Kong
10	Kazakhstan

2019 Pan American Games

Main article: Field hockey at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Qualified teams

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Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

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2019 African Olympic Qualifier

Main article: 2019 Women's African Olympic Qualifier

Teams

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Pool

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2019 EuroHockey Championship

Main article: 2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship

Qualified teams

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Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Final round

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Final ranking

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2019 Oceania Cup

Main article: 2019 Women's Oceania Cup

Pool

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Olympic qualifying events

Main article: 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers

Originally, twelve teams were to take part in the Olympic Qualifiers. 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 were 14 teams, seven of whom qualified.

Qualification

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Matches

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See also

• Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification