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Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification facts for kids

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The men's qualification for the Olympic field hockey tournament occurred between August 2023 and January 2024, allocating twelve teams for the final tournament. All five FIH (International Hockey Federation) zones were expected to have a continental representation in the Olympic field hockey event.

The host nation France received a direct quota place in the men's tournament after having attained the top twenty-five spot or higher in the FIH world ranking list. The remaining half of the field will attribute the quota places to the top three teams in each of the two separate FIH Olympic qualifying tournaments.

Method

Twelve teams will participate in the men's field hockey tournament, with each NOC sending a roster of sixteen players and two substitutes.

Host nation

As the host nation, France received a direct quota place in the men's tournament after having attained the top twenty-five spot or higher in the FIH world ranking list. If the French hockey players had won the 2023 EuroHockey Championships, the number of places in two wildcard tournaments would have risen to seven, with the remaining spot offered to the highest-ranked of the two bronze medal losers.

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:

Qualification via the wild card tournament

The remaining half of the total quota was attributed to the eight-team field through each of the two separate FIH Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQTs), held in January 2024. The top three eligible NOCs at the end of each tournament secured the berths to complete the twelve-team field for Paris 2024. If the host nation France had won the 2023 EuroHockey Championships, a seventh spot would have been available in the OQTs to be eventually awarded to the highest-ranked of the two bronze medal losers 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 22 of the FIH world ranking list, were eligible to participate in each of the two OQTs. From these quotas, six nations (the host nation France and five continental winners) qualified for Paris were removed from the list, leaving the remainder to be filled by the highest-ranked eligible NOCs in each of the continental meets.

On 28 September 2023, the FIH announced that Oman would host a qualification tournament instead of Pakistan.

Qualified teams

Qualification Date Host/Country Berths Qualified team
Host country N/A 1  France
2023 Oceania Cup 10–13 August 2023 Whangārei 1  Australia
2023 EuroHockey Championship 19–27 August 2023 Mönchengladbach 1  Netherlands
2022 Asian Games 24 September − 6 October 2023 Hangzhou 1  India
2023 Pan American Games 25 October – 3 November 2023 Santiago 1  Argentina
2023 African Olympic Qualifier 29 October – 5 November 2023 Pretoria 1  South Africa
2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 13–21 January 2024 Valencia 3  Belgium
 Spain
 Ireland
Muscat 3  Germany
 Great Britain
 New Zealand
Total 12

2023 Oceania Cup

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.

2023 EuroHockey Championships

Qualified teams

Along with the host nation Germany, the top three teams at the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the four winners of the 2022 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers fielded the men's tournament.

Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
Host nation 14 December 2020 N/A 1  Germany
2021 EuroHockey Championship 4–12 June 2021 Netherlands Amstelveen 3  Netherlands
 Belgium
 England
EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers 17–20 August 2022 Spain Ourense 1  Spain
23–26 August 2022 Austria Vienna 1  Austria
24–27 August 2022 France Calais 1  France
Scotland Glasgow 1  Wales
Total 8

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.

Final round

 
Semi-finals Final
 
           
 
25 August
 
 
 Belgium 2
 
27 August
 
 Netherlands 3
 
 Netherlands 2
 
25 August
 
 England 1
 
 Germany 0 (4)
 
 
 England (p.s.o.) 0 (5)
 
Third place
 
 
27 August
 
 
 Belgium 2
 
 
 Germany 0

Final ranking

Pos Team
Source:

2022 Asian Games

Qualified teams

Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
Host country 16 September 2016 N/A 1  China
2018 Asian Games 20 August – 1 September 2018 Indonesia Jakarta 5  Japan
 Malaysia
 India
 Pakistan
 South Korea
2022 Asian Games Qualifier 6–15 May 2022 Thailand Bangkok 6  Oman
 Bangladesh
 Indonesia
 Thailand
 Sri Lanka
 Uzbekistan
 Singapore
Total 12

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.

Medal round

 
Semi-finals Gold medal match
 
           
 
4 October
 
 
 India 5
 
6 October
 
 South Korea 3
 
 India 5
 
4 October
 
 Japan 1
 
 China 2
 
 
 Japan 3
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
6 October
 
 
 South Korea 2
 
 
 China 1

Final standings

Pos Team
Source: FIH

2023 Pan American Games

Qualified teams

Qualification Date Host Quota(s) Qualified team
Host country N/A 1 N/A
2022 Pan American Cup 20–30 January Chile Santiago 2 4  Canada
 United States
 Brazil
 Peru
2022 South American Games 3–11 October Paraguay Asunción 2  Argentina
 Chile
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 28 June – 6 July Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 2  Mexico
 Trinidad and Tobago
Total 8
  • Chile finished in the top two at the 2022 South American Games, meaning the host nation quota was reallocated as an additional quota through the 2022 Pan American Cup.
  • Since Canada and the USA qualified through the Pan American Cup, an additional spot was available through the event.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.

Medal round

  Semifinals Gold medal match
1 November
  Argentina  2  
  United States  0  
 
3 November
      Argentina  3
    Chile  1


Bronze medal match
1 November 3 November
  Canada  1 (2)   United States  2
  Chile  1 (3)


    Canada  3


Final standings

Pos Team
Source: FIH

2023 African Olympic Qualifier

Qualified teams

Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
FIH World Rankings N/A N/A 2  South Africa
 Egypt
Northeast African Qualifying Tournament 6 June 2022 Cancelled 2  Kenya
 Uganda
Northwest African Qualifying Tournament 25 August 2022 Cancelled 2  Ghana
 Nigeria
FIH Central and South Africa Qualifying Tournament 31 August – 4 September 2022 Zimbabwe Harare 2  Zimbabwe
 Zambia
Total 8

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.

Medal round

 
Semi-finals Final
 
           
 
3 November
 
 
 South Africa 7
 
5 November
 
 Ghana 0
 
 South Africa 2
 
3 November
 
 Egypt 1
 
 Egypt 9
 
 
 Uganda 1
 
Third place
 
 
5 November
 
 
 Ghana 7
 
 
 Uganda 1

Final standings

Pos Team
Source:

FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers

Qualified teams

Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
2023 EuroHockey Championship II 23–29 July 2023 Republic of Ireland Dublin 2  Ireland
 Ukraine
2023 Oceania Cup 10–13 August 2023 New Zealand Whangārei 1  New Zealand
2023 EuroHockey Championship 19–27 August 2023 Germany Mönchengladbach 5  Great Britain
 Belgium
 Germany
 Spain
 Austria
2022 Asian Games 24 September − 6 October 2023 China Hangzhou 5  Japan
 South Korea
 China
 Pakistan
 Malaysia
2023 Pan American Games 25 October – 3 November 2023 Chile Santiago 2  Chile
 Canada
2023 African Olympic Qualifier 29 October – 5 November 2023 South Africa Pretoria 1  Egypt
Total 16

Final standings

2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers

See also

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