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2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers

Tournament details
Dates	25 October – 3 November
Teams	14 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	46 (3.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emily Chalker (3 goals)
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The 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers was the final stage of the qualification for the women's field hockey event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was held in October and November 2019.

Format

Originally, twelve teams were to take part in the Olympic qualifying events. 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 instead were 14 teams, seven of whom qualified. The seven Olympic qualifiers each featured two nations playing two back-to-back matches, with nations drawn to play each other based on their rankings at the end of the 2018 / 2019 Continental Championships. The qualifiers were held in October and November 2019 with the matches hosted by the higher-ranked of the two competing nations.

Qualification

The participating teams were confirmed on 29 August 2019 by the International Hockey Federation.

Dates	Event(s)	Location	Quota	Qualifier(s)
26 January – 29 June 2019	2019 FIH Pro League		2	Argentina  Australia  Germany  Netherlands
8–16 June 2019	2018–19 FIH Series Finals	Banbridge	2	Ireland  South Korea
15–23 June 2019		Hiroshima	1	India  Japan
19–27 June 2019		Valencia	2	Canada  Spain
8 September 2019	FIH World Rankings		7	Belgium  Chile  China  Great Britain  Italy  New Zealand  Russia  United States
Total			14

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 8 September 2019.

Pot 1 (Host teams) Team Rank  Australia 2  Germany 4  Great Britain 5

Pot 2 (Host teams) Team Rank  Spain 7  Ireland 8  India 9  China 10

Pot 3 (Away teams) Team Rank  South Korea 11  Belgium 12  United States 13  Canada 15

Pot 4 (Away teams) Team Rank  Italy 17  Chile 18  Russia 19

Overview

The first legs were played on 25 October or 1 and 2 November 2019, and the second legs on 26 October or 2 and 3 November 2019.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Australia	9–2	Russia	4–2	5–0
China	2–2 (2–1 p.s.o.)	Belgium	0–2	2–0
Spain	4–1	South Korea	2–1	2–0
India	6–5	United States	5–1	1–4
Germany	9–0	Italy	2–0	7–0
Great Britain	5–1	Chile	3–0	2–1
Ireland	0–0 (4–3 p.s.o.)	Canada	0–0	0–0

Matches

25 October 2019 15:00 Australia  4–2  Russia Chalker  1', 48' Lawton  2' Stewart  38' Report Sadovaia  8' Khalimova  37' Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Kim Jung-hee (KOR) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

26 October 2019 19:00 Australia  5–0  Russia Stewart  9' Williams  22', 30' Taylor  25' Chalker  27' Report Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Cookie Tan (SGP)

Australia won 9–2 on aggregate.

25 October 2019 16:00 China  0–2  Belgium Report Boon  2' Vanden Borre  59' Wujin Hockey Stadium, Changzhou Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Emi Yamada (JPN)

26 October 2019 16:00 China  2–0  Belgium Gu  56' Liang  57' Report Penalties Liang Zhang X. Wang Chen Li J. Li J. 2–1 Leclef Puvrez Gerniers Versavel Ballenghien Gerniers Wujin Hockey Stadium, Changzhou Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Emi Yamada (JPN)

2–2 on aggregate. China won 2–1 after penalty-shootout.

25 October 2019 20:00 Spain  2–1  South Korea Iglesias  23' Riera  39' Report Jang  19' Estadio Betero, Valencia Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Michelle Joubert (RSA)

26 October 2019 20:00 Spain  2–0  South Korea García Grau  12' Riera  56' Report Estadio Betero, Valencia Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Michelle Joubert (RSA)

Spain won 4–1 on aggregate.

1 November 2019 18:00 India  5–1  United States Lilima  28' Sharmila  40' Gurjit  42', 51' Navneet  46' Report Matson  54' Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

2 November 2019 18:00 India  1–4  United States Rani  48' Report Magadan  5', 28' Sharkey  14' Parker  20' Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

India won 6–5 on aggregate.

2 November 2019 16:00 Germany  2–0  Italy Gablać  38' Lorenz  60' Report Warsteiner HockeyPark, Mönchengladbach Umpires: Alison Keogh (IRL) Chieko Soma (JPN)

3 November 2019 14:30 Germany  7–0  Italy Pieper  2', 43' Lorenz  2' Micheel  8' Gräve  40', 55' Maertens  60+' Report Warsteiner HockeyPark, Mönchengladbach Umpires: Alison Keogh (IRL) Chieko Soma (JPN)

Germany won 9–0 on aggregate.

2 November 2019 14:00 Great Britain  3–0  Chile Petter  35' Martin  45' Toman  53' Report Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

3 November 2019 12:00 Great Britain  2–1  Chile Howard  4' Unsworth  7' Report Villagran  57' Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London Umpires: Ayanna McClean (TTO) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

Great Britain won 5–1 on aggregate.

2 November 2019 19:00 Ireland  0–0  Canada Report Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Michelle Meister (GER)

3 November 2019 19:10 Ireland  0–0  Canada Report Penalties Pinder Daly Upton Barr Watkins Upton 4–3 Norlander Woodcroft Wright Stairs Johnston Woodcroft Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

0–0 on aggregate. Ireland won 4–3 after penalty-shootout.

Goalscorers

There were 46 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.29 goals per match.

3 goals

• Emily Chalker

2 goals

• Grace Stewart
• Mariah Williams
• Elisa Gräve
• Nike Lorenz
• Cécile Pieper
• Gurjit Kaur
• Lola Riera
• Amanda Magadan

1 goal

• Amy Lawton
• Sophie Taylor
• Jill Boon
• Stephanie Vanden Borre
• Fernanda Villagran
• Gu Bingfeng
• Liang Meiyu
• Hannah Gablać
• Pia Maertens
• Lena Micheel
• Tessa Howard
• Hannah Martin
• Isabelle Petter
• Anna Toman
• Laura Unsworth
• Sharmila Devi
• Navneet Kaur
• Lilima Minz
• Rani Rampal
• Alina Khalimova
• Bogdana Sadovaia
• Jang Hee-sun
• Begoña García Grau
• Belén Iglesias
• Erin Matson
• Alyssa Parker
• Kathleen Sharkey

Source: FIH

See also

• 2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers

Notes

1. ^ As two of the four FIH Pro League qualifiers had already qualified for the Olympics through their confederation's tournaments, the two FIH Pro League qualifying spots were added to the (originally four) FIH World Rankings quota.
2. ^ Argentina, the Netherlands, and New Zealand already qualified directly for the 2020 Summer Olympics by winning their continental championships, so they were replaced by the highest ranked teams not already qualified.
3. Japan finished in the top two and cannot qualify for the Olympic Qualifiers because they are already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the team that finished third does not automatically qualify for the FIH Olympic qualifiers. Any such additional place is determined by the FIH World Rankings as at the completion of the continental championships.

References

1. "Tokyo 2020 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
2. "About FIH Series". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
3. ^ "FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers: draw live on 9 September". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
4. "FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers: pots confirmed for tomorrow's draw". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
5. "FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers: matches, dates and venues confirmed". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

External links

• International Hockey Federation

• 2019 in women's field hockey
• Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
• Field hockey at the Summer Olympics – Women's qualification tournaments