Men's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Men’s field hockey Qualifying Tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics were qualification tournaments to determine the final three spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournaments, which involved 18 teams divided into three groups, with three separate qualifying tournaments, were held in New Zealand, Chile and Japan, at different times in 2008. Only the winners of each qualifying tournament earnt a berth in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Teams
Below is the list of 18 teams who participated in these qualifying tournaments:Date | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier |
4–14 December 2006 | 2006 Asian Games | Doha, Qatar | 3 | |
14–22 July 2007 | 2007 African Olympic Qualifier | Nairobi, Kenya | 0 | |
15–25 July 2007 | 2007 Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3 | |
19–26 August 2007 | 2007 EuroHockey Championship | Manchester, England | 4 | |
9–16 September 2007 | 2007 EuroHockey Nations Trophy | Lisbon, Portugal | 3 | |
11–16 September 2007 | 2007 Oceania Cup | Buderim, Australia | 1 |
In addition, International Hockey Federation also named four reserve teams after four of the above teams are failed to make it in this qualifying tournament, two of them already confirmed to be in the reserve list:
Qualifying 1
Pool
Results
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Fifth and sixth
Third and fourth
Final
Awards
Final standings
Qualified for the Summer OlympicsQualifying 2
Pool
Results
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Fifth and sixth
Third and fourth
Final
Awards
Final standings
Qualified for the Summer OlympicsQualifying 3
Pool
Results
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