Field hockey at the 2015 Pan American Games

Field hockey
at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields
Dates July 13–25, 2015
Competitors 256 from 10 nations
Field hockey at the
2015 Pan American Games
Tournament
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Field hockey competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 13–25, at the Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields, which are located on the back campus of the University of Toronto.[1] [2] A total of eight men's and women's teams will compete in each respective tournament.[3]

The winners of the two tournaments will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, granted they are not already qualified as a host or via the 2014–15 Hockey World League Semifinals.[4]

Competition schedule

The Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields at the University of Toronto's back campus, was the venue for the field hockey competitions.

The following is the competition schedule for the field hockey competitions:[5]

PPreliminaries ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals B3rd place play-off FFinal
Event↓/Date → Mon 13 Tue 14 Wed 15 Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25
Men P P P ¼ ½ B F
WomenP P P ¼ ½ B F

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Argentina (ARG) 1 1 0 2
2  United States (USA) 1 0 0 1
3  Canada (CAN) 0 1 1 2
4  Chile (CHI) 0 0 1 1
Total 2 2 2 6

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
 Argentina (ARG)  Canada (CAN)  Chile (CHI)
Women's tournament
 United States (USA)  Argentina (ARG)  Canada (CAN)

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. The top two teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualifies teams in both events. The remaining three spots in each tournament will be given to the three best teams from the respective 2013 Pan American Cup that have yet to qualify. This will happen after the two qualification tournaments in 2014 are played. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (16 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 32 athletes.[6]

Men

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
2013 Men's Pan American Cup August 10–17 Brampton, Canada 3  United States
 Mexico
 Brazil
2014 South American Games March 8–16 Santiago, Chile 2  Argentina
 Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games November 16–24 Veracruz, Mexico 2  Cuba
 Trinidad and Tobago
Total 8

Women

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
2013 Women's Pan American Cup September 21–28 Mendoza, Argentina 3  United States
 Mexico
 Uruguay
2014 South American Games March 9–16, 2014 Santiago 2  Argentina
 Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games November 15–23 Veracruz 2  Cuba
 Dominican Republic
Total 8

Participating nations

A total of ten countries have qualified field hockey teams.[7] The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants qualified.

References

  1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  2. "Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields". http://www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 18 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  3. "Field Hockey". http://www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  4. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Field hockey" (PDF). http://corporate.olympics.com.au/. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  5. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  6. "Qualification System Field hockey" (PDF). http://www.panamhockey.org/. TO2015. December 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  7. "PAHF announces teams qualified for 2015 Pan American Games". http://www.panamhockey.org/. Pan American Hockey Federation. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
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