Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's field hockey
at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
City Rio de Janeiro
Dates 6–19 August
Teams 12
Venue(s) Olympic Hockey Center
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The women's field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics will be the tenth edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympics. It is scheduled to take place over a fourteen-day period beginning on 6 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 19 August. All games will be played at the Olympic Hockey Center in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the women's tournament was unveiled on 27 April 2016.[1][2]

GGroup stage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal
Event↓/Date → Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19
Women G G G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five confederations receive an automatic berth. The host nation didn't qualify as they didn't place higher than fortieth in the FIH World Rankings by the end of 2014 nor finished no worse than seventh at the 2015 Pan American Games (they didn't even qualify for that tournament). This restriction was decided between the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to the standard of field hockey in Brazil. In addition to the seven highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, twelve teams will compete in this tournament.[3]

Date
Event Location Qualifier
20 September – 2 October 2014 2014 Asian Games South Korea Incheon, South Korea  South Korea
10–21 June 2015 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals Spain Valencia, Spain  China
 Germany
 Argentina
 Spain
20 June – 5 July 2015 Belgium Antwerp, Belgium  Netherlands
 New Zealand
 India
 Japan
13–24 July 2015 2015 Pan American Games Canada Toronto, Canada  United States
22–30 August 2015 2015 EuroHockey Nations Championship England London, England  Great Britain1
21–25 October 2015 2015 Oceania Cup New Zealand Stratford, New Zealand  Australia
23 October – 1 November 2015 2015 African Qualifying Tournament South Africa Randburg, South Africa —2
Total12
^1 – Competed as England
^2 – South Africa won the continental qualifier however the team will not participate in the 2016 Olympics. South African sports confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and South African Hockey Association (SAHA) made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the Continental Qualification route will not be considered.[4][5] As a result, Spain, as the highest-ranked team from the 2014-15 Hockey World League Semifinals not already qualified, will participate instead.[6][7]

Squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC–3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 August 2016. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
10:00
New Zealand  –  South Korea
Report
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
12:30
Netherlands  –  Spain
Report
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
13:30
China  –  Germany
Report
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
13:30
New Zealand  –  Germany
Report
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
17:00
Netherlands  –  South Korea
Report
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
19:30
Spain  –  China
Report
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
10:00
Spain  –  New Zealand
Report
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
12:30
Germany  –  South Korea
Report
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
18:00
China  –  Netherlands
Report
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
17:00
Germany  –  Spain
Report
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
10:00
South Korea  –  China
Report
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
11:00
New Zealand  –  Netherlands
Report
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
12:30
Netherlands  –  Germany
Report
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
17:00
South Korea  –  Spain
Report
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
20:30
China  –  New Zealand
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
17:00
Argentina  –  United States
Report
Pitch 2
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
20:30
Great Britain  –  Australia
Report
Pitch 1
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
11:00
Japan  –  India
Report
Pitch 2
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
10:00
Australia  –  United States
Report
Pitch 1
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
18:00
India  –  Great Britain
Report
Pitch 1
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
20:30
Argentina  –  Japan
Report
Pitch 1
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
11:00
India  –  Australia
Report
Pitch 2
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
13:30
Great Britain  –  Argentina
Report
Pitch 2
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
17:00
United States  –  Japan
Report
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
18:00
Australia  –  Argentina
Report
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
19:30
United States  –  India
Report
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
20:30
Japan  –  Great Britain
Report
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
10:00
Argentina  –  India
Report
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
18:00
Great Britain  –  United States
Report
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
19:30
Australia  –  Japan
Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
15 August
 
 
Winners Group A
 
17 August
 
Fourth-placed team Group B
 
 
 
15 August
 
 
 
Runners-up Group B
 
19 August
 
Third-placed team Group A
 
 
 
15 August
 
 
 
Runners-up Group A
 
17 August
 
Third-placed team Group B
 
 
 
15 August
 
 Bronze medal match
 
Winners Group B
 
19 August
 
Fourth-placed team Group A
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
10:00
TBD – TBD
Report
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
12:30
TBD – TBD
Report
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
18:00
TBD – TBD
Report
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)
20:30
TBD – TBD
Report

Semi-finals

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
12:00
WQF1 – WQF2
Report
17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
17:00
WQF3 – WQF4
Report

Bronze medal match

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
12:00
LSF1 – LSF2
Report

Gold medal match

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
17:00
WSF1 – WSF2
Report

References

  1. ↑ "Hockey giants set to renew rivalries as match schedule unveiled for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". rio2016.com. 27 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic Games hockey schedules confirmed". fih.ch. 27 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rio 2016 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Agreement between SASCOC and SAHA
  5. ↑ Rio 2016 Olympics Selection Criteria for SA Hockey Association
  6. ↑ "Qualification Criteria" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Spain women and New Zealand men invited to Rio 2016 Olympic Games hockey events". FIH. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

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