Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Field Hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held over a fourteen day period starting August 10 and culminating with the medal finals on August 23. All games will be played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green.
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[edit] Events
2 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:
- Hockey Men
- Hockey Women
[edit] Competition Format
Twelve teams will compete in both the men's and women's Olympic hockey tournaments, and the competition will consist of two rounds. In the first round the teams are divided into two pools of six teams, and play follows round robin format where each of the teams plays all the other teams in the pool once. Following this, the top four teams advance to a single elimination round consisting of two semifinal games, and the bronze and gold medal games.
[edit] Qualification
The twelve teams in the Olympic hockey tournaments will qualify through a series of tournaments. China, as the host nation, is guaranteed one automatic entry. Five continental championships will be used to determine 8 or 9 other qualifiers (depending on whether China is also the Asian continental champion). Finally, three olympic qualification tournaments will be held to determine the last three entrants.
[edit] Qualification Schedule
[edit] Hockey Men
| Date | Event | Location | Qualifier |
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| Host Nation |  People's Republic of China |
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| December 2-14, 2006 | 2006 Asian Games |  Doha, Qatar |
 Korea
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| July 14-22, 2007 | African Olympic Qualification Tournament |  Nairobi, Kenya |
1st place team |
| July 14-29, 2007 | 15th Pan American Games |  Rio de Janiero, Brazil |
1st place team |
| August 18-25, 2007 | 11th European Nations Championships for Men |  Manchester, England |
1st place team
2nd place team 3rd place team |
| September 10-17, 2007 | 5th Oceania Cup |  Brisbane, Australia |
1st place team |
| February 2-9, 2008 | Olympic Qualifying Tournament #3 |  Auckland, New Zealand |
1st place team |
| March 1-9, 2008 | Olympic Qualifying Tournament #2 |  Santiago, Chile |
1st place team |
| April 5-13 | Olympic Qualifying Tournament #1 |  Kakamigahara, Japan |
1st place team |
Quotas for Qualifying Tournaments are as follows:
[edit] Hockey Women
| Date | Event | Location | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | People's Republic of China |
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| Dec. 2-14, 2006 | 2006 Asian Games |  Doha, Qatar |
Japan |
| July 14-22, 2007 | African Olympic Qualification Tournament | Nairobi, Kenya |
1st place team |
| July 14-29, 2007 | 15th Pan American Games | Rio de Janiero, Brazil |
1st place team |
| Aug. 18-25, 2007 | 8th European Nations Championships for Women | Manchester, England |
1st place team
2nd place team 3rd place team |
| Sept. 10-17, 2007 | 5th Oceania Cup |  Suva, Fiji |
1st place team
2nd place team |
| April 12-20, 2008 | Olympic Qualifying Tournament #2 |  Baku, Azerbaijan |
1st place team |
| April 19-27, 2008 | Olympic Qualifying Tournament #3 |  Kazan, Russia |
1st place team |
| April 26-May 4, 2008 | Olympic Qualifying Tournament #1 |  Vancouver, Canada |
1st place team |
Quotas for Qualifying Tournaments are as follows:
- Africa: 1
- Asia: 4 -
India, 
Korea, 
Malaysia, 
Chinese Taipei - Europe: 8
- Oceania: 0
- America: 5
[edit] References
| Events at the 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing) |
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| Archery • Athletics • Badminton • Baseball • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Softball • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Table tennis • Taekwondo • Tennis • Triathlon • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling |
| Field hockey at the Summer Olympics |  |
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| 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in field hockey |
