# Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Twelve teams qualified for the men's field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

## Table

| Event | Dates | Location(s) | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| 2018 Asian Games | 19 August – 1 September 2018 | Jakarta | – | – |
| 2019 Pan American Games | 30 July – 10 August 2019 | Lima | 1 | Argentina |
| 2019 African Olympic Qualifier | 12 – 18 August 2019 | Stellenbosch | 1 | South Africa |
| 2019 EuroHockey Championship | 16 – 24 August 2019 | Antwerp | 1 | Belgium |
| 2019 Oceania Cup | 5 – 8 September 2019 | Rockhampton | 1 | Australia |
| 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers | 25 October – 3 November 2019 | Various | 7 | Canada Germany Great Britain India Netherlands New Zealand Spain |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |
    ^A – Japan qualified both as the hosts and the continental champions, therefore that quota is added to the FIH Olympic Qualifiers rather than going to the runners-up of the tournament.

## 2018 Asian Games

The champion of the men's field hockey tournament at the 2018 Asian Games qualifies for the Olympics. If Japan is the winner, the quota place is added to the qualification events rather than going to the runner-up.

### Qualified teams

| Event | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host | 19 September 2014 | Incheon | 1 | Indonesia |
| Qualified automatically via 2014 Asian Games | 20 September – 2 October 2014 | Incheon | 5 | India Pakistan South Korea Malaysia China Japan |
| Asian Games Qualifiers | 8–17 March 2018 | Muscat | 4 | Oman Bangladesh Sri Lanka Thailand Chinese Taipei |
| Reallocation | — | — | 2 | Kazakhstan Hong Kong |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 3 | +73 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 8 | +31 | 9 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 41 | −34 | 6 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Indonesia (H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 40 | −35 | 3 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 57 | −54 | 0 | Eleventh place game |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | +44 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malaysia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 6 | +35 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 9 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Oman | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 6 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Thailand | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 3 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 45 | −40 | 0 | Eleventh place game |

### Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 30 August | 30 August |
| India | 2 (6) |
| India | 2 (6) | 1 September | 1 September |
| Malaysia (p.s.o.) | 2 (7) | 1 September | 1 September |
| Malaysia (p.s.o.) | 2 (7) | Malaysia | 6 (1) |
| 30 August | 30 August | | Malaysia | 6 (1) |
| 30 August | 30 August | Japan (p.s.o.) | 6 (3) |
| Pakistan | 0 | Japan (p.s.o.) | 6 (3) |
| Japan | 1 | | |
| Japan | 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 1 September | 1 September |
| | | India | 2 |
| | | Pakistan | 1 |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | Malaysia |
| | India |
| 4 | Pakistan |
| 5 | South Korea |
| 6 | Bangladesh |
| 7 | Oman |
| 8 | Sri Lanka |
| 9 | Thailand |
| 10 | Indonesia |
| 11 | Kazakhstan |
| 12 | Hong Kong |
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics as hosts

## 2019 Pan American Games
### Qualified teams

| Event | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Peru |
| 2018 South American Games | 29 May – 6 June | Cochabamba | 2 | Argentina Chile |
| 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | 21–29 July | Barranquilla | 2 | Cuba Mexico |
| 2017 Men's Pan American Cup | 4–12 August | Lancaster | 3 | Canada United States Trinidad and Tobago |
| Total | | | 8 | |
* A playoff was not necessary, as Canada and the United States were the top two teams not qualified from the 2017 Men's Pan American Cup.

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | Quarter-finals |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Peru (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 38 | −35 | 0 | Quarter-finals |

### Classification round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | |
| Argentina | 14 | | | |
| Argentina | 14 | 8 August | 8 August | | |
| Peru | 1 | 8 August | 8 August | |
| Peru | 1 | Argentina | 5 | |
| 5 August | 5 August | | Argentina | 5 | |
| 5 August | 5 August | United States | 0 | |
| Cuba | 1 | United States | 0 | |
| Cuba | 1 | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| United States | 5 | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| United States | 5 | | | | Argentina | 5 |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | | | Argentina | 5 |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | | Canada | 2 |
| Chile | 2 | | | | Canada | 2 |
| Chile | 2 | 8 August | 8 August | | | |
| Mexico | 0 | 8 August | 8 August | | | |
| Mexico | 0 | Chile | 2 | | | |
| 5 August | 5 August | | Chile | 2 | | | |
| 5 August | 5 August | Canada | 3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | Canada | 3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Canada | 5 | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Canada | 5 | | | | United States | 2 |
| | | | | | Chile | 1 |

### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Canada | |
| 3 | United States | |
| 4 | Chile | |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 6 | Cuba | |
| 7 | Mexico | |
| 8 | Peru (H) | |

## 2019 African Olympic Qualifier
### Teams

The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament FIH World Rankings, were expected to participate in the tournament. Nigeria and Uganda withdrew before the tournament.
* Egypt (20)
* Ghana (36)
* Kenya (48)
* Namibia (68)
* Nigeria (57)
* South Africa (14)
* Uganda (–)
* Zimbabwe (61)

### Pool

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Africa (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 15 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Egypt | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 12 | |
| 3 | Ghana | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 9 | |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 4 | |
| 5 | Kenya | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 3 | |
| 6 | Namibia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 1 | |

## 2019 EuroHockey Championship
### Qualified teams

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 15 June 2016 | Host | Host | 1 | Belgium (2) |
| 19–27 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 5 | Netherlands (3) England (6) Germany (7) Spain (9) Ireland (11) |
| 6–12 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship II | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | Scotland (21) Wales (25) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | Pool C |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | Pool C |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | Pool C |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 1 | Pool C |

### Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 22 August | 22 August |
| Belgium | 4 |
| Belgium | 4 | 24 August | 24 August |
| Germany | 2 | 24 August | 24 August |
| Germany | 2 | Belgium | 5 |
| 22 August | 22 August | | Belgium | 5 |
| 22 August | 22 August | Spain | 0 |
| Netherlands | 3 | Spain | 0 |
| Spain | 4 | | |
| Spain | 4 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 24 August | 24 August |
| | | Germany | 0 |
| | | Netherlands | 4 |

### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Belgium |
| | Spain |
| | Netherlands |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | England |
| 6 | Wales |
| 7 | Scotland |
| 8 | Ireland |
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II

## 2019 Oceania Cup
### Pool

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | |

## Olympic qualifying events

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 qualifies for the Olympics. As Japan won the 2018 Asian Games (thereby qualifying twice, once as host and once as Asian champions), there will instead be 14 teams, 7 of whom will qualify.

### Qualification

The participating teams were confirmed on 29 August 2019 by the International Hockey Federation.
| Dates | Event(s) | Location | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
| 19 January – 30 June 2019 | 2019 FIH Pro League | 2019 FIH Pro League | 2 | Australia Belgium Great Britain Netherlands |
| 26 April – 4 May 2019 | 2018–19 FIH Series Finals | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 2 | Canada Malaysia |
| 6–15 June 2019 | 2018–19 FIH Series Finals | Bhubaneswar, India | 1 | India South Africa |
| 15–23 June 2019 | 2018–19 FIH Series Finals | Le Touquet, France | 2 | France Ireland |
| 8 September 2019 | FIH World Rankings | FIH World Rankings | 7 | Austria Egypt Germany New Zealand Pakistan Russia South Korea Spain |
| Total | Total | Total | 14 | |

### Matches

The draw for the final seven qualification ties was held on 9 September 2019. The ties will be played over two legs, both in the home team's venue.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Spain | 6–5 | France | 3–3 | 3–2 |
| Netherlands | 10–5 | Pakistan | 4–4 | 6–1 |
| Canada | 6–6 (5–4 p.s.o.) | Ireland | 3–5 | 3–1 |
| India | 11–3 | Russia | 4–2 | 7–1 |
| New Zealand | 6–2 | South Korea | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Germany | 10–3 | Austria | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| Great Britain | 9–3 | Malaysia | 4–1 | 5–2 |