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

Twelve teams qualified for the women's field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. In addition, the remaining six nations will be determined by an Olympic qualification event. As hosts Japan also won the Asian Games title, a seventh quota place was added to the Olympic qualification event.

## 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 | 29 July – 9 August 2019 | Lima | 1 | Argentina |
| 2019 African Olympic Qualifier | 12 – 18 August 2019 | Stellenbosch | 1 | South Africa |
| 2019 EuroHockey Championship | 17 – 25 August 2019 | Antwerp | 1 | Netherlands |
| 2019 Oceania Cup | 5 – 8 September 2019 | Rockhampton | 1 | New Zealand |
| 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers | 25 October – 3 November 2019 | Various | 7 | Australia China Germany Great Britain India Ireland Spain |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |
    ^1 – 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 women'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

| Means of qualification | Dates | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host country | 19 September 2014 | Jakarta | 1 | Indonesia |
| 2014 Asian Games | 20 September – 2 October 2014 | Incheon | 5 | South Korea |
| 2014 Asian Games | 20 September – 2 October 2014 | Incheon | 5 | China |
| 2014 Asian Games | 20 September – 2 October 2014 | Incheon | 5 | India |
| 2014 Asian Games | 20 September – 2 October 2014 | Incheon | 5 | Japan |
| 2014 Asian Games | 20 September – 2 October 2014 | Incheon | 5 | Malaysia |
| Asian Games Qualifiers | 12–20 January 2018 | Bangkok | 4 | Thailand |
| Asian Games Qualifiers | 12–20 January 2018 | Bangkok | 4 | Hong Kong |
| Asian Games Qualifiers | 12–20 January 2018 | Bangkok | 4 | Chinese Taipei |
| Asian Games Qualifiers | 12–20 January 2018 | Bangkok | 4 | Kazakhstan |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | |

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 12 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 7 | 5th place game |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33 | −30 | 3 | 7th place game |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 32 | −30 | 0 | 9th place game |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | +37 | 12 | Semifinals |
| 2 | South Korea | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Thailand | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | 5th place game |
| 4 | Indonesia (H) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 3 | 7th place game |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 32 | −28 | 3 | 9th place game |

### Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 29 August | 29 August |
| Japan | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | 31 August | 31 August |
| South Korea | 0 | 31 August | 31 August |
| South Korea | 0 | Japan | 2 |
| 29 August | 29 August | | Japan | 2 |
| 29 August | 29 August | India | 1 |
| India | 1 | India | 1 |
| China | 0 | | |
| China | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 31 August | 31 August |
| | | South Korea | 1 |
| | | China | 2 |

### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | India |
| | China |
| 4 | South Korea |
| 5 | Malaysia |
| 6 | Thailand |
| 7 | Indonesia |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei |
| 9 | Hong Kong |
| 10 | Kazakhstan |

## 2019 Pan American Games
### Qualified teams

| Event | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Peru |
| 2018 South American Games | 30 May – 7 June | Cochabamba | 2 | Argentina Uruguay |
| 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | 20–28 July | Barranquilla | 2 | Cuba Mexico |
| 2017 Women's Pan American Cup | 5–13 August | Lancaster | 3 | Canada* Chile (15) United States |
| Total | | | 8 | |
* A playoff was not held, and Canada was automatically given the spot.

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 31 | −29 | 0 | Quarter-finals |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Peru (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 | Quarter-finals |

### Classification round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | |
| Argentina | 21 | | | |
| Argentina | 21 | 6 August | 6 August | | |
| Peru | 0 | 6 August | 6 August | |
| Peru | 0 | Argentina | 3 | |
| 4 August | 4 August | | Argentina | 3 | |
| 4 August | 4 August | Chile | 1 | |
| Uruguay | 0 | Chile | 1 | |
| Uruguay | 0 | | | | 9 August | 9 August |
| Chile | 5 | | | | 9 August | 9 August |
| Chile | 5 | | | | Argentina | 5 |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | | | Argentina | 5 |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | | Canada | 1 |
| Canada | 9 | | | | Canada | 1 |
| Canada | 9 | 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| Mexico | 0 | 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| Mexico | 0 | Canada | 2 | | | |
| 4 August | 4 August | | Canada | 2 | | | |
| 4 August | 4 August | United States | 0 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Cuba | 0 | United States | 0 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Cuba | 0 | | | | 9 August | 9 August |
| United States | 9 | | | | 9 August | 9 August |
| United States | 9 | | | | Chile | 1 |
| | | | | | United States | 5 |

## 2019 African Olympic Qualifier
### Teams

The following seven teams, shown with pre-tournament FIH World Rankings, were expected to participate in the tournament. Nigeria and Uganda withdrew before the tournament.
* Ghana (32)
* Kenya (45)
* Namibia (40)
* Nigeria (47)
* South Africa (16)
* Uganda (–)
* Zimbabwe (66)

### Pool

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Africa (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 12 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Ghana | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Kenya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 | |
| 5 | Namibia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | |

## 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 (9) |
| 18–26 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 5 | Netherlands (1) England (4) Germany (5) Spain (7) Ireland (8) |
| 6–12 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship II | Cardiff, Wales | 2 | Belarus (22) Russia (23) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Belgium (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | Pool C |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 | Pool C |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 4 | Pool C |
| 4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 0 | Pool C |

### Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 23 August | 23 August |
| Spain | 2 |
| Spain | 2 | 25 August | 25 August |
| Germany | 3 | 25 August | 25 August |
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 0 |
| 23 August | 23 August | | Germany | 0 |
| 23 August | 23 August | Netherlands | 2 |
| England | 0 | Netherlands | 2 |
| Netherlands | 8 | | |
| Netherlands | 8 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 25 August | 25 August |
| | | Spain (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) |
| | | England | 1 (2) |

### Final ranking

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | +24 | 11 | Qualified for 2020 Summer Olympics |
| | Germany | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 8 | |
| | Spain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | |
| 4 | England | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 8 | |
| 5 | Ireland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 10 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | |
| 7 | Russia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 3 | Relegated to EuroHockey Championship II |
| 8 | Belarus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 36 | −32 | 0 | Relegated to EuroHockey Championship II |

## 2019 Oceania Cup
### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| | Australia (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |

## Olympic qualifying events

Originally, twelve teams were to take part in the Olympic Qualifiers. These teams were to be drawn into six pairs; each pair playing a two-match, aggregate score series. The winner of each series qualified for the Olympics. As Japan won the 2018 Asian Games (thereby qualifying twice, once as host and once as Asian champions), there were 14 teams, seven of whom qualified.

### Qualification

The participating teams were confirmed on 29 August 2019 by the International Hockey Federation.
| Dates | Event(s) | Location | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
| 26 January – 29 June 2019 | 2019 FIH Pro League | 2019 FIH Pro League | 2 | Argentina Australia Germany Netherlands |
| 8–16 June 2019 | 2018–19 FIH Series Finals | Banbridge | 2 | Ireland South Korea |
| 15–23 June 2019 | 2018–19 FIH Series Finals | Hiroshima | 1 | India Japan |
| 19–27 June 2019 | 2018–19 FIH Series Finals | Valencia | 2 | Canada Spain |
| 8 September 2019 | FIH World Rankings | FIH World Rankings | 7 | Belgium Chile China Great Britain Italy New Zealand Russia United States |
| Total | Total | Total | 14 | |

### Matches

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Australia | 9–2 | Russia | 4–2 | 5–0 |
| China | 2–2 (2–1 p.s.o.) | Belgium | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Spain | 4–1 | South Korea | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| India | 6–5 | United States | 5–1 | 1–4 |
| Germany | 9–0 | Italy | 2–0 | 7–0 |
| Great Britain | 5–1 | Chile | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Ireland | 0–0 (4–3 p.s.o.) | Canada | 0–0 | 0–0 |