# 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers

The 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers was the final stage of the qualification for the women's field hockey event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was held in October and November 2019.

## Format

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 qualified for the Olympics. As Japan won the 2018 Asian Games (thereby qualifying twice, once as host and once as Asian champions), there instead were 14 teams, seven of whom qualified. The seven Olympic qualifiers each featured two nations playing two back-to-back matches, with nations drawn to play each other based on their rankings at the end of the 2018 / 2019 Continental Championships. The qualifiers were held in October and November 2019 with the matches hosted by the higher-ranked of the two competing nations.

## 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 | |

## Seeding

The seeding was announced on 8 September 2019.
Pot 1 (Host teams) :
| Team | Rank |
| Australia | 2 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Great Britain | 5 |
Pot 2 (Host teams) :
| Team | Rank |
| Spain | 7 |
| Ireland | 8 |
| India | 9 |
| China | 10 |
Pot 3 (Away teams) :
| Team | Rank |
| South Korea | 11 |
| Belgium | 12 |
| United States | 13 |
| Canada | 15 |
Pot 4 (Away teams) :
| Team | Rank |
| Italy | 17 |
| Chile | 18 |
| Russia | 19 |

## Overview

The first legs were played on 25 October or 1 and 2 November 2019, and the second legs on 26 October or 2 and 3 November 2019.
| 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 |

### Matches

* 25 October 2019 15:00
| Australia | 4–2 | Russia |
| Chalker 1', 48' Lawton 2' Stewart 38' | Report | Sadovaia 8' Khalimova 37' |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Kim Jung-hee (KOR) Kelly Hudson (NZL)
* 26 October 2019 19:00
| Australia | 5–0 | Russia |
| Stewart 9' Williams 22', 30' Taylor 25' Chalker 27' | Report | |
* Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Cookie Tan (SGP)
Australia won 9–2 on aggregate.
* 25 October 2019 16:00
| China | 0–2 | Belgium |
| | Report | Boon 2' Vanden Borre 59' |
* Wujin Hockey Stadium, Changzhou Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Emi Yamada (JPN)
* 26 October 2019 16:00
| China | 2–0 | Belgium |
| Gu 56' Liang 57' | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Liang Zhang X. Wang Chen Li J. Li J. | 2–1 | Leclef Puvrez Gerniers Versavel Ballenghien Gerniers |
* Wujin Hockey Stadium, Changzhou Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Emi Yamada (JPN)
2–2 on aggregate. China won 2–1 after penalty-shootout.
* 25 October 2019 20:00
| Spain | 2–1 | South Korea |
| Iglesias 23' Riera 39' | Report | Jang 19' |
* Estadio Betero, Valencia Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Michelle Joubert (RSA)
* 26 October 2019 20:00
| Spain | 2–0 | South Korea |
| García Grau 12' Riera 56' | Report | |
* Estadio Betero, Valencia Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Spain won 4–1 on aggregate.
* 1 November 2019 18:00
| India | 5–1 | United States |
| Lilima 28' Sharmila 40' Gurjit 42', 51' Navneet 46' | Report | Matson 54' |
* Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
* 2 November 2019 18:00
| India | 1–4 | United States |
| Rani 48' | Report | Magadan 5', 28' Sharkey 14' Parker 20' |
* Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Irene Presenqui (ARG)
India won 6–5 on aggregate.
* 2 November 2019 16:00
| Germany | 2–0 | Italy |
| Gablać 38' Lorenz 60' | Report | |
* Warsteiner HockeyPark, Mönchengladbach Umpires: Alison Keogh (IRL) Chieko Soma (JPN)
* 3 November 2019 14:30
| Germany | 7–0 | Italy |
| Pieper 2', 43' Lorenz 2' Micheel 8' Gräve 40', 55' Maertens 60+' | Report | |
* Warsteiner HockeyPark, Mönchengladbach Umpires: Alison Keogh (IRL) Chieko Soma (JPN)
Germany won 9–0 on aggregate.
* 2 November 2019 14:00
| Great Britain | 3–0 | Chile |
| Petter 35' Martin 45' Toman 53' | Report | |
* Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Ayanna McClean (TTO)
* 3 November 2019 12:00
| Great Britain | 2–1 | Chile |
| Howard 4' Unsworth 7' | Report | Villagran 57' |
* Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London Umpires: Ayanna McClean (TTO) Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Great Britain won 5–1 on aggregate.
* 2 November 2019 19:00
| Ireland | 0–0 | Canada |
| | Report | |
* Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Michelle Meister (GER)
* 3 November 2019 19:10
| Ireland | 0–0 | Canada |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Pinder Daly Upton Barr Watkins Upton | 4–3 | Norlander Woodcroft Wright Stairs Johnston Woodcroft |
* Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Annelize Rostron (RSA)
0–0 on aggregate. Ireland won 4–3 after penalty-shootout.

## Goalscorers

There were 46 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.29 goals per match.
3 goals
* Emily Chalker
2 goals
* Grace Stewart
* Mariah Williams
* Elisa Gräve
* Nike Lorenz
* Cécile Pieper
* Gurjit Kaur
* Lola Riera
* Amanda Magadan
1 goal
* Amy Lawton
* Sophie Taylor
* Jill Boon
* Stephanie Vanden Borre
* Fernanda Villagran
* Gu Bingfeng
* Liang Meiyu
* Hannah Gablać
* Pia Maertens
* Lena Micheel
* Tessa Howard
* Hannah Martin
* Isabelle Petter
* Anna Toman
* Laura Unsworth
* Sharmila Devi
* Navneet Kaur
* Lilima Minz
* Rani Rampal
* Alina Khalimova
* Bogdana Sadovaia
* Jang Hee-sun
* Begoña García Grau
* Belén Iglesias
* Erin Matson
* Alyssa Parker
* Kathleen Sharkey
Source: FIH