Women's field hockey
at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
CityParis
Dates27 July – 9 August
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Stade Yves-du-Manoir
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The women's field hockey tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be the 12th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympics. It will take place from 27 July to 9 August 2024. All games will be played at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir in Paris, France.[1]

Competition schedule

In the preliminary round, games will be played on two pitches.[2]

GGroup stage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal
Sat 27Sun 28Mon 29Tue 30Wed 31Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 9
GGGGGGG¼½BF

Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament will be 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 received an automatic berth. France as the host nation qualified automatically. The other teams qualify through the 2024 Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.[3]

QualificationDateHost/CountryBerthsQualified team
Host country 13 September 2017 N/A 1  France
2023 Oceania Cup 10–13 August 2023 Whangārei 1  Australia
2023 EuroHockey Championship 18–26 August 2023 Mönchengladbach 1  Netherlands
2022 Asian Games 25 September − 7 October 2023 Hangzhou 1  China
2023 Pan American Games 26 October – 4 November 2023 Santiago 1  Argentina
2023 African Olympic Qualifier 29 October – 5 November 2023 Pretoria 1  South Africa
2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 13–20 January 2024 Ranchi 3
Valencia 3
Total 12

Umpires

On 12 September 2023, 14 umpires were appointed by the FIH.[4]

  • Irene Presenqui (ARG)
  • Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
  • Laurine Delforge (BEL)
  • Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
  • Hannah Harrison (ENG)
  • Rachel Williams (ENG)
  • Alison Keogh (IRE)
  • Emi Yamada (JPN)
  • Amber Church (NZL)
  • Sarah Wilson (SCO)
  • Cookie Tan (SGP)
  • Annelize Rostron (RSA)
  • Wanri Venter (RSA)
  • Ayanna McClean (TTO)

References

  1. ↑ "IOC makes historic decision by simultaneously awarding Olympic Games 2024 to Paris and 2028 to Los Angeles". International Olympic Committee. 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Schedule for hockey at the Olympic Games Paris 2024". fih.hockey. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. ↑ McAlister, Sean (12 December 2022). "How to qualify for hockey at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Officials announced for Olympic Games Paris 2024". FIH. 23 September 2023.
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