Lausanne, Switzerland, February 9, 2023: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed that the winning team in the men’s and women’s hockey events at the Hangzhou Asian Games this year will qualify directly for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The FIH released a statement on February 7 confirming the qualification pathway for the men’s and women’s hockey tournaments at Paris 2024. This has been approved by the IOC and FIH Executive Board.
Host Nation: 1 team.
Continental Qualifications: 5 teams
The winning team of each of the following continental competitions will qualify:
African Hockey Road to Paris 2023
Pan American Games 2023
Asian Games 2023
EuroHockey Championship 2023
Oceania Cup 2023
FIH Hockey Olympic Qualification Tournaments: 6 teams
Total: 12 teams in each gender for Paris 2024
There will be 2 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualification tournaments per gender, consisting of 8 teams each (16 teams in total), held in early 2024. As announced last year, the number of teams from each Continent participating in these tournaments is based on quotas determined according to the FIH World Rankings of 31 January 2023. On this basis, here are the continental quotas:
Women’s Olympic Qualifiers
Africa: 0
Asia: 4
Europe: 8
Oceania: 1
Pan America: 3
Men’s Olympic Qualifiers
Africa: 1
Asia: 5
Europe: 7
Oceania: 1
Pan America: 2
The top 3 teams in each of these Olympic Qualification Tournaments will qualify for Paris 2024.