Field hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games

A total of eight men's and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The eight quotas in both the men's and women's tournaments were the same, consisting of the following:

• Host nation.
• Defending champions.
• Top two placed teams at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
• Highest placed team at the men's and women's South American Championship, not already qualified.
• The three remaining quotas were awarded to the highest placed teams from the men's and women's Pan American Cups.

Each nation was entitled to enter 16 athletes per team, for a total of 256 athletes across both competitions.

Men's Qualification

The qualification route for the men's tournament is as follows.[1]

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			Dominican Republic
24 July – 4 August 1999	1999 Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	Canada
22 June – 2 July 2000	2000 Pan American Cup	Havana, Cuba	Chile  Cuba  United States
23 November – 3 December 2002	2002 CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	Barbados  Trinidad and Tobago
16–23 March 2003	2003 South American Championship	Santiago, Chile	Argentina

Women's Qualification

The qualification route for the women's tournament is as follows.[2]

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			Dominican Republic
24 July – 4 August 1999	1999 Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	Argentina
8–18 March 2001	2001 Pan American Cup	Kingston, Jamaica	Canada  United States  Uruguay
23 November – 3 December 2002	2002 CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	Jamaica  Trinidad and Tobago
16–23 March 2003	2003 South American Championship	Santiago, Chile	Chile

The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a classification round.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	35	0	+35	9	Semi-finals
2	Chile	3	1	1	1	25	1	+24	4
3	United States	3	1	1	1	23	4	+19	4
4	Dominican Republic (H)	3	0	0	3	0	78	−78	0

Source: PAHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
(H) Host.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Semi-finals
2	Cuba	3	2	0	1	12	3	+9	6
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
4	Barbados	3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

Source: PAHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold Medal Match
	9 August 2003
	Argentina	5
					13 August 2003
	Cuba	1
					Argentina	1
	9 August 2003
					Canada	0
	Canada	3
	Chile	1
					Bronze Medal Match
					13 August 2003
					Cuba	6
					Chile	2

The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a classification round.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	47	1	+46	9	Semi-finals
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	24	14	+10	6
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	7	13	−6	3
4	Dominican Republic (H)	3	0	0	3	1	51	−50	0

Source: PAHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
(H) Host.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Semi-finals
2	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

Source: PAHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold Medal Match
	10 August 2003
	Argentina	7
					13 August 2003
	Uruguay	0
					Argentina	3
	10 August 2003
					United States	1
	United States	6
	Chile	1
					Bronze Medal Match
					13 August 2003
					Uruguay (pen.)	2 (5)
					Chile	2 (4)

• Official website (women)