Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics will be the eleventh edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It will be held from 24 July to 6 August 2021. All games will be played at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

Women's field hockey
at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country Japan
CityTokyo
Dates24 July – 6 August 2021
Teams12
Venue(s)Oi Hockey Stadium
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It was originally scheduled to be held from 25 July to 7 August 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Competition schedule
Legend
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29Fri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6
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
Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. The other teams qualified through the 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[2]

Event(s) Dates Location Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation 7 September 2013 Buenos Aires 1  Japan
2018 Asian Games 19 August – 1 September 2018 Jakarta – –1
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 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.[2]

Umpires

On 11 September 2019, 14 umpires were appointed by the FIH.[3]

  • Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
  • Irene Presenqui (ARG)
  • Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
  • Laurine Delforge (BEL)
  • Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
  • Michelle Meister (GER)
  • Sarah Wilson (GBR)
  • Emi Yamada (JPN)
  • Amber Church (NZL)
  • Kelly Hudson (NZL)
  • Michelle Joubert (RSA)
  • Annelize Rostron (RSA)
  • Ayanna McClean (TTO)
  • Maggie Giddens (USA)

Group stage

The pools were announced on 23 November 2019.[4]

All times are local (UTC+9).[5][6]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
1  Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1  Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 25 July 2020. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
20:45
v
Netherlands  v  India
Report

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
21:15
v
Ireland  v  South Africa
Report

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
09:30
v
Great Britain  v  Germany
Report

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
10:00
v
Netherlands  v  Ireland
Report

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
18:30
v
South Africa  v  Great Britain
Report

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
21:15
v
Germany  v  India
Report

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
09:30
v
Netherlands  v  South Africa
Report

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
10:00
v
Great Britain  v  India
Report

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
12:15
v
Germany  v  Ireland
Report

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
19:00
v
Great Britain  v  Netherlands
Report

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
09:30
v
South Africa  v  Germany
Report

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
11:45
v
Ireland  v  India
Report

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
12:15
v
India  v  South Africa
Report

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
18:30
v
Germany  v  Netherlands
Report

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
20:45
v
Ireland  v  Great Britain
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
1  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1  Japan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 26 July 2020. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Host.

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
10:00
v
Australia  v  Spain
Report

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
11:45
v
Japan  v  China
Report

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
12:15
v
New Zealand  v  Argentina
Report

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
12:15
v
Australia  v  China
Report

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
19:00
v
Argentina  v  Spain
Report

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
20:45
v
Japan  v  New Zealand
Report

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
11:45
v
New Zealand  v  Spain
Report

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
18:30
v
Japan  v  Australia
Report

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
19:00
v
Argentina  v  China
Report

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
18:30
v
Spain  v  China
Report

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
20:45
v
Japan  v  Argentina
Report

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
21:15
v
New Zealand  v  Australia
Report

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
09:30
v
China  v  New Zealand
Report

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
10:00
v
Japan  v  Spain
Report

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
11:45
v
Argentina  v  Australia
Report

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
2 August
 
 
 
 
4 August
 
 
 
 
 
2 August
 
 
 
 
 
6 August
 
 
 
 
 
2 August
 
 
 
 
 
4 August
 
 
 
 
 
2 August
 
 Bronze medal match
 
 
 
6 August
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
09:30
v
TBD v TBD
Report

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
12:00
v
TBD v TBD
Report

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
18:30
v
TBD v TBD
Report

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
21:00
v
TBD v TBD
Report

Semi-finals

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)
10:30
v
WQF1 v WQF2
Report

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)
19:00
v
WQF3 v WQF4
Report

Bronze medal match

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)
10:30
v
LSF1 v LSF2
Report

Gold medal match

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)
19:00
v
WSF1 v WSF2
Report

References
  1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. "Tokyo 2020 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. "FIH appoints Officials for Tokyo 2020". FIH. 11 September 2019.
  4. "Tokyo 2020 Olympic hockey tournaments: pools confirmed". FIH. 23 November 2019.
  5. "Hockey competition schedule announced for rescheduled Olympic Games in Tokyo". FIH. 17 July 2020.
  6. Schedule
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