FIH announces pool for Hockey Olympic Qualifier 2024

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Lausanne (Switzerland). The Indian women’s hockey team will face Germany, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, United States, Italy and Czech Republic in the Olympic qualifiers to be held in Ranchi from January 13-24.

The top three teams in the eight-team competition will qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

FIH has revealed the pools for next year’s three Olympic qualifying events following the conclusion of continental qualifying events with the Pan-American Games and the African Hockey Road to Paris 2024.

So far, apart from hosts France, five men’s and women’s teams have secured direct qualification for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 as continental champions.

16 men’s and women’s teams together have secured their places in the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier 2024, hence, the pools for these qualification tournaments have now been revealed.

16 teams per gender divided into two groups. In which eight teams will travel to each place. The venues will be Muscat, Oman and Valencia, Spain for men, and Ranchi, India and Valencia, Spain for women.

The eight men’s teams competing in Muscat, Oman are Great Britain, Germany, New Zealand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Canada, Chile and China.

The eight men’s teams competing in Valencia, Spain are Belgium, Spain, Korea, Ireland, Japan, Austria, Egypt and Ukraine.

The eight women’s teams competing in Valencia, Spain are Belgium, Great Britain, Spain, South Korea, Ireland, Canada, Malaysia and Ukraine.

The men’s and women’s teams have been divided into two groups based on their world rankings as of November 5, 2023, following the completion of all Continental Championships.

The teams finishing in the top 3 in each of the four FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier 2024 tournaments will ensure their qualification for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

–IANS

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