2012 Olympic Qualification quotas released by FIH
The International Hockey Federation released qualification quotas for 2012 London Olympic Games. According to this, five continental championships will be Played from November 2010 to the end of 2011, which will determine nine men's and nine women's teams as direct qualifiers for Olympics.
Furthermore, FIH also designed a policy for the selection of the final three men's and three women's teams. Their qualification will be based on four tournaments to be played in the first part of 2012, and the winner of each tournament will qualify.
The men's and women's Olympic Hockey competitions will take place from 29th July to 11 August 2012.
Direct qualifiers for the 2012 Olympic Games Men's Hockey Tournament are given below:
§ Host nation – Great Britain
§ Africa – Champion at Africa Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
§ America – Champion at 16th Pan American Games (men's hockey competition)
§ Asia – Champion at 16th Asian Games (men's hockey competition)
§ Europe – Champion at 13th EuroHockey Nations Championship for Men
§ Oceania – Champion at 7th Men's Oceania Cup
In addition, a quota of three extra places are allocated to different continents for direct qualification. These three extra places for Olympic Games 2012 men's hockey competition are allocated as follows:
Europe: 2 extra places. Therefore the next two highest placed teams (other than the Champion and the nominated National Association for Great Britain) of the 13th European Nations Championship qualify directly for the 2012 Olympics Games.
Oceania: 1 extra place. Therefore, the next highest placed team at the 7th Men's Oceania Cup qualifies directly for the 2012 Olympics Games, together with the Oceania Champion.
A fourth extra position becomes available if the nominated National Association for Great Britain wins the final of the 13th Euro Hockey Nations Championship for Men and, based upon the ABN AMRO FIH Team Rankings, this will be allocated to Europe. In this event, together with the nominated National Association for Great Britain, the silver and bronze medalist as well as the 4th placed team of the 13th Euro Hockey Nations Championship for Men will qualify directly for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Qualifying Tournaments:
The last three places for the 2012 Olympic Games men's hockey competition will be decided in three Olympic Qualification tournaments in 2012. Of these qualifying tournaments, one will be played in India in February 2012 (exact dates TBC), the second in Japan from 25th April - 6th May, while dates and location for the third tournament still need to be confirmed.
The eighteen qualification places for the respective tournaments are allocated to the continents based upon the ABN AMRO FIH Team Rankings at the completion of the Hero Honda FIH World Cup Men 2010, and they are as follows:
Africa – 1 place
Oceania – 0 places
Pan America – 4 places
Direct qualifiers for the 2012 Olympic Games Women's Hockey Tournament are as follows:
§ Host nation – Great Britain
§ Africa – Champion at Africa Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
§ America – Champion at 16th Pan American Games (women's hockey competition)
§ Asia – Champion at 16th Asian Games (women's hockey competition)
§ Europe – Champion at 10th EuroHockey Nations Championship for Women
§ Oceania – Champion at 7th Women’s Oceania Cup
In addition, based upon the ABN AMRO FIH Team Rankings, three extra places are allocated to different continents for direct qualification. For the 2012 Olympic Games women’s hockey competition, the three extra positions are allocated as follows:
1 for Europe, 1 for Oceania and 1 for Asia; therefore, the runner-up at the 16th Asian Games qualifies directly for the 2012 Olympic Games, together with the Asian Champion, while rest three places will be filled through qualification tournaments.
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