Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The qualification for the 2016 Men's Olympic Field hockey Tournament was held from September 2014 to October 2015. There were three qualification events, host country, continental championship, and 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals respectively. Total twelve teams could participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Qualification summary[]

Dates v t	Event	Location	Qualifier
20 September – 2 October 2014	2014 Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	India
3–14 June 2015	2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Germany
			Canada
			Spain
			New Zealand
20 June – 5 July 2015		Antwerp, Belgium	Belgium
			Great Britain
			Ireland
21 July 2015	Host nation	Toronto, Canada	Brazil
14–25 July 2015	2015 Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	Argentina
21–29 August 2015	2015 EuroHockey Nations Championship	London, England	Netherlands
21–25 October 2015	2015 Oceania Cup	Stratford, New Zealand	Australia
23 October – 1 November 2015	2015 African Qualifying Tournament	Randburg, South Africa	—¹
Total			12

^1 – South Africa won the continental qualifier however the team did not participate in the 2016 Olympics. South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and South African Hockey Association (SAHA) made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the Continental Qualification route would not be considered.^[1]^[2] As a result, New Zealand, as the highest-ranked team from the 2014-15 Hockey World League Semifinals not already qualified, participated instead.^[3]^[4]

Host country[]

Each of the continental champions receives a berth alongside the host Brazil, while another six spots will be decided in the 2014–2015 FIH Hockey World League. As the host nation, Brazil has guaranteed a quota places if it satisfies the following performance criteria set by FIH: the men's team should either obtain a world ranking equal to or better than thirtieth place by the end of 2014, or not finish lower than sixth at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Brazil qualified by finishing the fourth in the 2015 Pan American Games

Continental Qualification Tournament[]

	Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Africa[]

Rank	Team
	South Africa
	Egypt
	Kenya
4	Ghana
5	Nigeria
6	Zimbabwe
7	Namibia
8	Tanzania
8

America[]

Rank	Team
	Argentina
	Canada
	Chile
4	Brazil
5	United States
6	Mexico
7	Trinidad and Tobago
8	Cuba

Asia[]

Rank	Men
	India
	Pakistan
	South Korea
4	Malaysia
5	China
6	Japan
7	Oman
8	Bangladesh
9	Sri Lanka
10	Singapore

Europe[]

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Germany
	Ireland
4	England
5	Belgium
6	Spain
7	France
8	Russia

Oceania[]

Rank	Team
	Australia
	New Zealand
	Fiji
4

2014–15 World League Semifinals[]

	Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Rank	Buenos Aires	Antwerp
1	Germany	Australia
2	Argentina	Belgium
3	Netherlands	Great Britain
4	Canada	India
5	Spain	Ireland
6	New Zealand	Malaysia
7	South Korea	France
8	Japan	Pakistan
9	Egypt	Poland
10	Austria	China