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

The qualification for the Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics 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[]

Date v t	Event	Location	Qualifier
20 September – 2 October 2014	2014 Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	South Korea
10–21 June 2015	2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals	Valencia, Spain	China
			Germany
			Argentina
			Spain²
20 June – 5 July 2015		Antwerp, Belgium	Netherlands
			New Zealand
			India
			Japan
13–24 July 2015	2015 Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	United States
22–30 August 2015	2015 EuroHockey Nations Championship	London, England	Great Britain¹
21–25 October 2015	2015 Oceania Cup	Stratford, New Zealand	Australia
23 October – 1 November 2015	2015 African Qualifying Tournament	Randburg, South Africa	—²
Total			12

^1 – Competed as England

^2 – 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, Spain, 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 received a berth alongside the host Brazil, while another six spots were decided in the 2014–2015 FIH Hockey World League. As the host nation, Brazil had a guaranteed quota place if it satisfiesdthe following performance criteria set by FIH: the women's team should either obtain a world ranking equal to or better than fortieth place by the end of 2014, or not finish lower than seventh at the 2015 Pan American Games. They did not however meet any requirements and thuis did not qualify.

Brazil did not meet any requirements, so the team did not qualify.

Continental Qualification Tournament[]

	Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Africa[]

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

America[]

Rank	Team
	United States
	Argentina
	Canada
4	Chile
5	Uruguay
6	Mexico
7	Dominican Republic
8	Cuba

Asia[]

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	China
	India
4	Japan
5	Malaysia
6	Kazakhstan
7	Thailand
8	Hong Kong

Europe[]

Rank	Team
	England as Great Britain
	Netherlands
	Germany
4	Spain
5	Belgium
6	Scotland
7	Italy
8	Poland

Oceania[]

Rank	Team
	Australia
	New Zealand

2014–15 World League Semifinals[]

	Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Rank	Valencia	Antwerp
1	Great Britain	Netherlands
2	China	South Korea
3	Germany	Australia
4	Argentina	New Zealand
5	United States	India
6	Spain	Japan
7	South Africa	Belgium
8	Ireland	Italy
9	Canada	Poland
10	Uruguay	France