Teams Qualified for 2008 Olympic Games

Updated: 4 May 2008

2008 Olympic Games Women's Hockey Tournament 

• China (Asian Games Champion and host)
• Japan (Silver Medalist Asian Games, extra quota based upon the WorldHockey team rankings after Samsung World Cup 2006)
• South Africa (Champion of the African Olympic Qualification Tournament)
• Argentina (Champion of the 15th Pan American Games)
• Germany (Champion of the 8th Women’s EuroHockey Nations Championship )
• Netherlands (Silver medalist of the 8th Women’s EuroHockey Nations Championship)
• Great Britain (Bronze medalist (England) of the 8th Women’s EuroHockey Nations Championship)  
• New Zealand (Champion of the 5th Oceania Cup)
• Australia (Silver medalist of the 5th Oceania Cup)
• Spain (Winner of the Women’s Qualifying Tournament for the XXIX Olympic Games – No. 1)
• USA (Winner of the Women’s Qualifying Tournament for the XXIX Olympic Games – No. 2)
• Korea (Winner of the Women’s Qualifying Tournament for the XXIX Olympic Games – No. 3)

Quotas for Women’s Qualifying Tournament for the XXIX Olympic Games

Africa: 1 (KEN)
Asia: 4 (IND, KOR, MAS, TPE)
Europe: 8 (AZE, BEL, BLR, ESP, IRL, ITA, RUS, UKR)
Oceania: nil
Pan America: 5 (AHO, CAN, CHI, CUB, USA)

Allocation of teams to Qualifying Tournaments