Women's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Women’s field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics was a qualification tournament that determined the final three spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournament, which involved 18 teams divided into three groups, with three separate qualifying tournaments, was held in Azerbaijan, Russia and Canada, at different times in 2008. Only the following winners of each qualifying tournament earned a berth in the 2008 Summer Olympics: Spain, United States, and South Korea.

Teams

Below is a list of the 18 teams participating in this qualifying tournament: [ [http://worldhockey.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,1181-18543-19728-28355-278210-9199-5039-layout169-19693-news-item,00.html Allocation of Teams for Olympic Qualification Tournaments] ]

Qualifying 2

Qualifying 2 was held from April 19 to April 27, 2008 in Kazan, Russia. [ [http://www.sportcentric.com/vmgmt/vfilemgmt/page/filedownload/1,8202,1181-44154-131598-0-file,00.pdf WorldHockey Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Women, 19/27 April 2008, Kazan (Russia)] ]

Pool

All times are Canada Time (UTC-7)

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Classification

Fifth and sixth place

Third and fourth place

Final

Awards

References

External links

* [http://www.olympicqualifierwomenazerbaijan.sportcentric.com/ Official website (Qualifying 1)]
* [http://www.olympicqualifierwomenrussia.sportcentric.com/ Official website (Qualifying 2)]
* [http://www.olympicqualifierwomencanada.sportcentric.com/ Official website (Qualifying 3)]