2018–19 Men's Hockey Series

2018–19 Men's Hockey Series
Tournament details
Teams55 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Canada
 India
 France
Tournament statistics
Matches played163
Goals scored1130 (6.93 per match)

The 2018–19 Men's Hockey Series was the inaugural season of the Hockey Series, a field hockey championship for men's national teams. The tournament started in June 2018 and finished in June 2019.[1]

Format

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The Hockey Series was open to all national teams that were not playing in the Pro League.

The Hockey Series took place in two rounds, the Open and the Finals. The nine highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings (as of 9 June 2017) skipped the Open and advanced directly to the Finals. All other national teams played in the Hockey Series Open, which featured eight regional events with up to six teams each. Fifteen teams qualified from the Hockey Series Open to the FIH Series Finals, for a total of 24 teams in the Finals. Those teams played in three events, with eight teams per event (three automatic qualifiers and five that advanced from the Open).[2]

The top two placed teams in each of the Finals events qualified for the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[3] In this qualification event, they were joined by the top four placed teams from the Pro League, and the four highest ranked teams not already qualified. The teams will be drawn and play a two-legged tie to determine seven qualified nations for the Olympic Games.

Schedule

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Hockey Series Open

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Dates Location Teams Hockey Series Finals
quotas
Hockey Series Finals
qualifier(s)
5–10 June 2018 Salamanca, Mexico  Costa Rica
 Mexico
 Panama
 Puerto Rico
 United States
2  United States
 Mexico
23 June – 1 July 2018 Singapore  Chinese Taipei
 Hong Kong
 Indonesia
 Myanmar
 Singapore
 Thailand
1  Singapore
 Thailand
25–30 June 2018 Zagreb, Croatia  Austria
 Croatia
 Slovakia
  Switzerland
 Wales
2  Austria
 Wales
15–18 August 2018 Port Vila, Vanuatu  Fiji
 Solomon Islands
 Tonga
 Vanuatu
0  Vanuatu
28 August – 2 September 2018 Gniezno, Poland  Cyprus
 Czech Republic
 Italy
 Lithuania
 Poland
 Ukraine
2  Poland
 Italy
4–9 September 2018 Lousada, Portugal  Belarus
 Gibraltar
 Portugal
 Russia
 Scotland
 Turkey
2  Russia
 Scotland
18–23 September 2018 Santiago, Chile  Bolivia
 Brazil
 Chile
 Peru
 Uruguay
 Venezuela
2  Chile
 Brazil
25–30 September 2018 Lahore, Pakistan  Afghanistan
 Bangladesh
 Kazakhstan
 Oman
 Qatar
 Sri Lanka
0 Cancelled[4]
7–9 December 2018 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe  Egypt
 Namibia
 Zambia
 Zimbabwe
1  Egypt
17–22 December 2018 Lahore, Pakistan  Afghanistan
 Kazakhstan
   Nepal
 Uzbekistan
1  Uzbekistan
21 January 2019 Appointed by the FIH 2  Ukraine[a]
 Belarus[b]
Total 15

FIH Series Finals

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The pools and venues were announced on 23 October 2018 with three teams still to qualify.[5] The final pools were confirmed on 21 January 2019.[6]

Dates Location Teams Qualified Olympic Qualifier
Quotas
Olympic Qualifier
Qualifiers
By Ranking From Hockey
Series Open
26 April – 4 May 2019 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Belarus[b]
 Canada
 China
 Malaysia
 Austria
 Brazil
 Italy
 Vanuatu
 Wales[c]
2  Canada
 Malaysia
6–16 June 2019 Bhubaneswar, India  India
 Japan[d]
 South Africa
 Mexico
 Poland
 Russia
 United States
 Uzbekistan
2  India
 South Africa
15–23 June 2019 Le Touquet, France  France
 Ireland
 South Korea
 Ukraine[a]
 Chile
 Singapore
 Scotland[c]
 Egypt
2  France
 Ireland
Total 6

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Ukraine qualified as the highest ranked nation not already qualified via the other two routes
  2. ^ a b Belarus replaced Vanuatu
  3. ^ a b Scotland and Wales cannot qualify for the Olympic Games Qualifiers because England are the nominated country for Great Britain’s qualification pathway.
  4. ^ Japan cannot qualify for the Olympic Games Qualifiers because they have already qualified as hosts and winners of the Asian Games.

References

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  1. ^ "Pakistan and Vanuatu to host Hockey Series Open events". FIH.ch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ Hockey Series Q&A
  3. ^ Olympic qualification system
  4. ^ "International hockey teams refuse to play in Pakistan". arysports.tv. 20 September 2018. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Pools and venues confirmed for 2019 FIH Series Finals". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  6. ^ "FIH Series Finals: all pools and venues confirmed". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.