Hockey’s Road to Paris2024 hits midway point
Congratulations to the first six Men’s and Women’s Qualifying Teams
The wait is over for half the teams who will meet on hockey’s biggest stage at the Paris2024 Olympic Games next summer. With the conclusion of the hockey at the Pan American Games and the African Hockey Road to Paris 2024, 6 teams have now secured their qualification for Paris.
Courtesy of Asian Hockey Federation.
Direct Qualification for Continental Champions
Huge congratulations go to Australia, Netherlands, Argentina and South Africa men’s and women’s teams, and India men and China women who gained direct qualification as Continental Champions. They will join automatically-qualified hosts, France at the historical Yves de Manoir Stadium from 27 July-9 August 2024.
“Poligras has featured at two of the qualification tournaments on the road to Paris, providing the main stage at the EuroHockey Championships in Germany and the Asian Games in China.”
16 men’s and women’s teams will battle for remaining six Olympic spots
A further 16 men’s and women’s teams must wait a little longer before sealing their Olympic fate with the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024 set to take place in Valencia, Spain; Muscat, Oman; and Ranchi, India; from 13-21 January 2024. The teams that finish in the top-3 of each of the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024 tournaments will seal their qualification to the Olympic Games Paris 2024. With 6 women’s and men’s spots remaining, we wish all of the teams still battling for an Olympic spot the very best of luck.
Poligras turfs the road to Paris…
Poligras has featured at two of the qualification tournaments on the road to Paris, providing the main stage at the EuroHockey Championships in Germany where the Netherland’s took the double and the Asian Games in China where the host’s women and India’s men’s teams booked their Olympic slots.
Towards a greener future.
The 2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier venues in Valencia and Oman will feature Poligras turfs making them the turf of choice for two of the three remaining qualifiers. The men’s teams in Oman will have the opportunity to play out their qualifiers on the Poligras Paris GT zero turf that has been developed for Paris. Our latest generation Olympic turf is the world’s first carbon zero hockey surface. FIH innovation-certified for dry hockey it has been developed to help Paris 2024 to meet its carbon-neutral goals and marks another big step forward for sustainable hockey.
The 8 men’s teams that will compete in Muscat, Oman are: Great Britain, Germany, New Zealand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Canada, Chile and China.
The 8 men’s teams that will compete in Valencia, Spain are: Belgium, Spain, Korea, Ireland, Japan, Austria, Egypt and Ukraine.
The 8 women’s teams that will compete in Ranchi, India are: Germany, India, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, United States, Italy and Czech Republic.
The 8 women’s teams that will compete in Valencia, Spain are: Belgium, Great Britain, Spain, Korea, Ireland, Canada, Malaysia and Ukraine.
Learn more about Poligras Paris GT zero turf…