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Field hockey at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Dates
  
July 13–25, 2015

Competitors
  
256 from 10 nations

Field hockey at the 2015 Pan American Games

Venue
  
Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields

Field hockey competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 13–25, at the Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields, which are located on the back campus of the University of Toronto. A total of eight men's and women's teams will compete in each respective tournament.

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The winners of the two tournaments will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, granted they are not already qualified as a host or via the 2014–15 Hockey World League Semifinals.

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the field hockey competitions:

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. The top two teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualifies teams in both events. The remaining three spots in each tournament will be given to the three best teams from the respective 2013 Pan American Cup that have yet to qualify. This will happen after the two qualification tournaments in 2014 are played. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (16 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 32 athletes.

Participating nations

A total of ten countries have qualified field hockey teams. The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants qualified.

References

Field hockey at the 2015 Pan American Games Wikipedia


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