USA Women Qualify for Rio 2016 Olympic Games Hockey
USA women confirmed their place in the hockey event at Rio 2016 at the Pan Am Games Thursday morning after winning their semifinal match versus Canada.
USA women have qualified for the hockey event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. USA beat Canada in their semifinal match Thursday morning, to confirm their place in the final of the Pan Am Games in Toronto and ultimately book their place in Olympics.
Argentina women won the other semi-final in Toronto and have already qualified for Rio through the Hockey World League Semi-Finals. With both teams in the final, qualification for USA women is guaranteed, either as winner of the Pan Am Games (Continental Champions) or the next highest ranked placed team from the Hockey World League Semi-Finals should the Continental Champion already have qualified.
USA women join the eight teams already qualified for Rio 2016. Korea as Asian Games champions and Great Britain, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and Argentina through the Hockey World League Semi-Finals. New Zealand women also joined the line-up Wednesday. Host nation Brazil women failed to meet the qualification criteria and their place went to New Zealand as the next highest ranked placed team at the Hockey World League Semi-Finals.
The remaining three Olympic places (women) will not be finalised until after the Continental Championships which finish in October this year. Indian women are also in fray.