Three pools of eight teams each for women as well as for men will compete in these events which will involve some of the best teams in the world. In fact, no less than 14 teams qualified for the FIH Series Finals played either at the Women or the Men’s World Cups last year! Canada, China, France, India, Ireland, Malaysia and South Africa all competed at the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 last month, while India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, South Africa and Spain were in England last summer for the Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup London 2018.

Furthermore, the FIH Series Finals are one of the roads to reach the Olympic Games. Indeed, the top two teams from each FIH Series Finals will secure a place in the Qualification Events for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games which will be held in October and November 2019.^(*)

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Women’s Pools:

Ireland (Banbridge) 8-16 June 2019

Czech Republic
France
Ireland
Korea
Malaysia
Scotland
Singapore
Ukraine

Japan (Hiroshima) 15-23 June 2019

Chile
Fiji
India
Japan
Mexico
Poland
Russia
Uruguay

Valencia (Spain) 19-27 June 2019

Belarus
Canada
Italy
Namibia
South Africa
Spain
Thailand
Wales

^(*)note: if Japan, Scotland or Wales finish in the top 2 of their respective pools, they will not secure a place in the Olympic Games Qualifiers. Japan have already qualified as both host and winners of the Asian Games; for Scotland and Wales, the reason is that England are the nominated country for GBR’s qualification pathway. If any of these three teams do finish in the top 2, the team that finishes third does NOT automatically qualify for the Olympic Games Qualifiers. Any such additional place is determined by the FIH Hero World Rankings as at the completion of the continental championships (8 September 2019)

FIH Series Finals Dublin Match Schedule:

Match #	Description	Date	Time	Teams
1	Pool B	8 Jun	11:00	KOR – UKR
2	Pool B		13:00	SCO – FRA
3	Pool A		15:00	IRL – MAS
4	Pool A		17:00	CZE – SGP
5	Pool B	9 Jun	11:00	UKR – FRA
6	Pool B		13:00	SCO – KOR
7	Pool A		15:00	CZE – IRL
8	Pool A		17:00	MAS – SGP
9	Pool A	11 Jun	12:00	MAS- CZE
10	Pool A		14:00	IRL- SGP
11	Pool B		16:00	KOR- FRA
12	Pool B		18:00	UKR- SCO
13	Cross-over	13 Jun	15:45	2nd Pool A – 3rd Pool B
14	Cross-over		18:00	2nd Pool B – 3rd Pool A
15	7 / 8	15 Jun	11:00	4th Pool A – 4th Pool B
16	SF		13:15	1st Pool A – Winner 14
17	SF		15:30	1st Pool B – Winner 13
18	5 / 6	16 Jun	11:00	5th / 6th Playoff
19	3 / 4		13:15	3rd / 4th Playoff
20	Final		15:30	Winner 16 – Winner 17