Game Outline

The 2024 Paris Olympic Qualifying Tournament is the world’s final qualifying competition for the final slot, and the men’s competition will be held at two separate venues in Spain and Oman.
The top three teams from each venue will qualify for the Olympics based on their ranking in this tournament.
The men’s team is aiming to qualify for their second consecutive Olympics following Tokyo.

Name	33rd Olympic Games – Men’s Hockey – Final Qualifying Tournament (2024/Valencia)
Host	FIH Federation of International Hockey
Host City	Valencia, Spain UTC+1(Time difference from Japan – 8 hours)
Date	January 13 (Sat.) – January 21 (Sun.), 2024 (9 days) Competition Schedule [Updated November 10, 2023].
Place	Estadio Betero, Valencia
Participating Countries	8 countries Group A：Japan, Belgium, Ireland, Ukraine Group B：Spain (Host), Korea, Austria, Egypt
Match System	After the first round of round-robin league matches between the two groups, a ranking match will be held based on the standings.

Japanese Delegation

• Men’s National Team “Samurai Japan” for 33rd Olympic Games (2024/Paris) Hockey – Final Qualifying Tournament (2024/Valencia)(at the date of December 26, 2023)

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Final Result and Participating Countries

	Team	World Ranking Before the Games	World Ranking After the Games	Gr
Champion	Belgium	2nd	2nd	A
2nd	Spain (Host)	8th	8th	B
3rd	Ireland	13rd	11st	A
4th	Korea	10th	12nd	B
5th	Egypt	20th	18th	B
6th	Austria	19th	20th	B
7th	Japan	15th	16th	A
8th	Ukraine	29th	31st	A

FIH World Ranking as of January 12 (before the tournament) and as of January 22 (after the tournament)

*Current FIH World Ranking (Please select Outdoor and Men) [FIH Official Website]

Game Schedule and Results

* WR ＝ FIH World Ranking

Group A

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
5	2nd day Group A	Valencia	Japan WR 15th	0-7	Belgium WR 2nd
	1/15 02:30
6	2nd day Group A	Valencia	Ireland WR 13rd	5-1	Ukraine WR 29th
	1/15 04:45
7	3rd day Group A	Valencia	Japan WR 15th	5-2	Ukraine WR 29th
	1/16 01:00
8	3rd day Group A	Valencia	Ireland WR 13rd	2-4	Belgium WR 2nd
	1/16 03:15
11	5th day Group A	Valencia	Belgium WR 2nd	12-0	Ukraine WR 29th
	1/18 01:00
12	5th day Group A	Valencia	Japan WR 15th	0-1	Ireland WR 13rd
	1/18 03:15

Group B

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
1	1st day Group B	Valencia	Spain WR 8th	4-1	Austria WR 19th
	1/13 22:00
2	1st day Group B	Valencia	Korea WR 10th	4-4	Egypt WR 20th
	1/14 00:15
3	2nd day Group B	Valencia	Korea WR 10th	2-2	Spain WR 8th
	1/14 22:00
4	2nd day Group B	Valencia	Austria WR 19th	2-0	Egypt WR 20th
	1/15 00:15
9	5th day Group B	Valencia	Spain WR 8th	8-1	Egypt WR 20th
	1/17 20:00
10	5th day Group B	Valencia	Austria WR 19th	2-4	Korea WR 10th
	1/17 22:15

Finals and Ranking Games

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
13	7th day 5-8th Preliminary Round	Valencia	Japan WR 15th	1-5	Egypt WR 20th
	1/19 18:00
14	7th day Semifinal	Valencia	Spain WR 8th	2-0	Ireland WR 13rd
	1/19 20:30
15	7th day Semifinal	Valencia	Belgium WR 2nd	4-0	Korea WR 10th
	1/19 23:30
16	7th day 5-8th Preliminary Round	Valencia	Austria WR 19th	2-2 SO3-2	Ukraine WR 29th
	1/20 02:00
17	Final day 7th place match	Valencia	Japan WR 15th	6-2	Ukraine WR 29th
	1/21 18:00
18	Final day 5th place match	Valencia	Egypt WR 20th	4-3	Austria WR 19th
	1/21 20:30
19	Final day 3rd place match	Valencia	Ireland WR 13rd	4-3	Korea WR 10th
	1/21 23:30
20	Final day Final	Valencia	Spain WR 8th	2-3	Belgium WR 2nd
	1/22 02:00

Group League Ranking and Standings

Group A

Team		1	2	3	4
1	Japan	–	● 0:7	● 0:1	○ 5:2
2	Belgium	○ 7:0	–	○ 4:2	○ 12:0
3	Irealand	○ 1:0	● 2:4	–	○ 5:1
4	Ukraine	● 2:5	● 0:12	● 1:5	–

Ranking	Team		Played	W	D	L	TG	GD	Pts
1		Belgium	3	3	0	0	23	21	9
2		Ireland	3	2	0	1	8	3	6
3		Japan	3	1	0	2	5	-5	3
4		Ukraine	3	0	0	3	3	-19	0

Group B

Team		1	2	3	4
1	Spain	–	△ 2:2	○ 4:1	○ 8:1
2	Korea	△ 2:2	–	○ 4:2	△ 4:4
3	Austria	● 1:4	● 2:4	–	○ 2:0
4	Egypt	● 1:8	△ 4:4	● 0:2	–

Ranking	Team		Played	W	D	L	TG	GD	Pts
1		Spain	3	2	1	0	14	10	7
2		Korea	3	1	2	0	10	2	5
3		Austria	3	1	0	2	5	-3	3
4		Egypt	3	0	1	2	5	-9	1

Map

Estadio Betero, Valencia

Related Infomation

• FIH’s official website for the 33rd Olympic Games (2024/Paris) Hockey Competition
• FIH – TMS Official Site
• Watch.Hockey [Field Hockey Video Streaming Site]
• FIH Official Social Media [Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube]
• Men’s National Team “Samurai Japan”