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| Mens England, representing GB for the Olympics, finished 5th in the recent EuroHockey Nations in Manchester. With only the top 3 places guaranteeing an Olympic slot, the Netherlands, Spain and Belgium qualified. GB have one final chance of being at the Olympics but have to win their qualifying tournament in Chile. So far the following 9 countries have an Olympic place: 1. China (Host) 2. Korea (Asian Games Champion) 3. Pakistan (Asian Games Bronze) 4. South Africa (Champion African Olympic Qualification) 5. Canada (Champion Pan American Games) 6. Netherlands (Gold EuroHockey Nations) 7. Spain (Silver EuroHockey Nations) 8. Belgium (Bronze EuroHockey Nations) 9. Australia (Gold Oceania Cup) 3 vacancies are left for winner of each qualifying tournament: |
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| Womens England finished 3rd in the recent EuroHockey Nations in Manchester. Along with Germany and Netherlands they qualified for the Olympics with the other following countries: 1. China (Gold Asian Games and Host) 2. Japan (Silver Asian Games) 3. South Africa (Champion African Olympic Qualification) 4. Argentina (Champion Pan American Games) 5. Germany (Gold Eurohockey Nations) 6. Netherlands (Silver Eurohockey Nations) 7. Great Britain (Bronze(England) Eurohockey Nations) 8. New Zealand (Gold Oceania Cup) 9. Australia (Silver Oceania Cup) 3 vacancies are left for winner of each qualifying tournament:
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