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Date	Event	Location	Qualifier
20 September – 2 October 2014	2014 Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	South Korea
10–21 June 2015	2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals	Valencia, Spain	China
			Germany
			Argentina
			Spain
20 June – 5 July 2015		Antwerp, Belgium	Netherlands
			New Zealand
			India
			Japan
13–24 July 2015	2015 Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	United States
22–30 August 2015	2015 EuroHockey Nations Championship	London, England	Great Britain
21–25 October 2015	2015 Oceania Cup	Stratford, New Zealand	Australia
23 October – 1 November 2015	2015 African Qualifying Tournament	Randburg, South Africa	—
Total			12

^1 – Competed as England

^2 – South Africa won the continental qualifier however the team will not participate in the 2016 Olympics. South African sports confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and South African Hockey Association (SAHA) made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the Continental Qualification route will not be considered. As a result, Spain, as the highest-ranked team from the 2014-15 Hockey World League Semifinals not already qualified, will participate instead.

Agreement between SASCOC and SAHA

Rio 2016 Olympics Selection Criteria for SA Hockey Association

"Qualification Criteria" (PDF).

"Spain women and New Zealand men invited to Rio 2016 Olympic Games hockey events". FIH. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.