The U.S. males’s and ladies’s discipline hockey groups completed per week of continental competitors with a pair of silver medals.
The U.S. girls, regardless of dropping 2-0 to Argentina, are already certified for subsequent yr’s FIH World Cup for the reason that Albicelestes had already certified by way of their World League putting.
The identical, nevertheless, can’t be stated for the U.S. males. Although the United Wolves have the identical medals as their feminine counterparts, they don’t have automated qualification into the World Cup.
That’s a for much longer and troublesome highway. The U.S. males’s nationwide group has by no means certified for an FIH World Cup, and must end within the prime three of one among two FIH last-chance qualifiers, or be the highest-ranked fourth-place group.
As of proper now, the U.S. is a part of a bunch of six groups already certified into the qualification tourneys, alongside Chile, Canada, Eire, Scotland, and Wales. 4 extra groups from Europe, 5 from Asia, and one from Africa will participate.
Sound acquainted? That’s how america girls certified into Paris 2024, successful their approach into the higher half of their pool, then successful a pair of knockout matches, together with a dramatic comeback win over Japan to seal their flight to Paris.
It’s doable.
