Men's Field Hockey Qualifying Tournaments For The 2008 Summer Olympics
The Men’s field hockey Qualifying Tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics were qualification tournaments to determined the final three spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournaments, which involved 18 teams divided into three groups, with three separate qualifying tournaments, were held in New Zealand, Chile and Japan, at different times in 2008. Only the winners of each qualifying tournament earnt a berth in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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