Hockey

About Hockey

Ireland's women's hockey team made history by qualifying for the Olympics for the first time at Tokyo 2020, reaching the Games on the back of a run to the World Cup final in 2018, with the men's team following them to Paris 2024.

Hockey at the Olympics is played eleven-a-side on an artificial turf pitch, with men's and women's tournaments each decided by round-robin pool play followed by knockout stages. Qualification alone marked a landmark achievement for a sport with deep roots on the island.