2018–19 Women's Hockey Series
[1] The Hockey Series was open to national teams that were not playing in the Pro League.The Hockey Series took place in two rounds, the Open and the Finals.The nine highest-ranked teams in the FIH World Rankings (as of 9 June 2017) skipped the Open and advanced directly to the Finals.The teams were drawn and played a two-legged tie to determine six qualified nations for the Olympic Games.The pools and venues were announced on 23 October 2018 with one team from Africa still to qualify.