▁served ▁as ▁a ▁qual ifier ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Summer ▁Olympics ▁as ▁the ▁ 7 ▁highest ▁placed ▁teams ▁apart ▁from ▁the ▁five ▁contin ental ▁champions ▁qualified . ▁ ▁Qual ification ▁ 1 1 ▁teams ▁ranked ▁between ▁ 1 st ▁and ▁ 1 1 th ▁in ▁the ▁FI H ▁World ▁Rank ings ▁current ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁seeking ▁entries ▁for ▁the ▁competition ▁qualified ▁automatically , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁ 7 ▁teams ▁qualified ▁from ▁Round ▁ 2 ▁and ▁two ▁nations ▁that ▁did ▁not ▁meet ▁ranking ▁criteria ▁and ▁were ▁ex empt ▁from ▁Round ▁ 2 ▁to ▁host ▁a ▁Sem if inal . ▁The ▁following ▁twenty ▁teams , ▁shown ▁with ▁final ▁pre - t ourn ament ▁rank ings , ▁competed ▁in ▁this ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁tournament . ▁ ▁Val encia ▁ ▁All ▁times ▁are ▁Central ▁European ▁Summer ▁Time ▁( UTC + 0 2 : 0 0 ) ▁ ▁U mp ires ▁Below ▁are ▁the ▁ 1 0 ▁u mp ires ▁appointed ▁by ▁the ▁International ▁Hockey ▁Federation : ▁ ▁Amy ▁B ax ter ▁( USA ) ▁Kar en ▁Ben nett ▁( N Z L ) ▁Caroline ▁Brun ek ree f ▁( N ED ) ▁El ena ▁E sk ina ▁( R US ) ▁Kelly ▁Hudson ▁( N Z L ) ▁Mar iana ▁Rey do ▁( AR G ) ▁Hann ah ▁Sand ers ▁( GB R ) ▁K yl ie ▁Se ym our ▁( A US ) ▁Ch ie ko ▁S oma ▁( J PN ) ▁E mi ▁Yam ada ▁( J PN ) ▁ ▁First