Great Britain’s women and men each earned wins which secured their places at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
GB’s women beat Ireland 2-1 within the FIH qualifiers bronze-medal match in Valencia, with each side needing to win to qualify for the Games.
Sarah Jones and Katie Robertson put GB 2-0 up earlier than Hannah McLoughlin scored a late comfort for Ireland.
In Oman, GB’s men beat New Zealand 3-1 within the qualifier semi-finals to secure their spot in Paris.
Phil Roper put Britain in entrance towards the Kiwis when he took down a lofted ball and lashed in a shot.
Sam Ward powered in two strikes from penalty corners both aspect of Kane Russell scoring from a New Zealand penalty nook.
Britain needed to deal with 5 minutes with one much less participant over the past quarter following a yellow card however maintained their two-goal result in shut out the win and arrange a remaining towards Germany on Sunday.
“It’s a incredible day for GB hockey. The ladies successful earlier was superb and then us doing it now,” stated Ward.
“It’s good not having to play the third/fourth play-off.”
New Zealand will play Pakistan on Sunday, with the winner qualifying for the Olympics.
