| Netherland (1.), England (2.), Soviet Union (3.), West Germany (4.) and Spain (5.) qualified as first 5 teams II EuroHockey Women 1987. |  | Netherlands pre-qualified as Host.  |   
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| -- teams played for 6 quotas. 4? Tournaments with 1 or 2 quotas each.  |   
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| Qualified: Scotland, Wales and France. |   
| Qualified all 12 teams that played in II Eurohockey Women 1987. |   
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| Round Robin | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | ns |  | 1. Ireland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7: | 0 | 1 |  | 2. Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6: | 2 |   |  | 3. Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6: | 5 |   |  | 4. Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0: | 11 | 1 |   
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| Team | Irel | Ital | Pola | Finl |  | Ireland | --- | 2:0 | 5:1 |   |  | Italy |   | --- | 0:0 | 6:0 |  | Poland |   |   | --- | 5:0 |  | Finland |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  Lisburn (NIR) |  | 22.06 |   Italy | 0-0 |   Poland |   |  | 22.06 |   Ireland | --- |   Finland |   |  | 23.06 |   Poland | 5-0 |   Finland |   |  | 23.06 |   Ireland | 2-0 |   Italy |   |  | 24.06 |   Italy | 6-0 |   Finland |   |  |  Mazzoleni 3, Cotelli 2, Fabiani |  | 24.06 |   Ireland | 5-1 |   Poland |   |   
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| Round Robin | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | ns |  | 1. Austria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7: | 0 | 1 |  | 2. East Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6: | 2 |   |   
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| Team | Aust | EaGe |  | Austria | --- | 1:1,2:1 |  | East Germany |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  Wien (AUT) |  | 15.05 |   Austria | 1-1 |   East Germany |   |  | 16.05 |   Austria | 2-1 |   East Germany |   |   
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