2006 Women's Hockey World Cup

2006 Hockey World Cup
Hockey Copa del Mundo Femenino 2006
Tournament details
Host country  Spain
City Madrid
Teams 12
Top three teams
Champions   Netherlands (6th title)
Runner-up   Australia
Third place   Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played 42
Goals scored 116 (2.76 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sylvia Karres (6 goals)
Best player Núria Camón
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The 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup is the 11th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It was held from September 27 to October 8, 2006 in Madrid, Spain.

Netherlands won its sixth World Championship after beating Australia 3–1. Defending Champion Argentina finished third after defeating Spain 5–0 in the third place play-off.

Contents

Venue

Qualification

Main article: 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier

The qualification round took place in Rome, Italy from April 25 to May 6, 2006. The final rankings in the tournament are as listed below, with qualifying teams emboldened.

  1.  England
  2.  Korea
  3.  Japan
  4.  United States
  5.  China
  6.  France
  7.  New Zealand
  8.  Ireland
  9.  Azerbaijan
  10.  Scotland
  11.  Ukraine
  12.  Italy

Participating nations

The five continental champions, the European vice-champion and the host country are starting entitled, and make up the final line-up alongside the five nations from the qualifying tournament.

 Argentina (Americas champion)
 Australia (Oceanian champion)
 China
 England
 Germany (European runner-up)
 India (Asian champion)
 Japan
 Korea
 Netherlands (European champion)
 South Africa (African champion)
 Spain (Host)
 United States

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup squads.

Preliminaries

Pool A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Netherlands 13 5 4 1 0 12 3 +9
 Spain 10 5 3 1 1 6 5 +1
 England 8 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1
 Germany 7 5 2 1 2 6 5 +1
 China 3 5 1 0 4 5 13 −8
 India 1 5 0 1 4 7 11 −4

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

September 27, 2006
12:00
Netherlands  3 – 2  India Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
Paumen 3'
Lammers 31'
Karres 37'		 S. Kaur 49', 66'
September 27, 2006
14:30
China  2 – 3  England Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Ute Conen (GER)
Ma Yibo 27'
Ren Ye 40'		 Danson 12'
Wright 29'
Cullen 55'
September 27, 2006
16:00
Spain  1 – 0  Germany Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Huertas 56'
September 29, 2006
14:00
England  0 – 1  Netherlands Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Schopman 13'
September 29, 2006
16:00
China  0 – 1  Spain Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Muñoz 11'
September 29, 2006
18:00
India  2 – 3  Germany Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Anne McRae (SCO)
S. Kaur 34'
Kharb 61'		 Kühn 21'
Haase 63'
Keller 65'
October 1, 2006
12:00
Netherlands  2 – 0  Spain Umpires:
Anne McRae (SCO)
Ute Conen (GER)
Mulder 6'
Van As 42'
October 1, 2006
14:00
India  1 – 1  England Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
S. Kaur 57' (PS) Rogers 47'
October 1, 2006
16:00
Germany  3 – 1  China Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Stoeckel 45'
Müller 51'
Haase 61'		 Sun Zhen 53'
October 3, 2006
12:00
England  1 – 0  Germany Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
Richardson 38' (PS)
October 3, 2006
14:00
China  1 – 6  Netherlands Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Ma Yibo 58' Karres 16', 34', 42'
Lammers 47', 48', 66'
October 3, 2006
16:00
Spain  3 – 2  India Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Muñoz 10'
Sanchez 30', 43'		 S. Kaur 17'
Anjum 48'
October 4, 2006
12:00
Netherlands  0 – 0  Germany Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
October 4, 2006
14:00
India  0 – 1  China Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Fu Baorong 25'
October 4, 2006
16:00
Spain  1 – 1  England Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Cruz 10' Clewlow 65'

Pool B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 13 5 4 1 0 11 4 +7
 Argentina 10 5 3 1 1 9 8 +1
 United States 7 5 2 1 2 6 6 0
 Japan 5 5 1 2 2 6 5 +1
 Korea 4 5 1 1 3 5 8 −3
 South Africa 2 5 0 2 3 3 9 −6

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

September 27, 2006
12:30
Korea  2 – 1  Japan Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Park Young-Soon 10', 58' Chiba 8'
September 27, 2006
14:00
Australia  1 – 0  South Africa Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Anne McRae (SCO)
Blyth 34'
September 27, 2006
18:00
Argentina  2 – 1  United States Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Garcia 3'
Aicega 32'		 Doton 35'
September 28, 2006
14:00
Korea  0 – 0  South Africa Umpires:
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Ute Conen (GER)
September 28, 2006
16:00
Australia  3 – 1  United States Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Taylor 8'
Hudson 34'
Skirving 57'		 Doton 11'
September 28, 2006
18:00
Argentina  3 – 2  Japan Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Luchetti 9'
Garcia 14'
Margalot 41'		 Chiba 70'
Kimura 70'
September 30, 2006
14:00
Korea  3 – 4  Australia Umpires:
Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Kim Jung-Hee 6'
Choi Eun-Young 35'
Park Mi-Hyun 63'		 Munro 17', 34'
Hudson 18'
Smith 23'
September 30, 2006
16:00
United States  0 – 0  Japan Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
September 30, 2006
18:00
South Africa  2 – 2  Argentina Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Wilson 40'
Bright 45'		 Margalot 29'
Luchetti 67'
October 2, 2006
12:00
Japan  0 – 0  Australia Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Miao Lin (CHN)
October 2, 2006
14:00
South Africa  1 – 3  United States Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
Marescia 44' Loy 13'
Lingo 24'
Fronzoni 52'
October 2, 2006
16:00
Argentina  2 – 0  Korea Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Gulla 23'
Aymar 30'
October 4, 2006
12:30
South Africa  0 – 3  Japan Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Komori 3', 29'
Miura 9'
October 4, 2006
14:30
Korea  0 – 1  United States Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Barber 31'
October 4, 2006
18:00
Australia  3 – 0  Argentina Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Anne McRae (SCO)
Beattie 10', 28'
Taylor 52'

Ninth to twelfth place classification

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

October 6, 2006
12:30
China  4 – 0  South Africa Umpires:
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
Ren Ye 14'
Ma Yibo 18'
Sun Zhen 29'
Tang Chunling 70'
October 6, 2006
15:00
Korea  4 – 1  India Umpires:
Anne McRae (SCO)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Park Mi-Hyun 23'
Kim Jung-Hee 26'
Park Young-Soon 28', 30'		 Toppo 64'

Eleventh and twelfth place

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

October 7, 2006
18:00
South Africa  0 – 1  India Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Anne McRae (SCO)
Kullu 20'

Ninth and tenth place

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

October 7, 2006
19:00
China  1 – 2  Korea Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Ren Ye 70' Choi Eun-Young 10'
Park Mi-Hyun 13'

Fifth to eighth place classification

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

October 6, 2006
11:30
England  0 – 2  Japan Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Chiba 42'
Morimoto 62'
October 6, 2006
14:00
United States  1 – 0  Germany Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Snow 37'

Seventh and eighth place

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

October 8, 2006
12:00
England  2 – 1  Germany Umpires:
Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Rogers 15'
Walker 35'		 Stöckel 43'

Fifth and sixth place

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

October 7, 2006
16:30
Japan  1 – 0  United States Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Chiba 40'

First to fourth place classification

  Semi-finals Final
October 6, 2006
  Netherlands  3  
  Argentina  1  
 
October 8, 2006
      Netherlands  3
    Australia  1
Third place
October 6, 2006 October 8, 2006
  Australia (AET)  1   Argentina  5
  Spain  0     Spain  0

Semi finals

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

October 6, 2006
16:30
Netherlands  3 – 1  Argentina Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Ute Conen (GER)
Karres 13'
Van Geenhuizen 45'
Lammers 60'		 Hernández 64'
October 6, 2006
19:00
Australia  1 – 0 (AET)  Spain Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Smith 71'

Third and fourth place

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

October 8, 2006
14:30
Argentina  5 – 0  Spain Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Hernández 2', 13'
Aicega 6'
Aymar 51'
Gulla 53'

Final

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

October 8, 2006
17:00
Netherlands  3 – 1  Australia Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Paumen 41', 66'
Karres 55'		 Sanders 47'
 2006 Women's World Cup Winners 

Netherlands
Sixth title

Awards

Topscorer Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament Young Player of the Tournament Fair Play Trophy
Sylvia Karres Núria Camón Amy Tran Carla Rebecchi  South Africa

All Star team

A 20 women squad, including two coaches, are selected as World Cup All Star Team:[1]

Coaches Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Marc Lammers
Frank Murray		 Amy Tran
María Jesús Rosa		 Minke Booij
Magdalena Aicega
Akemi Kato
Angie Skirving
Crista Cullen
Janneke Schopman		 Luciana Aymar
Park Mi-hyun
Silvia Muñoz
Fanny Rinne
Miek van Geenhuizen		 Nikki Hudson
Fu Baorong
Sylvia Karres
Natascha Keller
Kaori Chiba

Umpires

Below is the 14 umpires released by the International Hockey Federation:

  • Sarah Garnett
  • Soledad Iparraguirre
  • Anne McRae
  • Miao Lin
  • Gina Spitaleri
  • Minka Woolley
  • Kazuko Yasueda

References

  1. ^ "FIH announce WorldHockey All Star Teams 2006". http://worldhockey.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,1181-18543-19728-28355-263938-9199-5039-layout75-19693-news-item,00.html. Retrieved 2007-11-03. 

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