Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

2008 Olympic Games – Women's hockey
Tournament details
Host country  China
City Beijing
Teams 12
Top three teams
Champions   Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up   China
Third place   Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played 38
Goals scored 149 (3.92 per match)
Top scorer(s) Maartje Paumen (11 goals)
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Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

The women's field hockey tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held over a thirteen day period beginning on August 10, and culminating with the medal finals on August 22. All games were played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green. The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six teams with each team initially playing round-robin games within their pool. Following the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advanced to the semifinals. All other teams played classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings. The two semifinal winners met for the gold medal match, while the semifinal losers played in the bronze medal match. The Netherlands beat China in the gold medal game, while Argentina claimed third place over Germany in the bronze medal match.

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Qualification

The twelve teams in the women's Olympic hockey tournaments qualified through a series of tournaments. China was given an automatic entry as the Olympic host nation. Five continental championships were used to determine eight other qualifiers. Teams who did not qualify through these tournaments were invited to attend three Olympic qualification tournaments to determine the final three entrants.

Date Event Location Qualifier[1]
Host nation  China
2–14 December 2006 2006 Asian Games Doha, Qatar  Japan
14–22 July 2007 2007 African Olympic Qualifier Nairobi, Kenya  South Africa
14–29 July 2007 2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Argentina
18–25 August 2007 2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship Manchester, England  Germany
 Netherlands
 Great Britain
10–17 September 2007 2007 Oceania Cup Buderim, Australia  New Zealand
 Australia
12–20 April 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1 Baku, Azerbaijan  Spain
19–27 April 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2 Kazan, Russia  United States
26 April - 4 May 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament 3 Victoria, Canada  Korea

Umpires

Fifteen umpires for the women's event were appointed by the FIH.[2] During each match, a video umpire was used to assist the on-field umpires in determining if a goal had been legally scored.[3]

  •  Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
  •  Stella Bartlema (NED)
  •  Ute Conen (GER)
  •  Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
  •  Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
  •  Sarah Garnett (NZL)
  •  Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
  •  Lee Keum-Ju (KOR)
  •  Anne McRae (GBR)
  •  Carol Metchette (IRL)
  •  Miao Lin (CHN)
  •  Lisa Roach (AUS)
  •  Chieko Soma (JPN)
  •  Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
  •  Minka Woolley (AUS)

Squads

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's team squads

Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Pool A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Netherlands 15 5 5 0 0 14 3 +11
 China 10 5 3 1 1 14 4 +10
 Australia 10 5 3 1 1 17 9 +8
 Spain 6 5 2 0 3 4 12 −8
 Korea 3 5 1 0 4 13 18 −5
 South Africa 0 5 0 0 5 2 18 −16
     Qualified for semifinals
10 August 2008
10:30
China  3 – 0  Spain Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Marelize de Clerk (RSA)
Fu Baorong 17'
Li Hongxia 31'
Gao Lihua 37'
≪ Discipline ≫ Termens 57'
Team reprimand[4]
10 August 2008
18:00
Australia  5 – 4  Korea Umpires:
Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Liddelow 25' 50'
Hudson 47'
Young 56'
Eastham 65'		 Kim Mi-Seon 18'
Kim Darae 27'
Gim Sung-Hee 32'
Park Mi-Hyun 34'
≪ Discipline ≫ Lee Seon-Ok 60'
10 August 2008
20:30
Netherlands  6 – 0  South Africa Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Mulder 5'
Agliotti 27'
Paumen 46' 58'
Booij 56'
Dijkstra 66'
≪ Discipline ≫ Hosking 21'
12 August 2008
10:30
Australia  6 – 1  Spain Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Miao Lin (CHN)
Lambert 27' 60'
Hudson 47'
Eastham 54'
Halliday 66'
Rivers 70'		 Muñoz 6'
Liddelow 18' ≪ Discipline ≫
12 August 2008
18:30
China  3 – 0  South Africa Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Tang Chunling 6'
Fu Baorong 33'
Zhao Yudiao 40'
Li Shuang 52' ≪ Discipline ≫ Vida Ryan 25'
Butler 33'
Taylor 51'
12 August 2008
20:30
Netherlands  3 – 2  Korea Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Ute Conen (GER)
Paumen 3' 55'
Schopman 7'		 Lee Seon-Ok 4' 39'
Booij 9' ≪ Discipline ≫ Eum Mi-Young 42'
14 August 2008
08:30
China  0 – 1  Netherlands Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)
Paumen 21'
Chen Qiuqi 43' ≪ Discipline ≫
14 August 2008
18:00
Spain  2 – 1  Korea Umpires:
Anne McRae (GBR)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Camón 8'
Sanchez 22'		 Kim Jong-Eun 37'
Bonastre 19'
Huertas 24'		 ≪ Discipline ≫ Park Mi-Hyun 29'
Park Jeong-Sook 43'
Lee Seon-Ok 70'
14 August 2008
20:30
South Africa  0 – 3  Australia Umpires:
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Ute Conen (GER)
Hudson 10'
Lambert 44'
Eastham 62'
Vida Ryan 17'
Hector 43'		 ≪ Discipline ≫ Rivers 52'
16 August 2008
10:30
Australia  1 – 2  Netherlands Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Young 17' Paumen 20' 46'
≪ Discipline ≫ Van Geenhuizen 54'
16 August 2008
18:30
Korea  1 – 6  China Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Lee Seon-Ok 53' Tang Chunling 30' 33' 41'
Fu Baorong 39' 40' 64'
Kim Jong-Eun 28' ≪ Discipline ≫ Ren Ye 17'
Tang Chunling 25'
16 August 2008
21:00
Spain  1 – 0  South Africa Umpires:
Lee Keum-Ju (KOR)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Romagosa 31'
Oliva 32'
Romagosa 35'
Bonastre 50'		 ≪ Discipline ≫ Marais 47'
18 August 2008
10:30
Korea  5 – 2  South Africa Umpires:
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Gim Sung-Hee 6'
Lee Seon-Ok 23' 29'
Park Mi-Hyun 32'
Kim Eun-Sil 58'		 Hector 51'
Vida Ryan 66'
Moon Young-Hui 8' ≪ Discipline ≫ Hector 15'
18 August 2008
18:30
Netherlands  2 – 0  Spain Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Paumen 22'
Hoog 69'
Smabers 55' ≪ Discipline ≫ Camón 59'
18 August 2008
21:00
China  2 – 2  Australia Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Li Hongxia 30' 38' Eastham 51'
Young 62'
Li Hongxia 61'
Gao Lihua 67'
Ma Yibo 70'		 ≪ Discipline ≫

Pool B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Germany 12 5 4 0 1 12 8 +4
 Argentina 11 5 3 2 0 13 7 +6
 Great Britain 8 5 2 2 1 7 9 −2
 United States 6 5 1 3 1 9 8 +1
 Japan 4 5 1 1 3 5 7 −2
 New Zealand 0 5 0 0 5 6 13 −7
     Qualified for semifinals
10 August 2008
08:30
Japan  2 – 1  New Zealand Umpires:
Lee Keum-Ju (KOR)
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Morimoto 12'
Tsukui 17'		 Claxton 25'
Ozawa 62'
Tsukui 70'		 ≪ Discipline ≫
10 August 2008
18:30
Argentina  2 – 2  United States Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Rebecchi 5' 11' Smith 18'
Loy 64'
Aymar 30' 49' ≪ Discipline ≫ Lingo 5'
Barber 21' 59'
Bashore 44'
10 August 2008
21:00
Germany  5 – 1  Great Britain Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Miao Lin (CHN)
Rinne 26' 52'
Hoffmann 31' 49'
Rodewald 60'		 Cullen 29'
Rinne 12'
Kühn 18'		 ≪ Discipline ≫ Cullen 30'
12 August 2008
08:30
Argentina  2 – 2  Great Britain Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Garcia 10'
Gulla 27'		 Thomas 49'
Clewlow 51'
Luchetti 31'
Gonzalez Oliva 44'
Margalot 51'		 ≪ Discipline ≫ Cullen 31'
12 August 2008
18:00
United States  1 – 1  Japan Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Barber 58' Chiba 12'
≪ Discipline ≫ Yamamoto 25'
Iwao 33'
Kato 46'
12 August 2008
21:00
Germany  2 – 1  New Zealand Umpires:
Anne McRae (GBR)
Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)
Scholz 59'
Kühn 69'		 Forgesson 31'
Kühn 41'
Bachmann 45'
Heinlein 50'		 ≪ Discipline ≫
14 August 2008
10:30
United States  2 – 4  Germany Umpires:
Lee Keum-Ju (KOR)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Snow 27'
Loy 60'		 Keller 34'
Rinne 49'
Rodewald 55'
Kühn 64'
Gey 26' ≪ Discipline ≫ Haase 44'
Bachmann 56'
14 August 2008
18:30
Japan  1 – 2  Argentina Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Miura 64' Gulla 38'
Burkart 51'
≪ Discipline ≫ Aymar 12'
Luchetti 57'
Gulla 68'
14 August 2008
21:00
New Zealand  1 – 2  Great Britain Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Flynn 28' Danson 31'
Cullen 50'
Igasan 25'
Forgesson 56'		 ≪ Discipline ≫ Cullen 52'
16 August 2008
08:30
New Zealand  1 – 4  United States Umpires:
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Anne McRae (GBR)
Galletly 37' Smith 1' 42'
Loy 12'
Bashore 47'
Forgesson 17' 31'
Claxton 65'		 ≪ Discipline ≫ Powley 56'
16 August 2008
18:00
Germany  0 – 4  Argentina Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Burkart 38'
Gulla 49' 66'
Aymar 68'
≪ Discipline ≫ Hernández 15'
16 August 2008
20:30
Great Britain  2 – 1  Japan Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Panter 32'
Cullen 70'		 Miura 58'
Rogers 12' 47'
Walsh 41'
Craddock 66'		 ≪ Discipline ≫ Komazawa 27'
18 August 2008
08:30
Germany  1 – 0  Japan Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Miao Lin (CHN)
Beermann 40'
≪ Discipline ≫ Iwao 61'
18 August 2008
18:00
Great Britain  0 – 0  United States Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Lisa Roach (AUS)
   
18 August 2008
20:30
Argentina  3 – 2  New Zealand Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Rebecchi 15'
García 43'
Hernández 46'		 Roberts 33'
Igasan 61'

Final rounds

Classification

Eleventh and twelfth place

22 August 2008
08:30
South Africa  4 – 1  New Zealand Umpires:
Lee Keum-Ju (KOR)
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Marescia 14'
Wilson 34'
Vida Ryan 51'
Brown 59'		 Flynn 17'
Taylor 22' ≪ Discipline ≫ Sharland 13'
Forgesson 50'

Ninth and tenth place

20 August 2008
08:30
Korea  2 – 1  Japan Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Park Jeong-Sook 12' 49' Komazawa 43'
Lee Seon-Ok 27'
Kim Jin-Kyoung 67'		 ≪ Discipline ≫

Seventh and eighth place

20 August 2008
11:00
Spain  3 – 2
(AET)		  United States Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Ute Conen (GER)
Termens 8'
Huertas 68'
Ybarra 84' (GG)		 Sensenig 30'
Loy 59'
Comerma 29'
Termens 54' 64'
Camón 72'		 ≪ Discipline ≫ Lingo 67'

Fifth and sixth place

22 August 2008
11:00
Australia  2 – 0  Great Britain Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Miao Lin (CHN)
Blyth 29'
Munro 68'
≪ Discipline ≫ J. C. Ellis 60'

Medal Round

  Semifinals Gold Medal Match
20 August 2008 - Beijing
  Germany  2  
  China  3  
 
22 August 2008 - Beijing
      China  0
    Netherlands  2
Bronze Medal Match
20 August 2008 - Beijing 22 August 2008 - Beijing
  Netherlands  5   Germany  1
  Argentina  2     Argentina  3

Semi-finals

20 August 2008
18:00
Germany  2 – 3  China Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Keller 4'
Beermann 36'		 Gao Lihua 31'
Ma Yibo 39'
Zhao Yudiao 58'
Kühn 49' ≪ Discipline ≫ Ma Yibo 4'
Tang Chunling 56'
Gao Lihua 67'
20 August 2008
20:30
Netherlands  5 – 2  Argentina Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Paumen 9' 25' 47'
Agliotti 31'
Hoog 68'		 Russo 59'
Gulla 69'
≪ Discipline ≫ Gulla 32' 62'

Bronze medal match

22 August 2008
18:00
Germany  1 – 3  Argentina Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Kühn 45' Luchetti 11'
Rebecchi 22'
Barrionuevo 63'
Kühn 19' ≪ Discipline ≫ Aicega 58'

Gold medal match

22 August 2008
20:30
China  0 – 2  Netherlands Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Van As 51'
Goderie 62'

References

  1. ^ Teams Qualified for 2008 Olympic Games, Women
  2. ^ FIH Outdoor Appointments 2008
  3. ^ XXIXth Olympic Games Tournament Regulations - Men's and Women's Hockey Competitions
  4. ^ "TD Decision: Spanish Team". Worldhockey.org. http://www.fiholympics2008.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,5193-190425-19728-45264-288217-18193-5239-layout75-207648-news-item,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-12.