1995 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The third Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia was held in Cape Town, South Africa, from Wednesday November 15 to Saturday November 26, 1995. Eight nations took part, and they played a round robin. The top five teams joined the other three that have already qualified: Australia, title holders Spain, and hosts the United States.

Team rosters

 Argentina

Mariana Arnal (gk), Verónica Artica (gk), María Camardón, Silvia Corvalán, Sofía MacKenzie, Magdalena Aicega, Julieta Castellán, Gabriela Sánchez, Anabel Gambero, Jorgelina Rimoldi, Karina Masotta, Vanina Oneto, María Castelli, Gabriela Pando, and Cecilia Rognoni. Head Coach: Rodolfo Mendoza. NB: One name missing.

 Canada

Deb Whitten (gk), Tara Croxford, Laurelee Kopeck, Nicole Colaco, Lisa Faust, Amy MacFarlane, Carla Somerville, Sue Reid, Veronica Planella, Karen McNeill, Chris Hunter, Tammy Holt, Gillian Sewell, Krista Thompson. Head Coach: ??. NB: Two names missing.

 Germany

Birgit Beyer (gk), Susie Wollschläger (gk), Simone Thomaschinski, Eva Hagenbäumer, Denise Klecker, Irina Kuhnt, Britta Becker, Melanie Cremer, Tanja Dickenscheid, Heike Lätzsch, Franziska Hentschel, Nadine Ernsting-Krienke, Natascha Keller, Vanessa van Kooperen, Philippa Suxdorf, and Katrin Kauschke. Head Coach: Berti Rauth.

 Great Britain

Joanne Thompson (gk), Jill Atkins, Karen Brown, Susan Fraser, Lucy Cope, Mandy Davies, Pauline Robertson, Tammy Miller, Jane Sixsmith, Susan MacDonald, Anna Bennett, Hilary Rose (gk), Rhona Simpson, Mandy Nicholls, Diana Renilson, and Christine Cook. Head Coach: Sue Slocombe.

 Netherlands

Jacqueline Toxopeus (gk), Stella de Heij (gk), Willemijn Duyster, Wendy Fortuin, Noor Holsboer, Marlies Vossen, Dillianne van den Boogaard, Suzanne Plesman, Jeannette Lewin, Suzan van der Wielen, Florentine Steenberghe, Margje Teeuwen, Nicole Koolen, Mijntje Donners, Ellen Kuipers, and Wietske de Ruiter. Head Coach: Tom van 't Hek.

 South Africa

Caryn Bentley, Paulene de Bruin, Jill Dix, Jacqui Geyser, Nicky du Toit (gk), Sherylle Calder, Gill Daniels, Hanneli Arnoldi, Michele MacNaughton, Caroline Matthews, Karen Roberts, Lindsey Carlisle, Sharon Cormack, Karen Symons, Kerry Bee, and Alison Dare. Head Coach: Kelly Fairweather.

Match results

November 15, 1995 Argentina  3–2 (2–1)  Netherlands María Castelli 5' Gabriela Sánchez 35' María Castelli 47' Jeannette Lewin 9' Mijntje Donners 54'

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November 15, 1995 South Africa  0–3 (0–1)  South Korea Lee Ji-Young 6' Lee Eun-Young 65' Lee Ji-Young 70'

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November 15, 1995 China  0–1 (0–1)  Germany Britta Becker 17'

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November 16, 1995 Great Britain  1–1 (1–1)  Canada Pauline Robertson 29' Tammy Holt 24'

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November 16, 1995 Argentina  1–0 (0–0)  South Korea Cecilia Rognoni 59'

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November 17, 1995 Netherlands  3–2 (2–1)  South Africa Wietske de Ruiter 9' Marlies Vossen 35' Ellen Kuipers 52' Caryn Bentley 21' Caryn Bentley 58'

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November 17, 1995 China  1–0 (1–0)  Canada Lin Ying 35'

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November 18, 1995 Great Britain  2–1 (1–0)  Germany Pauline Robertson 2' Susan Fraser 54' Franziska Hentschel 45'

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November 18, 1995 Netherlands  2–2 (1–1)  South Korea Wietske de Ruiter 6' Suzan van der Wielen 46' Chang Eun-Jung 15' Cho Eun-Jung 65'

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November 18, 1995 Argentina  0–0 (0–0)  South Africa

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November 19, 1995 Great Britain  1–0 (0–0)  China Rhona Simpson 56'

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November 19, 1995 Canada  0–2 (0–0)  Germany Franziska Hentschel 44' Franziska Hentschel 55'

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November 20, 1995 Netherlands  2–2 (2–2)  China Ellen Kuipers 14' Wietske de Ruiter 29' Huiping Yang 9' Huiping Yang 25'

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November 20, 1995 Canada  0–1 (0–0)  South Africa Sherylle Calder 38'

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November 21, 1995 South Korea  3–1 (0–1)  Great Britain Chang Eun-Jung 40' Cho Eun-Jung 57' Cho Eun-Jung 67' Rhona Simpson 24'

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November 21, 1995 Argentina  0–1 (0–1)  Germany Britta Becker 8'

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November 22, 1995 Netherlands  2–2 (1–1)  Great Britain Suzan van der Wielen 8' Jeannette Lewin 38' Rhona Simpson 26' Susan Fraser 41'

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November 22, 1995 Argentina  1–0 (0–0)  Canada Cecilia Rognoni 61'

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November 22, 1995 South Korea  3–1 (2–0)  China Kwon Chang-Sook 5' Cho Eun-Jung 21' Woo Hyun-Jung 59' Dong Hong Cai 56'

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November 22, 1995 South Africa  0–1 (0–0)  Germany Nadine Ernsting-Krienke 67'

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November 23, 1995 Netherlands  0–1 (0–0)  Canada Karen McNeill 67'

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November 22, 1995 South Africa  1–2 (1–1)  China Caryn Bentley 18' Jianpin Chen 2' Jing Chen 70'

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November 24, 1995 Argentina  2–2 (1–1)  Great Britain María Castelli 24' María Castelli 45' Mandy Nicholls 14' Susan Fraser 70'

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November 24, 1995 South Korea  2–1 (1–0)  Germany Cho Eun-Jung 16' Lee Ji-Young 57' Nadine Ernsting-Krienke 52'

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November 25, 1995 Netherlands  3–2 (1–1)  Germany Wietske de Ruiter 33' Dillianne van den Boogaard 36' Wietske de Ruiter 53' Franziska Hentschel 6' Franziska Hentschel 65'

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November 25, 1995 South Korea  1–0 (0–0)  Canada Cho Eun-Jung 61' )

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November 25, 1995 Argentina  1–2 (0–0)  China Vanina Oneto 41' Huiping Yang 43' Huiping Yang 64'

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November 25, 1995 South Africa  0–1 (0–1)  Great Britain Rhona Simpson 29'

Final standings

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	South Korea	11	7	5	1	1	14	6	+8
2.	Great Britain	9	7	3	3	1	10	9	+1
3.	Germany	8	7	4	0	3	9	7	+2
4.	Argentina	8	7	3	2	3	8	7	+1
5.	Netherlands	7	7	2	3	2	14	14	0
6.	China	7	7	3	1	3	8	9	−1
7.	Canada	3	7	1	1	5	2	7	−5
8.	South Africa	3	7	1	1	5	4	10	−6

Remarks

• The first five (South Korea, Great Britain, Germany, Argentina and the Netherlands) qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1.	Cho Eun-Jung	6
2.	Wietske de Ruiter	5
	Franziska Hentschel
4.	María Castelli	4
	Huiping Yang
	Rhona Simpson
7.	Caryn Bentley	3
	Susan Fraser
	Lee Ji-Young

See also

• 1996 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

References

• Overview on FIH-site