Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament

2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's hockey

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Melbourne
Dates	7 – 26 March
Teams	10
Venue(s)	State Netball and Hockey Centre
Top three teams
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	England
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Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

Women's Field hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place between 16 March and 25 March. The competition consisted of a round robin stage of two groups of five with the winners and runners-up of each group qualifying for the semifinals. All matches were played at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in the Parkville area of Melbourne.

The Gold medal was won by Australia, who defeated 2002 champions India 1 – 0 in the final. England won the bronze medal by defeating South Africa 3 – 1 on penalty strokes.^[1]

Squads

Results

Pool A

Team P W L D F A Pts  Australia 4 4 0 0 27 2 12  India 4 2 1 1 18 7 7  Malaysia 4 2 2 0 7 15 6  South Africa 4 1 2 1 7 8 4  Nigeria 4 0 4 0 1 28 0 Australia and India qualified for the semifinal.

Home Result Away Half time Malaysia  4–0  Nigeria 1–0 Australia  4–2  India 2–2 Nigeria  1–4  South Africa 0–2 Australia  8–0  Malaysia 4–0 South Africa  2–2  India 2–1 Nigeria  0 -12  Australia 0–7 Malaysia  2–1  South Africa 1–0 India  8–0  Nigeria 5–0 Australia  3–0  South Africa 1–0 Malaysia  1–6  India 0–4

Pool B

Team P W L D F A Pts  New Zealand 4 4 0 0 20 1 12  England 4 3 1 0 20 4 9  Scotland 4 2 2 0 11 8 6  Canada 4 1 4 0 5 10 3  Barbados 4 0 4 0 0 33 0 New Zealand and England qualify for the semifinal.

Home Result Away Half time Barbados  0–4  Canada 0–1 New Zealand  2–1  Scotland 1–0 Canada  0–5  England 0–2 Barbados  0–11  New Zealand 0–4 England  5–0  Scotland 2–0 Canada  0–3  New Zealand 0–1 England  10–0  Barbados 3–0 Canada  1–2  Scotland 1–1 England  0–4  New Zealand 0–1 Scotland  8–0  Barbados 3–0

Semifinals Home Result Away Half time Australia  3–0  England 1–0 New Zealand  0–1  India 0–0 Australia and India advanced to gold medal match.

Classification matches Placing Home Result Away Half time 5th/6th Malaysia  0–3  Scotland 0–3 7th/8th Canada  2–5  South Africa 0–2 9th/10th Nigeria  1–4  Barbados 1–1

Gold medal match Home Result Away Half time Australia  1–0  India 0–0

Bronze medal match Home Result Away Half time England  0 – 0*  New Zealand 0–0 *England won 3–1 on penalty shots.

Medals

Medal	Team
Gold	Australia
Silver	India
Bronze	England

2006 Women's Hockey Commonwealth Games Winners
Australia Second title

Statistics

Final rankings

References

Hockey at the Commonwealth Games 1998 Men's Women's 2002 Men's Women's 2006 Men's Women's 2010 Men's Women's 2014 Men's Women's