Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's field hockey
at the 2004 Summer Olympics

250px Victory ceremony
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
City	Athens
Dates	14 – 26 August
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Hellinikon Olympic Hockey Centre
Top three teams
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	105 (3.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mijntje Donners Jenny Wilson (5 goals)
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Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

The women's field hockey tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the 7th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over an eleven-day period beginning on 16 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 26 August. All games were played at the hockey centre within the Hellinikon Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece.

Germany won the gold medal for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Argentina won the bronze medal by defeating China 1–0.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations received an automatic berth. Along with the five teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament, ten teams competed in this tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
5–11 October 2002	2002 Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	China
25–31 May 2003	2003 Oceania Cup	Melbourne, Australia Auckland and Whangarei, New Zealand	Australia
3–13 August 2003	2003 Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Argentina
1–13 September 2003	2003 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Barcelona, Spain	Netherlands
7–17 October 2003	2003 All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	South Africa
19–28 March 2004	Olympic Qualification Tournament	Manukau, New Zealand	Japan Spain New Zealand Germany South Korea

Although the host nation would have qualified automatically as well, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to give them an automatic berth due to the standard hockey in Greece. Greece appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), however it was turned down. Greece's first option to gain a place at the Olympics was by qualifying for the EuroHockey Nations Championship held in 2003. As they did not qualify for this tournament their last option was to beat Russia, the last ranked team of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in a best of three play-off competition. Russia would have kept its place in the Qualifier regardless of whether it won or lost against Greece. There would, however, have been four places at stake at the tournament if Greece had qualified, rather than five. Eventually Greece withdrew from participating due to explicit financial reasons.

Umpires

• Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
• Renée Cohen (NED)
• Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
• Jean Duncan (GBR)
• Sarah Garnett (NZL)
• Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
• Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
• Ute Conen (GER)
• Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
• Lyn Farrell (NZL)
• Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
• Minka Woolley (AUS)

Rosters

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Results

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

First round

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12
Argentina	4	3	0	1	12	4	+8	9
Japan	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2	6
New Zealand	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3
Spain	4	0	0	4	3	12	−9	0

     Advanced to semifinals

14 August 2004 10:30 China 3 – 0 Japan Fu Baorong Template:Fhgoal Tang Chunling Template:Fhgoal Chen Qiuqi Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Renee Cohen (NED)

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14 August 2004 20:00 Argentina 4 – 0 Spain Stepnik Template:Fhgoal Rognoni Template:Fhgoal González Oliva Template:Fhgoal Oneto Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Ute Conen (GER)

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16 August 2004 08:30 Japan 1 – 3 Argentina Komazawa Template:Fhgoal Report Arrondo Template:Fhgoal García Template:Fhgoal Di Giacomo Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Lyn Farrell (NZL)

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16 August 2004 18:00 New Zealand 0 – 2 China Report Ma Yibo Template:Fhgoal Tang Chunling Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

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18 August 2004 08:30 China 3 – 0 Spain Tang Chunling Template:Fhgoal Fu Baorong Template:Fhgoal Gao Lihua Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS)

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18 August 2004 20:00 Japan 2 – 0 New Zealand Komori Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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20 August 2004 10:30 New Zealand 0 – 3 Argentina Report Aymar Template:Fhgoal Oneto Template:Fhgoal García Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

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20 August 2004 20:00 Spain 1 – 2 Japan Termens Template:Fhgoal Report Morimoto Template:Fhgoal Komazawa Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Ute Conen (GER)

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22 August 2004 10:30 Spain 2 – 3 New Zealand Goikoetxea Template:Fhgoal Report Provan Template:Fhgoal Roberts-Lang Template:Fhgoal Igasan Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

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22 August 2004 18:00 Argentina 2 – 3 China Aymar Template:Fhgoal Report Ma Yibo Template:Fhgoal Fu Baorong Template:Fhgoal Tang Chunling Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Renee Cohen (NED) Minka Woolley (AUS)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	4	4	0	0	14	5	+9	12
Germany	4	2	0	2	6	10	−4	6
South Korea	4	1	1	2	9	8	+1	4
Australia	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4
South Africa	4	1	0	3	5	12	−7	3

     Advanced to semifinals

14 August 2004 08:30 Netherlands 6 – 2 South Africa Donners Template:Fhgoal Boomgaardt Template:Fhgoal Moreira de Melo Template:Fhgoal Scheepstra Template:Fhgoal Report Wilson Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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14 August 2004 18:00 Australia 1 – 2 Germany Towers Template:Fhgoal Report Ernsting-Krienke Template:Fhgoal Müller Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Chieko Akiyama (JPN)

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16 August 2004 10:30 South Africa 0 – 3 Australia Report Towers Template:Fhgoal Faulkner Template:Fhgoal Gallagher Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Ute Conen (GER)

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16 August 2004 20:00 South Korea 2 – 3 Netherlands Kim Jin-Kyoung Template:Fhgoal Park Jeong-Sook Template:Fhgoal Report Van der Vaart Template:Fhgoal Booij Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Caroline de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

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18 August 2004 10:30 Netherlands 4 – 1 Germany Scheepstra Template:Fhgoal Boomgaardt Template:Fhgoal Van Geenhuizen Template:Fhgoal Karres Template:Fhgoal Report Ernsting-Krienke Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

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18 August 2004 18:00 South Africa 0 – 3 South Korea Report Ko Kwang-Min Template:Fhgoal Lee Seon-Ok Template:Fhgoal Kim Yun-Mi Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Renee Cohen (NED)

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20 August 2004 08:30 South Korea 2 – 2 Australia Park Mi-Hyun Template:Fhgoal Kim Seong-Eun Template:Fhgoal Report Dobson Template:Fhgoal Powell Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

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20 August 2004 18:00 Germany 0 – 3 South Africa Report Wehmeyer Template:Fhgoal Coetzee Template:Fhgoal Wilson Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

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22 August 2004 08:30 Germany 3 – 2 South Korea Kühn Template:Fhgoal Gude Template:Fhgoal Casaretto Template:Fhgoal Report Park Mi-Hyun Template:Fhgoal Kim Seong-Eun Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

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22 August 2004 20:00 Australia 0 – 1 Netherlands Report Donners Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

Ninth and tenth place

27 August 2004 09:00 Spain 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) South Africa Ybarra Template:Fhgoal Feito Template:Fhgoal Termens Template:Fhgoal Report Coetzee Template:Fhgoal Pholo Template:Fhgoal Wilson Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	24 August 2004
	South Korea	2
	New Zealand (a.e.t.)	3
					27 August 2004
					New Zealand	0
					Australia	3
					Seventh place
	24 August 2004			27 August 2004
	Japan	1		South Korea	3
	Australia	3			Japan	1

Crossover

24 August 2004 08:30 South Korea 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) New Zealand Kim Yun-Mi Template:Fhgoal Park Mi-Hyun Template:Fhgoal Report Roberts-Lang Template:Fhgoal Muirhead Template:Fhgoal Walton Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Jean Duncan (GBR)

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24 August 2004 11:00 Japan 1 – 3 Australia Komori Template:Fhgoal Report Gallagher Template:Fhgoal Faulkner Template:Fhgoal Powell Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Seventh and eighth place

27 August 2004 08:30 South Korea 3 – 1 Japan Oh Ko-Woon Template:Fhgoal Kim Jin-Kyoung Template:Fhgoal Report Miura Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

27 August 2004 11:00 New Zealand 0 – 3 Australia Report Towers Template:Fhgoal Powell Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

Medal round

Semifinals

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	24 August 2004
	Netherlands (p.s.)	2 (4)
	Argentina	2 (2)
					26 August 2004
					Netherlands	1
					Germany	2
					Bronze medal match
	24 August 2004			26 August 2004
	China	0 (3)		Argentina	1
	Germany (p.s.)	0 (4)			China	0

24 August 2004 18:00 Netherlands 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Argentina Karres Template:Fhgoal Donners Template:Fhgoal Report García Template:Fhgoal Aicega Template:Fhgoal Penalties Schopman Boomgaardt Donners Van Kessel 4 – 2 Margalot Rognoni Aymar Stepnik Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS)

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24 August 2004 20:30 China 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Germany Report Penalties Fu Baorong Gao Lihua Mai Shaoyan Tang Chunling Zhou Wanfeng 3 – 4 Rinne Klecker Bachmann Keller Gude Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

Bronze medal match

26 August 2004 18:00 Argentina 1 – 0 China Aymar Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Renee Cohen (NED) Ute Conen (GER)

Gold medal match

26 August 2004 20:30 Netherlands 1 – 2 Germany Scheepstra Template:Fhgoal Report Kühn Template:Fhgoal Gude Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

Statistics

Final ranking

1. Germany
2. Netherlands
3. Argentina
4. China
5. Australia

6. New Zealand
7. South Korea
8. Japan
9. South Africa
10. Spain

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Mijntje Donners
• Jenny Wilson

4 goals

• Luciana Aymar
• Soledad García
• Katrina Powell
• Tang Chunling

3 goals

• Julie Towers
• Fu Baorong
• Tomomi Komori
• Park Mi-Hyun
• Maartje Scheepstra

2 goals

• Vanina Oneto
• Suzie Faulkner
• Peta Gallagher
• Ma Yibo
• Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
• Franziska Gude
• Anke Kühn
• Rika Komazawa
• Kim Jin-Kyoung
• Kim Seong-Eun
• Kim Yun-Mi
• Oh Ko-Woon
• Ageeth Boomgaardt
• Sylvia Karres
• Macha van der Vaart
• Niniwa Roberts-Lang
• Pietie Coetzee
• Erdoitza Goikoetxea
• Esther Termens

1 goal

• Magdalena Aicega
• Inés Arrondo
• Marina di Giacomo
• Cecilia Rognoni
• Ayelén Stepnik
• Louise Dobson
• Chen Qiuqi
• Gao Lihua
• Caroline Casaretto
• Silke Müller
• Keiko Miura
• Sakae Morimoto
• Ko Kwang-Min
• Lee Seon-Ok
• Park Jeong-Sook
• Minke Booij
• Miek van Geenhuizen
• Fatima Moreira de Melo
• Lizzy Igasan
• Suzie Muirhead
• Jaimee Provan
• Lisa Walton
• Tsoanelo Pholo
• Sharne Wehmeyer
• María del Mar Feito
• Rocío Ybarra

External links

• Official FIH website