Women's field hockey
at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Olympic Green Hockey Field
Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Beijing
Dates	10 – 22 August
Teams	12
Venue	Olympic Green Hockey Field
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up	China
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	149 (3.92 per match)
Top scorer	Maartje Paumen (11 goals)
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Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament
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The women's field hockey tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the 8th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 10 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 22 August. All games were played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green in Beijing, China.

Contents

• Competition format
• Qualification
• Umpires
• Squads
• Results
• First round
• Fifth to twelfth place classification
• Medal round
• Final standings
• Goalscorers
• References
• External links

The Netherlands won the gold medal for the second time after defeating the hosts China 2–0 in the final. Argentina won the bronze medal by defeating the defending champions Germany 3–1. ^[1]

Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within its respective 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 semi-final winners met for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers played in the bronze medal match.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations and the hosts China received an automatic berth. The European federation received two extra quotas, while Oceanian received one extra quota, based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2006 World Cup. In addition to the three teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament. ^{[2] [3]}

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			1	China (5)
2–14 December 2006	2006 Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1	Japan 1 (6)
14–22 July 2007	2007 African Olympic Qualifier	Nairobi, Kenya	1	South Africa (12)
14–29 July 2007	2007 Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1	Argentina (2)
18–25 August 2007	2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Manchester, England	3	Germany (3)   Netherlands (1)   Great Britain (10)
10–17 September 2007	2007 Oceania Cup	Buderim, Australia	2	New Zealand (7)   Australia (4)
12–20 April 2008	Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1	Baku, Azerbaijan	1	Spain (8)
19–27 April 2008	Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2	Kazan, Russia	1	United States (11)
26 April – 4 May 2008	Olympic Qualifying Tournament 3	Victoria, Canada	1	South Korea (9)
Total			8

^1 – China qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota was given to the Asian federation allowing Japan to qualify directly to the 2008 Summer Olympics as the second-placed team at the 2006 Asian Games.

Umpires

Fifteen umpires for the women's event were appointed by the FIH. ^[4] During each match, a video umpire was used to assist the on-field umpires in determining if a goal had been legally scored. ^[5]

Squads

Results

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

First round

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Netherlands	5	5	0	0	14	3	+11	15	Advanced to semifinals
China	5	3	1	1	14	4	+10	10
Australia	5	3	1	1	17	9	+8	10
Spain	5	2	0	3	4	12	−8	6
South Korea	5	1	0	4	13	18	−5	3
South Africa	5	0	0	5	2	18	−16	0

Source: ^[6]

10 August 2008 10:30 China   3–0   Spain Fu Baorong  17' Li Hongxia  31' Gao Lihua  37' Report Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Marelize de Clerk (RSA)

10 August 2008 18:00 Australia   5–4   South Korea Liddelow  25', 50' Hudson  47' Young  56' Eastham  65' Report Kim Mi-sun  18' Kim Da-rae  27' Gim Sung-hee  32' Park Mi-hyun  34' Umpires: Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG) Stella Bartlema (NED)

10 August 2008 20:30 Netherlands   6–0   South Africa Mulder  5' Agliotti  27' Paumen  46', 58' Booij  56' Dijkstra  66' Report Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

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12 August 2008 10:30 Australia   6–1   Spain Lambert  27', 60' Hudson  47' Eastham  54' Halliday  66' Rivers  70' Report Muñoz  6' Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Miao Lin (CHN)

12 August 2008 18:30 China   3–0   South Africa Tang Chunling  6' Fu Baorong  33' Zhao Yudiao  40' Report Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Minka Woolley (AUS)

12 August 2008 20:30 Netherlands   3–2   South Korea Paumen  3', 55' Schopman  7' Report Lee Seon-ok  4', 39' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Ute Conen (GER)

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14 August 2008 08:30 China   0–1   Netherlands Report Paumen  21' Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)

14 August 2008 18:00 Spain   2–1   South Korea Camón  8' Sanchez  22' Report Kim Jong-eun  37' Umpires: Anne McRae (GBR) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

14 August 2008 20:30 South Africa   0–3   Australia Report Hudson  10' Lambert  44' Eastham  62' Umpires: Carol Metchette (IRL) Ute Conen (GER)

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16 August 2008 10:30 Australia   1–2   Netherlands Young  17' Report Paumen  20', 46' Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

16 August 2008 18:30 South Korea   1–6   China Lee Seon-ok  53' Report Tang Chunling  30', 33', 41' Fu Baorong  39', 40', 64' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

16 August 2008 21:00 Spain   1–0   South Africa Romagosa  31' Report Umpires: Lee Keum-ju (KOR) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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18 August 2008 10:30 South Korea   5–2   South Africa Gim Sung-hee  6' Lee Seon-ok  23', 29' Park Mi-hyun  32' Kim Eun-sil  58' Report Hector  51' Vida Ryan  66' Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Carol Metchette (IRL)

18 August 2008 18:30 Netherlands   2–0   Spain Paumen  22' Hoog  69' Report Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Minka Woolley (AUS)

18 August 2008 21:00 China   2–2   Australia Li Hongxia  30', 38' Report Eastham  51' Young  62' Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Germany	5	4	0	1	12	8	+4	12	Advanced to semifinals
Argentina	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6	11
Great Britain	5	2	2	1	7	9	−2	8
United States	5	1	3	1	9	8	+1	6
Japan	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
New Zealand	5	0	0	5	6	13	−7	0

Source: ^[7]

10 August 2008 08:30 Japan   2–1   New Zealand Morimoto  12' Tsukui  17' Report Claxton  25' Umpires: Lee Keum-ju (KOR) Minka Woolley (AUS)

10 August 2008 18:30 Argentina   2–2   United States Rebecchi  5', 11' Report Smith  18' Loy  64' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Carol Metchette (IRL)

10 August 2008 21:00 Germany   5–1   Great Britain Rinne  26', 52' Hoffmann  31', 49' Rodewald  60' Report Cullen  29' Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Miao Lin (CHN)

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12 August 2008 08:30 Argentina   2–2   Great Britain García  10' Gulla  27' Report Thomas  49' Clewlow  51' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Stella Bartlema (NED)

12 August 2008 18:00 United States   1–1   Japan Barber  58' Report Chiba  12' Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Lisa Roach (AUS)

12 August 2008 21:00 Germany   2–1   New Zealand Scholz  59' Kühn  69' Report Forgesson  31' Umpires: Anne McRae (GBR) Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)

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14 August 2008 10:30 United States   2–4   Germany Snow  27' Loy  60' Report Keller  34' Rinne  49' Rodewald  55' Kühn  64' Umpires: Lee Keum-ju (KOR) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

14 August 2008 18:30 Japan   1–2   Argentina Miura  64' Report Gulla  38' Burkart  51' Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

14 August 2008 21:00 New Zealand   1–2   Great Britain Flynn  28' Report Danson  31' Cullen  50' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

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16 August 2008 08:30 New Zealand   1–4   United States Galletly  37' Report Smith  1', 42' Loy  12' Bashore  47' Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Anne McRae (GBR)

16 August 2008 18:00 Germany   0–4   Argentina Report Burkart  38' Gulla  49', 66' Aymar  68' Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Chieko Soma (JPN)

16 August 2008 20:30 Great Britain   2–1   Japan Panter  32' Cullen  70' Report Miura  58' Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Carol Metchette (IRL)

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18 August 2008 08:30 Germany   1–0   Japan Beermann  40' Report Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Miao Lin (CHN)

18 August 2008 18:00 Great Britain   0–0   United States Report Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Lisa Roach (AUS)

18 August 2008 20:30 Argentina   3–2   New Zealand Rebecchi  15' García  43' Hernández  46' Report Roberts  33' Igasan  61' Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Fifth to twelfth place classification

Eleventh and twelfth place

22 August 2008 08:30 South Africa   4–1   New Zealand Marescia  14' Wilson  34' Vida Ryan  51' Brown  59' Report Flynn  17' Umpires: Lee Keum-ju (KOR) Carol Metchette (IRL)

Ninth and tenth place

20 August 2008 08:30 South Korea   2–1   Japan Park Jeong-sook  12', 49' Report Komazawa  43' Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Lisa Roach (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

20 August 2008 11:00 Spain   3–2 (a.e.t.)   United States Termens  8' Huertas  68' Ybarra  84' Report Sensenig  30' Loy  59' Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Ute Conen (GER)

Fifth and sixth place

22 August 2008 11:00 Australia   2–0   Great Britain Blyth  29' Munro  68' Report Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Miao Lin (CHN)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	20 August
	Germany	2
					22 August
	China	3
					China	0
	20 August
					Netherlands	2
	Netherlands	5
	Argentina	2
					Bronze medal match
					22 August
					Germany	1
					Argentina	3

Semi-finals

20 August 2008 18:00 Germany   2–3   China Keller  4' Beermann  36' Report Gao Lihua  31' Ma Yibo  39' Zhao Yudiao  58' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

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20 August 2008 20:30 Netherlands   5–2   Argentina Paumen  9', 25', 47' Agliotti  31' Hoog  68' Report Russo  59' Gulla  69' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

Bronze medal match

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

Gold medal match

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

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Netherlands	7	7	0	0	21	5	+16	21	Gold Medal
	China (H)	7	4	1	2	17	8	+9	13	Silver Medal
	Argentina	7	4	2	1	18	13	+5	14	Bronze Medal
4	Germany	7	4	0	3	15	14	+1	12	Fourth place
5	Australia	6	4	1	1	19	9	+10	13	Eliminated in group stage
6	Great Britain	6	2	2	2	7	11	−4	8
7	Spain	6	3	0	3	7	14	−7	9
8	United States	6	1	3	2	11	11	0	6
9	South Korea	6	2	0	4	15	19	−4	6
10	Japan	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	4
11	South Africa	6	1	0	5	6	19	−13	3
12	New Zealand	6	0	0	6	7	17	−10	0

Goalscorers

There were 149 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 3.92 goals per match.

11 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: ^[8]

References

External links

• Official FIH website