2000 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The 2000 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier was the fourth time a qualification tournament was held for the Olympic Games. The tournament was held in Milton Keynes, England, from 24 March to 2 April.

2000 Women's Field Hockey
Olympic Qualifier

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	Milton Keynes
Dates	24 March – 2 April
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	Great Britain
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	79 (2.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Amanda Smith (4 goals)
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The top five placed teams from the tournament qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:

• Michelle Arnold (AUS)
• Jane Buchanan (RSA)
• Renée Chatas (USA)
• Ute Conen (GER)
• Renée Cohen (NED)
• Ute Conen (GER)
• Lyn Farrell (NZL)
• Miriam van Gemert (NED)
• Angela Larío (ESP)
• Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
• Jane Nockolds (ENG)
• Mary Power (IRE)
• Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
• Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
• Jun Zhang (CHN)

Squads

China

Head coach: Kim Changbak

1. Nie Yali (GK)
2. Long Fengyu (C)
3. Yang Hongbing
4. Liu Lijie
5. Cheng Hui
6. Shen Lihong
7. Huang Junxia
8. Yang Huiping
9. Yu Yali
11. Tang Chunling
12. Zhou Wanfeng
15. Hu Xiaolan
16. Ding Hongping
17. Cai Xuemei
18. Chen Zhaoxia
19. Chen Qiuqi
20. Wang Jiuyan
21. Li Juan (GK)

Germany

Head coach: Berti Rauth

1. Julia Zwehl (GK)
2. Birgit Beyer (GK)
3. Denise Klecker
4. Tanja Dickenscheid
5. Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
6. Inga Möller
7. Natascha Keller
8. Melanie Cremer
9. Friederike Barth
11. Cornelia Reiter
12. Britta Becker
13. Marion Rodewald
15. Heike Lätzsch
16. Katrin Kauschke (C)
22. Simone Grässer
24. Fanny Rinne
25. Caroline Casaretto
32. Franziska Gude

Great Britain

Head coach: Jon Royce

1. Carolyn Reid (GK)
2. Hilary Rose (GK)
3. Kirsty Bowden
4. Jane Smith
5. Susan Chandler (C)
6. Melanie Clewlow
7. Tina Cullen
8. Kathryn Johnson
9. Mandy Nicholson
10. Jane Sixsmith
11. Purdy Miller
12. Denise Marston-Smith
13. Helen Richardson
14. Fiona Greenham
15. Janet Jack
16. Kate Walsh
17. Sarah Blanks
18. Lucilla Wright

India

Head coach: Jon Royce

Ireland

Head coach: Jon Royce

Japan

Head coach: Jon Royce

New Zealand

Head coach: Jon Royce

Russia

Head coach: Jon Royce

Spain

Head coach: Jon Royce

United States

Head coach: Jon Royce

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	4	3	1	0	11	3	+8	10	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Spain	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4	8
3	United States	4	1	2	1	6	8	−2	5
4	Ireland	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4
5	India	4	0	0	4	2	10	−8	0

Source: USA Field Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.

24 March 2000 12:05 India 1–3 Spain Mamta  70' Report Barrio  24', 62' De Ignacio-Simo  34' Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

24 March 2000 14:05 Germany 4–1 United States Möller  15' Reiter  42' Keller  62' Ernsting-Krienke  65' Report Vizzuso  9' Umpires: Michelle Arnold (AUS) Renée Cohen (NED)

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25 March 2000 12:05 Ireland 1–0 India Kohler  28' Report Umpires: Jean Buchanan (RSA) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

25 March 2000 14:05 Spain 1–1 Germany Camón  11' Report Keller  59' Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Gillian Clarke (GBR)

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26 March 2000 14:05 United States 1–1 Ireland Werley  4' Report Mills  69'

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27 March 2000 14:05 India 0–4 Germany Report Becker  39' Ernsting-Krienke  47' Kauschke  56', 66' Umpires: Jun Zhang (CHN) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

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28 March 2000 12:05 Spain 2–2 United States De Ignacio-Simo  53' Tellería  65' Report Race  38' Werley  69' Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)

28 March 2000 14:05 Germany 2–1 Ireland Becker  7', 46' Report O'Brien  31' Umpires: Jane Buchanan (RSA) Janice McDonald (SCO)

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29 March 2000 12:05 United States 2–1 India Werley  48' Fuchs  66' Report Jyoti  31' Umpires: Jun Zhang (CHN) Miriam van Gemert (NED)

29 March 2000 14:05 Ireland 0–2 Spain Report Camón  39' Goikoetxea  48' Umpires: Jane Nockolds (ENG) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain (H)	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	9	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7
3	China	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
4	Japan	4	2	0	2	7	4	+3	6
5	Russia	4	0	0	4	2	18	−16	0

Source: USA Field Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

24 March 2000 16:05 Russia 1–3 China Ioudovskaia  39' Report Long  28' Yang  58' Wang  60' Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Jane Buchanan (RSA)

24 March 2000 18:05 New Zealand 0–4 Japan Report Iwao  9' Saito  31' Kato  34' K. Chiba  54' Umpires: Angela Larío (ESP) Mary Power (IRE)

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25 March 2000 16:05 Great Britain 5–0 Russia Sixsmith  2' Wright  11', 26' Cullen  12' Marston-Smith  63' Report Umpires: Jun Zhang (CHN) Renée Chatas (USA)

25 March 2000 18:05 China 0–0 New Zealand Report

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26 March 2000 16:05 Japan 1–2 Great Britain Kato  25' Report Greenham  21' Cullen  27' Umpires: Mary Power (IRE) Ute Conen (GER)

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27 March 2000 15:15 Russia 0–8 New Zealand Report Smith  4', 21', 31' Foy  7', 50', 62' Pearce  40' Lawrence  42' Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)

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28 March 2000 16:05 China 1–0 Japan Shen  58' Report Umpires: Michelle Arnold (AUS) Renée Chatas (USA)

28 March 2000 18:05 New Zealand 1–0 Great Britain Smith  33' Report Umpires: Angela Larío (ESP) Mary Power (IRE)

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29 March 2000 16:05 Japan 2–1 Russia Iwao  10' Matsui  61' Report Sviridova  36'

29 March 2000 18:05 Great Britain 1–0 China Sixsmith  42' Report Umpires: Jane Buchanan (RSA) Ute Conen (GER)

Classification round

Ninth and tenth place

1 April 2000 10:05 India 1–2 Russia Mamta  17' Report Sviridova  2' Ioudovskaia  45' Umpires: Mary Power (IRE) Janice McDonald (SCO)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 March 2000
	United States	2
					1 April 2000
	Japan	0
					United States	0
	31 March 2000
					China	2
	China	1
	Ireland	0
					Third Place
					1 April 2000
					Japan	3
					Ireland	0

Crossover

31 March 2000 10:05 United States 2–0 Japan Fillat  34' James  41' Report Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Michelle Arnold (AUS)

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31 March 2000 12:35 China 1–0 (a.e.t.) Ireland Yang  84' Report Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)

Seventh and eighth place

1 April 2000 12:45 Japan 3–0 Ireland Morimoto  13' Tsukui  24' Miura  64' Report Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Jun Zhang (CHN)

Fifth and sixth place

1 April 2000 15:15 United States 0–2 China Report Yang  6' Chen Z.  11' Umpires: Michelle Arnold (AUS) Jane Buchanan (RSA)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 March 2000
	Germany	1
					2 April 2000
	New Zealand	2
					New Zealand	1
	31 March 2000
					Great Britain	0
	Great Britain	2
	Spain	1
					Third Place
					2 April 2000
					Germany	1
					Spain	0

Semi-finals

31 March 2000 15:05 Germany 1–2 New Zealand Klecker  10' Report Pearce  31' Trolove  55' Umpires: Jane Nockolds (ENG) Angela Larío (ESP)

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31 March 2000 17:35 Great Britain 2–1 Spain Wright  15' Marston-Smith  28' Report Moreno  44' Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Third and fourth place

2 April 2000 12:35 Germany 1–0 Spain Klecker  69' Report Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)

Final

2 April 2000 15:05 New Zealand 1–0 Great Britain Pearce  25' Report Umpires: Michelle Arnold (AUS) Ute Conen (GER)

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	Status
	New Zealand	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Qualified for 2000 Summer Olympics
	Great Britain (H)	6	4	0	2	10	4	+6	12
	Germany	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13
4	Spain	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8
5	China	6	4	1	1	7	2	+5	13
6	United States	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8
7	Japan	6	3	0	3	10	6	+4	9
8	Ireland	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4
9	Russia	5	1	0	4	4	19	−15	3
10	India	5	0	0	5	3	12	−9	0

Source: Field Hockey
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 79 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 2.72 goals per match.

4 goals

• Amanda Smith

3 goals

• Yang Huiping
• Britta Becker
• Lucilla Wright
• Kylie Foy
• Suzanne Pearce
• Cindy Werley

2 goals

• Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
• Katrin Kauschke
• Natascha Keller
• Denise Klecker
• Tina Cullen
• Denise Marston-Smith
• Jane Sixsmith
• Mamta Kharab
• Sachimi Iwao
• Akemi Kato
• Tatiana Ioudovskaia
• Irina Sviridova
• Sonia Barrio
• Núria Camón
• Sonia de Ignacio-Simó

1 goal

• Long Fengyu
• Wang Jiuyan
• Shen Lihong
• Chen Zhaoxia
• Inga Möller
• Cornelia Reiter
• Fiona Greenham
• Jyoti Sunita Kullu
• Rachael Kohler
• Kim Mills
• Karen O'Brien
• Kaori Chiba
• Aki Matsui
• Keiko Miura
• Sakae Morimoto
• Naoko Saito
• Toshie Tsukui
• Anna Lawrence
• Kate Trolove
• Erdoitza Goikoetxea
• Núria Moreno
• Maider Tellería
• Kris Fillat
• Tracey Fuchs
• Kelli James
• Eleanor Race
• Michelle Vizzuso

References

• Overview on FIH-site
• US Field Hockey
• Results
• Hockey Sport, April 2000, Issue 204