1991 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

1991 Women's Field Hockey
Olympic Qualifier

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Dates	12–26 October
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Germany
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	125 (2.98 per match)
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The 1991 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier was held in Auckland, New Zealand with twelve teams took part in the competition.

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand (H)	5	4	0	1	10	4	+6	8	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	10	5	+5	8
3	South Korea	5	3	0	2	9	7	+2	6
4	Japan	5	2	0	3	7	6	+1	4
5	France	5	1	1	3	5	9	−4	3
6	United States	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

12 October 1991 Germany 4–0 United States Report

12 October 1991 New Zealand 1–0 Japan Report

12 October 1991 France 0–1 South Korea Report

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13 October 1991 South Korea 0–1 Germany Report

13 October 1991 New Zealand 2–0 France Report

13 October 1991 United States 0–2 Japan Report

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16 October 1991 Germany 2–1 New Zealand Report

16 October 1991 Japan 1–2 France Report

16 October 1991 United States 1–3 South Korea Report

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18 October 1991 Germany 3–1 France Report

18 October 1991 New Zealand 2–0 United States Report

18 October 1991 South Korea 3–1 Japan Report

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20 October 1991 South Korea 2–4 New Zealand Report

20 October 1991 France 2–2 United States Report

20 October 1991 Japan 3–0 Germany Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	5	3	1	1	9	2	+7	7	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Canada	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3	7
3	China	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	7
4	Argentina	5	3	0	2	9	3	+6	6
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	5	11	−6	2
6	Italy	5	0	1	4	5	18	−13	1

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.

12 October 1991 China 1–2 Canada Report

12 October 1991 Great Britain 5–0 Italy Report

12 October 1991 Argentina 2–0 Ireland Report

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13 October 1991 China 4–2 Italy Report

13 October 1991 Great Britain 0–2 Argentina Report

13 October 1991 Canada 3–2 Ireland Report

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15 October 1991 Italy 2–2 Canada Report

15 October 1991 Argentina 0–1 China Report

15 October 1991 Ireland 0–3 Great Britain Report

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18 October 1991 Italy 0–5 Argentina Report

18 October 1991 Canada 0–1 Great Britain Report

18 October 1991 China 2–1 Ireland Report

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20 October 1991 Great Britain 0–0 China Report

20 October 1991 Canada 2–0 Argentina Report

20 October 1991 Ireland 2–1 Italy Report

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 October 1991
	France	3
					24 October 1991
	Italy	1
					France	1
	23 October 1991
					United States	6
	Ireland	–
	United States	–
					Third Place
					24 October 1991
					Italy	1
					Ireland	3

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 October 1991
	South Korea	4
					24 October 1991
	Argentina	0
					South Korea	3
	22 October 1991
					Japan	0
	China	0
	Japan	1
					Third Place
					24 October 1991
					Argentina	1 (1)
					China (pen.)	1 (3)

First to fourth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	23 October 1991
	New Zealand	1
					26 October 1991
	Canada	0
					New Zealand	1 (2)
	23 October 1991
					Germany (pen.)	1 (5)
	Great Britain	1
	Germany	3
					Seventh Place
					26 October 1991
					Canada	3
					Great Britain	1

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
	Germany	7	5	1	1	14	7	+7	11	Qualified for 1992 Summer Olympics
	New Zealand (H)	7	5	1	1	12	5	+7	11
	Canada	7	4	1	2	12	8	+4	9
4	Great Britain	7	3	1	3	11	8	+3	7
5	South Korea	7	5	0	2	16	7	+9	10
6	Japan	7	3	0	4	8	9	−1	6
7	China	7	3	2	2	9	7	+2	8
8	Argentina	7	3	1	3	10	8	+2	7
9	United States	7	2	1	4	9	14	−5	5
10	France	7	2	1	4	9	16	−7	5
11	Ireland	7	2	0	5	8	12	−4	4
12	Italy	7	0	1	6	7	24	−17	1

Source: Field Hockey
(H) Hosts

References

• "Summary of Rankings - FIH World Level Events" (PDF). FIH. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2012.