1986 Women's Hockey World Cup

1986 Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Amstelveen
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Wagener Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (4th title)
Runner-up	West Germany
Third place	Canada
← 1983 (previous) (next) 1990 →

The 1986 Women's Hockey World Cup was the sixth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from August 15 to August 24 in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It was won by the Netherlands, who defeated West Germany 3-0 in the final.

Results

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	4	0	1	17	7	10	8
Canada	5	4	0	1	7	4	3	8
Australia	5	3	1	1	16	6	10	7
England	5	1	2	2	6	10	−4	4
Scotland	5	1	0	4	5	13	−8	2
Spain	5	0	1	4	5	16	−11	1

  Qualified for semifinals

15 August 1986 Netherlands 3 – 2 Scotland

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15 August 1986 Spain 1 – 3 Canada

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15 August 1986 Australia 3 – 2 England

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16 August 1986 Netherlands 5 – 1 England

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16 August 1986 Australia 2 – 0 Canada

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16 August 1986 Spain 1 – 3 Scotland

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17 August 1986 Canada 1 – 0 Scotland

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17 August 1986 England 2 – 2 Spain

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17 August 1986 Netherlands 3 – 2 Australia

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19 August 1986 Netherlands 1 – 2 Canada

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19 August 1986 Australia 3 – 1 Spain

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19 August 1986 England 1 – 0 Scotland

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20 August 1986 England 0 – 1 Canada

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20 August 1986 Netherlands 5 – 0 Spain

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20 August 1986 Australia 7 – 0 Scotland

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	5	1	4	0	7	3	4	6
New Zealand	5	2	2	1	9	8	1	6
Argentina	5	1	3	1	5	6	−1	5
Soviet Union	5	2	1	2	10	13	−3	5
United States	5	1	2	2	7	7	0	4
Ireland	5	1	2	2	9	10	−1	4

  Qualified for semifinals

15 August 1986 West Germany 3 – 2 Ireland

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15 August 1986 United States 2 – 3 Soviet Union

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15 August 1986 New Zealand 1 – 1 Argentina

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16 August 1986 Ireland 3 – 3 Soviet Union

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16 August 1986 New Zealand 2 – 1 United States

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16 August 1986 West Germany 0 – 0 Argentina

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18 August 1986 Ireland 0 – 2 United States

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18 August 1986 Soviet Union 1 – 2 Argentina

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18 August 1986 West Germany 2 – 2 New Zealand

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19 August 1986 West Germany 1 – 1 United States

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19 August 1986 New Zealand 2 – 3 Soviet Union

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19 August 1986 Ireland 3 – 1 Argentina

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20 August 1986 West Germany 4 – 0 Soviet Union

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20 August 1986 United States 1 – 1 Argentina

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20 August 1986 New Zealand 4 – 3 Ireland

Fifth to twelfth place classification

Ninth to twelfth qualifiers

22 August 1986 Scotland 2 – 0 Ireland

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22 August 1986 Spain 0 – 4 United States

Eleventh and twelfth place

23 August 1986 Spain 2 – 1 Ireland

Ninth and tenth place

23 August 1986 United States 1 – 0 Scotland

Fifth to eighth qualifiers

22 August 1986 Australia 7 – 0 Soviet Union

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22 August 1986 England 2 – 0 Argentina

Seventh and eighth place

23 August 1986 Argentina 3 – 2 Soviet Union

Fifth and sixth place

23 August 1986 England 3 – 2 Australia

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 March
	Netherlands	3
					24 March
	New Zealand	1
					Netherlands	3
	22 March
					West Germany	0
	West Germany	4
	Canada	1
					Third place
					24 March
					Canada	3
					New Zealand	2

Semi-finals

22 August 1986 Netherlands 3 – 1 New Zealand

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22 August 1986 West Germany 4 – 1 Canada

Third and fourth place

24 August 1986 Canada 3 – 2 New Zealand

Final

24 August 1986 Netherlands 3 – 0 West Germany

1986 Women's Hockey World Cup Winner
Netherlands Fourth title

Final standings

1. Netherlands
2. West Germany
3. Canada
4. New Zealand
5. England
6. Australia
7. Argentina
8. Soviet Union
9. United States
10. Scotland
11. Spain
12. Ireland

External links

• FIH official page
• Results page