Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's field hockey
at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Dates	6–19 August 2016
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Olympic Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Great Britain (1st title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	129 (3.39 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alex Danson Maartje Paumen Katie Bam (5 goals)
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The women's field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the tenth edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympics. It took place over a fourteen-day period beginning on 6 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 19 August. All games were played at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Great Britain won the gold medal for the first time after defeating defending champions the Netherlands 2–0 on a penalty shoot-out after a 3–3 draw. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating New Zealand 2–1.

The medals for the tournament were presented by Barry Maister, New Zealand; Camiel Eurlings, Netherlands; and Nicole Hoevertsz, Aruba; members of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Pam Elgar and Marijke Fleuren, executive board members of the International Hockey Federation and Leandro Negre, president of the International Hockey Federation.

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the women's tournament was unveiled on 27 April 2016.

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Sat 6	Sun 7	Mon 8	Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16	Wed 17	Thu 18	Fri 19
G	G	G		G	G	G	G		¼		½		B	F

Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.

Qualification

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Each of the continental champions from five confederations receive an automatic berth. The host nation didn't qualify as they didn't place higher than fortieth in the FIH World Rankings by the end of 2014 nor finished no worse than seventh at the 2015 Pan American Games (they didn't even qualify for that tournament). This restriction was decided between the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to the standard of field hockey in Brazil. In addition to the seven highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament.

Squads

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	15 August
	Netherlands	3
					17 August
	Argentina	2
					Netherlands (p.s.o.)	1 (4)
	15 August
					Germany	1 (3)
	United States	1
									19 August
	Germany	2
									Netherlands	3 (0)
	15 August
									Great Britain (p.s.o.)	3 (2)
	New Zealand	4
					17 August
	Australia	2
					New Zealand	0
	15 August
					Great Britain	3			Bronze medal match
	Great Britain	3
									19 August
	Spain	1
									Germany	2
									New Zealand	1

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Final ranking

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
	Great Britain	8	7	1	0	21	8	+13	22	Gold Medal
	Netherlands	8	5	3	0	20	7	+13	18	Silver Medal
	Germany	8	4	2	2	11	9	+2	14	Bronze Medal
4	New Zealand	8	4	1	3	16	12	+4	13	Fourth place
5	United States	6	4	0	2	15	7	+8	12	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Australia	6	3	0	3	13	9	+4	9
7	Argentina	6	2	0	4	14	9	+5	6
8	Spain	6	2	0	4	7	15	−8	6
9	China	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2	5	Eliminated in group stage
10	Japan	5	0	1	4	3	16	−13	1
11	South Korea	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1
12	India	5	0	1	4	3	19	−16	1

Source: Rio2016

Goalscorers

There were 129 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 3.39 goals per match.

5 goals

• Alex Danson
• Maartje Paumen
• Katie Bam

4 goals

• Kathryn Slattery
• Lily Owsley
• Helen Richardson-Walsh
• Kelly Jonker
• Kitty van Male

3 goals

• Florencia Habif
• Lisa Altenburg
• Lisa Schütze
• Nicola White
• Gemma Flynn
• Olivia Merry
• Kelsey Smith

2 goals

• Noel Barrionuevo
• Carla Rebecchi
• Martina Cavallero
• Delfina Merino
• María Granatto
• Georgina Morgan
• Jodie Kenny
• Emily Smith
• Peng Yang
• Sophie Bray
• Mie Nakashima
• Laurien Leurink
• Lidewij Welten
• Anita McLaren
• Petrea Webster
• Melissa González
• Katie Reinprecht
• Michelle Vittese

1 goal

• Agustina Albertario
• Jane Claxton
• Georgie Parker
• Mariah Williams
• Zhao Yudiao
• Hannah Krüger
• Marie Mävers
• Pia-Sophie Oldhafer
• Anne Schröder
• Charlotte Stapenhorst
• Giselle Ansley
• Crista Cullen
• Georgie Twigg
• Lilima Minz
• Rani Rampal
• Anuradha Thokchom
• Emi Nishikori
• Xan de Waard
• Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel
• Marloes Keetels
• Charlotte Harrison
• Kirsten Pearce
• Kayla Whitelock
• Cheon Eun-bi
• Kim Bo-mi
• Kim Hyun-ji
• Gloria Comerma
• Begoña García
• Cristina Guinea
• Georgina Oliva
• Carlota Petchamé
• Lola Riera
• Carola Salvatella
• Katelyn Falgowski
• Michelle Kasold
• Caitlin Van Sickle
• Jill Witmer

External links

• Field hockey at Rio2016.com