1995 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The third Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia was held in Cape Town, South Africa, from Wednesday November 15 to Saturday November 26, 1995. Eight nations took part, and they played a round robin. The top five teams joined the other three that have already qualified: Australia, title holders Spain, and hosts the United States.

Team rosters

Argentina

Mariana Arnal (gk), Verónica Artica (gk), María Camardón, Silvia Corvalán, Sofía MacKenzie, Magdalena Aicega, Julieta Castellán, Gabriela Sánchez, Anabel Gambero, Jorgelina Rimoldi, Karina Masotta, Vanina Oneto, María Castelli, Gabriela Pando, and Cecilia Rognoni. Head Coach: Rodolfo Mendoza. NB: One name missing.

Canada

Deb Whitten (gk), Tara Croxford, Laurelee Kopeck, Nicole Colaco, Lisa Faust, Amy MacFarlane, Carla Somerville, Sue Reid, Veronica Planella, Karen McNeill, Chris Hunter, Tammy Holt, Gillian Sewell, Krista Thompson. Head Coach: ??. NB: Two names missing.

Germany

Birgit Beyer (gk), Susie Wollschläger (gk), Simone Thomaschinski, Eva Hagenbäumer, Denise Klecker, Irina Kuhnt, Britta Becker, Melanie Cremer, Tanja Dickenscheid, Heike Lätzsch, Franziska Hentschel, Nadine Ernsting-Krienke, Natascha Keller, Vanessa van Kooperen, Philippa Suxdorf, and Katrin Kauschke. Head Coach: Berti Rauth.

Great Britain

Joanne Thompson (gk), Jill Atkins, Karen Brown, Susan Fraser, Lucy Cope, Mandy Davies, Pauline Robertson, Tammy Miller, Jane Sixsmith, Susan MacDonald, Anna Bennett, Hilary Rose (gk), Rhona Simpson, Mandy Nicholls, Diana Renilson, and Christine Cook. Head Coach: Sue Slocombe.

Netherlands

Jacqueline Toxopeus (gk), Stella de Heij (gk), Willemijn Duyster, Wendy Fortuin, Noor Holsboer, Marlies Vossen, Dillianne van den Boogaard, Suzanne Plesman, Jeannette Lewin, Suzan van der Wielen, Florentine Steenberghe, Margje Teeuwen, Nicole Koolen, Mijntje Donners, Ellen Kuipers, and Wietske de Ruiter. Head Coach: Tom van 't Hek.

South Africa

Caryn Bentley, Paulene de Bruin, Jill Dix (gk), C Mangion]] (gk), Jacqui Geyser, Nicky du Toit (gk), Sherylle Calder, Gill Daniels, Hanneli Arnoldi, Michele MacNaughton, Caroline Matthews, Karen Roberts, Lindsey Carlisle, Sharon Cormack, Karen Symons, Kerry Bee, and Alison Dare. Head Coach: Kelly Fairweather.

Match results

November 15, 1995 Argentina 3–2 (2–1) Netherlands María Castelli  5' Gabriela Sánchez  35' María Castelli  47' Jeannette Lewin  9' Mijntje Donners  54'

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November 15, 1995 South Africa 0–3 (0–1) South Korea Lee Ji-Young  6' Lee Eun-Young  65' Lee Ji-Young  70'

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November 15, 1995 China 0–1 (0–1) Germany Britta Becker  17'

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November 16, 1995 Great Britain 1–1 (1–1) Canada Pauline Robertson  29' Tammy Holt  24'

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November 16, 1995 Argentina 1–0 (0–0) South Korea Cecilia Rognoni  59'

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November 17, 1995 Netherlands 3–2 (2–1) South Africa Wietske de Ruiter  9' Marlies Vossen  35' Ellen Kuipers  52' Caryn Bentley  21' Caryn Bentley  58'

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November 17, 1995 China 1–0 (1–0) Canada Lin Ying  35'

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November 18, 1995 Great Britain 2–1 (1–0) Germany Pauline Robertson  2' Susan Fraser  54' Franziska Hentschel  45'

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November 18, 1995 Netherlands 2–2 (1–1) South Korea Wietske de Ruiter  6' Suzan van der Wielen  46' Chang Eun-Jung  15' Cho Eun-Jung  65'

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November 18, 1995 Argentina 0–0 (0–0) South Africa

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November 19, 1995 Great Britain 1–0 (0–0) China Rhona Simpson  56'

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November 19, 1995 Canada 0–2 (0–0) Germany Franziska Hentschel  44' Franziska Hentschel  55'

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November 20, 1995 Netherlands 2–2 (2–2) China Ellen Kuipers  14' Wietske de Ruiter  29' Huiping Yang  9' Huiping Yang  25'

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November 20, 1995 Canada 0–1 (0–0) South Africa Sherylle Calder  38'

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November 21, 1995 South Korea 3–1 (0–1) Great Britain Chang Eun-Jung  40' Cho Eun-Jung  57' Cho Eun-Jung  67' Rhona Simpson  24'

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November 21, 1995 Argentina 0–1 (0–1) Germany Britta Becker  8'

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November 22, 1995 Netherlands 2–2 (1–1) Great Britain Suzan van der Wielen  8' Jeannette Lewin  38' Rhona Simpson  26' Susan Fraser  41'

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November 22, 1995 Argentina 1–0 (0–0) Canada Cecilia Rognoni  61'

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November 22, 1995 South Korea 3–1 (2–0) China Kwon Chang-Sook  5' Cho Eun-Jung  21' Woo Hyun-Jung  59' Dong Hong Cai  56'

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November 22, 1995 South Africa 0–1 (0–0) Germany Nadine Ernsting-Krienke  67'

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November 23, 1995 Netherlands 0–1 (0–0) Canada Karen McNeill  67'

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November 22, 1995 South Africa 1–2 (1–1) China Caryn Bentley  18' Jianpin Chen  2' Jing Chen  70'

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November 24, 1995 Argentina 2–2 (1–1) Great Britain María Castelli  24' María Castelli  45' Mandy Nicholls  14' Susan Fraser  70'

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November 24, 1995 South Korea 2–1 (1–0) Germany Cho Eun-Jung  16' Lee Ji-Young  57' Nadine Ernsting-Krienke  52'

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November 25, 1995 Netherlands 3–2 (1–1) Germany Wietske de Ruiter  33' Dillianne van den Boogaard  36' Wietske de Ruiter  53' Franziska Hentschel  6' Franziska Hentschel  65'

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November 25, 1995 South Korea 1–0 (0–0) Canada Cho Eun-Jung  61' )

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November 25, 1995 Argentina 1–2 (0–0) China Vanina Oneto  41' Huiping Yang  43' Huiping Yang  64'

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November 25, 1995 South Africa 0–1 (0–1) Great Britain Rhona Simpson  29'

Final standings

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	South Korea	11	7	5	1	1	14	6	+8
2.	Great Britain	9	7	3	3	1	10	9	+1
3.	Germany	8	7	4	0	3	9	7	+2
4.	Argentina	8	7	3	2	3	8	7	+1
5.	Netherlands	7	7	2	3	2	14	14	0
6.	China	7	7	3	1	3	8	9	−1
7.	Canada	3	7	1	1	5	2	7	−5
8.	South Africa	3	7	1	1	5	4	10	−6

Remarks

• The first five (South Korea, Great Britain, Germany, Argentina and the Netherlands) qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1.	Cho Eun-Jung	6
2.	Wietske de Ruiter	5
	Franziska Hentschel
4.	María Castelli	4
	Huiping Yang
	Rhona Simpson
7.	Caryn Bentley	3
	Susan Fraser
	Lee Ji-Young

See also

• 1996 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

References

• Overview on FIH-site