2000 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The fourth Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier was held at National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes, England, from 23 March until 2 April 2000. Ten nations took part and played a round robin. The top five teams joined hosts and defending champions Australia (also Oceania Cup winner), Argentina (Pan American Games winner), South Korea (Asian Games winner), the Netherlands (European Nations Cup winner) and South Africa (All-Africa Games winner).

Officials

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

• Michelle Arnold (AUS)
• Jean Buchanan (RSA)
• Renée Chatas (USA)
• Gillian Clarke (GBR)
• Renée Cohen (NED)
• Ute Conen (GER)
• Lyn Farrell (NZL)
• Angela Larío (ESP)
• Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
• Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Team rosters

Germany

( 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, and (32.) Franziska Gude. Head Coach: Berti Rauth.

Great Britain

( 1.) Carolyn Reid (gk), ( 2.) Hilary Rose (gk), ( 3.) Kristy Bowden, ( 4.) Jane Smith, ( 5.) Sue 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, and (18.) Lucilla Wright. Head Coach: Jon Royce.

New Zealand

(1.) Skippy McGregor, (2.) Moira Senior, (3.) Kylie Foy, (4.) Sandy Bennett, (5.) Rachel Sutherland, (6.) Rachel Petrie, (7.) Anna Lawrence (c), (8.) Robyn Matthews, (10.) Kate Trolove, (12.) Mandy Smith, (13.) Lisa Walton, (14.) Suzie Pearce, (15.) Anne-Marie Irving (gk), (16.) Helen Clarke (gk), (17.) Caryn Paewai, (18.) Diana Weavers, and (31.) Tina Bell-Kake, Head Coach: Jan Borren.

India

Tingonleima Chanu (gk and (c)), Helen Mary (gk), Amandeep Kaur, Marystella Tirkey, Kanti Baa, Sunita Dalal, Suraj Lata Devi, Sumrai Tete, Neha Singh, Kamala Dalal, Jyoti Sunita Kullu, Ferdina Ekka, Mamta Kharab, Surinder Kaur, Ngasepam Pakpi Devi, and Manorama Goswami. Head Coach: Gurdial Singh Banghu.

United States

Kate Barber, Margaret Storrar (gk), Tracey Fuchs (c), Kelli James, Chris DeBow, Kris Fillat, Kristen Holmes, Katie Kauffman, Antoinette Lucas, Eleanor Race, Jill Reeve, Cindy Werley, Jana Toepel, Michelle Vizzuso, Tracey Larson, Tara Jelley, and Nancy Pelligreen. Head Coach: Tracey Belbin.

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'

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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'

28 March 2000 14:05 Germany 2–1 Ireland Becker  7', 46' Report O'Brien  31'

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29 March 2000 12:05 United States 2–1 India Werley  48' Fuchs  66' Report Jyoti  31'

29 March 2000 14:05 Ireland 0–2 Spain Report

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 Report

24 March 2000 18:05 New Zealand 0–4 Japan Report

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25 March 2000 16:05 Great Britain 5–0 Russia Report

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 Report

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27 March 2000 15:15 Russia 0–8 New Zealand Report

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28 March 2000 16:05 China 1–0 Japan Report

28 March 2000 18:05 New Zealand 1–0 Great Britain Smith  33' Report

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29 March 2000 16:05 Japan 2–1 Russia Report

29 March 2000 18:05 Great Britain 1–0 China Report

Classification round

Ninth and tenth place

1 April 2000 10:05 India 1–2 Russia Mamta  17' Report Sviridova  2' Ioudovskaia  45'

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

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31 March 2000 12:35 China 1–0 Ireland Report

Seventh and eighth place

1 April 2000 12:45 Japan 3–0 Ireland Report

Fifth and sixth place

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

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31 March 2000 17:35 Great Britain 2–1 Spain Report

Third and fourth place

2 April 2000 12:35 Germany 1–0 Spain Klecker  69' Report

Final

2 April 2000 15:05 New Zealand 1–0 Great Britain Pearce Report

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
1.	New Zealand
2.	Great Britain
3.	Germany
4.	Spain
5.	China
6.	United States
7.	Japan
8.	Ireland
9.	Russia
10.	India

Remarks

• The first five (New Zealand, Great Britain, Germany, Spain and China) qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1.	Mandy Smith	5
2.	Britta Becker	3
–	Kylie Foy	3
–	Huiping Yang	3
–	Suzie Pearce	3
–	Irina Sviridova	3
–	Lucilla Wright	3
–	Cindy Werley	3

References

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