Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's field hockey
at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country	Soviet Union
City	Moscow
Dates	25–31 July 1980
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Minor Arena of Dynamo Stadium; and; Young Pioneers Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Zimbabwe (1st title)
Runner-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	49 (3.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Natella Krasnikova; Patricia McKillop (6 goals)
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The women's field hockey tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the first edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a six-day period beginning on 25 July, and culminating on 31 July 1980. Games were played across two venues in Moscow, at the Minor Arena at Dynamo Stadium and Young Pioneers Stadium.^[1]

Zimbabwe won the gold medal finishing top of the pool at the conclusion of the pool stage. Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union won the silver and bronze respectively, finishing in second and third place in the pool.^[2]

Qualification

In 1980, there was an International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA), separate from the predominantly male Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH). Because the FIH was the international federation affiliated to the International Olympic Committee, it supervised the Olympic tournament.

The FIH and IFWHA agreed that qualification for the Olympics would be decided by a joint FIH–IFWHA committee based on the results over the previous two years, including the 1978 (FIH) and 1979 (IFWHA) women's world championships.^[3]

Five teams qualified to join the host Soviet team: the Netherlands, West Germany, the United States, New Zealand, and Great Britain^[4] (taking the place of Wales, England, and Scotland, who had finished 5th, 6th, and 7th respectively in the 1979 tournament^[5]).

However, all five of these teams boycotted to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The United States and West Germany boycotted completely, and while New Zealand, Great Britain and the Netherlands competed in other sports, their hockey governing bodies pulled out.

This threw the tournament into chaos. Subsequently, the organising committee sent out invitations to other countries,^[6] though Ireland declined their invitation.^[7]

Squads

Results

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Zimbabwe	5	3	2	0	13	4	+9	8
	Czechoslovakia	5	3	1	1	10	5	+5	7
	Soviet Union	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	6

4	India	5	2	1	2	9	6	+3	5
5	Austria	5	2	0	3	6	11	−5	4
6	Poland	5	0	0	5	0	18	−18	0

Source: FIH

Pool matches

25 July 1980
11:00

Poland	0–4	Zimbabwe
	Report	Chase (1) Davies (1) McKillop (1) Watson (1)

Stadium:
Young Pioneers Stadium

25 July 1980
12:45

Austria	0–2	India
	Report	Fernandes (1) Saini (1)

Stadium:
Young Pioneers Stadium

25 July 1980
17:00

Soviet Union	2–0	Czechoslovakia
Buzunova (1) Krasnikova (1)	Report

Stadium:
Young Pioneers Stadium

27 July 1980
13:00

India	4–0	Poland
Saini (1) Sharma (2) Sonir (1)	Report

Stadium:
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

27 July 1980
14:45

Zimbabwe	2–2	Czechoslovakia
Chase (1) McKillop (1)	Report	Hubáčková (1) Kadlecová (1)

Stadium:
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

27 July 1980
17:00

Soviet Union	0–2	Austria
	Report	Lorenz (1) Pistauer (1)

Stadium:
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

28 July 1980
13:00

India	1–2	Czechoslovakia
Sonir (1)	Report	Hubáčková (1) Kyselicová (1)

Stadium:
Young Pioneers Stadium

28 July 1980
14:45

Austria	3–0	Poland
Kindler (1) Porsch (2)	Report

Stadium:
Young Pioneers Stadium

28 July 1980
17:00

Soviet Union	0–2	Zimbabwe
	Report	McKillop (2)

Stadium:
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

30 July 1980
15:30

Soviet Union	6–0	Poland
Buzunova (2) Krasnikova (4)	Report

Stadium:
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

30 July 1980
17:15

India	1–1	Zimbabwe
Saini (1)	Report	Chase (1)

Stadium:
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

30 July 1980
17:15

Austria	0–5	Czechoslovakia
	Report	Čermáková (3) Hájková (1) Kadlecová (1)

Stadium:
Young Pioneers Stadium

31 July 1980
10:00

Poland	0–1	Czechoslovakia
	Report	Lahodová (1)

Stadium:
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

31 July 1980
11:45

Austria	1–4	Zimbabwe
Kindler (1)	Report	Chick (1) Cowley (1) McKillop (2)

Stadium:
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

31 July 1980
15:30

Soviet Union	3–1	India
Buzunova (2) Krasnikova (1)	Report	Saini (1)

Stadium:
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

Medal Winning Squads

Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
Zimbabwe (ZIM)	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Soviet Union (URS)
Arlene Boxhall Liz Chase Sandra Chick Gillian Cowley Patricia Davies Sarah English Maureen George Ann Grant Susan Huggett Patricia McKillop Brenda Phillips Christine Prinsloo Sonia Robertson Anthea Stewart Helen Volk Linda Watson	Milada Blažková Jiřina Čermáková Jiřina Hájková Berta Hrubá Ida Hubáčková Jiřina Kadlecová Jarmila Králíčková Jiřina Křížová Alena Kyselicová Jana Lahodová Květa Petříčková Viera Podhányiová Iveta Šranková Marie Sýkorová Marta Urbanová Lenka Vymazalová	Liailia Akhmerova Natalia Buzunova Natalia Bykova Tatiana Embakhtova Nadezhda Filippova Liudmila Frolova Lidia Glubokova Nelli Gorbatkova Elena Guryeva Galina Inzhuvatova Alina Kham Natella Krasnikova Nadezhda Ovechkina Tatiana Shvyganova Galina Viuzhanina Valentina Zazdravnykh

Statistics

Final rankings

Goalscorers

6 Goals

5 Goals

Natalia Buzunova

4 Goals

Rup Kumari Saini

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

References

^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad" (PDF). la84.org. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^ "1980 Women's Olympic Games". FIH. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^ Gaanderse, Aad (10 August 1979). "Eindstation voor dames is Moskou". Hockey Sport (in Dutch) (3). KNHB: 73–76. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ Gaanderse, Aad (8 February 1980). "Deelnemers Olympisch hockeytoernooi aangewezen". Hockey Sport (in Dutch) (24). KNHB: 650. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ Gaanderse, Aad (7 September 1979). "Wie dan wel?". Hockey Sport (in Dutch). KNHB. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ Harris, Cathy (11 May 2008). "Caught in Time: Zimbabwe win hockey gold, 1980 Moscow Olympics". The Sunday Times. London. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
^ "Irish women's hockey on the brink of Rio qualification". www.irishtimes.com. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

External links

Official FIH website

[1] "Games of the XXII Olympiad" (PDF). la84.org. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

[2] "1980 Women's Olympic Games". FIH. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

[3] Gaanderse, Aad (10 August 1979). "Eindstation voor dames is Moskou". Hockey Sport (in Dutch) (3). KNHB: 73–76. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[aangewezen-4] Gaanderse, Aad (8 February 1980). "Deelnemers Olympisch hockeytoernooi aangewezen". Hockey Sport (in Dutch) (24). KNHB: 650. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[5] Gaanderse, Aad (7 September 1979). "Wie dan wel?". Hockey Sport (in Dutch). KNHB. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[6] Harris, Cathy (11 May 2008). "Caught in Time: Zimbabwe win hockey gold, 1980 Moscow Olympics". The Sunday Times. London. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.

[irishtimes170615-7] "Irish women's hockey on the brink of Rio qualification". www.irishtimes.com. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

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