Women's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Women's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics was a qualification tournament that determined the final three spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournament, which involved 18 teams divided into three groups, with three separate qualifying tournaments, was held in Azerbaijan, Russia and Canada, at different times in 2008. Only the following winners of each qualifying tournament earned a berth in the 2008 Summer Olympics: Spain, United States, and South Korea.

Teams

Below is a list of the 18 teams participating in this qualifying tournament:

Zone	Tournament	Qualifier(s)
Asia≤	2006 Asian Games	India South Korea Malaysia Chinese Taipei
Africa	2007 African Olympic Qualifier	Kenya
Americas	2007 Pan American Games	United States Chile Netherlands Antilles Canada Cuba
Europe	2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Spain Azerbaijan Ireland Italy Ukraine
	2007 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Belarus Belgium Russia

In addition, the International Hockey Federation also named three reserve teams after two of the above teams failed to make it in this qualifying tournament (two of them already confirmed to be in the reserve list):

1. France (replace Chinese Taipei in Qualifying 2)
2. Uruguay (replace Cuba in Qualifying 3)

Squads

Further information: Women's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics squads

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 1

Tournament details
Host country	Baku
City	Azerbaijan
Dates	12–20 April
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue	Atasport HC
Final positions
Champions	Spain
Runner-up	Azerbaijan
Third place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	87 (4.83 per match)
Top scorer	Bárbara Malda (8 goals)
Best player	Inoyathon Jafarova
Best goalkeeper	María Jesús Rosa

Qualifier 1 was held at Atasport HC in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 20 April 2008.

Results

All times local (UTC+5).

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	0	25	1	+24	15	Final
2	Azerbaijan (H)	5	4	0	1	23	5	+18	12
3	Ukraine	5	3	0	2	11	9	+2	9
4	Chile	5	2	0	3	10	10	0	6
5	Belarus	5	1	0	4	5	12	−7	3
6	Kenya	5	0	0	5	0	37	−37	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

Players for the Kenyan team are back in the tournament after recently withdrawing due to political turmoil in their country.

Fixtures

12 April 2008
11:05

Spain 4–0 Belarus Romagosa  31'
Malda  36', 47'
Huertas  55'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Jean Duncan (GBR)

12 April 2008
13:05

Ukraine 6–0 Kenya Vynohradova  23', 56', 61'
Salenko  33'
Sadova  38'
Ivakhnenko  70'

Umpires:
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

12 April 2008
16:05

Chile 1–2 Azerbaijan Da. Infante  56' Mirzaliyeva  11'
Jafarova  49'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparaguirre (ARG)
Lesley Nunn (RSA)

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13 April 2008
11:35

Belarus 0–2 Ukraine Tahiyeva  40'
Vynohradova  69'

Umpires:
Chen Hong (CHN)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

13 April 2008
14:05

Chile 0–5 Spain Huertas  2'
Camón  25'
Malda  29', 54'
Romagosa  49'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Lesley Nunn (RSA)

13 April 2008
16:35

Azerbaijan 13–0 Kenya Suleymanova  4'
Nuriyeva  9'
Aliyeva  14', 24', 42', 48', 68'
Zeynalova  17', 53'
Mirzaliyeva  18'
Mammadova  43', 45', 50'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

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15 April 2008
12:05

Kenya 0–5 Chile Villagra  8', 70'
Rodriguez  54'
Fernandez  62'
P. Infante  66'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (GBR)
Chen Hong (CHN)

15 April 2008
14:35

Spain 3–1 Ukraine Camón  12'
Termens  52'
Ybarra  65' Tahiyeva  16'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

15 April 2008
17:05

Azerbaijan 3–0 Belarus Mammadova  51'
Zeynalova  55'
Aliyeva  62'

Umpires:
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

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16 April 2008
12:35

Ukraine 2–1 Chile Vynohradova  6'
Sadova  53' Da. Infante  8'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (GBR)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

16 April 2008
15:05

Belarus 4–0 Kenya Tratsiakova  41'
Laptsevich  47', 69'
Piotukh  70'

Umpires:
Lesley Nunn (RSA)
Chen Hong (CHN)

16 April 2008
17:05

Spain 4–0 Azerbaijan Muñoz  12'
Huertas  20'
Ybarra  24', 39'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

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18 April 2008
12:05

Kenya 0–9 Spain Malda  2', 9', 29', 61'
Camón  15', 24'
Termens  25'
Huertas  52', 55'

Umpires:
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Lesley Nunn (RSA)

18 April 2008
14:35

Chile 3–1 Belarus C. Infante  25', 26'
P. Infante  47' Tratsiakova  50'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

18 April 2008
17:05

Azerbaijan 5–0 Ukraine Mammadova  6'
Jafarova  12'
Mirzaliyeva  16'
Suleymanova  47'
Alizada  70'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Jean Duncan (GBR)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

20 April 2008
11:05

Belarus 5–0 Kenya Zhylianina  12'
Piotukh  19'
Tratsiakova  37'
Ambros  46'
Kazachok  63'

Umpires:
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Chen Hong (CHN)

Third and fourth place

20 April 2008
13:35

Ukraine 1–2 Chile Sadova  5' Caram  47'
De. Infante  65'

Umpires:
Lesley Nunn (RSA)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

Final

20 April 2008
16:05

Spain 3–2 Azerbaijan Muñoz  3', 47', 67' Mirzaliyeva  31', 60'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (GBR)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

Awards

Top scorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Barbara Malda	Inoyathon Jafarova	María Jesús Rosa

Final standings

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	Qualification
	Spain	6	6	0	0	28	3	+25	18	Qualified for 2008 Summer Olympics
	Azerbaijan (H)	6	4	0	2	25	8	+17	12
	Chile	6	3	0	3	12	11	+1	9
4	Ukraine	6	3	0	3	12	11	+1	9
5	Belarus	6	2	0	4	10	12	−2	6
6	Kenya	6	0	0	6	0	42	−42	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 87 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.

8 goals

• Bárbara Malda

6 goals

• Mi Kyung Aliyeva

5 goals

• Myungsoon Mammadova
• Dilfuza Mirzaliyeva
• Maryna Vynohradova
• Raquel Huertas

4 goals

• Núria Camón
• Silvia Muñoz

3 goals

• Zarifahon Zeynalova
• Alesia Tratsiakova
• Bohdana Sadova
• Rocío Ybarra

2 goals

• Inoyathon Jafarova
• Zhang Suleymanova
• Yulia Laptsevich
• Alesia Piotukh
• Camila Infante
• Daniela Infante
• Paula Infante
• Javiera Villagra
• Diana Tahiyeva
• María Romagosa
• Esther Térmens

1 goal

• Bo Kyung Alizada
• Liana Nuriyeva
• Natallia Ambros
• Iryna Kazachok
• Ryta Zhylianina
• Daniela Caram
• María José Fernández
• Denise Infante
• Fernanda Rodríguez
• Olena Ivakhnenko
• Tetyana Salenko

Qualifier 2

Qualifier 2

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
City	Kazan
Dates	19–27 April
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue	Dinamo Kazan HC
Final positions
Champions	United States
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	Netherlands Antilles
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	79 (4.39 per match)
Top scorer	Tiffany Snow (6 goals)
Best player	Rachel Dawson
Best young player	Rani Devi
Best goalkeeper	Elizabeth Achten

Qualifier 2 was held at Dinamo Kazan HC in Kazan, Russia from 19 to 27 April 2008.

Results

All times are local (Russia Summer Time, UTC+4).

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	0	24	3	+21	15	Final
2	Belgium	5	3	1	1	13	7	+6	10
3	Netherlands Antilles	5	3	0	2	10	8	+2	9
4	India	5	2	0	3	13	10	+3	6
5	Russia (H)	5	1	1	3	7	15	−8	4
6	France	5	0	0	5	2	26	−24	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

19 April 2008
11:00

United States 3–2 Belgium Lingo  13'
Gey  29'
Loy  47' Gierts  24'
Dembour  67'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Lee Keum-Jeu (KOR)

19 April 2008
13:00

France 0–2 Netherlands Antilles Joosten  50'
Visser  65'

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (ESP)
Dawn Henning (GBR)

19 April 2008
17:00

Russia 1–3 India Kuzima  37' Devi  9'
Handa  48'
Siwach  68'

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

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20 April 2008
13:00

Belgium 5–0 France De Vos  2'
Dembour  21', 36'
Vouche  49'
Vervaet  66'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Michelle Joubert (RSA)

20 April 2008
15:00

India 1–2 Netherlands Antilles Devi  43' Visser  31'
Hinskens  55'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Lee Keum-Jeu (KOR)

20 April 2008
17:00

Russia 0–7 United States Snow  3', 15', 41'
Smith  9'
Lingo  14'
Loy  16'
Sensenig  22'

Umpires:
Dawn Henning (GBR)
Monica Rivera (ESP)

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22 April 2008
12:00

United States 7–0 France Falgowski  27'
Snow  43'
Smith  46'
Loy  46', 54'
Leonetti  69'
Dawson  70'

Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Monica Rivera (ESP)

22 April 2008
16:00

India 2–3 Belgium Bala  13'
Rani  16' De Vos  1'
Vervaet  47'
Valcke  58'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

22 April 2008
18:00

Netherlands Antilles 3–1 Russia Roels  2'
Van Donk  13'
Joosten  52' Kuzmina  25'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Michelle Joubert (RSA)

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24 April 2008
12:00

Belgium 3–2 Netherlands Antilles Gierts  51', 58'
Bouche  54' Hinskens  21'
Van der Stel  70'

Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

24 April 2008
16:00

United States 4–0 India Gey  29'
Doton  38'
Loy  45'
Lingo  48'

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Dawn Henning (GBR)

24 April 2008
18:00

France 2–5 Russia Berly  10'
Bonenfant  19' Kuzmina  2', 27'
Nikitina  9'
Shentsova  37'
Dudko  70'

Umpires:
Lee Keum-Jeu (KOR)
Monica Rivera (ESP)

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26 April 2008
11:00

Netherlands Antilles 1–3 United States Eigenhuis  23' Barber  21'
Sensenig  26'
Snow  47'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

26 April 2008
13:00

India 7–0 France Devi  4', 54', 70'
S. Kaur  6', 44'
R. Kaur  18'
Handa  66'

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

26 April 2008
15:00

Russia 0–0 Belgium    

Umpires:
Monica Rivera (ESP)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

27 April 2008
11:00

Russia 2–1 France Grogorieva  28'
Shentsova  55' Berly  33'

Umpires:
Lee Keum-Jeu (KOR)
Dawn Henning (GBR)

Third and fourth place

27 April 2008
13:30

Netherlands Antilles 2–1 (a.e.t.) India Schreuder  65'
Noorlander  73' R. Kaur  28'

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

Final

27 April 2008
16:00

United States 3–1 Belgium Bashore  17'
Snow  33'
Barber  58' Van Regemortel  26'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Awards

Top scorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Tiffany Snow	Rachel Dawson	Elizabeth Achten	Rani Devi

Final standings

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	Qualification
	United States	6	6	0	0	27	4	+23	18	Qualified for 2008 Summer Olympics
	Belgium	6	3	1	2	14	10	+4	10
	Netherlands Antilles	6	4	0	2	12	9	+3	12
4	India	6	2	0	4	14	12	+2	6
5	Russia (H)	6	2	1	3	9	16	−7	7
6	France	6	0	0	6	3	28	−25	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 79 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.39 goals per match.

6 goals

• Tiffany Snow

5 goals

• Rani Devi
• Angela Loy

4 goals

• Irina Kuzmina

3 goals

• Carole Dembour
• Sofie Gierts
• Carrie Lingo

2 goals

• Astrid Vervaet
• Charlotte de Vos
• Philippine Berly
• Jasjeet Kaur Handa
• Rajwinder Kaur
• Surinder Kaur
• Maria Hinskens
• Floortje Joosten
• Claire Visser
• Olga Shentsova
• Kate Barber
• Jesse Gey
• Dana Sensenig
• Keli Smith

1 goal

• Olivia Bouche
• Anne-Sophie van Regemortel
• Gaelle Valcke
• Morgane Vouche
• Géraldine Bonenfant
• Suman Bala
• Pritam Rani Siwach
• Ritu Rani
• Paulien Eigenhuis
• Sanne van Donk
• Theresia Noorlander
• Pauline Roels
• Ernestina Schreuder
• Marlies van der Stel
• Marina Dudko
• Svetlana Grogorieva
• Maria Nikitina
• Kayla Bashore
• Rachel Dawson
• Kelly Doton
• Katelyn Falgowski
• Melissa Leonetti

Qualifier 3

Qualifier 3

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
City	Victoria
Dates	26 April – 4 May
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue	University of Victoria
Final positions
Champions	South Korea
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	66 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer	Park Mi-hyun (7 goals)
Best player	Park Mi-hyun
Best goalkeeper	Sarah Forbes

Qualifier 3 was held at the University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada from 28 April to 4 May 2008

Results

All times are local (Canada Time, UTC-7).

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	5	5	0	0	29	1	+28	15	Final
2	Italy	5	3	1	1	8	6	+2	10
3	Ireland	5	3	0	2	7	7	0	9
4	Canada (H)	5	2	0	3	7	8	−1	6
5	Malaysia	5	1	1	3	3	9	−6	4
6	Uruguay	5	0	0	5	0	23	−23	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

26 April 2008
11:30

South Korea 10–0 Uruguay Lee S.  9'
Park M.  11', 33', 48'
Gim  21'
Kim Jo.  29'
Cheon  41', 63'
Kim Ji.  42'
Eom  57' Report

Umpires:
Wendy Stewart (CAN)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)

26 April 2008
14:00

Italy 2–1 Canada Singh  50'
Tiddi  63' Report DePape  37'

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Cecilia Valenzuela (CHI)

26 April 2008
16:30

Malaysia 0–3 Ireland Report Parkhill  21'
Cregan  30'
McKean  40'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Miao Lin (CHN)

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27 April 2008
12:00

Uruguay 0–4 Italy Report Corso  37', 48', 68'
Faustini  53'

Umpires:
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Miao Lin (CHN)

27 April 2008
14:30

Ireland 2–0 Canada McKean  10'
Parkhill  20' Report

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

27 April 2008
17:00

Malaysia 0–5 South Korea Report Eom  5'
Kim Jo.  20', 22'
Park M.  48'
Kim Ji.  56'

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Cecilia Valenzuela (CHI)

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29 April 2008
12:30

Ireland 1–0 Uruguay Symmons  25' Report

Umpires:
Wendy Stewart (CAN)
Ute Conen (GER)

29 April 2008
15:00

South Korea 5–0 Italy Kim Jo.  1', 51'
Park M.  38', 45'
Cheon  64' Report

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

29 April 2008
17:30

Canada 1–0 Malaysia K. Rushton  37' Report

Umpires:
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

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1 May 2008
12:30

South Korea 5–1 Ireland Kim M.  14'
Seo  21', 55'
Kim Ju.  29'
Eom  60' Report Symmons  11'

Umpires:
Wendy Stewart (CAN)
Stella Bartlema (NED)

1 May 2008
15:00

Italy 0–0 Malaysia Report

Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

1 May 2008
17:30

Uruguay 0–5 Canada Report Hume  4'
DePape  15'
Michaluk  17', 46'
K. Rushton  23'

Umpires:
Cecilia Valenzuela (CHI)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)

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3 May 2008
11:30

Malaysia 3–0 Uruguay Abdul Rahman  38', 44'
Asrin  68' Report

Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Cecilia Valenzuela (CHI)

3 May 2008
14:00

Canada 0–4 South Korea Report Kim D.  16', 44'
Cheon  35'
Gim  55'

Umpires:
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Ute Conen (GER)

3 May 2008
16:30

Ireland 0–2 Italy Report Tiddi  56'
Faustini  62'

Umpires:
Wendy Stewart (CAN)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

4 May 2008
11:00

Malaysia 2–2 (a.e.t.) Uruguay Abdul Rahman  25'
Hashim  62' Report Bessio  59'
Algorta  69' Penalties Kari
Abdul Rahman
Mohamad Din
Md Mokhtar
Ismail 3–2 Bessio
Casabo
Sanguinetti
Algorta
Cristiani

Umpires:
Wendy Stewart (CAN)
Stella Bartlema (NED)

Third and fourth place

4 May 2008
13:30

Ireland 2–1 Canada McDonough  6'
McKean  26' Report Jameson  35+'

Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

Final

4 May 2008
16:00

South Korea 5–0 Italy Park M.  4'
Lee S.  10'
Seo  11'
Gim  16'
Kim Jo.  23' Report

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Ute Conen (GER)

Awards

Top scorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Park Mi-hyun	Park Mi-hyun	Sarah Forbes	Italy

Final standings

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	Qualification
	South Korea	6	6	0	0	34	1	+33	18	Qualified for 2008 Summer Olympics
	Italy	6	3	1	2	8	11	−3	10
	Ireland	6	4	0	2	9	8	+1	12
4	Canada (H)	6	2	0	4	8	10	−2	6
5	Malaysia	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	5
6	Uruguay	6	0	1	5	2	25	−23	1

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 66 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

7 goals

• Park Mi-hyun

6 goals

• Kim Jong-eun

4 goals

• Cheon Seul-ki

3 goals

• Catherine McKean
• Maria Victoria Corso
• Nadia Abdul Rahman
• Eom Mi-young
• Gim Sung-hee
• Seo Hye-jin

2 goals

• Christine DePape
• Tiffany Michaluk
• Katie Rushton
• Clare Parkhill
• Nicola Symmons
• Francesca Faustini
• Chiara Tiddi
• Kim Da-rae
• Kim Jin-kyoung
• Lee Seon-ok

1 goal

• Stephanie Hume
• Stephanie Jameson
• Eimear Cregan
• Jennifer McDonough
• Jasbeer Singh
• Rosmah Asrin
• Norfahara Hashim
• Kim Jung-hee
• Kim Mi-seon
• Teresa Algorta
• Virgina Bessio

External links

• Official website (Qualifying 1)
• Official website (Qualifying 2)
• Official website (Qualifying 3)