Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's field hockey
at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Victory ceremony
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
City	Athens
Dates	14 – 26 August
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Hellinikon Olympic Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	105 (3.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mijntje Donners Jennifer Wilson (5 goals)
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The women's field hockey tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the 7th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over an eleven-day period beginning on 16 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 26 August. All games were played at the hockey centre within the Hellinikon Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece.

Germany won the gold medal for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Argentina won the bronze medal by defeating China 1–0.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from the five federations received an automatic berth. Along with the five teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament, ten teams competed in this tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
5–11 October 2002	2002 Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	China
25–31 May 2003	2003 Oceania Cup	Melbourne, Australia Auckland and Whangārei, New Zealand	Australia
3–13 August 2003	2003 Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Argentina
1–13 September 2003	2003 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Barcelona, Spain	Netherlands
7–17 October 2003	2003 All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	South Africa
19–28 March 2004	Olympic Qualification Tournament	Manukau, New Zealand	Japan Spain New Zealand Germany South Korea

Although the host nation would have qualified automatically as well, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to give them an automatic berth due to the standard of hockey in Greece. Greece appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), however it was turned down. Greece's first option to gain a place at the Olympics was by qualifying for the EuroHockey Nations Championship held in 2003. As they did not qualify for this tournament their last option was to beat Russia, the last ranked team of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in a best of three play-off competition. Russia would have kept its place in the Qualifier regardless of whether it won or lost against Greece. There would, however, have been four places at stake at the tournament if Greece had qualified, rather than five. Eventually Greece withdrew from participating in the 11-14 March 2004 play-off competition in Auckland, New Zealand, due to "explicit financial reasons".

Umpires

• Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
• Renée Cohen (NED)
• Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
• Jean Duncan (GBR)
• Sarah Garnett (NZL)
• Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
• Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
• Ute Conen (GER)
• Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
• Lyn Farrell (NZL)
• Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
• Minka Woolley (AUS)

Rosters

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Results

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12	Semi-finals
2	Argentina	4	3	0	1	12	4	+8	9
3	Japan	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2	6
4	New Zealand	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3
5	Spain	4	0	0	4	3	12	−9	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.

14 August 2004 10:30 China 3–0 Japan Fu  7' Tang  39' Chen Qi.  67' Report Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Renee Cohen (NED)

14 August 2004 20:00 Argentina 4–0 Spain Stepnik  11' Rognoni  25' González Oliva  28' Oneto  69' Report Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Ute Conen (GER)

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16 August 2004 08:30 Japan 1–3 Argentina Komazawa  27' Report Arrondo  19' García  37' Di Giacomo  58' Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Lyn Farrell (NZL)

16 August 2004 18:00 New Zealand 0–2 China Report Ma  16' Tang  41' Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

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18 August 2004 08:30 China 3–0 Spain Tang  14' Fu  35' Gao  58' Report Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS)

18 August 2004 20:00 Japan 2–0 New Zealand Komori  18', 52' Report Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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20 August 2004 10:30 New Zealand 0–3 Argentina Report Aymar  8' Oneto  38' García  53' Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

20 August 2004 20:00 Spain 1–2 Japan Termens  67' Report Morimoto  5' Komazawa  34' Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Ute Conen (GER)

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22 August 2004 10:30 Spain 2–3 New Zealand Goikoetxea  21', 40' Report Provan  21' Roberts-Lang  30' Igasan  50' Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

22 August 2004 18:00 Argentina 2–3 China Aymar  17', 34' Report Ma  9' Fu  16' Tang  47' Umpires: Renee Cohen (NED) Minka Woolley (AUS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	14	5	+9	12	Semi-finals
2	Germany	4	2	0	2	6	10	−4	6
3	South Korea	4	1	1	2	9	8	+1	4
4	Australia	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4
5	South Africa	4	1	0	3	5	12	−7	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.

14 August 2004 08:30 Netherlands 6–2 South Africa Donners  6', 19', 37' Boomgaardt  15' Moreira de Melo  23' Scheepstra  25' Report Wilson  7', 53' Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

14 August 2004 18:00 Australia 1–2 Germany Towers  58' Report Ernsting-Krienke  21' Müller  34' Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Chieko Akiyama (JPN)

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16 August 2004 10:30 South Africa 0–3 Australia Report Towers  28' Faulkner  34' Gallagher  59' Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Ute Conen (GER)

16 August 2004 20:00 South Korea 2–3 Netherlands Kim Ji.  19' Park J.  57' Report Van der Vaart  26', 35' Booij  40' Umpires: Caroline de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

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18 August 2004 10:30 Netherlands 4–1 Germany Scheepstra  7' Boomgaardt  19' Van Geenhuizen  21' Karres  29' Report Ernsting-Krienke  40' Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

18 August 2004 18:00 South Africa 0–3 South Korea Report Ko  17' Lee S.  35' Kim Y.  46' Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Renee Cohen (NED)

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20 August 2004 08:30 South Korea 2–2 Australia Park M.  31' Kim S.  46' Report Dobson  6' Powell  43' Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

20 August 2004 18:00 Germany 0–3 South Africa Report Wehmeyer  4' Coetzee  45' Wilson  56' Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

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22 August 2004 08:30 Germany 3–2 South Korea Kühn  11' Gude  30' Casaretto  59' Report Park M.  32' Kim S.  70' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

22 August 2004 20:00 Australia 0–1 Netherlands Report Donners  47' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

Classification round

Ninth and tenth place

27 August 2004 09:00 Spain 3–4 (a.e.t.) South Africa Ybarra  23' Feito  49' Termens  60' Report Coetzee  29' Pholo  33' Wilson  47', 73' Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS)

Fifth- to eighth-place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	24 August 2004
	South Korea	2
					27 August 2004
	New Zealand (a.e.t.)	3
					New Zealand	0
	24 August 2004
					Australia	3
	Japan	1
	Australia	3
					Seventh place
					27 August 2004
					South Korea	3
					Japan	1

Crossover

24 August 2004 08:30 South Korea 2–3 (a.e.t.) New Zealand Kim Y.  44' Park M.  46' Report Roberts-Lang  4' Muirhead  8' Walton  80' Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Jean Duncan (GBR)

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24 August 2004 11:00 Japan 1–3 Australia Komori  15' Report Gallagher  27' Faulkner  33' Powell  37' Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Seventh and eighth place

27 August 2004 08:30 South Korea 3–1 Japan Oh.  12', 18' Kim Ji.  19' Report Miura  35+' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

27 August 2004 11:00 New Zealand 0–3 Australia Report Towers  14' Powell  42', 67' Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

First- to fourth-place classification

	Semi-finals				Gold-medal match
	24 August 2004
	Netherlands (pen.)	2 (4)
					26 August 2004
	Argentina	2 (2)
					Netherlands	1
	24 August 2004
					Germany	2
	China	0 (3)
	Germany (pen.)	0 (4)
					Bronze-medal match
					26 August 2004
					Argentina	1
					China	0

Semi-finals

24 August 2004 18:00 Netherlands 2–2 (a.e.t.) Argentina Karres  41' Donners  45' Report García  17' Aicega  68' Penalties Schopman Boomgaardt Donners Van Kessel 4–2 Margalot Rognoni Aymar Stepnik Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS)

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24 August 2004 20:30 China 0–0 (a.e.t.) Germany Report Penalties Fu Gao Mai Tang Zhou 3–4 Rinne Klecker Bachmann Keller Gude Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

Bronze medal match

26 August 2004 18:00 Argentina 1–0 China Aymar  70' Report Umpires: Renee Cohen (NED) Ute Conen (GER)

Gold-medal match

26 August 2004 20:30 Netherlands 1–2 Germany Scheepstra  38' Report Kühn  6' Gude  20' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

Statistics

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Germany	6	3	1	2	8	11	−3	10	Gold medal
2	B	Netherlands	6	4	1	1	17	9	+8	13	Silver medal
3	A	Argentina	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13	Bronze medal
4	A	China	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8	13
5	B	Australia	6	3	1	2	12	6	+6	10
6	A	New Zealand	6	2	0	4	6	14	−8	6
7	B	South Korea	6	2	1	3	14	12	+2	7
8	A	Japan	6	2	0	4	7	13	−6	6
9	B	South Africa	5	2	0	3	9	15	−6	6
10	A	Spain	5	0	0	5	6	16	−10	0

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 105 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.62 goals per match.

5 goals

• Mijntje Donners
• Jennifer Wilson

4 goals

• Luciana Aymar
• Katrina Powell
• Tang Chunling

3 goals

• Soledad García
• Julie Towers
• Fu Baorong
• Tomomi Komori
• Maartje Scheepstra
• Park Mi-Hyun

2 goals

• Vanina Oneto
• Suzanne Faulkner
• Peta Gallagher
• Ma Yibo
• Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
• Franziska Gude
• Anke Kühn
• Rika Komazawa
• Ageeth Boomgaardt
• Sylvia Karres
• Macha van der Vaart
• Niniwa Roberts-Lang
• Pietie Coetzee
• Kim Jin-Kyoung
• Oh Ko-Woon
• Kim Seong-Eun
• Kim Yun-Mi
• Erdoitza Goikoetxea
• Esther Termens

1 goal

• Magdalena Aicega
• Inés Arrondo
• Marina di Giacomo
• Mariana González Oliva
• Cecilia Rognoni
• Ayelén Stepnik
• Louise Dobson
• Gao Lihua
• Chen Qiuqi
• Caroline Casaretto
• Silke Müller
• Keiko Miura
• Sakae Morimoto
• Minke Booij
• Miek van Geenhuizen
• Fatima Moreira de Melo
• Elizabeth Igasan
• Suzanne Muirhead
• Jaimee Provan
• Lisa Walton
• Tsoanelo Pholo
• Sharne Wehmeyer
• Park Jeong-Sook
• Ko Kwang-Min
• Lee Seon-Ok
• María del Mar Feito
• Rocío Ybarra

Source: FIH

External links

• Official FIH website