1981 Women's Hockey World Cup

The 1981 Women's Hockey World Cup was the fourth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held from the 27 March to 5 April 1981 at the CeNARD in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[1]

1981 Women's
Hockey World Cup

FIH World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
City	Buenos Aires
Teams	12
Venue(s)	CeNARD
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	156 (3.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fieke Boekhorst (13 goals)
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West Germany won the tournament for a second time, defeating the Netherlands 3–1 in penalties after the final finished as a 1–1 draw.^[2] The Soviet Union finished in third place after defeating Australia 5–1.^[3]

Teams

Including the host nation, Argentina, 12 teams participated in the tournament:

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Austria
•  Belgium
•  Canada
•  France
•  Japan
•  Mexico
•  Netherlands
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  West Germany

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	5	5	0	0	18	2	+16	10	Semi-finals
2	Soviet Union	5	3	0	2	15	4	+11	6
3	Argentina (H)	5	3	0	2	12	9	+3	6
4	Japan	5	2	0	3	9	16	−7	4
5	Mexico	5	2	0	3	7	15	−8	4
6	France	5	0	0	5	5	20	−15	0

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

27 March 1981 07:30 Soviet Union  5–0  France Report

27 March 1981 09:00 West Germany  2–0  Mexico Report

27 March 1981 15:45 Argentina  2–3  Japan Report

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28 March 1981 15:00 Japan  0–5  Soviet Union Report

28 March 1981 17:00 West Germany  5–1  France Report

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29 March 1981 07:30 Mexico  1–6  Argentina Report

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30 March 1981 07:30 Japan  1–4  West Germany Report

30 March 1981 15:00 Argentina  2–0  Soviet Union Report

30 March 1981 17:00 France  1–4  Mexico Report

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31 March 1981 17:00 Soviet Union  0–2  West Germany Report

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1 April 1981 07:30 Mexico  2–1  Japan Report

1 April 1981 09:00 Argentina  2–0  France Report

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2 April 1981 09:30 France  3–4  Japan Report

2 April 1981 15:30 Soviet Union  5–0  Mexico Report

2 April 1981 17:30 West Germany  5–0  Argentina Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	20	0	+20	10	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	4	0	1	15	3	+12	8
3	Canada	5	3	0	2	8	10	−2	6
4	Belgium	5	2	0	3	5	12	−7	4
5	Spain	5	0	1	4	0	10	−10	1
6	Austria	5	0	1	4	2	15	−13	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[4]

27 March 1981 14:15 Netherlands  7–0  Belgium Report

27 March 1981 17:15 Canada  3–0  Spain Branchaud Dana Sinclair Forshaw Report

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28 March 1981 Australia  6–0  Austria Glossop  9' 25' Watkins  32'  68' Terry Wharton  40'  60' Report

28 March 1981 09:30 Belgium  1–2  Canada Report

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29 March 1981 09:30 Australia  0–2  Netherlands Report Boekhorst

29 March 1981 15:00 Spain  0–0  Austria Report

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30 March 1981 09:30 Canada  0–4  Netherlands Report

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31 March 1981 07:30 Austria  1–3  Belgium Report

31 March 1981 09:30 Spain  0–3  Australia Report

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1 April 1981 13:00 Australia  4–1  Canada Report

1 April 1981 15:00 Netherlands  4–0  Austria Report

1 April 1981 17:00 Belgium  1–0  Spain Report

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2 April 1981 07:30 Austria  1–2  Canada Report

2 April 1981 11:30 Netherlands  3–0  Spain Report

2 April 1981 13:30 Belgium  0–2  Australia Report

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Crossover				Ninth Place
	4 April 1981
	Mexico	0
					5 April 1981
	Spain	2
					Spain	0
	4 April 1981
					France	2
	France	1
	Austria	0
					Eleventh Place
					5 April 1981
					Mexico	1
					Austria	0

Crossover

4 April 1981 07:30 France  1–0  Austria Report

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4 April 1981 11:30 Mexico  0–2  Spain Report

Eleventh and twelfth place

5 April 1981 07:30 Mexico  1–0  Austria Report

Ninth and tenth place

5 April 1981 09:30 Spain  0–2  France Report

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	4 April 1981
	Argentina	3
					5 April 1981
	Belgium	1
					Argentina	0
	4 April 1981
					Canada	3
	Canada	3
	Japan	1
					Seventh Place
					5 April 1981
					Belgium	1 (2)
					Japan (pen.)	1 (4)

Crossover

4 April 1981 09:30 Canada  3–1  Japan Report

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4 April 1981 13:30 Argentina  3–1  Belgium Branchaud  27' Forshaw Report

Seventh and eighth place

5 April 1981 11:30 Belgium  1–1  Japan Report Penalties 2–4

Fifth and sixth place

5 April 1981 13:30 Argentina  0–3  Canada Report

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 April 1981
	West Germany	2
					5 April 1981
	Australia	1
					West Germany (pen.)	1 (3)
	4 April 1981
					Netherlands	1 (1)
	Netherlands	7
	Soviet Union	3
					Third Place
					5 April 1981
					Australia	1
					Soviet Union	5

Crossover

4 April 1981 15:30 West Germany  2–1  Australia Report

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4 April 1981 17:30 Netherlands  7–3  Soviet Union Report

Third and fourth place

5 April 1981 15:30 Australia  1–5  Soviet Union Report

Final

5 April 1981 17:30 West Germany  1–1  Netherlands Report Penalties 3–1

1981 Women's Hockey World Cup winner
West Germany Second title

Medallists

The following are the squads of the three medalling nations, as well as fourth placed Australia:^[5]

 West Germany

1. Silke Birkenfeld
2. Susanne Schmid (GK)
3. Gudrun Neumann
4. Christina Moser
5. Elke Drüll
6. Ingrid Bruckert-Redmer
7. Birgit Hagen (C)
9. Gabriele Appel
10. Stefanie Burger
11. Corinna Lingnau
12. Martina Koch
16. Karen Haude
17. Sigrid Landgraf
18. Eva Pagels
19. Doris Manthei
20. Dorothea Marx

 Netherlands

1. Bernadette de Beus (GK)
2. Toos Bax
3. Margriet Zegers
4. Margriet Bleijerveld
5. Marjolein Bolhuis-Eijsvogel (C)
6. Fieke Boekhorst
7. Anneke Bax
8. Sandra Le Poole
9. Elsemieke Hillen
11. Sophie von Weiler
12. Annelies Kapten
13. Irene Hendriks
14. Lisette Sevens (C)
15. Vib Ramaer
16. José Poelmans
17. Madelon Beliën

 Soviet Union

1. Galina Inzhuvatova (GK)
2. Larisa Chizhik
3. Tatiana Chotchayeva
4. Nadezhda Filippova
5. Natella Krasnikova (C)
6. Natalia Bykova
7. Lidiya Glubokova
9. Natalia Buzunova
10. Galina Konyukhova
11. Nadezhda Gulyaeva
12. Leyla Akhmerova
13. Nelli Gorbatkova
14. Lyudmila Frolova
15. Nadezhda Ovechikna
16. Tatyana Shvyganova
17. Valentina Zazdravnkyh

 Australia

1. Kym Ireland (GK)
2. Robyn Morrison
3. Pamela Glossop
4. Adele Boyce
5. Lorraine Hillas
6. Robyn Leggatt
7. Sandra Pisani
8. Sharyn Simpson
9. Susan Watkins
10. Diane Gorman (C)
11. Sharon Buchanan
12. Colleen Pearce
13. Kerry Wharton
14. Julene Grant
15. Janette McCloud
16. Susan Skirrow

Statistics

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	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	A	West Germany	7	6	1	0	21	4	+17	13	Gold Medal
	B	Netherlands	7	6	1	0	28	4	+24	13	Silver Medal
	A	Soviet Union	7	4	0	3	23	12	+11	8	Bronze Medal
4	B	Australia	7	4	0	3	17	10	+7	8	Fourth place
5	B	Canada	7	5	0	2	14	11	+3	10	Eliminated in group stage
6	A	Argentina (H)	7	4	0	3	15	13	+2	8
7	A	Japan	7	2	1	4	11	20	−9	5
8	B	Belgium	7	2	1	4	7	16	−9	5
9	A	France	7	2	0	5	8	20	−12	4
10	B	Spain	7	1	1	5	2	12	−10	3
11	A	Mexico	7	3	0	4	8	17	−9	6
12	B	Austria	7	0	1	6	2	17	−15	1

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts