Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 6th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a fourteen-day period beginning on 16 September, and culminating with the medal finals on 29 September. All games were played at the hockey centre within the Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia.

Women's field hockey
at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Sydney
Dates	16 – 29 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	112 (3.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nikki Hudson (6 goals)
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Defending champions Australia won the gold medal for the third time after defeating Argentina 3–1 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Spain 2–0.^[1]

Qualification

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

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			Australia
8–18 December 1998	1998 Asian Games	Bangkok, Thailand	South Korea
24 July – 4 August 1999	1999 Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	Argentina
11–18 September 1999	1999 All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa
17–21 September 1999	1999 Oceania Cup	Sydney, Australia	—1
18–29 September 1999	1999 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Cologne, Germany	Netherlands
24 March – 2 April 2000	Olympic Qualification Tournament	Milton Keynes, England	New Zealand  Great Britain  Germany  Spain  China

^1 – Australia qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota was added to the ones awarded by the Olympic Qualification Tournament to a total of 5.

Squads

Main article: Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Results

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	Medal round
2	Argentina	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6
3	Spain	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	5
4	Great Britain	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4
5	South Korea	4	0	2	2	4	8	−4	2

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

16 September 2000 08:30 South Korea  2–3  Argentina Shin  20' Cho  33' Report Masotta  9' Aymar  44' Rimoldi  68' Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Miriam van Gemert (NED)

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17 September 2000 15:30 Australia  2–1  Great Britain Hudson  18' Powell  51' Report Marston-Smith  47' Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

17 September 2000 18:30 South Korea  0–0  Spain Report Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Jean Buchanan (RSA)

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18 September 2000 18:30 Great Britain  0–1  Argentina Report Masotta  14' Umpires: Renee Cohen (NED) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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19 September 2000 15:30 Australia  1–1  Spain Annan  7' Report De Ignacio-Simo  2' Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Miriam van Gemert (NED)

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20 September 2000 10:30 South Korea  2–2  Great Britain Kim Se.  14' Kim E.  48' Report Clewlow  57' Nicholson  66' Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Jean Buchanan (RSA)

20 September 2000 20:30 Australia  3–1  Argentina Morris  25' Starre  33' Mitchell-Taverner  63' Report García  66' Umpires: Renee Cohen (NED) Miriam van Gemert (NED)

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21 September 2000 20:30 Argentina  0–1  Spain Report Goikoetxea  40' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

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22 September 2000 15:30 Australia  3–0  South Korea Powell  8' Peek  22' Hudson  70+' Report Umpires: Renee Cohen (NED) Ute Conen (GER)

22 September 2000 20:30 Great Britain  2–0  Spain Clewlow  48' Cullen  65' Report Umpires: Jean Buchanan (RSA) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7	Medal round
2	China	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	6
3	Netherlands	4	1	2	1	9	9	0	5
4	Germany	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
5	South Africa	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4

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

16 September 2000 10:30 Germany  1–1  New Zealand Lätzsch  56' Report Smith  68' Umpires: Michele Arnold (AUS) Gill Clarke (GBR)

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17 September 2000 13:30 Netherlands  1–2  China Teeuwen  69' Report Yang  16', 39' Umpires: Renee Chatas (USA) Angela Lario (ESP)

17 September 2000 20:30 Germany  2–1  South Africa Rinne  28' Becker  50' Report Agliotti  7' Umpires: Lee Mi-ok (KOR) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

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18 September 2000 20:30 China  0–2  New Zealand Report Trolove  11' Bell-Kake  38' Umpires: Judith Barnesby (AUS) Michele Arnold (AUS)

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19 September 2000 13:30 Netherlands  2–2  South Africa Boomgaardt  12' Smabers  16' Report Coetzee  52' Dare  61' Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Gill Clarke (GBR)

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20 September 2000 08:30 Germany  1–2  China Möller  60' Report Zhou  2' Cheng  49' Umpires: Renee Chatas (USA) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)

20 September 2000 18:30 Netherlands  4–3  New Zealand Van der Vaart  6' Boomgaardt  18' Van der Wielen  45' Van de Kieft  69' Report Lawrence  23', 63' Senior  58' Umpires: Angela Lario (ESP) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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21 September 2000 18:30 New Zealand  1–0  South Africa Smith  54' Report Umpires: Judith Barnesby (AUS) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)

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22 September 2000 13:30 Netherlands  2–2  Germany Van der Wielen  31' Thate  49' Report Rinne  32' Ernsting-Krienke  66' Umpires: Judith Barnesby (AUS) Renee Chatas (USA)

22 September 2000 18:30 China  0–1  South Africa Report Geyser  52' Umpires: Angela Lario (ESP) Gill Clarke (GBR)

Seventh to tenth place classification

	Crossover				Seventh place
	25 September 2000
	Great Britain	3
					27 September 2000
	South Africa	2
					Great Britain	0
	25 September 2000
					Germany	2
	South Korea	2
	Germany (a.e.t.)	3
					Ninth place
					27 September 2000
					South Africa	0
					South Korea	3

Crossover

25 September 2000 10:30 Great Britain  3–2  South Africa Simpson  3' Clewlow  12' Smith  38' Report Dare  6' Coetzee  31' Umpires: Renee Chatas (USA) Angela Lario (ESP)

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25 September 2000 15:30 South Korea  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Germany Lee E.  56' Kim E.  59' Report Becker  8', 41' Ernsting-Krienke  80' Umpires: Michele Arnold (USA) Jean Buchanan (RSA)

Ninth and tenth place

27 September 2000 08:30 South Africa  0–3  South Korea Report Kim E.  23', 26' Yoo  35+' Umpires: Michele Arnold (AUS) Renee Cohen (NED)

Seventh and eighth place

27 September 2000 13:00 Great Britain  0–2  Germany Report Keller  21' Becker  52' Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Lyn Farrell (NZL)

Medal round

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	4	1	0	17	3	+14	13	Gold medal match
2	Argentina	5	3	0	2	13	7	+6	9
3	Netherlands	5	2	0	3	8	14	−6	6	Bronze medal match
4	Spain	5	1	3	1	5	5	0	6
5	China	5	1	1	3	4	10	−6	4
6	New Zealand	5	1	1	3	8	16	−8	4

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

China and New Zealand finished fifth and sixth respectively in this tournament.

24 September 2000 11:00 Spain  0–0  China Report Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

24 September 2000 14:00 Argentina  3–1  Netherlands Aymar  3' García  26', 50' Report Smabers  12' Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Ute Conen (GER)

24 September 2000 16:00 Australia  3–0  New Zealand Hudson  50', 52' Powell  62' Report Umpires: Gill Clarke (GBR) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)

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25 September 2000 13:30 Argentina  2–1  China Aymar  35+' García  52' Report Tang  6' Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Renee Cohen (NED)

25 September 2000 18:30 Australia  5–0  Netherlands Annan  35+', 65' Hawkes  37' Powell  40' Morris  30+' Report Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

25 September 2000 20:30 Spain  2–2  New Zealand Barrio  13' Camón  70+' Report Smith  46' Trolove  60' Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Gill Clarke (GBR)

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27 September 2000 11:00 Spain  1–2  Netherlands De Ignacio-Simo  68' Report Van der Wielen  28', 63' Umpires: Lee Mi-ok (KOR) Ute Conen (GER)

27 September 2000 16:30 Argentina  7–1  New Zealand Rognoni  9', 47' Oneto  12', 40', 42', 49' Masotta  31' Report Bell-Kake  33' Umpires: Judith Barnesby (AUS) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

27 September 2000 18:30 Australia  5–1  China Hudson  2', 28' Towers  9' Morris  42' Mitchell-Taverner  48' Report Yang  45' Umpires: Gill Clarke (GBR) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Bronze medal match

29 September 2000 17:30 Netherlands  2–0  Spain Boomgaardt  10' Thate  55' Report Umpires: Gill Clarke (GBR) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

Gold medal match

29 September 2000 20:00 Australia  3–1  Argentina Annan  10' Haslam  26' Morris  38' Report 1 Report 2 Oneto  44' Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Team details

Australia Argentina GK 17 Rachel Imison DF 24 Angie Skirving DF 11 Katie Allen DF 13 Lisa Carruthers MF 4 Alyson Annan MF 14 Rechelle Hawkes (c) MF 28 Julie Towers MF 10 Kate Starre FW 30 Jenn Morris FW 32 Nikki Hudson FW 29 Renita Garard Substitutions: 5 Juliet Haslam  11' 7 Alison Peek  15' 9 Claire Mitchell  8' 31 Katrina Powell  7' Manager: Robert Haigh GK 1 Mariela Antoniska DF 6 Ayelén Stepnik DF 3 Magdalena Aicega DF 16 Cecilia Rognoni MF 4 María Paz Ferrari MF 8 Luciana Aymar MF 5 Anabel Gambero MF 10 Jorgelina Rimoldi MF 7 Inés Arrondo FW 9 Vanina Oneto 9' FW 11 Karina Masotta (c) Substitutions: FW 2 Soledad García  29' FW 13 Laura Maiztegui  28' DF 14 Mercedes Margalot  54' FW 15 María Paz Hernández  18' Manager: Sergio Vigil

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	Final result
	Australia	8	7	1	0	25	5	+20	22	Gold medal
	Argentina	8	5	0	3	18	12	+6	15	Silver medal
	Netherlands	8	3	2	3	14	18	−4	11	Bronze medal
4	Spain	8	1	4	3	5	9	−4	7	Fourth place
5	China	7	2	1	4	6	12	−6	7	Eliminated in medal round
6	New Zealand	7	2	2	3	10	17	−7	8
7	Germany	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11	Eliminated in group stage
8	Great Britain	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7
9	South Korea	6	1	2	3	9	11	−2	5
10	South Africa	6	1	1	4	6	11	−5	4

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 112 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.

6 goals

• Nicole Hudson

5 goals

• Vanina Oneto

4 goals

• Soledad García
• Alyson Annan
• Jenn Morris
• Katrina Powell
• Britta Becker
• Suzan van der Wielen
• Kim Eun-Jing

3 goals

• Luciana Aymar
• Karina Masotta
• Yang Huiping
• Melanie Clewlow
• Ageeth Boomgaardt
• Amanda Smith

2 goals

• Cecilia Rognoni
• Claire Mitchell-Taverner
• Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
• Fanny Rinne
• Minke Smabers
• Carole Thate
• Tina Bell-Kake
• Anna Lawrence
• Katherine Trolove
• Pietie Coetzee
• Alison Dare
• Sonia de Ignacio-Simo

1 goal

• Jorgelina Rimoldi
• Juliet Haslam
• Rechelle Hawkes
• Alison Peek
• Kate Starre
• Julie Towers
• Tang Chunling
• Cheng Hui
• Zhou Wanfeng
• Natascha Keller
• Heike Lätzsch
• Inga Möller
• Christina Cullen
• Denise Marston-Smith
• Mandy Nicholson
• Rhona Simpson
• Jane Smith
• Margje Teeuwen
• Fleur van de Kieft
• Macha van der Vaart
• Moira Senior
• Marilyn Agliotti
• Jacqueline Geyser
• Cho Bo-Ra
• Lee Eun-Young
• Yoo Hee-Joo
• Shin Mi-Kyung
• Kim Seong-Eun
• Sonia Barrio
• Núria Camón
• Erdoitza Goikoetxea

Source: FIH