2000 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The fourth Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier was held at National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes, England, from 23 March until 2 April 2000. Ten nations took part and played a round robin. The top five teams joined hosts and defending champions Australia (also Oceania Cup winner), Argentina (Pan American Games winner), South Korea (Asian Games winner), the Netherlands (European Nations Cup winner) and South Africa (All-Africa Games winner).

Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:

Michelle Arnold (AUS)
Jean Buchanan (RSA)
Renée Chatas (USA)
Gillian Clarke (GBR)
Renée Cohen (NED)
Ute Conen (GER)
Lyn Farrell (NZL)
Angela Larío (ESP)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Team rosters

Germany

( 1.) Julia Zwehl (gk), (2.) Birgit Beyer (gk), (3.) Denise Klecker, (4.) Tanja Dickenscheid, (5.) Nadine Ernsting-Krienke, (6.) Inga Möller, (7.) Natascha Keller, (8.) Melanie Cremer, (9.) Friederike Barth, (11.) Cornelia Reiter, (12.) Britta Becker, (13.) Marion Rodewald, (15.) Heike Lätzsch, (16.) Katrin Kauschke (c), (22.) Simone Grässer, (24.) Fanny Rinne, (25.) Caroline Casaretto, and (32.) Franziska Gude. Head Coach: Berti Rauth.

Great Britain

( 1.) Carolyn Reid (gk), ( 2.) Hilary Rose (gk), ( 3.) Kristy Bowden, ( 4.) Jane Smith, ( 5.) Sue Chandler (c), ( 6.) Melanie Clewlow, ( 7.) Tina Cullen, ( 8.) Kathryn Johnson, (9.) Mandy Nicholson, (10.) Jane Sixsmith, (11.) Purdy Miller, (12.) Denise Marston-Smith, (13.) Helen Richardson, (14.) Fiona Greenham, (15.) Janet Jack, (16.) Kate Walsh, (17.) Sarah Blanks, and (18.) Lucilla Wright. Head Coach: Jon Royce.

New Zealand

(1.) Skippy McGregor, (2.) Moira Senior, (3.) Kylie Foy, (4.) Sandy Bennett, (5.) Rachel Sutherland, (6.) Rachel Petrie, (7.) Anna Lawrence (c), (8.) Robyn Matthews, (10.) Kate Trolove, (12.) Mandy Smith, (13.) Lisa Walton, (14.) Suzie Pearce, (15.) Anne-Marie Irving (gk), (16.) Helen Clarke (gk), (17.) Caryn Paewai, (18.) Diana Weavers, and (31.) Tina Bell-Kake, Head Coach: Jan Borren.

India

Tingonleima Chanu (gk and (c)), Helen Mary (gk), Amandeep Kaur, Marystella Tirkey, Kanti Baa, Sunita Dalal, Suraj Lata Devi, Sumrai Tete, Neha Singh, Kamala Dalal, Jyoti Sunita Kullu, Ferdina Ekka, Mamta Kharab, Surinder Kaur, Ngasepam Pakpi Devi, and Manorama Goswami. Head Coach: Gurdial Singh Banghu.

United States

Kate Barber, Margaret Storrar (gk), Tracey Fuchs (c), Kelli James, Chris DeBow, Kris Fillat, Kristen Holmes, Katie Kauffman, Antoinette Lucas, Eleanor Race, Jill Reeve, Cindy Werley, Jana Toepel, Michelle Vizzuso, Tracey Larson, Tara Jelley, and Nancy Pelligreen. Head Coach: Tracey Belbin.

Results

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	4	3	1	0	11	3	+8	10	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Spain	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4	8	Advanced to Semi-finals
3	United States	4	1	2	1	6	8	−2	5
4	Ireland	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4
5	India	4	0	0	4	2	10	−8	0

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

24 March 2000
12:05

India	1–3	Spain
Mamta 70'	Report	Barrio 24', 62' De Ignacio-Simo 34'

Umpires:
Lyn Farrell (NZL)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

24 March 2000
14:05

Germany	4–1	United States
Möller 15' Reiter 42' Keller 62' Ernsting-Krienke 65'	Report	Vizzuso 9'

Umpires:
Michelle Arnold (AUS)
Renée Cohen (NED)

25 March 2000
12:05

Ireland	1–0	India
Kohler 28'	Report

Umpires:
Jean Buchanan (RSA)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

25 March 2000
14:05

Spain	1–1	Germany
Camón 11'	Report	Keller 59'

Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Gillian Clarke (GBR)

26 March 2000
14:05

United States	1–1	Ireland
Werley 4'	Report	Mills 69'

27 March 2000
14:05

India	0–4	Germany
	Report	Becker 39' Ernsting-Krienke 47' Kauschke 56', 66'

28 March 2000
12:05

Spain	2–2	United States
De Ignacio-Simo 53' Tellería 65'	Report	Race 38' Werley 69'

28 March 2000
14:05

Germany	2–1	Ireland
Becker 7', 46'	Report	O'Brien 31'

29 March 2000
12:05

United States	2–1	India
Werley 48' Fuchs 66'	Report	Jyoti 31'

29 March 2000
14:05

Ireland	0–2	Spain
	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain (H)	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	9	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7	Advanced to Semi-finals
3	China	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
4	Japan	4	2	0	2	7	4	+3	6
5	Russia	4	0	0	4	2	18	−16	0

Source: USA Field Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
(H) Host.

24 March 2000
16:05

Russia	1–3	China
	Report

24 March 2000
18:05

New Zealand	0–4	Japan
	Report

25 March 2000
16:05

Great Britain	5–0	Russia
	Report

25 March 2000
18:05

China	0–0	New Zealand
	Report

26 March 2000
16:05

Japan	1–2	Great Britain
	Report

27 March 2000
15:15

Russia	0–8	New Zealand
	Report

28 March 2000
16:05

China	1–0	Japan
	Report

28 March 2000
18:05

New Zealand	1–0	Great Britain
Smith 33'	Report

29 March 2000
16:05

Japan	2–1	Russia
	Report

29 March 2000
18:05

Great Britain	1–0	China
	Report

Ninth and tenth place

1 April 2000
10:05

India	1–2	Russia
Mamta 17'	Report	Sviridova 2' Ioudovskaia 45'

Fifth to eighth place classification

Semi-finals		Final

31 March 2000

United States	2
		1 April 2000
Japan	0
		United States	0
31 March 2000
		China	2
China	1

Ireland	0
		Third Place

		1 April 2000

		Japan	3

		Ireland	0

Crossover

31 March 2000
10:05

United States	2–0	Japan
Fillat 34' James 41'	Report

31 March 2000
12:35

China	1–0	Ireland
	Report

Seventh and eighth place

1 April 2000
12:45

Japan	3–0	Ireland
	Report

Fifth and sixth place

1 April 2000
15:15

United States	0–2	China
	Report	Yang 6' Chen Z. 11'

Umpires:
Michelle Arnold (AUS)
Jean Buchanan (RSA)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals		Final

31 March 2000

Germany	1
		2 April 2000
New Zealand	2
		New Zealand	1
31 March 2000
		Great Britain	0
Great Britain	2

Spain	1
		Third Place

		2 April 2000

		Germany	1

		Spain	0

Semi-finals

31 March 2000
15:05

Germany	1–2	New Zealand
	Report

31 March 2000
17:35

Great Britain	2–1	Spain
	Report

Third and fourth place

2 April 2000
12:35

Germany	1–0	Spain
Klecker 69'	Report

Final

2 April 2000
15:05

New Zealand	1–0	Great Britain
Pearce	Report

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
1.	New Zealand
2.	Great Britain
3.	Germany
4.	Spain
5.	China
6.	United States
7.	Japan
8.	Ireland
9.	Russia
10.	India

Remarks

The first five (New Zealand, Great Britain, Germany, Spain and China) qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1.	Mandy Smith	5
2.	Britta Becker	3
–	Kylie Foy	3
–	Huiping Yang	3
–	Suzie Pearce	3
–	Irina Sviridova	3
–	Lucilla Wright	3
–	Cindy Werley	3

References

Overview on FIH-site
US Field Hockey
Results
Hockey Sport, April 2000, Issue 204

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