2006 Women's Hockey World Cup squads

This article lists the confirmed squads for the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup tournament held in Madrid, Spain, between September 27 and October 8, 2006.

Pool A

China

Head Coach: Kim Chang-back

No. Player Pos. Age 1 Nie Yali GK 33 3 Chen Zhaoxia 31 4 Ma Yibo (c) 26 6 Mai Shaoyang 27 8 Fu Baorong 28 9 Li Shuang 28 10 Gao Lihua 26 11 Tang Chunling 30 12 Zhou Wanfeng 26

No. Player Pos. Age 13 Sun Zhen 20 15 Sun Sinan 18 16 Zhang Yimeng GK 22 17 Li Hongxia 20 18 Ren Ye 20 19 Chen Qiuqi 26 20 Cheng Jiayan 23 26 Xin Qian 20 28 Wang Yanhui 25

England

Head coach: Danny Kerry

No. Player Pos. Age 1 Katy Roberts GK 29 2 Beth Storry GK 28 3 Lisa Wooding DF 26 5 Crista Cullen DF 21 6 Melanie Clewlow DF 30 7 Helen Grant FW 27 8 Helen Richardson DF 25 9 Jo Ellis FW 22 10 Lucilla Wright MF 26

No. Player Pos. Age 11 Kate Walsh (c) DF 26 12 Chloe Rogers 21 13 Jennie Bimson MF 29 14 Rachel Walker MF 27 15 Alex Danson FW 21 17 Rebecca Herbert MF 20 18 Sally Walton FW 22 21 Joanne Ellis FW 25 23 Kerry Williams FW 20

Germany

Head coach: Markus Weise

No. Player Pos. Age 1 Yvonne Frank GK 26 2 Tina Bachmann 24 4 Mandy Haase 24 5 Nadine Ernsting-Krienke 32 6 Svenja Schürmann 23 7 Natascha Keller 29 8 Kerstin Hoyer 25 9 Martina Heilein 25 10 Silke Müller 27

No. Player Pos. Age 13 Marion Rodewald (c) 29 14 Katharina Scholz 23 16 Fanny Rinne 26 18 Anke Kühn 25 19 Britta von Livonius 30 21 Badri Latif 29 22 Janine Beermann 22 24 Maike Stöckel 22 32 Kristina Reynolds GK 22

India

Head coach: Maharaj Krishan Kaushik

No. Player Pos. Age 1 Helen Mary GK 29 2 Dipika Murthy GK 26 4 Rajwinder Kaur 22 5 Asunta Lakra 20 9 Surinder Kaur 24 10 Mamta Kharab 24 11 Deepika Thakur 19 14 Ritu Rani 14 15 Joydeep Kaur 17

No. Player Pos. Age 18 Jasjeet Kaur Handa 18 19 Sanggai Chanu 25 20 Jyoti Sunita Kullu (c) 27 21 Gagandeep Kaur 20 23 Pushpa Pradhan 24 24 Saba Anjum Karim 21 25 Binita Toppo 26 30 Subhadra Pradhan 21 32 Suman Bala 24

Netherlands

Head coach: Marc Lammers

No. Player Pos. Age 1 Lisanne de Roever GK 27 3 Eefke Mulder FW 28 4 Fatima Moreira de Melo MF 28 5 Jiske Snoeks MF 28 7 Miek van Geenhuizen MF 24 9 Wieke Dijkstra DF 22 10 Sylvia Karres FW 29 11 Maartje Goderie MF 22 13 Minke Smabers MF 29

No. Player Pos. Age 14 Minke Booij (c) DF 29 15 Janneke Schopman DF 29 16 Chantal de Bruijn DF 30 17 Maartje Paumen DF 21 18 Naomi van As FW 23 19 Ellen Hoog FW 20 20 Eveline de Haan GK 30 21 Sophie Polkamp DF 22 23 Kim Lammers FW 25

Spain

Head coach: Pablo Usoz

No. Player Pos. Age 1 María Jesús Rosa GK 26 2 Julia Menéndez 21 3 Rocío Ybarra DF 21 4 Gemma Bernad 20 7 Bárbara Malda 22 8 Marta Prat 25 9 Silvia Muñoz (c) FW 27 10 Silvia Bonastre MF 24 11 María Romagosa 21

No. Player Pos. Age 12 Marta Ejarque 20 13 Raquel Huertas 24 14 Pilar Sánchez 24 17 Núria Camón MF 28 19 María López GK 22 20 Montse Cruz 26 21 Esther Termens MF 21 22 Gloria Comerma 19 23 Georgina Oliva 16

Pool B

Argentina

Head coach: Gabriel Minadeo

No. Player Pos. Age 1 Mariela Antoniska GK 31 3 Magdalena Aicega (c) DF 32 4 Rosario Luchetti MF 22 6 Ayelén Stepnik MF 30 7 Alejandra Gulla FW 29 8 Luciana Aymar MF 29 9 Agustina Bouza FW 22 10 Soledad García FW 25 11 Carla Rebecchi FW 22

No. Player Pos. Age 12 Mariana González Oliva MF 30 14 Mercedes Margalot DF 31 15 María de la Paz Hernández FW 29 17 Florencia D'Elía MF 24 18 Paola Vukojicic GK 32 19 Mariné Russo MF 26 22 Gabriela Aguirre FW 20 24 Claudia Burkart DF 26 26 Giselle Kañevsky MF 21

Australia

Head coach: Frank Murray

No. Player Pos. Age 2 Suzie Faulkner FW 27 3 Karen Smith MF 27 7 Kim Walker MF 30 9 Rebecca Sanders DF 24 11 Emily Halliday DF 27 12 Madonna Blyth MF 20 13 Wendy Beattie MF 26 14 Nicole Arrold DF 24 15 Kobie McGurk DF 21

No. Player Pos. Age 17 Rachel Imison GK 27 19 Donna-Lee Patrick FW 24 21 Deanne Gilbert GK 24 24 Angie Skirving DF 25 25 Melanie Twitt MF 28 28 Hope Munro DF 25 29 Teneal Attard DF 21 30 Sarah Taylor MF 24 32 Nikki Hudson (c) FW 30

Japan

Head coach: Yoo Seung-Jin

No. Player Pos. Age 1 Rie Terazono GK 25 2 Keiko Miura 31 3 Mayumi Ono 22 5 Chie Kimura 26 7 Rika Komozawa 24 8 Sakae Morimoto 29 9 Kaori Chiba 25 10 Tomomi Komori 23 11 Toshie Tsukui 31

No. Player Pos. Age 12 Chie Akutsu 22 13 Sachimi Iwao 30 14 Akemi Kato (c) 35 15 Miyuki Nakagawa 19 16 Misaki Ozawa 21 17 Chinami Kozakura 18 18 Mika Iimura 20 19 Ikuko Okamura GK 30 20 Yuko Kitano 24

Korea

Head coach: Huh Sang-youn

No. Player Pos. Age 1 Lim Ju-yong (c) GK 26 2 Lim Seon-mee 19 3 Lee Jin-hee 26 4 Park Young-soon 21 5 Choi Eun-young 20 6 Park Seon-mi 24 7 Oh Ko-woon 25 8 Kim Jung-hee 23 9 Park Mi-hyun 20

No. Player Pos. Age 10 Kim Jin-kyoung 25 11 Lee Young-sil 19 12 Kim Jong-eun 20 13 Han Hye-lyoung 20 14 Han Tae-jeong 19 15 Kim Bo-mi 20 16 Jang Soo-ji GK 18 17 Park Na-hyun 24 18 Park Jeong-sook 25

South Africa

Head coach: Jenny King

No. Player Pos. Age 1 Caroline Jack GK 28 2 Mariette Rix GK 25 3 Kate Hector 24 5 Taryn Hosking 25 7 Cindy Brown 21 8 Marsha Marescia (c) 23 10 Shelley Russell 19 12 Dirkie Chamberlain 19 16 Jenny Wilson 27

No. Player Pos. Age 17 Leslie-Ann George 20 20 Henna Du Buisson 24 21 Lenise Marais 21 22 Kathleen Taylor 21 24 Fiona Butler 28 26 Kim Hubach 22 28 Tsoanelo Pholo 23 29 Tarryn Bright 23 30 Sharne Wehmeyer 26

United States

Head coach: Lee Bodimeade

No. Player Pos. Age 1 Kayla Bashore DF 23 2 Melissa Leonetti DF 24 3 Angie Loy FW 24 4 Kelly Doton FW 24 6 Kristi Gannon DF 24 8 Rachel Dawson MF 21 9 Sarah Dawson FW 23 10 Tiffany Snow FW 24 11 Sara Silvetti DF 24

No. Player Pos. Age 12 April Fronzoni FW 24 13 Keli Smith FW 27 14 Katelyn Falgowski FW 17 16 Barbara Weinberg GK 24 17 Carrie Lingo MF 27 22 Kate Barber (c) FW 29 24 Dina Rizzo FW 26 25 Amy Tran GK 25 28 Lauren Powley MF 22

External links

• Official squad lists