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

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
Top three teams
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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Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

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.

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.

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	Johannesbourg, South Africa	South Africa
17–21 September 1999	1999 Oceania Cup	Sydney, Australia	—
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 C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Australia	4	3	1	0	9	3	10
Argentina	4	2	0	2	5	6	6
Spain	4	1	2	1	2	3	5
Great Britain	4	1	1	2	5	5	4
South Korea	4	0	2	2	4	8	2

     Advanced to medal round

16 September 2000 08:30 South Korea 2 – 3 Argentina Shin Mi-Kyung Template:Fhgoal Cho Bo-Ra Template:Fhgoal Report Masotta Template:Fhgoal Aymar Template:Fhgoal Rimoldi Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Miriam van Gemert (NED)

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

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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 Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Renee Cohen (NED) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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19 September 2000 15:30 Australia 1 – 1 Spain Annan Template:Fhgoal Report Ignacio Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Miriam van Gemert (NED)

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20 September 2000 10:30 South Korea 2 – 2 Great Britain Kim Seong-Eun Template:Fhgoal Kim Eun-Jin Template:Fhgoal Report Clewlow Template:Fhgoal Nicholson Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Jean Buchanan (RSA)

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20 September 2000 20:30 Australia 3 – 1 Argentina Morris Template:Fhgoal Starre Template:Fhgoal Mitchell-Taverner Template:Fhgoal Report García Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Renee Cohen (NED) Miriam van Gemert (NED)

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

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

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

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
New Zealand	4	2	1	1	7	5	7
China	4	2	0	2	4	5	6
Netherlands	4	1	2	1	9	9	5
Germany	4	1	2	1	6	6	5
South Africa	4	1	1	2	4	5	1

     Advanced to medal round

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

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17 September 2000 13:30 Netherlands 1 – 2 China Teeuwen Template:Fhgoal Report Yang Huiping Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Renee Chatas (USA) Angela Lario (ESP)

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17 September 2000 20:30 Germany 2 – 1 South Africa Rinne Template:Fhgoal Becker Template:Fhgoal Report Agliotti Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Lee Mi-Ok (KOR) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

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

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19 September 2000 13:30 Netherlands 2 – 2 South Africa Boomgaardt Template:Fhgoal Smabers Template:Fhgoal Report Coetzee Template:Fhgoal Dare Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Gill Clarke (GBR)

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20 September 2000 08:30 Germany 1 – 2 China Möller Template:Fhgoal Report Zhou Wanfeng Template:Fhgoal Cheng Hui Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Renee Chatas (USA) Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)

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20 September 2000 18:30 Netherlands 4 – 3 New Zealand van der Vaart Template:Fhgoal Boomgaardt Template:Fhgoal van der Wielen Template:Fhgoal van de Kieft Template:Fhgoal Report Lawrence Template:Fhgoal Senior Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Angela Lario (ESP) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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21 September 2000 18:30 New Zealand 1 – 0 South Africa Smith Template:Fhgoal 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 Template:Fhgoal Thate Template:Fhgoal Report Rinne Template:Fhgoal Ernsting-Krienke Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Judith Barnesby (AUS) Renee Chatas (USA)

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

Seventh to tenth place classification

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

Crossover

25 September 2000 10:30 Great Britain 3 – 2 South Africa Simpson Template:Fhgoal Clewlow Template:Fhgoal Smith Template:Fhgoal Report Dare Template:Fhgoal Coetzee Template:Fhgoal 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 Eun-Young Template:Fhgoal Kim Eun-Jin Template:Fhgoal Report Becker Template:Fhgoal Ernsting-Krienke Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Michele Arnold (USA) Jean Buchanan (RSA)

Ninth and tenth place

27 September 2000 08:30 South Africa 0 – 3 South Korea Report Kim Eun-Jin Template:Fhgoal Yoo Hee-Joo Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Michele Arnold (AUS) Renee Cohen (NED)

Seventh and eighth place

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

Medal round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Australia	5	4	1	0	17	3	13
Argentina	5	3	0	2	13	7	9
Netherlands	5	2	0	3	8	14	6
Spain	5	1	3	1	5	5	6
China	5	1	1	3	4	10	4
New Zealand	5	1	1	3	8	16	4

     Advanced to final

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)

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24 September 2000 14:00 Argentina 3 – 1 Netherlands Aymar Template:Fhgoal García Template:Fhgoal Report Smabers Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Ute Conen (GER)

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24 September 2000 16:00 Australia 3 – 0 New Zealand Hudson Template:Fhgoal Powell Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Gill Clarke (GBR) Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)

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25 September 2000 13:30 Argentina 2 – 1 China Aymar Template:Fhgoal García Template:Fhgoal Report Tang Chunling Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Renee Cohen (NED)

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25 September 2000 18:30 Australia 5 – 0 Netherlands Annan Template:Fhgoal Hawkes Template:Fhgoal Powell Template:Fhgoal Morris Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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25 September 2000 20:30 Spain 2 – 2 New Zealand Barrio Template:Fhgoal Camón Template:Fhgoal Report Smith Template:Fhgoal Trolove Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Gill Clarke (GBR)

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27 September 2000 11:00 Spain 1 – 2 Netherlands Ignacio Template:Fhgoal Report van der Wielen Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Lee Mi-Ok (KOR) Ute Conen (GER)

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27 September 2000 16:30 Argentina 7 – 1 New Zealand Rognoni Template:Fhgoal Oneto Template:Fhgoal Masotta Template:Fhgoal Report Bell-Kake Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Judith Barnesby (AUS) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

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27 September 2000 18:30 Australia 5 – 1 China Hudson Template:Fhgoal Towers Template:Fhgoal Morris Template:Fhgoal Taverner Template:Fhgoal Report Yang Huiping Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Gill Clarke (GBR) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Bronze medal match

29 September 2000 17:30 Netherlands 2 – 0 Spain Boomgaardt Template:Fhgoal Thate Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Gill Clarke (GBR) GIna Spitaleri (ITA)

Gold medal match

29 September 2000 20:00 Australia 3 – 1 Argentina Annan Template:Fhgoal Haslam Template:Fhgoal Morris Template:Fhgoal Report Oneto Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Statistics

Final ranking

1. Australia
2. Argentina
3. Netherlands
4. Spain
5. China

6. New Zealand
7. Germany
8. Great Britain
9. South Korea
10. South Africa

External links

• Official FIH website