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Hockey, Women

Date	14 – 26 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Khokei, Olympiako Syngrotima Ellenikou, Hellinikon
Participants	160 from 10 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advance teams to classification round matches.

After their victory in the Sydney Olympics, the Australian women’s team faded, giving other nations the opportunity to win championships. Argentina won the 2002 World Championships while China won their first international title, the Champions Trophy, in the same year. Both these teams were drawn in the same pool in Athens and had already qualified when they met in the final group match, which was won by China. In the other group, the Dutch team remained unbeaten, winning 4-1 over second-placed Germany.

Both semi-finals were closely fought. China and Germany didn’t manage to score in regulation time and extra time, after which Germany emerged victorious in the penalty shoot-out. Argentina and the Netherlands did score, twice each, and also had to decide the match by penalty shots. The Dutch won, making their first ever final (no final match was played in 1984, when they won the gold). With the 4-1 loss in the group stage, Germany was considered to be the underdog, but their adapted strategy worked out well. They optimally converted their goal opportunities in the first half, leading 2-0. The Dutch were the stronger team in the second half, but couldn’t come any closer than 2-1. The Germans became the fifth country to win the hockey gold since the event was introduced in 1980.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	GP	Goals	Shots on Goal	Field Goals	Field Goal Attempts	Penalty Corner Goals	Penalty Corner Attempts	Penalty Stroke Goals	Penalty Stroke Attempts	Green Cards	Yellow Cards	Red Cards
1	–	Germany	GER	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Gold
	2	Tina Bachmann		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	Denise Klecker		6	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	4	Mandy Haase		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5	Nadine Ernsting-Krienke		6	2	13	2	10	0	3	0	0	1	0	0
	6	Caroline Casaretto		6	1	4	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	7	Natascha Keller		6	0	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10	Silke Müller		6	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	13	Marion Rodewald		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	15	Heike Lätzsch		6	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	16	Fanny Rinne		6	0	8	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	0	0
	17	Louisa Walter		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18	Anke Kühn		6	2	5	1	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0
	21	Badri Latif		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	23	Julia Zwehl		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	27	Sonja Lehmann		6	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	32	Franziska Gude		6	2	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coach		Markus Weise
2	–	Netherlands	NED	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Silver
	1	Clarinda Sinnige		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2	Lisanne de Roever		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	Macha van der Vaart		6	2	12	2	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	4	Fátima Moreira de Melo		6	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5	Jiske Snoeks		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	6	Maartje Scheepstra		6	3	4	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	0	0
	7	Miek van Geenhuizen		6	1	7	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	9	Sylvia Karres		6	2	11	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	10	Mijntje Donners		6	5	27	2	16	3	11	0	0	3	0	0
	11	Ageeth Boomgaardt		6	2	12	0	1	2	11	0	0	0	1	0
	13	Minke Smabers		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	14	Minke Booij		6	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
	15	Janneke Schopman		6	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	16	Chantal de Bruijn		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	Eefke Mulder		6	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	21	Lieve van Kessel		6	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Coach		Marc Lammers
3	–	Argentina	ARG	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Bronze
	1	Mariela Antoniska		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	Magdalena Aicega		6	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
	5	Marina Di Giacomo		6	1	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	6	Ayelén Stepnik		6	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	7	Alejandra Gulla		6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	8	Lucha Aymar		6	4	11	3	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
	9	Vanina Oneto		6	2	9	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	10	Sole García		6	4	13	4	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	12	Mariana González		6	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	14	Mechi Margalot		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	15	Maripi Hernández		6	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	16	Ceci Rognoni		6	1	12	0	2	1	10	0	0	0	0	0
	18	Paola Vukojicic		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	19	Mariné Russo		6	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	21	Inés Arrondo		6	1	6	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	24	Claudia Burkart		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coach		Sergio Vigil
4	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Nie Yali		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	Chen Zhaoxia		6	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	4	Ma Yibo		6	2	18	0	0	2	18	0	0	0	0	0
	5	Cheng Hui		6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	6	Mai Shaoyan		6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	7	Huang Junxia		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	8	Fu Baorong		6	3	16	2	10	1	6	0	0	1	0	0
	9	Li Shuang		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	10	Gao Lihua		6	1	6	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	11	Tang Chunling		6	4	15	2	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	12	Zhou Wanfeng		6	0	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	14	Chen Qunqing		6	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	15	Hou Xiaolan		6	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	16	Zhang Yimeng		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	Qiu Yingling		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	19	Chen Qiuqi		6	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coach		Kim Chang-Back
5	–	Australia	AUS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Toni Cronk		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2	Louise Dobson		6	1	9	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	1	0
	3	Karen Smith		6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	Peta Gallagher		5	2	12	1	10	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
	10	Bianca Netzler		6	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	11	Emily Halliday		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	14	Nic Arrold		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	Rachel Imison		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	20	Carmel Bakurski		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	22	Katie Allen		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	24	Angie Skirving-Lambert		6	0	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	25	Melanie Twitt-Wells		6	0	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	27	Suzie Faulkner		6	2	11	1	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
	28	Julie Towers		6	3	7	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	31	Triny Powell		6	4	21	3	19	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
	32	Nikki Hudson		6	0	14	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Coach		David Bell
6	–	New Zealand	NZL	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Kayla Sharland-Whitelock		6	0	13	0	9	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	2	Emily Naylor		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5	Rachel Sutherland		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	6	Meredith Orr		6	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	8	Jaimee Provan-Claxton		6	1	6	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
	9	Leisen Jobe		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	10	Lizzy Igasan		5	1	6	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	0
	11	Stacey Carr		6	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	12	Lisa Walton		6	1	10	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	14	Suzie Pearce-Muirhead		6	1	9	1	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	15	Beth Jurgeleit		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	16	Helen Clarke		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18	Diana Weavers		6	0	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
	21	Nin Roberts-Lang		6	2	25	0	7	2	18	0	0	1	0	0
	22	Rachel Robertson		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	23	Tara Drysdale		6	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Coach		Ian Rutledge
7	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Park Yong-Suk		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2	Kim Yun-Mi		6	2	19	0	1	2	18	0	0	1	0	0
	3	Lee Jin-Hui		6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	4	Yu Hui-Ju		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	6	Kim Jeong-A		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7	Lee Seon-Ok		6	1	16	0	0	1	16	0	0	1	0	0
	8	Lee Mi-Seong		6	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	9	Park Eun-Gyeong		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	10	Oh Go-Un		6	2	9	0	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	11	Kim Seong-Eun		6	2	8	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	12	Go Gwang-Min		6	1	6	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	13	Park Mi-Hyeon		6	3	14	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	15	Kim Jin-Gyeong		6	2	8	1	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
	16	Im Jeong-U		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	Kim Mi-Seon		6	0	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18	Park Jeong-Suk		6	1	6	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Coach		Lim Heung-Sin
8	–	Japan	JPN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Rie Terazono		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2	Keiko Miura		6	1	9	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0
	3	Akemi Kato		6	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	4	Yukari Yamamoto		6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	5	Sachimi Iwao		6	0	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	6	Chie Kimura		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	Rika Komazawa		6	2	5	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
	8	Sakae Morimoto		6	1	8	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	9	Kaori Chiba-Fujio		6	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	10	Naoko Saito		6	0	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11	Tomomi Komori		6	3	9	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	12	Nami Miyazaki		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	13	Akiko Kitada		5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	14	Rika Ishida		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	15	Emi Sakurai		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	16	Miyuki Nakagawa		6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coach		Kazunori Kobayashi
9	–	South Africa	RSA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Caroline Birt		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	Kate Hector-Woods		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	6	Anli Kotze		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	Natalie Fulton		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	8	Marsha Marescia		5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	10	Josi Koornhof		5	0	7	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	0
	12	Lindsey Carlisle		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	14	Kerry Bee		5	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15	Pietie Coetzee		5	2	29	0	21	2	8	0	0	0	0	0
	16	Jenny Wilson		5	5	13	4	11	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
	24	Fiona Butler		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	25	Liesel Dorothy		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	28	Tsoanelo Pholo		4	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	30	Sharné Wehmeyer		5	1	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	31	Susan Wessels-Webber		5	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	32	Grazjyna Engelbrecht		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coach		Ros Howell
10	–	Spain	ESP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	María Jesús Rosa		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	Rocío Ybarra		5	1	11	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	0
	4	Bárbara Malda		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5	Mónica Rueda		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	6	Silvia Bonastre		5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	María del Carmen Martín		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	8	Marta Prat		5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	9	Silvia Muñoz		5	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10	Lucía López		5	0	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	11	María del Mar Feito		5	1	5	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	12	Maider Tellería		5	0	11	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	15	Erdoitza Goikoetxea		5	2	4	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	17	Núria Camón		5	0	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	18	Ana Raquel Pérez		5	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	19	Maider Luengo		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	21	Esther Termens		5	2	5	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Coach		Pablo Usoz

Preliminary Round

Date	14 – 22 August 2004

Group A

Date	14 – 22 August 2004
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	People's Republic of China	CHN	4	0	12	11-2	Q
2	Argentina	ARG	3	1	9	12-4	Q
3	Japan	JPN	2	2	6	5-7
4	New Zealand	NZL	1	3	3	3-9
5	Spain	ESP	0	4	0	3-12

Match	Date/Time	Location	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	14 Aug 08:30-09:50	Pitch 1	People's Republic of China	CHN	3 – 0	Japan	JPN
Match #2	14 Aug 18:00-19:20	Pitch 1	Argentina	ARG	4 – 0	Spain	ESP
Match #3	16 Aug 10:30-11:50	Pitch 1	Argentina	ARG	3 – 1	Japan	JPN
Match #4	16 Aug 18:00-19:20	Pitch 1	People's Republic of China	CHN	2 – 0	New Zealand	NZL
Match #5	18 Aug 08:30-09:50	Pitch 1	People's Republic of China	CHN	3 – 0	Spain	ESP
Match #6	18 Aug 18:00-19:20	Pitch 1	Japan	JPN	2 – 0	New Zealand	NZL
Match #7	20 Aug 08:30-09:50	Pitch 1	Argentina	ARG	3 – 0	New Zealand	NZL
Match #8	20 Aug 18:00-19:20	Pitch 1	Japan	JPN	2 – 1	Spain	ESP
Match #9	22 Aug 10:30-11:50	Pitch 1	New Zealand	NZL	3 – 2	Spain	ESP
Match #10	22 Aug 20:00-21:20	Pitch 1	People's Republic of China	CHN	3 – 2	Argentina	ARG

Group B

Date	14 – 22 August 2004
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Netherlands	NED	4	0	0	12	14-5	Q
2	Germany	GER	2	0	2	6	6-10	Q
3	Republic of Korea	KOR	1	1	2	4	9-8
4	Australia	AUS	1	1	2	4	6-5
5	South Africa	RSA	1	0	3	3	5-12

Match	Date/Time	Location	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	14 Aug 10:30-11:50	Pitch 1	Netherlands	NED	6 – 2	South Africa	RSA
Match #2	14 Aug 20:00-21:20	Pitch 1	Germany	GER	2 – 1	Australia	AUS
Match #3	16 Aug 08:30-09:50	Pitch 1	Australia	AUS	3 – 0	South Africa	RSA
Match #4	16 Aug 20:00-21:20	Pitch 1	Netherlands	NED	3 – 2	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #5	18 Aug 10:30-11:50	Pitch 1	Netherlands	NED	4 – 1	Germany	GER
Match #6	18 Aug 20:00-21:20	Pitch 1	Republic of Korea	KOR	3 – 0	South Africa	RSA
Match #7	20 Aug 10:30-11:50	Pitch 1	Australia	AUS	2 – 2	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #8	20 Aug 20:00-21:20	Pitch 1	South Africa	RSA	3 – 0	Germany	GER
Match #9	22 Aug 08:30-09:50	Pitch 1	Germany	GER	3 – 2	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #10	22 Aug 18:00-19:20	Pitch 1	Netherlands	NED	1 – 0	Australia	AUS

Classification Round 5-8

Date	24 August 2004
Format	Classification matches.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Aug 08:30-10:05	Pitch 1	New Zealand	NZL	3 – 2	Republic of Korea	KOR	ASDET
Match #2	24 Aug 11:00-12:20	Pitch 1	Australia	AUS	3 – 1	Japan	JPN

Semi-Finals

Date	24 August 2004
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Aug 18:00-19:40	Pitch 1	Netherlands	NED	2 – 2	Argentina	ARG	ASDET, 4-2 PS
Match #2	24 Aug 20:30-22:10	Pitch 1	Germany	GER	0 – 0	People's Republic of China	CHN	ASDET, 4-3 PS

Final Round

Date	26 August 2004
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	26 Aug 20:30-21:50	Pitch 1	Germany	GER	2 – 1	Netherlands	NED
Match 3/4	26 Aug 18:00-19:20	Pitch 1	Argentina	ARG	1 – 0	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match 5/6	26 Aug 11:00-12:20	Pitch 1	Australia	AUS	3 – 0	New Zealand	NZL
Match 7/8	26 Aug 08:30-09:50	Pitch 1	Republic of Korea	KOR	3 – 1	Japan	JPN
Match 9/10	26 Aug 09:00-10:35	Pitch 2	South Africa	RSA	4 – 3	Spain	ESP	ASDET