Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the 8th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 10 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 22 August. All games were played at the hockey fieldconstructed on the Olympic Green in Beijing, China.

The Netherlands won the gold medal for the second time after defeating China 2–0 in the final. Argentina won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 3–1.



Contents
[hide]  *1 Competition format  ==Competition format[ edit] == The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their pool. Following the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advance to the semifinals. All other teams play classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match. ==Qualification[ edit] == Each of the continental champions from five federations and host received an automatic berth. The European federation received two extra quotas, while the Asian and Oceanian federations both received one extra quota, based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2006 World Cup. In addition to the three teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.[1] [2]
 * 2 Qualification
 * 3 Umpires
 * 4 Squads
 * 5 Results
 * 5.1 First round
 * 5.1.1 Pool A
 * 5.1.2 Pool B
 * 5.2 Fifth to twelfth place classification
 * 5.2.1 Eleventh and twelfth place
 * 5.2.2 Ninth and tenth place
 * 5.2.3 Seventh and eighth place
 * 5.2.4 Fifth and sixth place
 * 5.3 Medal round
 * 5.3.1 Semifinals
 * 5.3.2 Bronze medal match
 * 5.3.3 Gold medal match
 * 6 Statistics
 * 6.1 Final ranking
 * 6.2 Goalscorers
 * 7 References
 * 8 External links
 * ^1  – China qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota was given to the Asian federation allowing Japan to qualify directly to the 2008 Summer Olympics as the second placed team at the2006 Asian Games .

==Umpires<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Fifteen umpires for the women's event were appointed by the FIH.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  During each match, a video umpire was used to assist the on-field umpires in determining if a goal had been legally scored.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4] ==Squads<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads==Results<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00) ===First round<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Pool A<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;"><span style="border:1pxsolidrgb(169,169,169);">      Advanced to semifinals

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====Pool B<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;"><span style="border:1pxsolidrgb(169,169,169);">      Advanced to semifinals

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===Fifth to twelfth place classification<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Eleventh and twelfth place<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Ninth and tenth place<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Seventh and eighth place<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Fifth and sixth place<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== {| style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;width:1358px;clear:both;"

===Medal round<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Semifinals<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====
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====Bronze medal match<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Gold medal match<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ==Statistics<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Final ranking<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Goalscorers<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">
 * 11 goals
 * Maartje Paumen
 * 5 goals
 * Alejandra Gulla
 * Fu Baorong
 * Lee Seon-Ok
 * 4 goals
 * Carla Rebecchi
 * Casey Eastham
 * Tang Chunling
 * Angie Loy
 * 3 goals
 * Nikki Hudson
 * Angela Lambert
 * Sarah Young
 * Li Hongxia
 * Crista Cullen
 * Anke Kühn
 * Fanny Rinne
 * Keli Smith


 * 2 goals
 * Claudia Burkart
 * Soledad García
 * Mariné Russo
 * Shelly Liddelow
 * Gao Lihua
 * Janine Beermann
 * Eileen Hoffmann
 * Natascha Keller
 * Marion Rodewald
 * Keiko Miura
 * Gim Sung-Hee
 * Park Jeong-Sook
 * Park Mi-Hyun
 * Marilyn Agliotti
 * Ellen Hoog
 * Gemma Flynn
 * Vida Ryan
 * 1 goal
 * Luciana Aymar
 * Noel Barrionuevo
 * Rosario Luchetti
 * Madonna Blyth
 * Emily Halliday
 * Hope Munro
 * Megan Rivers
 * Ma Yibo
 * Song Qingling
 * Zhao Yudiao
 * Melanie Clewlow
 * Alex Danson
 * Anne Panter
 * Sarah Thomas
 * Katharina Scholz
 * Kaori Chiba
 * Rika Komazawa
 * Sakae Morimoto
 * Toshie Tsukui
 * Kim Darae
 * Kim Eun-Sil
 * Kim Jong- Eun
 * Kim Mi-Seon
 * Minke Booij
 * Wieke Dijkstra
 * Maartje Goderie
 * Eefke Mulder
 * Janneke Schopman
 * Naomi van As
 * Jaimee Claxton
 * Krystal Forgesson
 * Jo Galletly
 * Lizzy Igasan
 * Niniwa Roberts
 * Cindy Brown
 * Kate Hector
 * Marsha Marescia
 * Jennifer Wilson
 * Núria Camón
 * Raquel Huertas
 * Silvia Muñoz
 * María Romagosa
 * Pilar Sánchez
 * Esther Termens
 * Rocío Ybarra
 * Kate Barber
 * Kayla Bashore
 * Dana Sensenig
 * Tiffany Snow