The women's field hockey tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the 7th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over an eleven-day period beginning on 16 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 26 August. All games were played at the hockey centre within the Hellinikon Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece.
Germany won the gold medal for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Argentina won the bronze medal by defeating China 1–0.[1]
Qualification
Each of the continental champions from five federations received an automatic berth. Along with the five teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament, ten teams competed in this tournament.[2]
Although the host nation would have qualified automatically as well, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to give them an automatic berth due to the standard of hockey in Greece. Greece appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), however it was turned down. Greece's first option to gain a place at the Olympics was by qualifying for the EuroHockey Nations Championship held in 2003. As they did not qualify for this tournament their last option was to beat Russia, the last ranked team of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in a best of three play-off competition. Russia would have kept its place in the Qualifier regardless of whether it won or lost against Greece. There would, however, have been four places at stake at the tournament if Greece had qualified, rather than five. Eventually Greece withdrew from participating due to explicit financial reasons.[3]
Umpires
- Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
- Renée Cohen (NED)
- Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
- Jean Duncan (GBR)
- Sarah Garnett (NZL)
- Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
- Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
- Ute Conen (GER)
- Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
- Lyn Farrell (NZL)
- Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
- Minka Woolley (AUS)
Rosters
Results
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Preliminary round
Pool A
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Renee Cohen (NED) | |
Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Ute Conen (GER) | |
Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Lyn Farrell (NZL) | |
Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) | |
Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS) | |
Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Gina Spitaleri (ITA) | |
Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) | |
Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Ute Conen (GER) | |
Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) | |
Umpires: Renee Cohen (NED) Minka Woolley (AUS) | |
Pool B
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Gina Spitaleri (ITA) | |
Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Chieko Akiyama (JPN) | |
Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Ute Conen (GER) | |
Umpires: Caroline de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) | |
Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Marelize de Klerk (RSA) | |
Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Renee Cohen (NED) | |
Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Marelize de Klerk (RSA) | |
Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Sarah Garnett (NZL) | |
Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) | |
Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Gina Spitaleri (ITA) | |
Classification round
Ninth and tenth place
Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS) | |
Fifth- to eighth-place classification
Crossover
Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Jean Duncan (GBR) | |
Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) | |
Seventh and eighth place
Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) | |
Fifth and sixth place
Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA) | |
First- to fourth-place classification
Semi-finals
Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS) | |
Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) | |
Bronze medal match
Umpires: Renee Cohen (NED) Ute Conen (GER) | |
Gold-medal match
Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) | |
Statistics
Final ranking
Source: FIH
Goalscorers
There were 105 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.62 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: FIH
References
- ^ "Hockey at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Qualification for Athens 2004 Olympic Games clarified". Planet Field Hockey. 2003-10-20. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ^ "Greece Withdraws from Women's Qualification Play-Off Series". Planet Field Hockey. 2004-04-24. Archived from the original on 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
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