1990 Women's Hockey World Cup

1990 Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Sydney
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Home Bush Stadium
Top three teams
Champions	Netherlands (5th title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	South Korea
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The 1990 Women's Hockey World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 2 to 13 May in Sydney, Australia. It was won by the Netherlands, who defeated host nation Australia 3–1 in the final.^[1] It was the Netherlands fifth Women's Hockey World Cup title and their third consecutive title. South Korea beat England 3–2 to finish third.

Results

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	5	3	2	0	8	2	6	8
England	5	3	2	0	4	0	4	8
West Germany	5	3	1	1	9	4	5	7
China	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5	3
Argentina	5	0	2	3	2	7	−5	2
Japan	5	0	2	3	1	6	−5	2

     Qualified for semifinals

2 May 1990 Australia  3 – 0  China

3 May 1990 England  1 – 0  Argentina

3 May 1990 West Germany  3 – 0  Japan

4 May 1990 England  1 – 0  Japan

4 May 1990 Australia  1 – 1  Argentina

4 May 1990 West Germany  3 – 1  China

6 May 1990 Australia  2 – 1  West Germany

6 May 1990 England  2 – 0  China

6 May 1990 Argentina  0 – 0  Japan

7 May 1990 England  0 – 0  West Germany

8 May 1990 China  2 – 0  Argentina

8 May 1990 Australia  2 – 0  Japan

9 May 1990 West Germany  3 – 1  Argentina

9 May 1990 China  1 – 1  Japan

9 May 1990 Australia  0 – 0  England

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	4	1	0	11	0	11	9
South Korea	5	3	1	1	17	1	16	7
New Zealand	5	2	1	2	8	6	2	5
Spain	5	2	1	2	7	12	−5	5
Canada	5	1	1	3	2	7	−5	3
United States	5	0	1	4	3	22	−19	1

     Qualified for semifinals

2 May 1990 Canada  1 – 0  New Zealand

2 May 1990 South Korea  7 – 0  Spain

2 May 1990 Netherlands  3 – 0  United States

3 May 1990 New Zealand  1 – 0  South Korea

3 May 1990 Canada  1 – 1  United States

4 May 1990 Netherlands  3 – 0  Spain

5 May 1990 Spain  3 – 1  United States

5 May 1990 Netherlands  3 – 0  New Zealand

5 May 1990 South Korea  1 – 0  Canada

7 May 1990 Netherlands  0 – 0  South Korea

7 May 1990 New Zealand  6 – 1  United States

7 May 1990 Spain  3 – 0  Canada

8 May 1990 South Korea  9 – 0  United States

8 May 1990 New Zealand  1 – 1  Spain

9 May 1990 Netherlands  2 – 0  Canada

Fifth to twelfth place classification

Ninth to twelfth qualifiers

10 May 1990 Argentina  4 – 0  United States

10 May 1990 Canada  1 – 0  Japan

Eleventh and twelfth place

12 May 1990 Japan  3 – 1  United States

Ninth and tenth place

12 May 1990 Argentina  1 – 1 (AET) 4 – 2 (PSO)  Canada

Fifth to eighth qualifiers

11 May 1990 Spain  2 – 1  West Germany

11 May 1990 China  1 – 1 (AET) 5 – 4 (PSO)  New Zealand

Seventh and eighth place

12 May 1990 New Zealand  4 – 1  West Germany

Fifth and sixth place

12 May 1990 Spain  1 – 0  China

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 May
	Netherlands	5
	England	0
					13 May
					Netherlands	3
					Australia	1
					Third place
	11 May			13 May
	Australia	2		South Korea	3
	South Korea	1			England	2

Semi-finals

11 May 1990 Netherlands  5 – 0  England

11 May 1990 Australia  2 – 1 (AET)  South Korea

Third and fourth place

13 May 1990 South Korea  3 – 2  England

Final

13 May 1990 Netherlands  3 – 1  Australia

1990 Women's Hockey World Cup Winner
Netherlands Fifth title

Final standings

Netherlands  Australia  South Korea  England  Spain  China

New Zealand  West Germany  Argentina  Canada  Japan  United States

References

1. "1990 Womens World Cup". FIH. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

External links

• FIH official page
• Results page