2000 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The fourth Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier was held at National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes, England, from 23 March until 2 April 2000. Ten nations took part and played a round robin. The top five teams joined hosts and defending champions Australia (also Oceania Cup winner), Argentina (Pan American Games winner), South Korea (Asian Games winner), the Netherlands (European Nations Cup winner) and South Africa (All-Africa Games winner).

Team rosters

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 Germany

( 1.) Julia Zwehl (gk), (2.) Birgit Beyer (gk), (3.) Denise Klecker, (4.) Tanja Dickenscheid, (5.) Nadine Ernsting-Krienke, (6.) Inga Möller, (7.) Natascha Keller, (8.) Melanie Cremer, (9.) Friederike Barth, (11.) Cornelia Reiter, (12.) Britta Becker, (13.) Marion Rodewald, (15.) Heike Lätzsch, (16.) Katrin Kauschke (c), (22.) Simone Grässer, (24.) Fanny Rinne, (25.) Caroline Casaretto, and (32.) Franziska Gude. Head Coach: Berti Rauth.

 Great Britain

( 1.) Carolyn Reid (gk), ( 2.) Hilary Rose (gk), ( 3.) Kristy Bowden, ( 4.) Jane Smith, ( 5.) Sue Chandler (c), ( 6.) Melanie Clewlow, ( 7.) Tina Cullen, ( 8.) Kathryn Johnson, (9.) Mandy Nicholson, (10.) Jane Sixsmith, (11.) Purdy Miller, (12.) Denise Marston-Smith, (13.) Helen Richardson, (14.) Fiona Greenham, (15.) Janet Jack, (16.) Kate Walsh, (17.) Sarah Blanks, and (18.) Lucilla Wright. Head Coach: Jon Royce.

 New Zealand

(1.) Skippy McGregor, (2.) Moira Senior, (3.) Kylie Foy, (4.) Sandy Bennett, (5.) Rachel Sutherland, (6.) Rachel Petrie, (7.) Anna Lawrence (c), (8.) Robyn Matthews, (10.) Kate Trolove, (12.) Mandy Smith, (13.) Lisa Walton, (14.) Suzie Pearce, (15.) Anne-Marie Irving (gk), (16.) Helen Clarke (gk), (17.) Caryn Paewai, (18.) Diana Weavers, and (31.) Tina Bell-Kake, Head Coach: Jan Borren.

 India

Tingonleima Chanu (gk and (c)), Helen Mary (gk), Amandeep Kaur, Marystella Tirkey, Kanti Baa, Sunita Dalal, Suraj Lata Devi, Sumrai Tete, Neha Singh, Kamala Dalal, Jyoti Sunita Kullu, Ferdina Ekka, Mamta Kharab, Surinder Kaur, Ngasepam Pakpi Devi, and Manorama Goswami. Head Coach: Gurdial Singh Banghu.

 United States

Kate Barber, Margaret Storrar (gk), Tracey Fuchs (c), Kelli James, Chris DeBow, Kris Fillat, Kristen Holmes, Katie Kauffman, Antoinette Lucas, Eleanor Race, Jill Reeve, Cindy Werley, Jana Toepel, Michelle Vizzuso, Tracey Larson, Tara Jelley, and Nancy Pelligreen. Head Coach: Tracey Belbin.

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Germany	10	4	3	1	0	11	3	+7
2.	Spain	8	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4
3.	United States	5	4	1	2	1	6	8	–2
4.	Ireland	4	4	1	1	2	3	5	–2
5.	India	0	4	0	0	4	2	10	–8

• March 24, 2000

12:05 Spain  3 – 1  India Mamata Kharab 70'

14:05 Germany  4 – 1  United States Inga Möller 15' Cornelia Reiter 42' Natascha Keller 62' Nadine Ernsting-Krienke 65' Michelle Vizzuso 9'

• March 25, 2000

12:05 Ireland  1 – 0  India

14:05 Spain  1 – 1  Germany Núria Camón 11' Natascha Keller 59'

• March 26, 2000

14:05 United States  1 – 1  Ireland Cindy Werley 4' Kim Mills 69'

• March 27, 2000

14:05 Germany  4 – 0  India Britta Becker 39' Nadine Ernsting-Krienke 47' Katrin Kauschke 56' Katrin Kauschke 66'

• March 28, 2000

12:05 Spain  2 – 2  United States Sonia de Ignacio 53' Maider Telleria 65' Eleanor Race 38' Cindy Werley 69'

14:05 Germany  2 – 1  Ireland Britta Becker 7' Britta Becker 46' Karen O'Brien 31'

• March 29, 2000

12:05 United States  2 – 1  India Cindy Werley 48' Tracey Fuchs 66' (ps) Jyoti Sunita Kullu 31'

14:05 Ireland  0 – 2  Spain

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Great Britain	9	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6
2.	New Zealand	7	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5
3.	China	7	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2
4.	Japan	6	4	2	0	2	7	4	+3
5.	Russia	0	4	0	0	4	2	18	–16

• March 24, 2000

16:05 Russia  1 – 3  China

18:05 New Zealand  0 – 4  Japan

• March 25, 2000

16:05 Great Britain  5 – 0  Russia

18:05 China  0 – 0  New Zealand

• March 26, 2000

16:05 Japan  1 – 2  Great Britain

• March 27, 2000

15:15 Russia  0 – 8  New Zealand

• March 28, 2000

16:05 China  1 – 0  Japan

18:05 New Zealand  1 – 0  Great Britain

• March 29, 2000

16:05 Japan  2 – 1  Russia

18:05 Great Britain  1 – 0  China

Play-offs

• March 31, 2000

5th/8th place 10:05 Japan  0 – 2  United States Kris Fillat 34' (pc) Kelli James 41'

5th/8th place 12:35 China  1 – 0  Ireland

1st/4th place 15:05 Germany  1 – 2  New Zealand

1st/4th place 17:35 Great Britain  2 – 1  Spain

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• April 1, 2000

9th place 11:05 Russia  2 – 1  India Mamata Kharab 17'

7th place 12:45 Japan  3 – 0  Ireland

5th place 15:15 China  2 – 0  United States Huiping Yang 6' Zhaoxia Chen 11' Umpires: Michelle Arnold (AUS) Jean Buchanan (RSA)

• April 2, 2000

3rd place 12:35 Germany  1 – 0  Spain

1st place 15:05 Great Britain  0 – 1  New Zealand Suzie Pearce

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
1.	New Zealand
2.	Great Britain
3.	Germany
4.	Spain
5.	China
6.	United States
7.	Japan
8.	Ireland
9.	Russia
10.	India

Remarks

• The first five (New Zealand, Great Britain, Germany, Spain and China) qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1.	Mandy Smith	5
2.	Britta Becker	3
–	Kylie Foy	3
–	Huiping Yang	3
–	Suzie Pearce	3
–	Irina Sviridova	3
–	Lucilla Wright	3
–	Cindy Werley	3

References

• Overview on FIH-site
• US Field Hockey
• Results
• Hockey Sport, April 2000, Issue 204