Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament

2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's hockey

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Melbourne
Dates	7 – 26 March
Teams	10
Venue(s)	State Netball and Hockey Centre
Top three teams
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	England
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Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

Women's Field hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place between 16 March and 25 March. The competition consisted of a round robin stage of two groups of five with the winners and runners-up of each group qualifying for the semifinals. All matches were played at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in the Parkville area of Melbourne.^{[1] [2]}

The Gold medal was won by Australia, who defeated 2002 champions India 1 – 0 in the final. England won the bronze medal by defeating South Africa 3 – 1 on penalty strokes.^[3]

Squads

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	4	4	0	0	27	2	+22	12
India	4	2	1	1	18	7	+11	7
Malaysia	4	2	0	2	7	15	-8	6
South Africa	4	1	1	2	7	8	–1	4
Nigeria	4	0	0	4	1	28	–27	0

16 March 2006
Malaysia	4-0	Nigeria	[4]
Australia	4-2	India	[5]
17 March 2006
Nigeria	1-4	South Africa	[6]
Australia	8-0	Malaysia	[7]
18 March 2006
South Africa	2-2	India	[8]
19 March 2006
Australia	12–0	Nigeria	[9]
20 March 2006
Malaysia	2–1	South Africa	[10]
Nigeria	0–8	India	[11]
21 March 2006
South Africa	0-3	Australia	[12]
Malaysia	1-6	India	[13]

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	4	4	0	0	20	1	+19	12
England	4	3	0	1	20	4	+16	9
Scotland	4	2	0	2	11	8	+3	6
Canada	4	1	0	4	5	10	-5	3
Barbados	4	0	0	4	0	33	–33	0

16 March 2006
Barbados	0-4	Canada
New Zealand	2-1	Scotland
17 March 2006
Canada	0-5	England
Barbados	0–11	New Zealand
18 March 2006
England	5-0	Scotland
19 March 2006
Canada	0-3	New Zealand
20 March 2006
England	10-0	Barbados
Canada	1–2	Scotland
21 March 2006
England	0-4	New Zealand
Scotland	8-0	Barbados

Semifinals

Home	Result	Away	Half time
Australia	3–0	England	1–0
New Zealand	0–1	India	0–0

Classification matches

Placing	Home	Result	Away	Half time
5th/6th	Malaysia	0–3	Scotland	0–3
7th/8th	Canada	2–5	South Africa	0–2
9th/10th	Nigeria	1–4	Barbados	1–1

Gold medal match

Home	Result	Away	Half time
Australia	1–0	India	0–0

Bronze medal match

Home	Result	Away	Half time
England	0 – 0*	New Zealand	0–0

*England won 3–1 on penalty shots.

Medals

Medal	Team
Gold	Australia
Silver	India
Bronze	England

2006 Women's Hockey Commonwealth Games Winners
Australia Second title

Statistics

Final rankings

Australia  India  England  New Zealand  Malaysia  Scotland  Canada  South Africa  Barbados  Nigeria

References

1. "2006 Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. "Hockey Schedule and Results". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation.
3. "Hockey Schedule and Results". 2006 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
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13. "Hockey Schedule and Results". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation.