2004 Women's Field Hockey
Olympic Qualifier

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Dates	19–28 March
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Japan
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	92 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sakae Morimoto (7 goals)
Best player	Tetyana Kobzenko
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The 2004 Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 19 to 28 March 2004. The top five teams qualified to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Squads

 Germany

Head Coach: Markus Weise

2. Tina Bachmann
4. Mandy Haase
5. Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
8. Kerstin Hoyer
9. Friederike Barth
10. Silke Müller
13. Marion Rodewald (c)
15. Heike Lätzsch
16. Fanny Rinne
17. Louisa Walter (GK)
18. Anke Kühn
19. Britta von Livonius
20. Alexandra Kollmar
21. Badri Latif
22. Miriam Schmid
23. Julia Zwehl (GK)
27. Sonja Lehmann
32. Franziska Gude

 Great Britain

Head Coach: Bobby Crutchley

1. Carolyn Reid (GK)
2. Hilary Rose (GK)
3. Anna Bennett
4. Jane Smith
5. Crista Cullen
6. Melanie Clewlow
7. Helen Grant
8. Lucilla Wright
9. Mandy Nicholson
10. Rhona Simpson
11. Kate Walsh (c)
12. Emma Rochlin
13. Jennie Bimson
14. Rachel Walker
15. Fiona Greenham
16. Leisa King
17. Sarah Blanks
18. Linda Clement

 Ireland

Head Coach: Riet Kuper

1. Nicky King (GK)
2. Angela Platt (GK)
3. Elaine Bromell
4. Fiona Connery
5. Linda Caulfield
6. Eimear Cregan
7. Suzanne Beaney
9. Bridget McKeever
11. Jenny McDonough
13. Nicky McCaughern
14. Lynsey McVicker (c)
15. Ciara O'Brien
16. Jill Orbinson
17. Nikki Symmons
18. Deirdre Casey
20. Kristin Farrell
21. Katharine Maybin
24. Jenny Burke

 Japan

Head Coach: Kazunori Kobayashi

1. Rie Terazono (GK)
2. Keiko Miura (c)
3. Akemi Kato
4. Yukari Yamamoto
5. Sachimi Iwao
6. Chie Kimura
7. Yuka Ogura
8. Sakae Morimoto
9. Kaori Chiba
10. Naoko Saito
11. Tomomi Komori
12. Nami Miyazaki (GK)
13. Akiko Kitada
14. Rika Ishida
15. Emi Sakurai
16. Rika Komazawa
19. Megumi Ohmura
20. Miyuki Nakagawa

 New Zealand

Head Coach: Ian Rutledge

1. Kayla Sharland
2. Emily Naylor
5. Rachel Sutherland
6. Meredith Orr
8. Jaimee Provan
9. Leisen Jobe
10. Lizzy Igasan
11. Stacey Carr
12. Lisa Walton
14. Suzie Muirhead (c)
15. Beth Jurgeleit (GK)
16. Helen Clarke (GK)
17. Caryn Paewai
18. Diana Weavers
21. Niniwa Roberts
22. Rachel Robertson
23. Tara Drysdale
28. Karen Syddall

 Russia

Head Coach: Valentina Apelganets

1. Anna Radomskaya (GK)
2. Ekaterina Cherkasova
3. Galina Timshina
4. Natalia Vershinina
5. Alexandra Pershina
6. Elena Kazakova
7. Natalia Gorbachkova
8. Tatiana Lastochkina
9. Elena Apelganets
10. Tatiana Vasyukova (c)
11. Svetlana Grigoreva
12. Ekaterina Rastorgoueva
13. Nadezda Chegurdaeva
14. Marina Chegurdaeva
15. Olga Shentsova
16. Galina Basaychuk
17. Natalia Zaitchenko
18. Oxana Serezhkina (GK)

 South Korea

Head Coach: Lim Heung-Sin

1. Park Yong-Sook (GK)
2. Kim Yun-Mi
3. Lee Jin-Hee
4. Yoo Hee-Joo
6. Kim Jung-Ahn
7. Han Sung-Mi
8. Lee Mi-Seong
9. Park Mi-Hyun
10. Oh Ko-Woon
11. Kim Seong-Eun (c)
13. Moon Myung-Seon
14. Park Seon-Mi
15. Kim Jin-Kyoung
16. Lim Ju-Young (GK)
17. Kang Bo-Kyung
18. Park Jeong-Sook
19. Yoon Deok-Hee
21. Kim Jung-Hee

 Spain

Head Coach: Pablo Usoz

1. María Jesús Rosa (GK)
3. Rocío Ybarra
4. Barbara Malda
5. Mónica Rueda
6. Silvia Bonastre
7. María del Carmen Martín
8. Marta Prat
9. Silvia Muñoz
10. Lucía López
11. María del Mar Feito (c)
12. Maider Tellería
15. Erdoitza Goikoetxea
16. Lara Domenech Baldó
17. Núria Camón
18. Ana Pérez
19. Maider Luengo (GK)
20. Raquel Huertas
21. Esther Termens

 Ukraine

Head Coach: Tetyana Zhuk

1. Iryna Zhukova (GK)
2. Viktoriya Novik
3. Lyudmyla Vyhanyayko
4. Olena Fritche
5. Olga Gulenko
6. Olha Hryzodub
7. Maryna Dudko
8. Tetyana Kobzenko (c)
9. Svitlana Kolomiyets
10. Natalya Vsayukova
11. Elvira Dzhemilova
12. Zhanna Savenko
13. Maryna Litvinchuk
14. Tetyana Salenko
15. Yana Vorushylo
16. Olga Fisyun (GK)

 United States

Head Coach: Beth Anders

1. Tamika Smith
2. Angie Loy
3. Kristen McCann
4. Margaret Storrar (GK)
5. Tara Jelley
7. Tracey Larson
9. Tracey Fuchs
10. Tiffany Snow
11. Katherine Beach
13. Keli Smith
14. Abbey Woolley
17. Carrie Lingo
21. April Fronzoni
22. Kate Barber
23. Meredith Keller
24. Dina Rizzo
25. Amy Tran (GK)
26. Kristi Gannon

Umpires

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	New Zealand (H)	4	2	2	0	11	6	+5	8	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Germany	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	8
3	Great Britain	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
4	Ireland	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	4
5	Ukraine	4	0	0	4	3	7	−4	0

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

19 March 2004 12:00 Ukraine  0–1  Ireland Report Burke  20' Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Jun Kentwell (USA)

19 March 2004 16:30 New Zealand  2–2  Great Britain Roberts  53' Muirhead  55' Report Clewlow  8' Grant  10' Umpires: Renée Cohen (NED) Minka Woolley (AUS)

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20 March 2004 10:00 Ukraine  1–2  Germany Vorushylo  39' Report Kollmar  57', 58' Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

20 March 2004 15:00 Ireland  1–5  New Zealand McDonough  37' Report Carr  17' Sharland  29' Provan  37', 51' Roberts  47' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Judith Barnesby (AUS)

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21 March 2004 12:30 Germany  2–1  Great Britain Ernsting-Krienke  7' Kühn  24' Report Walker  28' Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Judith Barnesby (AUS)

21 March 2004 16:30 New Zealand  3–2  Ukraine Roberts  40', 57' Walton  48' Report Kolomiyets  9' Savenko  12' Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Ute Conen (GER)

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23 March 2004 17:00 Ireland  1–1  Germany Cregan  30' Report Rodewald  35' Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

23 March 2004 19:00 Great Britain  1–0  Ukraine Bennett  52' Report Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

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24 March 2004 17:00 Great Britain  2–0  Ireland Bennett  19' Smith  65' Report Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Minka Woolley (AUS)

24 March 2004 19:00 Germany  1–1  New Zealand Lätzsch  34' Report Walton  54' Umpires: Judith Barnesby (AUS) Renée Cohen (NED)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Japan	4	3	0	1	13	3	+10	9	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Spain	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
3	United States	4	2	1	1	11	4	+7	7
4	South Korea	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1	4
5	Russia	4	0	0	4	1	21	−20	0

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.

19 March 2004 10:00 Japan  6–1  Russia Komori  8' Morimoto  30', 52' Chiba  34' Komazawa  48' Saito  53' Report M. Chegurdaeva  38' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Lyn Farrell (NZL)

19 March 2004 14:30 Spain  1–0  South Korea López  25' Report Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

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20 March 2004 12:00 United States  1–3  Japan Fuchs  34' Report Komazawa  17' Morimoto  47' Iwao  55' Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

20 March 2004 17:00 Russia  0–3  Spain Report Termens  13' Feito  39' Muñoz  54' Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Jean Duncan (USA)

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21 March 2004 15:00 South Korea  1–1  United States Park J.  60' Report Fuchs  44' Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Jean Duncan (GBR)

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22 March 2004 14:30 South Korea  6–0  Russia Kim Y.  13', 34' Kim S.  16', 41', 62' Lee J.  45' Report Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Jun Kentwell (USA)

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23 March 2004 12:00 Spain  1–0  Japan López  44' Report Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Renée Cohen (NED)

23 March 2004 14:00 Russia  0–6  United States Report Fuchs  2', 31' Larson  15' McCann  24' Barber  66' K. Smith  69' Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

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24 March 2004 12:00 Japan  4–0  South Korea Saito  9' Morimoto  15', 65' Miura  41' Report Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Peri Buckley (AUS)

24 March 2004 14:00 United States  3–0  Spain Barber  16' Fuchs  21' Fronzoni  58' Report Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Jean Duncan (GBR)

Classification round

Ninth and tenth place

27 March 2004 09:00 Ukraine  0–2  Russia Report Basaychuk  19', 20' Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Judith Barnesby (AUS)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	26 March
	Great Britain	0
					27 March
	South Korea	2
					South Korea	4
	26 March
					United States	0
	United States	2
	Ireland	1
					Seventh place
					27 March
					Great Britain	4
					Ireland	1

Crossover

26 March 2004 09:00 Great Britain  0–2  South Korea Report Kim J.  19' Park J.  29' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Minka Woolley (AUS)

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26 March 2004 12:00 United States  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Ireland K. Smith  37' Fuchs  81' Report Cregan  45' Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Judith Barnesby (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

27 March 2004 12:00 Great Britain  4–1  Ireland Simpson  9' Wright  15', 53' Bennett  54' Report Farrell  67' Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Jun Kentwell (USA)

Fifth and sixth place

27 March 2004 15:00 South Korea  4–0  United States Kim Y.  14' Lee M.  17' Park M.  29' Kim S.  56' Report Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Renée Cohen (NED)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 March
	New Zealand	0
					28 March
	Spain	1
					Spain	0
	26 March
					Japan	1
	Japan	3
	Germany	0
					Third place
					28 March
					New Zealand	3
					Germany	2

Semi-finals

26 March 2004 16:00 New Zealand  0–1  Spain Report Tellería  53' Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Ute Conen (GER)

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26 March 2004 19:00 Japan  3–0  Germany Morimoto  10', 47' Chiba  63' Report Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Jean Duncan (GBR)

Third and fourth place

28 March 2004 12:15 New Zealand  3–2  Germany Muirhead  44' Provan  45' Roberts  69' Report Lätzsch  6' Ernsting-Krienke  37' Umpires: Renée Cohen (NED) Peri Buckley (AUS)

Final

28 March 2004 15:15 Spain  0–1  Japan Report Saito  7' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Lyn Farrell (NZL)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Fair Play
Sakae Morimoto	Tetyana Kobzenko	New Zealand

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
	Japan	6	5	0	1	17	3	+14	15	Qualified for 2004 Summer Olympics
	Spain	6	4	0	2	6	4	+2	12
	New Zealand (H)	6	3	2	1	14	9	+5	11
4	Germany	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8
5	South Korea	6	3	1	2	13	6	+7	10
6	United States	6	3	1	2	13	9	+4	10
7	Great Britain	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
8	Ireland	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4
9	Russia	5	1	0	4	3	21	−18	3
10	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	3	9	−6	0

Goalscorers

There were 92 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

External links

• Official FIH website