Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's field hockey
at the 2008 Summer Olympics
	Olympic Green Hockey Field
Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Beijing
Dates	10 – 22 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Olympic Green Hockey Field
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up	China
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	149 (3.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Maartje Paumen (11 goals)
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The women's field hockey tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the 8th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 10 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 22 August. All games were played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green in Beijing, China.

The Netherlands won the gold medal for the second time after defeating the hosts China 2–0 in the final. Argentina won the bronze medal by defeating the defending champions Germany 3–1.^[1]

Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within its respective pool. Following the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advanced to the semifinals. All other teams played classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings. The two semi-final winners met for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers played in the bronze medal match.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations and the hosts China received an automatic berth. The European federation received two extra quotas, while Oceanian received one extra quota, based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2006 World Cup. In addition to the three teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.^[2]^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			1	China (5)
2–14 December 2006	2006 Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1	Japan¹ (6)
14–22 July 2007	2007 African Olympic Qualifier	Nairobi, Kenya	1	South Africa (12)
14–29 July 2007	2007 Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1	Argentina (2)
18–25 August 2007	2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Manchester, England	3	Germany (3) Netherlands (1) Great Britain (10)
10–17 September 2007	2007 Oceania Cup	Buderim, Australia	2	New Zealand (7) Australia (4)
12–20 April 2008	Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1	Baku, Azerbaijan	1	Spain (8)
19–27 April 2008	Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2	Kazan, Russia	1	United States (11)
26 April – 4 May 2008	Olympic Qualifying Tournament 3	Victoria, Canada	1	South Korea (9)
Total			8

^1 – China qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota was given to the Asian federation allowing Japan to qualify directly to the 2008 Summer Olympics as the second-placed team at the 2006 Asian Games.

Umpires

Fifteen umpires for the women's event were appointed by the FIH.^[4] During each match, a video umpire was used to assist the on-field umpires in determining if a goal had been legally scored.^[5]

Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Ute Conen (GER)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Lee Keum-ju (KOR)
Anne McRae (GBR)
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Miao Lin (CHN)
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

Squads

Results

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

First round

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Netherlands	5	5	0	0	14	3	+11	15	Advanced to semifinals
China	5	3	1	1	14	4	+10	10	Advanced to semifinals
Australia	5	3	1	1	17	9	+8	10
Spain	5	2	0	3	4	12	−8	6
South Korea	5	1	0	4	13	18	−5	3
South Africa	5	0	0	5	2	18	−16	0

Source: ^[6]

10 August 2008
10:30

China	3–0	Spain
Fu Baorong 17' Li Hongxia 31' Gao Lihua 37'	Report

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Marelize de Clerk (RSA)

10 August 2008
18:00

Australia	5–4	South Korea
Liddelow 25', 50' Hudson 47' Young 56' Eastham 65'	Report	Kim Mi-sun 18' Kim Da-rae 27' Gim Sung-hee 32' Park Mi-hyun 34'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)
Stella Bartlema (NED)

10 August 2008
20:30

Netherlands	6–0	South Africa
Mulder 5' Agliotti 27' Paumen 46', 58' Booij 56' Dijkstra 66'	Report

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

12 August 2008
10:30

Australia	6–1	Spain
Lambert 27', 60' Hudson 47' Eastham 54' Halliday 66' Rivers 70'	Report	Muñoz 6'

Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Miao Lin (CHN)

12 August 2008
18:30

China	3–0	South Africa
Tang Chunling 6' Fu Baorong 33' Zhao Yudiao 40'	Report

Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

12 August 2008
20:30

Netherlands	3–2	South Korea
Paumen 3', 55' Schopman 7'	Report	Lee Seon-ok 4', 39'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Ute Conen (GER)

14 August 2008
08:30

China	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Paumen 21'

Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)

14 August 2008
18:00

Spain	2–1	South Korea
Camón 8' Sanchez 22'	Report	Kim Jong-eun 37'

Umpires:
Anne McRae (GBR)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)

14 August 2008
20:30

South Africa	0–3	Australia
	Report	Hudson 10' Lambert 44' Eastham 62'

Umpires:
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Ute Conen (GER)

16 August 2008
10:30

Australia	1–2	Netherlands
Young 17'	Report	Paumen 20', 46'

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

16 August 2008
18:30

South Korea	1–6	China
Lee Seon-ok 53'	Report	Tang Chunling 30', 33', 41' Fu Baorong 39', 40', 64'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

16 August 2008
21:00

Spain	1–0	South Africa
Romagosa 31'	Report

Umpires:
Lee Keum-ju (KOR)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

18 August 2008
10:30

South Korea	5–2	South Africa
Gim Sung-hee 6' Lee Seon-ok 23', 29' Park Mi-hyun 32' Kim Eun-sil 58'	Report	Hector 51' Vida Ryan 66'

Umpires:
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

18 August 2008
18:30

Netherlands	2–0	Spain
Paumen 22' Hoog 69'	Report

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

18 August 2008
21:00

China	2–2	Australia
Li Hongxia 30', 38'	Report	Eastham 51' Young 62'

Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Germany	5	4	0	1	12	8	+4	12	Advanced to semifinals
Argentina	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6	11	Advanced to semifinals
Great Britain	5	2	2	1	7	9	−2	8
United States	5	1	3	1	9	8	+1	6
Japan	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
New Zealand	5	0	0	5	6	13	−7	0

Source: ^[7]

10 August 2008
08:30

Japan	2–1	New Zealand
Morimoto 12' Tsukui 17'	Report	Claxton 25'

Umpires:
Lee Keum-ju (KOR)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

10 August 2008
18:30

Argentina	2–2	United States
Rebecchi 5', 11'	Report	Smith 18' Loy 64'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

10 August 2008
21:00

Germany	5–1	Great Britain
Rinne 26', 52' Hoffmann 31', 49' Rodewald 60'	Report	Cullen 29'

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Miao Lin (CHN)

12 August 2008
08:30

Argentina	2–2	Great Britain
García 10' Gulla 27'	Report	Thomas 49' Clewlow 51'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Stella Bartlema (NED)

12 August 2008
18:00

United States	1–1	Japan
Barber 58'	Report	Chiba 12'

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

12 August 2008
21:00

Germany	2–1	New Zealand
Scholz 59' Kühn 69'	Report	Forgesson 31'

Umpires:
Anne McRae (GBR)
Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)

14 August 2008
10:30

United States	2–4	Germany
Snow 27' Loy 60'	Report	Keller 34' Rinne 49' Rodewald 55' Kühn 64'

Umpires:
Lee Keum-ju (KOR)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

14 August 2008
18:30

Japan	1–2	Argentina
Miura 64'	Report	Gulla 38' Burkart 51'

Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

14 August 2008
21:00

New Zealand	1–2	Great Britain
Flynn 28'	Report	Danson 31' Cullen 50'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

16 August 2008
08:30

New Zealand	1–4	United States
Galletly 37'	Report	Smith 1', 42' Loy 12' Bashore 47'

Umpires:
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Anne McRae (GBR)

16 August 2008
18:00

Germany	0–4	Argentina
	Report	Burkart 38' Gulla 49', 66' Aymar 68'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Chieko Soma (JPN)

16 August 2008
20:30

Great Britain	2–1	Japan
Panter 32' Cullen 70'	Report	Miura 58'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

18 August 2008
08:30

Germany	1–0	Japan
Beermann 40'	Report

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Miao Lin (CHN)

18 August 2008
18:00

Great Britain	0–0	United States
	Report

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

18 August 2008
20:30

Argentina	3–2	New Zealand
Rebecchi 15' García 43' Hernández 46'	Report	Roberts 33' Igasan 61'

Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Fifth to twelfth place classification

Eleventh and twelfth place

22 August 2008
08:30

South Africa	4–1	New Zealand
Marescia 14' Wilson 34' Vida Ryan 51' Brown 59'	Report	Flynn 17'

Umpires:
Lee Keum-ju (KOR)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

Ninth and tenth place

20 August 2008
08:30

South Korea	2–1	Japan
Park Jeong-sook 12', 49'	Report	Komazawa 43'

Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

Seventh and eighth place

20 August 2008
11:00

Spain	3–2 (a.e.t.)	United States
Termens 8' Huertas 68' Ybarra 84'	Report	Sensenig 30' Loy 59'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Ute Conen (GER)

Fifth and sixth place

22 August 2008
11:00

Australia	2–0	Great Britain
Blyth 29' Munro 68'	Report

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Miao Lin (CHN)

Medal round

Semi-finals		Gold medal match

20 August

Germany	2
		22 August
China	3
		China	0
20 August
		Netherlands	2
Netherlands	5

Argentina	2
		Bronze medal match

		22 August

		Germany	1

		Argentina	3

Semi-finals

20 August 2008
18:00

Germany	2–3	China
Keller 4' Beermann 36'	Report	Gao Lihua 31' Ma Yibo 39' Zhao Yudiao 58'

Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

20 August 2008
20:30

Netherlands	5–2	Argentina
Paumen 9', 25', 47' Agliotti 31' Hoog 68'	Report	Russo 59' Gulla 69'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)

Bronze medal match

22 August 2008
18:00

Germany	1–3	Argentina
Kühn 45'	Report	Luchetti 11' Rebecchi 22' Barrionuevo 63'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Gold medal match

22 August 2008
20:30

China	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Van As 51' Goderie 62'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Netherlands	7	7	0	0	21	5	+16	21	Gold Medal
	China (H)	7	4	1	2	17	8	+9	13	Silver Medal
	Argentina	7	4	2	1	18	13	+5	14	Bronze Medal
4	Germany	7	4	0	3	15	14	+1	12	Fourth place

5	Australia	6	4	1	1	19	9	+10	13	Eliminated in group stage
6	Great Britain	6	2	2	2	7	11	−4	8
7	Spain	6	3	0	3	7	14	−7	9
8	United States	6	1	3	2	11	11	0	6
9	South Korea	6	2	0	4	15	19	−4	6
10	Japan	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	4
11	South Africa	6	1	0	5	6	19	−13	3
12	New Zealand	6	0	0	6	7	17	−10	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 149 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 3.92 goals per match.

11 goals

Maartje Paumen

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: ^[8]

References

^ "Hockey at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^ "Qualification System - Games of the XXIX Olympiad" (PDF). FIH. February 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
^ "FIH releases pools for Women's Olympic Hockey Tournament". FIH. 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
^ FIH Outdoor Appointments 2008
^ XXIXth Olympic Games Tournament Regulations - Men's and Women's Hockey Competitions
^ "2008 Womens Olympic Games Pool Standings". International Hockey Federation. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
^ "2008 Womens Olympic Games Pool Standings". International Hockey Federation. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
^ "2008 Womens Olympic Games Individual Statistics - Goal Scorers". International Hockey Federation. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.

External links

Official FIH website

[SR-1] "Hockey at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

[2] "Qualification System - Games of the XXIX Olympiad" (PDF). FIH. February 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2012-11-13.

[3] "FIH releases pools for Women's Olympic Hockey Tournament". FIH. 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2014-01-27.

[4] FIH Outdoor Appointments 2008

[5] XXIXth Olympic Games Tournament Regulations - Men's and Women's Hockey Competitions

[6] "2008 Womens Olympic Games Pool Standings". International Hockey Federation. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.

[2008_Womens_Olympic_Games_Pool_Standings-7] "2008 Womens Olympic Games Pool Standings". International Hockey Federation. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.

[8] "2008 Womens Olympic Games Individual Statistics - Goal Scorers". International Hockey Federation. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.

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