The 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 November to 8 December 2002 in Perth, Australia.
Argentina won the tournament for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 4–3 in the final on penalty strokes after a 1–1 draw. China won the third place match by defeating defending champions Australia 2–0 to claim their first ever World Cup medal.
For this tournament, the participating nations were increased from the standard 12 (as in the 6 previous editions) to 16.
Qualification
Each of the continental champions from five federations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European federation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings. Spain and China qualified as 4th and 5th team in final ranking at the 2000 Summer Olympics, completing the final line-up alongside the six nations from the Qualifier.
After the United States could not attend the Qualifying Tournament due to the disruption of airline schedules after the September 11 attacks, the FIH organized a series of test-matches between that team and India (Seventh placed team in Qualifying Tournament) to ensure they had a chance to participate at the World Cup. The winner of the test-match series would qualify.[1][2][3]
Dates |
Event |
Location |
Qualifier(s) |
Host nation |
Australia |
7–11 November 1998 |
1998 Hockey African Cup for Nations |
Harare, Zimbabwe |
South Africa |
18–29 August 1999 |
1999 EuroHockey Nations Championship |
Cologne, Germany |
Netherlands Germany |
2–10 December 1999 |
1999 Hockey Asia Cup |
New Delhi, India |
South Korea |
8–18 March 2001 |
2001 Pan American Cup |
Kingston, Jamaica |
Argentina |
26–29 July 2001 |
2001 Oceania Cup |
Wellington, Auckland, Hamilton, New Zealand |
New Zealand1 |
17–30 September 2001 |
Qualifier |
Amiens, Abbeville, France |
England Russia Ukraine Japan Ireland Scotland |
22–25 June 2002 |
Play-off Competition |
Cannock, England |
United States |
16–29 September 2000 |
2000 Summer Olympics |
Sydney, Australia |
Spain China |
- ^1 –Australia qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota was given to the Oceania federation allowing New Zealand to qualify directly to the World Cup as the second placed team at the 2001 Oceania Cup.
Umpires
Below are the 18 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
- Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
- Michelle Arnold (AUS)
- Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
- Judith Barnesby (AUS)
- Renée Cohen (NED)
- Ute Conen (GER)
- Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
- Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
- Jean Duncan (SCO)
- Lynn Farrell (NZL)
- Sarah Garnett (NZL)
- Dawn Henning (ENG)
- Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
- Zang Jun Kentwell (USA)
- Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
- Mary Power (ENG)
- Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
- Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
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