Qualification
A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top two teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified for the tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualified as well. The remaining three spots were e given to the three best teams from the 2013 Pan American Cup that had not qualified yet. This happened after the two qualification tournaments in 2014 were played. Each nation may enter one team (16 athletes per team).[4][5]
Pools
Pools were based on the world rankings as of January 21, 2015. Teams were placed into pools using the serpentine system. Teams ranked 1, 4, 5 and 8 would be in Pool A, while teams ranked 2, 3, 6 and 7 would be in Pool B.[6]
Rankings are listed in parenthesis.
Rosters
At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 16 players on their rosters.[2]
In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into two pools of four teams, and play followed round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.[2]
Following the completion of the pool games, all eight teams advanced to a single elimination round consisting of four quarterfinal games, two semifinal games, and the bronze and gold medal matches. Losing teams competed in classification matches to determine their ranking in the tournament. A penalty stroke competition took place, if a classification match ended in a draw, to determine a winner.[2]
All games were played in four 15 minute quarters.[2]
Results
The official schedule was revealed on February 18, 2015.[7]
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
Preliminary round
Pool A
Source:
FIHRules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
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Umpires: Suzi Sutton (USA) Aleesha Unka (NZL) |
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Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Nur Hafizah Azman (MAS) |
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Umpires: Meghan McLennan (CAN) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) |
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Umpires: Aleesha Unka (NZL) Ayanna McClean (TTO) |
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Umpires: Camila Cabargas (CHI) Stephanie Judefind (USA) |
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Umpires: Verónica Villafañe (ARG) Nur Hafizah Azman (MAS) |
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Medal Round
Quarterfinals
Umpires: Suzi Sutton (USA) Meghan McLennan (CAN) |
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Umpires: Aleesha Unka (NZL) Ayanna McClean (TTO) |
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Umpires: Verónica Villafañe (ARG) Megan Robertson (CAN) |
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Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Camila Cabargas (CHI) |
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Semifinals
Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Suzi Sutton (USA) |
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Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Verónica Villafañe (ARG) |
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Bronze medal match
Umpires: Stephanie Judefind (USA) Suzi Sutton (USA) |
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Gold medal match
Umpires: Aleesha Unka (NZL) Ayanna McClean (TTO) |
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Classification round
Semifinals
Umpires: Camila Cabargas (CHI) Nur Hafizah Azman (MAS) |
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Umpires: Stephanie Judefind (USA) Megan Robertson (CAN) |
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Seventh place match
Umpires: Nur Hafizah Azman (MAS) Verónica Villafañe (ARG) |
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