Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
The women's field hockey tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 9th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 29 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 10 August. All games were played at the Riverbank Arena within the Olympic Park in London, United Kingdom.
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| Host country | United Kingdom | ||
| City | London | ||
| Dates | 29 July – 10 August | ||
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Venue(s) | Riverbank Arena | ||
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| Matches played | 38 | ||
| Goals scored | 118 (3.11 per match) | ||
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The stadium before the USA vs New Zealand game
Defending champions the Netherlands won the gold medal for the third time after defeating Argentina 2–0 in the final. Great Britain won the bronze medal by defeating New Zealand 3–1.
Competition format
The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their pool. Following the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advance to the semi-finals. All other teams play classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.
Qualification
Each of the continental champions from five federations and host received an automatic berth. The European, Asian and Oceanian federations received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2010 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.[1]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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| 13–24 November 2010 | 2010 Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 2 |   |
| 20–27 August 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 2 |  |
| 2–11 September 2011 | 2011 African Olympic Qualifier | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 0 | —1 |
| 6–9 October 2011 | 2011 Oceania Cup | Hobart, Australia | 2 |  .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 14–30 October 2011 | 2011 Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1 |  |
| 18–25 February 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 | New Delhi, India | 1 |  |
| 17–25 March 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 | Kontich, Belgium | 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 25 April – 5 May 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 | Kakamigahara, Japan | 1 |  |
| Invitational | 1 | | ||
| Total | 12 | |||
- ^1 – South Africa won the African qualifier tournament but gave up their automatic berth on the premise that they should play a qualifier having deemed the African tournament as sub-standard. Eventually they won the Qualification Tournament 1. Instead, Argentina was invited as the highest ranked team not already qualified after the conclusion of the continental championships.[2][3]
Umpires
The FIH announced the list of umpires on 3 January 2012:[4]
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Squads
Results
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)''[5]
First round
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
Pool A
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 |
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5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 2 |
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Fifth to twelfth place classification
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Medal round
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The final: Argentina and Netherlands
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Statistics
Final ranking
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.
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7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 19 | Gold Medal |
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 13 | Silver Medal |
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7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 12 | Bronze Medal |
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7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 11 | Fourth place |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 13 | Eliminated in group stage |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 6 | |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 3 | |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 5 | |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 3 |
Source: FIH
Goalscorers
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References
- "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad" (PDF). FIH. April 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
- "Argentina makes Olympics after S.Africa withdrawal". The China Post. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- "Las Leonas estarán en Londres 2012". CAH. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
- "Officials confirmed for XXX Olympic Games". FIH. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
- "Olympic Hockey schedule unveiled". FIH. 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
External links
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