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Hockey, Women

Date14 – 26 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Kentro Khokei, Olympiako Syngrotima Ellenikou, Hellinikon
Participants160 from 10 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification round matches.

After their victory in the Sydney Olympics, the Australian women’s team faded, giving other nations the opportunity to win championships. Argentina won the 2002 World Championships while China won their first international title, the Champions Trophy, in the same year. Both these teams were drawn in the same pool in Athens and had already qualified when they met in the final group match, which was won by China. In the other group, the Dutch team remained unbeaten, winning 4-1 over second-placed Germany.

Both semi-finals were closely fought. China and Germany didn’t manage to score in regulation time and extra time, after which Germany emerged victorious in the penalty shoot-out. Argentina and the Netherlands did score, twice each, and also had to decide the match by penalty shots. The Dutch won, making their first ever final (no final match was played in 1984, when they won the gold). With the 4-1 loss in the group stage, Germany was considered to be the underdog, but their adapted strategy worked out well. They optimally converted their goal opportunities in the first half, leading 2-0. The Dutch were the stronger team in the second half, but couldn’t come any closer than 2-1. The Germans became the fifth country to win the hockey gold since the event was introduced in 1980.

PosNrTeamNOCWTLPtsGoals
1GermanyGER402128–11Gold
2NetherlandsNED5011517–9Silver
3ArgentinaARG4021215–6Bronze
4People's Republic of ChinaCHN4021211–3
5AustraliaAUS3121012–6
6New ZealandNZL20466–14
7Republic of KoreaKOR213714–12
8JapanJPN20467–13
9South AfricaRSA20369–15
10SpainESP00506–16

Preliminary Round (14 – 22 August 2004)

Group A (14 – 22 August 2004)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1CHN4001211–2Q
2ARG301912–4Q
3JPN20265–7
4NZL10333–9
5ESP00403–12

Match #1 14 Aug 08:30-09:50CHN 3 – 0JPN
Match #2 14 Aug 18:00-19:20ARG 4 – 0ESP
Match #3 16 Aug 10:30-11:50ARG 3 – 1JPN
Match #4 16 Aug 18:00-19:20CHN 2 – 0NZL
Match #5 18 Aug 08:30-09:50CHN 3 – 0ESP
Match #6 18 Aug 18:00-19:20JPN 2 – 0NZL
Match #7 20 Aug 08:30-09:50ARG 3 – 0NZL
Match #8 20 Aug 18:00-19:20JPN 2 – 1ESP
Match #9 22 Aug 10:30-11:50NZL 3 – 2ESP
Match #10 22 Aug 20:00-21:20CHN 3 – 2ARG

Group B (14 – 22 August 2004)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1NED4001214–5Q
2GER20266–10Q
3KOR11249–8
4AUS11246–5
5RSA10335–12

Match #1 14 Aug 10:30-11:50NED 6 – 2RSA
Match #2 14 Aug 20:00-21:20GER 2 – 1AUS
Match #3 16 Aug 08:30-09:50AUS 3 – 0RSA
Match #4 16 Aug 20:00-21:20NED 3 – 2KOR
Match #5 18 Aug 10:30-11:50NED 4 – 1GER
Match #6 18 Aug 20:00-21:20KOR 3 – 0RSA
Match #7 20 Aug 10:30-11:50AUS 2 – 2KOR
Match #8 20 Aug 20:00-21:20RSA 3 – 0GER
Match #9 22 Aug 08:30-09:50GER 3 – 2KOR
Match #10 22 Aug 18:00-19:20NED 1 – 0AUS

Classification Round 5-8 (24 August 2004)

Classification matches.

Match #1 24 Aug 08:30-10:05NZL 3 – 2
ASDET
KOR
Match #2 24 Aug 11:00-12:20AUS 3 – 1JPN

Semi-Finals (24 August 2004)

Single-elimination.

Match #1 24 Aug 18:00-19:40NED 2 – 2
ASDET, 4-2 PS
ARG
Match #2 24 Aug 20:30-22:10GER 0 – 0
ASDET, 4-3 PS
CHN

Final Round (26 August 2004)

Medal round.

Match 1/2 26 Aug 20:30-21:50GER 2 – 1NED
Match 3/4 26 Aug 18:00-19:20ARG 1 – 0CHN
Match 5/6 26 Aug 11:00-12:20AUS 3 – 0NZL
Match 7/8 26 Aug 08:30-09:50KOR 3 – 1JPN
Match 9/10 26 Aug 09:00-10:35RSA 4 – 3
ASDET
ESP

Rankings

Goals
Field Goals
Penalty Corner Goals
Penalty Stroke Goals
Green Cards
Yellow Cards
Red Cards