Field Hockey At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Team Squads
Twelve national teams competed in the Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, women's Olympic hockey tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Sixteen players were officially enrolled in each squad. Two reserve players could also be nominated to be available should a player enrolled in the official squad become injured during the tournament. Pool A Netherlands The following is the Netherlands roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Head Coach: Maximiliano Caldas #Joyce Sombroek (GK) #Kitty van Male #Willemijn Bos^ #Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel #Kelly Jonker #Maartje Goderie #Lidewij Welten #Caia van Maasakker #Maartje Paumen (C) #Naomi van As #Ellen Hoog #Sophie Polkamp #Kim Lammers #Eva de Goede #Marilyn Agliotti #Merel de Blaeij #Margot van Geffen Reserves: * Floortje Engels (GK) * Marieke Veenhoven-Mattheussens ^ Willemijn Bos injured her cruciate ligament during a friendly match. Great Britain The Gre ...
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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. 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 pla ...
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