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Luciana Aymar
Luciana Paula Aymar (; born 10 August 1977) is an Argentine retired field hockey player. She is the only player in history to receive the FIH Player of the Year Awards, FIH Player of the Year Award eight times, and she is considered as the best female hockey player of all time. In 2010 she was granted the Platinum Konex Award as the best Hockey player of the last decade in Argentina. Luciana is known for her ability to beat opposing players using her pace and dribbling skills, drawing comparisons with Argentinian Association football, footballer Diego Maradona. For this reason she has received the nicknames "La Maga" ("The Magician") and "The Maradona of Field Hockey". Aymar was the Flag bearer#Olympic, flag bearer for Argentina at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the second field hockey athlete being honoured this way after Marcelo Garraffo. Career Luciana started playing at age seven for Club Atlético Fisherton in her native Rosario. She moved to Jockey Club de Rosario six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario, Santa Fe
Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most populous city in Argentina that is not a capital (provincial or national). With a growing and important metropolitan area, Greater Rosario has an estimated population of 1,750,000 . One of its main attractions includes the neoclassical, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco architecture that has been retained over the centuries in hundreds of residences, houses and public buildings. Rosario is the head city of the Rosario Department and is located at the heart of the major industrial corridor in Argentina. The city is a major railroad terminal and the shipping center for north-eastern Argentina. Ships reach the city via the Paraná River, which allows the existence of a port. The Port of Rosario is subject to silting and must be dredged periodicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Hockey World Cup
The Women's FIH Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and the final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organized by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) since they merged with the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1982. Since 1986, it has been held regularly once every four years, in the same year as the men's competition, which is mid-cycle between Summer Olympic games. Of the fourteen tournaments held so far, only four teams have won the event. Netherlands is by far the most successful team, having won the title nine times. Argentina, Germany and Australia are joint second best teams, having each won the title twice. So far, the Netherlands and Australia are the two champions able to defend their titles. At the end of the 2018 World Cup, fifteen nations had reached the semifinal of the tournament. The size of the tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 15th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 13–21 January 2007 in Quilmes, Argentina. The Netherlands won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating Argentina 1–0 in the final. Teams Below are the teams qualified for the tournament, as listed by International Hockey Federation (FIH): * ( Defending champions and champions of 2004 Summer Olympics) * (Champions of 2006 World Cup) * (Host nation) * (Second in 2006 World Cup) * (Fourth in 2006 World Cup) * (Fifth in 2006 World Cup) Squads Head Coach: Gabriel Minadeo Head Coach: Frank Murray Head Coach: Michael Behrmann Head Coach: Yoo Seung-Jin Head Coach: Marc Lammers Head Coach: Pablo Usoz Umpires Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: *Marelize de Klerk (RSA) *Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) *Miao Lin (CHN) *Monica Rivera (ESP) *Lisa Roach (AUS) *Chieko Soma (JPN) *Gina Spita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2002 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 10th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held from 24 August to 1 September 2002 in Macau, China, being this the first time that the annual six-nation tournament was staged in that country. China won the tournament for the first time after defeating Argentina 3–1 in the final on penalty strokes after a 2–2 draw. Teams The participating teams were determined by International Hockey Federation (FIH): * ( Defending champions) * (Champions of 2000 Summer Olympics and 1998 World Cup) * * (Third in 2000 Summer Olympics) * (Sixth in 2000 Summer Olympics) * (Eighth in 2000 Summer Olympics) Squads Head Coach: Sergio Vigil Head Coach: David Bell Head Coach: Kim Chang-back Head Coach: Tricia Heberle Head Coach: Marc Lammers Head Coach: Jan Borren Umpires Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: *Chieko Akiyama (JPN) *Renée Cohen (NED) *Ute C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2014 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 21st edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held from 29 November to 7 December 2014 in Mendoza, Argentina. From this year on the tournament began to be held biennially due to the introduction of the Hockey World League, returning to its original format changed in 1999. Argentina won the tournament for the sixth time after defeating Australia 3–1 in the final on a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw, tying the record of six titles previously set by Australia and the Netherlands in 2003 and 2011 respectively. The Netherlands won the third place match by defeating New Zealand 2–1. Qualification Alongside as the host nation, the top five finishers from the previous edition and the winner of the 2012 Champions Challenge I qualified automatically. The remaining spots were nominated by the FIH Executive Board, making a total of 8 competing teams. If one of the teams refused to play, that place would be awarded to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2012 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 20th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held from 28 January to 5 February 2012 in Rosario, Argentina. This was the last annual edition of the tournament until 2014 when it returned to its original biennial format due to the introduction of the World League. Argentina won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating Great Britain 1–0 in the final. The Netherlands won the third place match by defeating Germany 5–4. Format Another format change was announced. The eight participating teams were split into two groups. After they played a round-robin every team advanced to the knockout stage. From there on, a knockout system was used to determine the winner. Qualification A change in the qualification process was decided. Along with the host nation, the top five finishers from the tournament's previous edition and the winner of the 2011 Champions Challenge I qualify automatically. In addition to the tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 18th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 10–18 July 2010 in Nottingham, England. Argentina won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating the Netherlands 4–2 in the final. Teams Below are the teams qualified for the tournament, as listed by International Hockey Federation (FIH): * ( Defending champions) * (Champions of 2008 Summer Olympics and champions of 2006 World Cup) * (Host nation) * (Winner of 2009 Champions Challenge I) * (Second in 2008 Summer Olympics) * (Fourth in 2008 Summer Olympics) Umpires Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: *Frances Block (ENG) *Elena Eskina (RUS) *Amy Hassick (USA) *Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) *Michelle Joubert (RSA) *Lee Keum-ju (KOR) *Miao Lin (CHN) *Lisa Roach (AUS) Results ''All times are British Summer Time ( UTC+01:00)'' Pool ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification Fifth and sixth p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 17th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 11 and 19 July 2009 in Sydney, Australia. Argentina women's national field hockey team, Argentina won the tournament for the third time after defeating Australia women's national field hockey team, Australia 4–3 in the final on Penalty shoot-out (field hockey), penalty strokes after a 0–0 draw. Despite finishing runner-up, Australia were relegated from 2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, next year's tournament instead of the sixth-placed team England women's national field hockey team, England, due to England being the host of the 2010 edition. Relegation was decided based on rankings from the Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2008 Olympics. Australian coach Frank Murray strongly criticised the rule, calling it "a ridiculous qualification process", upon discovering prior to the final that Australia would have to win the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 16th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 17 and 25 May 2008 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Argentina won the tournament after 7 years for the second time after defeating Germany 6–2 in the final. Teams Teams participating as announced by International Hockey Federation (FIH): * ( Defending champions and champions of 2006 World Cup) * (Host nation and champions of 2004 Summer Olympics) * (Second in 2006 World Cup) * (Third in 2006 World Cup) * (Fifth in 2006 World Cup) * (Host of 2008 Summer Olympics) Squads Head coach: Gabriel Minadeo Head coach: Frank Murray Head coach: Kim Chang-back Head coach: Michael Behrmann Head coach: Yoo Seung-jin Head coach: Marc Lammers Umpires Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: *Frances Block (ENG) *Caroline Brunekreef (NED) *Marelize de Klerk (RSA) *Christiane Hippler (GER) *Anne McRae (S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2001 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 9th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 18–26 August 2001 in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Argentina won the tournament for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 3–2 in the final. Teams The participating teams were determined by International Hockey Federation (FIH): * (Host nation and defending champions) * (Champions of 2000 Summer Olympics and 1998 World Cup) * (Second in 2000 Summer Olympics) * (Fourth in 2000 Summer Olympics) * (Fifth in 2000 Summer Olympics) * (Sixth in 2000 Summer Olympics) Squads Head Coach: Sergio Vigil Head Coach: David Bell Head Coach: Kim Chang-back Head Coach: Marc Lammers Head Coach: Jan Borren Head Coach: Jack Holtman Umpires Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: *Michele Arnold (AUS) *Peri Buckley (AUS) *Renée Cohen (NED) *Ute Conen (GER) *Lyn Farrell (NZL) *Soledad Iparraguirre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockey Champions Trophy
The Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) was an international field hockey tournament held by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). History Founded in 1978 by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan and the Pakistan Hockey Federation, it featured the world's top-ranked field hockey teams competing in a round robin format. A biennial women's tournament was added in 1987. The Champions Trophy was changed from an annual to a biennial event from 2014 onwards, due to the introduction of the Hockey World League (HWL). The 2018 edition was the last edition of the Champions Trophy and the tournament was replaced by the Men's FIH Pro League and the Women's FIH Pro League in 2019. In the men's tournament, Australia won the tournament fifteen times, Germany ten and the Netherlands eight times. Pakistan is the only Asian champion, with three titles to its name including the first two in 1978 and 1980. In the women's tournament, Argentina and the Netherlands won the trophy seven times. Australia have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 31 May to 14 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands. simultaneously with the men's tournament. It was the third time that the Netherlands hosted the Women's World Cup after 1986 and 1998. The Netherlands won the tournament for a seventh time after defeating Australia 2–0 in the final. Defending champions Argentina won the third place match by defeating the United States 2–1. Bidding The host was announced on 11 November 2010 during the FIH Congress and Forum in Montreux, Switzerland after FIH received bids from The Hague and London. Qualification Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation receive an automatic berth. In addition to the six highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2012–13 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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