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Uruguay Women's National Field Hockey Team
The Uruguay women's national field hockey team represents Uruguay in women's international field hockey competitions. It is controlled by the Federación Uruguaya de Hockey Sobre Césped History Field hockey in Uruguay is traditionally a sport played by the middle and upper-class, with most playing activity among private schools in the capital city, Montevideo. In 1999, the Uruguayan Olympic Committee constructed the first synthetic hockey field in the country. To ensure better player retention, an U17 team was created in 2002. By 2003, efforts were underway to introduce the sport to more state schools. Tournament history Pan American Games *2003 – *2007 – 7th place *2015 – 5th place *2019 – 5th place Pan American Cup * 2001 – 4th place * 2004 – 4th place * 2013 – 6th place * 2017 – 5th place * 2022 – 5th place South American Games *2006 – *2014 – *2018 – *2022 – South American Championship *2003 – *2008 – *2010 – *2013 – *2016 – P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan American Hockey Federation
The Pan American Hockey Federation is the field and Indoor hockey federation for the Americas. It consists of 30 Members. It is associated with the International Hockey Federation and hosts several continental competitions for national teams. Member associations * Argentina * Bahamas * Barbados * Bermuda * Bolivia * Brazil * Canada * Cayman Islands * Chile * Colombia * Costa Rica * Cuba * Dominican Republic * Ecuador * El Salvador * Guatemala * Guyana * Haiti * Honduras * Jamaica * Mexico * Nicaragua * Panama * Paraguay * Peru * Puerto Rico * Trinidad and Tobago * United States * Uruguay * Venezuela Competitions Active *Pan American Games * Men's Pan American Cup *Women's Pan American Cup * Men's Pan American Challenge * Women's Pan American Challenge * Men's Pan American Junior Championship *Women's Pan American Junior Championship * Men's Pan American Youth Championship * Women's Pan American Youth Championship * South American Games * Men's South American Championship * Wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey At The 2022 South American Games
Both the men's and the women's field hockey competitions at the 2022 South American Games were the fourth inclusion of hockey at the South American Games. Both tournaments were held in conjunction with one another between 3 – 12 October 2022 at Centro Nacional de Hockey in Luque, Paraguay. The top two teams in each tournament will qualify for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Medal summary Medal table Medalists Men's tournament Preliminary round Pool A ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- Fifth to seventh place classification Cross-over Fifth and sixth place Medal round Semi-finals ---- Bronze medal match Gold medal match Final standings Women's tournament Preliminary round Fixtures ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Medal round Bronze medal match Gold medal match Final standings References {{Field hockey at the South American Games 2022 South American Games events South American Games 2022 Qualification tournaments fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Women's Pan American Cup
The 2013 Women's Pan American Cup was the fourth edition of the Women's Pan American Cup, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of the Americas organised by the Pan American Hockey Federation. It was held between 21 and 28 September 2013 in Mendoza, Argentina. The tournament doubled as the qualifier for two major international tournaments: the winner would qualify directly to the 2014 Hockey World Cup, and the three teams not qualifying through the 2014 South American Championship or the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games would qualify for the 2015 Pan American Games to be held in Toronto, Canada. Argentina won the tournament for the fourth consecutive time after defeating the United States 1–0 in the final. As they had already secured an automatic berth at the 2014 Hockey World Cup to defend their title obtained in 2010 thanks to a third-place finish at the World League Semifinal in London, England, their quota was immediately awarded to thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey At The 2019 Pan American Games – Women's Tournament
The Women's field hockey tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games will be the 9th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Pan American Games. It will take place over a twelve-day period beginning on 29 July, and culminated with the medal finals on 9 August. The winner of this tournament will qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Qualification A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The host nation (Peru) received automatic qualification. The top two teams at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2018 South American Games also qualified. The top two teams not yet qualified from the 2017 Pan American Cup (after the results from the above two tournaments are taken into account) also qualified. If Canada and/or the United States have not qualified still, a playoff between the nations and the third-ranked at the Pan American Cups will take place. If both nations do qualify, the playoff will be not necessary and the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey At The 2015 Pan American Games – Women's Tournament
The women's field hockey tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games was held in Toronto, Canada at the Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields from July 13 to 24. For these Games, the women competed in an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. All teams will advance to an eight team single elimination bracket. The United States are the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Argentina, 4–2 in the final. The winner of this tournament will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey At The 2007 Pan American Games – Women's Tournament
The women's field hockey tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games was held between 15–24 July 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The tournament doubled as the qualification to the 2008 Summer Olympics to be held in Beijing, China. Argentina won the tournament for the sixth time after defeating the United States 4–2 in the final. Netherlands Antilles won the bronze medal after defeating Chile 2–1 in the third place playoff. Qualification Umpires Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the Pan American Hockey Federation: * Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) * Caroline Brunekreef (NED) * Amy Hassick (USA) * Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) * Stephanie Judefind (USA) * Ayanna McClean (TTO) * Maritza Perez Castro (URU) * Mercedes Sanchez Moyano (ARG) * Emma Simmons (BER) * Wendy Stewart (CAN) Results Preliminary round Pool A ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- Classification round Fifth to eighth place classification =Crossover= ---- =Seventh and eighth place= =Fifth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguayan Olympic Committee
The Uruguayan Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico Uruguayo, COU) was founded in 1923 and was recognized by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) that same year. It is the national governing body in charge of the Olympics. It is also a member of PASO, ACNO and ODESUR. President is Julio César Maglione, since 1987, who has recently been reelected. See also Uruguay at the Olympics External links Official website Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ... Sports governing bodies in Uruguay Uruguay at the Olympics Sports organizations of Uruguay Sports organizations established in 1923 1923 establishments in Uruguay {{Uruguay-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. The city was established in 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the La Plata Basin, platine region. It was also under brief British invasions of the Río de la Plata, British rule in 1807, but eventually the city was retaken by Spanish criollos who defeated the British invasions of the River Plate. Montevideo is the seat of the administrative headquarters of Mercosur and ALADI, Latin America's leading trade blocs, a position that entailed comparisons to the role of Brussels in Europe. The 2019 Mercer's report on qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting circle and then into the goal. The match is won by the team that scores the most goals. Matches are played on grass, watered turf, artificial turf, synthetic field, or indoor boarded surface. The stick is made of wood, carbon fibre, fibreglass, or a combination of carbon fibre and fibreglass in different quantities. The stick has two sides; one rounded and one flat; only the flat face of the stick is allowed to progress the ball. During play, goalkeepers are the only players allowed to touch the ball with any part of their body. A player's hand is considered part of the stick if holding the stick. If the ball is "played" with the rounded part of the stick (i.e. deliberately stopped or hit), it will result in a penalty (accidental touches ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately and has a population of an estimated 3.4 million, of whom around 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter–gatherers 13,000 years ago. The predominant tribe at the moment of the arrival of Europeans was the Charrúa people, when the Portuguese first established Colónia do Sacramento in 1680; Uruguay was colonized by Europeans late relative to neighboring countries. The Spanish founded Montevideo as a military stronghold in the early 18th century bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Women's South American Hockey Championship
The 2013 Women's South American Hockey Championship was the 5th edition of the Women's South American Hockey Championship. It was held between 26 January and 2 February 2013 in Santiago, Chile. Argentina women's national field hockey team, Argentina won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating Chile women's national field hockey team, Chile 4–0 in the final. Uruguay women's national field hockey team, Uruguay won the bronze medal after defeating Brazil women's national field hockey team, Brazil 4–1 in the third place match. Umpires The following umpires were appointed by the Pan American Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament: *Rosario Ardanaz (Uruguay, URU) *Camilia Cabargas (Chile, CHI) *Catalina Montesino Wenzel (Chile, CHI) *Megan Robertson (Canada, CAN) *Luciana Suarez (Argentina, ARG) *Suzi Sutton (United States, USA) *Veronica Villafañe (Argentina, ARG) Results Pool matches ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification matches Fif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Women's South American Hockey Championship
The 2010 Women's Hockey South American Championship was the fourth edition of the Women's South American Hockey Championship. It was held between 3–10 April 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Argentina won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating Chile 4–0 in the final. Uruguay won the bronze medal after defeating Brazil 5–0 in the third place match. Umpires The following umpires were appointed by the Pan American Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament: * Miskamalia Ariffin ( SGP) * Amber Church ( NZL) * Maggie Giddens (USA) * Meghan McLennan (CAN) * Catalina Montesino Wenzel ( CHL) * Maricel Sanchez (ARG) * Suzzie Sutton (USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...) Results Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ---- Class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
