The 1997 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 6th edition of the

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for women. It was held between 1–8 June 1997 in

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, Germany. From this edition on a win was rewarded with three points instead of two, and a draw with one point.

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won the tournament for the fourth consecutive time after defeating

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2–1 in the final with a

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Teams

The participating teams were determined by

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(FIH): * ( defending champions, champions of

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and 1994 World Cup) * (host nation) * (second in 1996 Summer Olympics) * (third in 1996 Summer Olympics) * (fourth in 1996 Summer Olympics) * (fifth in 1996 Summer Olympics)

Squads

Head Coach: Ric Charlesworth # Jenn Morris (c) # Katrina Powell #

Michelle Andrews Michelle "Shelley" Andrews OAM (born 19 November 1971 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is a former field hockey midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team, known as the Hockeyroos, that won t ...

# Karen Smith # Renita Garard # Katie Allen # Kate Starre #

Rechelle Hawkes Rechelle Margaret Hawkes (born 30 May 1967 in Albany, Western Australia) is an Australian former field hockey player. Hawkes spent eight years as the captain of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, the '' Hockeyroos'', an ...

(c) # Claire Mitchell-Taverner # Louise Dobson # Tammy Cole # Alyson Annan # Nikki Mott # Juliet Haslam # Clover Maitland (GK) # Rachel Imison (GK) Head Coach: Berti Rauth # Alexandra Schmidt (GK) # Julia Zwehl (GK) # Susanne Müller #

Tanja Dickenscheid Tanja Roswitha Dickenscheid (born 17 June 1969 in Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the national squad that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in t ...

# Nadine Ernsting-Krienke # Inga Möller # Natascha Keller # Melanie Cremer # Denise Klecker # Badri Latif # Birgit Mensch # Britta Becker # Marion Rodewald # Philippa Suxdorf # Heike Lätzsch # Katrin Kauschke (c) # Hilary Rose (GK) # Carolyn Reid (GK) # Sarah Blanks # Kirsty Bowden # Karen Brown # Lisa Copeland # Tina Cullen # Mandy Davies (c) # Jackie Empson # Denise Marston-Smith # Purdy Miller # Joanne Mould # Lucy Newcombe # Jane Smith # Jane Sixsmith # Lucilla Wright Head Coach: Tom van 't Hek # Stella de Heij (GK) # Daphne Touw (GK) # Inge van den Broek # Julie Deiters #

Ellen Kuipers Ellen Marchien Dubbeldam-Kuipers (born 8 April 1971 in Hattem, Gelderland) is a former field hockey forward from the Netherlands, who played a total number of 94 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team, in which she scored 32 ...

# Myrna Veenstra # Nicole Koolen # Dillianne van den Boogaard # Willemijn Duyster # Hanneke Smabers # Ageeth Boomgaardt # Wendy Fortuin # Eefke Mulder # Carole Thate (c) # Fleur van de Kieft # Suzan van der Wielen # You Jae-sook (GK) # Kim Eun-jin # Cho Eun-jung (c) # Park Ok-nam # Choi Eun-kyung # Kim Myung-ok # Back Young-ok # Choi Kwan-sook # Choi Mi-soon # Lee Ji-young # Kim Soo-jung # Lee Kyung-ahn # Oh Seung-shin # Park Eun-kyung # Lee Eun-young # Jim Deok-san (GK) Head Coach: Pam Hixon # Jennifer Salisbury # Carla Tagliente # Liz Tchou # Margaret Storrar (GK) # Meredith Thorpe # Chris DeBow # Kristen Holmes #

Kelli James Kelli L. James (born March 16, 1970) is a former field hockey striker from the United States, who earned a total number of 144 caps for the United States women's national field hockey team, Women's National Team. The former student of th ...

# Tracey Fuchs # Carolyn Schwarz # Katie Kauffman # Andrea Wieland (GK) # Rose Aspelin # Pam Neiss # Jill Reeve (c) # Tara Maguire

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the

: *Judith Barnersby (AUS) *Renée Chatas (USA) *Gill Clarke (GBR) *Renée Cohen (NED) *Carola Heinrichs (GER) *Masako Kamisuki (JPN) *Lee Mi-ok (KOR) *Ute Löwenstein-Conen (GER) *Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

Results

''All times are

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Pool

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Classification

Fifth and sixth place

Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

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Goalscorers

References

External links

Official FIH website
{{CT field hockey Women's Hockey Champions Trophy Champions Trophy International women's field hockey competitions hosted by Germany

Field hockey competitions in Berlin Women's Hockey Champions Trophy Women's Hockey Champions Trophy Women's sport in Berlin