The 2000 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier was the fourth time a qualification tournament was held for the

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. The tournament was held in

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, from 24 March to 2 April. The top five placed teams from the tournament qualified for the

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Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the

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to officiate the tournament: * Michelle Arnold ( AUS) * Jane Buchanan ( RSA) * Renée Chatas (

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) * Ute Conen ( GER) * Renée Cohen ( NED) * Ute Conen ( GER) * Lyn Farrell ( NZL) * Miriam van Gemert ( NED) * Angela Larío (

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) * Lee Mi-ok ( KOR) * Jane Nockolds ( ENG) * Mary Power (

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) * Gina Spitaleri (

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) * Kazuko Yasueda (

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) * Jun Zhang ( CHN)

Squads

Head coach: Kim Changbak # Nie Yali ( GK) # Long Fengyu ( C) # Yang Hongbing # Liu Lijie # Cheng Hui # Shen Lihong # Huang Junxia # Yang Huiping #

Yu Yali Yu Yali (born 25 April 1978) is a Chinese field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ...

Tang Chunling Tang Chunling (, born June 24, 1976, in Yitong, Siping, Jilin) is a Chinese field hockey player who competed in the 2000, 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known ...

Zhou Wanfeng Zhou Wanfeng (; born November 17, 1979, in Nanhai, Foshan, Guangdong) is a female Chinese field hockey player. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as ...

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# Cai Xuemei #

Chen Zhaoxia Chen Zhaoxia (; born April 25, 1975 in Guanghan, Deyang, Sichuan) is a female Chinese field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Syd ...

Chen Qiuqi Chen Qiuqi (; born July 4, 1980, in Mei County (now Meixian District), Guangdong) is a female Chinese field hockey player who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγών� ...

# Wang Jiuyan #

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( GK) Head coach: Berti Rauth #

Julia Zwehl Julia Zwehl (born 20 March 1976) is a former field hockey international from Germany. She played as goalkeeper and was a member of the German gold medal winning team at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Zwehl, nicknamed ''Zorro'', played for Eintracht ...

( GK) # Birgit Beyer ( GK) # Denise Klecker #

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 Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics, ...

Nadine Ernsting-Krienke Nadine Ernsting-Krienke (born 5 February 1974 in Telgte, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a field hockey striker from Germany, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is one of the most ...

Inga Möller Inga Möller (born 27 April 1973) is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), ...

# Natascha Keller #

Melanie Cremer Melanie Cremer (born 23 December 1970 in Düsseldorf) is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonl ...

# Friederike Barth #

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Britta Becker Britta Becker (born 11 May 1973 in Rüsselsheim) is a German former field hockey midfield player. Becker made her debut in the German women's field hockey team in 1991 and was the youngest in the Olympic squad in 1992. She was part of the 1995 ...

Marion Rodewald Marion Rodewald (born 24 December 1976 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a field hockey defender from Germany, who won the gold medal with the German National Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Intern ...

Heike Lätzsch #

Katrin Kauschke Katrin Kauschke (born 13 September 1971 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony) is a former field hockey midfield player from Germany. Kauschke was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, ...

( C) #

Simone Grässer #

Fanny Rinne # Caroline Casaretto #

Franziska Gude Head coach: Jon Royce # Carolyn Reid ( GK) # Hilary Rose ( GK) #

Kirsty Bowden Kirsty Louise Bowden (born 21 February 1978) is a female British former field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. She represented England and won a silver medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur , anthem ...

# Jane Smith # Susan Chandler ( C) #

Melanie Clewlow Melanie "Mel" Clewlow (born 7 May 1976 in Dover, Kent) is an English field hockey player. She was a member of the England and Great Britain squads. She made her international debut in 1996, and was part of the England squad that won silver in ...

Tina Cullen Christina Louise "Tina" Cullen MBE (born 1 March 1970 in Stockport, Cheshire) is a field hockey player from England. Cullen has represented Great Britain in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 when the team finished in fourth pl ...

# Kathryn Johnson #

Mandy Nicholson Mandy Nicholson (née Nicholls; born 28 February 1968 in Kingston-upon-Thames) is a field hockey player, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in three consecutive ...

Jane Sixsmith Jane Theresa "Jane" Sixsmith (born 5 September 1967 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands) is a field hockey player, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She retir ...

# Purdy Miller #

Denise Marston-Smith Denise Marston-Smith (born 1977) is a female former English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team. She represented England and won a silver medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games ...

# Helen Richardson #

Fiona Greenham Fiona Margaret Greenham (born 19 May 1976) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was born in Portsmouth, England. She represented England and won a silver medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in K ...

# Janet Jack # Kate Walsh # Sarah Blanks # Lucilla Wright Head coach: Jon Royce Head coach: Jon Royce Head coach: Jon Royce Head coach: Jon Royce Head coach: Jon Royce Head coach: Jon Royce Head coach: Jon Royce

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

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=Seventh and eighth place

=Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

=Semi-finals

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=Third and fourth place

=Final

Final standings

Goalscorers

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Mamta Kharab Mamta Kharb (born 26 January 1982, Sonipat, Haryana) is the former captain of the Indian women's hockey team. During the 2002 Commonwealth Games, she scored the winning goal which gave India the GoldShe also served as the model f ...

*{{fhwicon, JPN Sachimi Iwao *{{fhwicon, JPN

Akemi Kato is a retired female field hockey player from Japan. She represented her country at the Summer Olympics three times (2004, 2008 and 2012). Kato was the oldest participant (33 years, 245 days) in the Japanese Women's Squad at the 2004 Summer Olymp ...

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Sonia Barrio Sonia Barrio Gutiérrez (born 13 December 1969 in Madrid) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who was a member of the Women's National Team that surprisingly won the golden medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Barrio also com ...

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Jyoti Sunita Kullu Jyoti Sunita Kullu (born 9 September 1978 in Sundargarh, Odisha) is a female field hockey player from India, who made her international debut for her native country in 1996 in Delhi at the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup. In 2002, she became the topsc ...

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Kaori Chiba Kaori Chiba-Fujio ( ja, 千葉香織; born January 29, 1981 in Minami-Alps, Yamanashi) is a field hockey player from Japan. She represented her native country at the Summer Olympics (2004, 2008 and 2012Aki Matsui *{{fhwicon, JPN Keiko Miura *{{fhwicon, JPN

Sakae Morimoto Sakae Morimoto ( ja, 森本さかえ; born January 20, 1977, in Tenri, Nara) is a field hockey field player from Japan. Affiliated with the Tenri University she played for the Japan women's national field hockey team, at two Summer Olympics ...

*{{fhwicon, JPN Naoko Saito *{{fhwicon, JPN

Toshie Tsukui Toshie Tsukui (born 30 July 1975) is a Japanese former field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an intern ...

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Anna Lawrence Anna Josephine Lawrence (born 9 March 1972 in Howick, Auckland) is a former field hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Lawrence was educated at Diocesan School f ...

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Kate Trolove Katherine Jill Trolove (born 4 August 1967 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eight position with the National Women's Field Hockey Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She w ...

*{{fhwicon, ESP Erdoitza Goikoetxea *{{fhwicon, ESP Núria Moreno *{{fhwicon, ESP Maider Tellería *{{fhwicon, USA

Kris Fillat Kris Fillat (Buchanan) (born November 7, 1970, in San Diego, California) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1990. She was a member of the team ...

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Tracey Fuchs Tracey Claire Fuchs (born November 3, 1966, in Centereach, New York) is a former field hockey midfielder from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She also ...

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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 Women's National Team. The former student of the Old Dominion University tied for team scoring l ...

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Eleanor Race Eleanor Race née Stone (born November 19, 1970, in Cheshire, Connecticut) is an American field hockey player who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1991. She was a member of the team, that won the bronze ...

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Michelle Vizzuso Michelle Vizzuso (born April 13, 1977 in Fairfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey) is an American former field hockey player who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1997. Playing as a forward, Vizzuso was a mem ...

References

Overview on FIH-site

* ''Hockey Sport'', April 2000, Issue 204

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