The 2010 Women's Hockey South American Championship was the fourth edition of the

Women's South American Hockey Championship The Women's South American Hockey Championship is together with the field hockey event at the South American Games the official competition for senior women's national field hockey teams of South America. The tournament is held every four years an ...

. It was held between 3–10 April 2010 in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, Brazil.

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

4–0 in the final.

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 ...

won the bronze medal after defeating

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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 (

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) * Meghan McLennan (

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) * Catalina Montesino Wenzel ( CHL) * Maricel Sanchez (

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) * Suzzie Sutton (

)

Results

Preliminary round

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Classification round

Fifth and sixth place

Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Awards

Final standings

External links

References

{{reflist South American Championship International women's field hockey competitions hosted by Brazil Women's Hockey South American Championship Sports competitions in Rio de Janeiro (city) Women's South American Hockey Championship Hockey South American Championship Women's Hockey South American Championship