The Women's

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event for the

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was held at the

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from 4–13 October 2010. The Gold medal was won by

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, who defeated

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4–2 on penalty strokes after the match had finished 2–2.

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won the bronze medal by defeating

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1–0.

Umpires

Twelve umpires for the women's event were appointed by the

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. *Gillian Batey (CAN) *Irene Clelland (SCO) *Frances Block (ENG) *Elena Eskina (RUS) *Nor Piza Hassan (MAS) *Kelly Hudson (NZL) *Michelle Joubert (RSA) *Irene Presenqui (ARG) *Anupama Puchimanda (IND) *Chieko Soma (JPN) *Melissa Trivic (AUS) *Dino Willox (WAL)

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Fifth to tenth place classification

Ninth and tenth place

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Statistics

Goalscorers

;6 Goals * Pietie Coetzee ;5 Goals *

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;4 Goals * Nicole Arrold *

Emily Hurtz Emily Hurtz (born 2 January 1990) is an Australian 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 ...

Megan Rivers Megan Rivers (born 10 October 1980) is an Australian field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Her nicknames are Snowy and Nanny Rivs. Megan's club is the NSW Arrows in Sydney, NSW, Australia. She pla ...

Crista Cullen Chay Crista Kerio Cullen, (born 20 August 1985) is an Olympic Gold Medal-winning English field hockey player. Hockey career Cullen made her senior international debut for England in 2003. She was part of the Great Britain squad which won Bronz ...

Clarissa Eshuis Clarissa Eshuis (born 18 March 1987) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the ''Black Sticks Women'') since 2005, including for the team at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth ...

Katie Glynn Katie Alexandra Glynn (born 14 March 1989) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team, including at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2014 Commonweal ...

;3 Goals * Ashleigh Nelson *

Samantha Harrison Samantha (Sam) Harrison (born 29 August 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (''the Black Sticks Women''), including for the team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and ...

* Anna Thorpe * Alison Bell *

Dirkie Chamberlain Dirkie Chamberlain (born 3 November 1986) is a South African field hockey player. International career The affable player is a 1x Olympian, played 4 World Cups, 3 Commonwealth Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed with the South ...

;2 Goals *

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Shelly Liddelow Shelly "Sparky" Liddelow (born 30 June 1984 in Manjimup, Western Australia) plays field hockey for the Australian Women's Hockey Team, the Hockeyroos. She made her debut for Australia in 2007. Her Australian National Hockey League (NHL) team is W ...

* Robyn Pendleton *

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* Charlotte Craddock *

Alex Danson Alexandra Mary Louise "Alex" Danson, (born 21 May 1985) is a retired English international hockey player who played as a forward for England and Great Britain. She played club hockey for Clifton Robinsons, Reading, Klein Zwitserland, Trojans ...

* Georgie Twigg *

Jasjeet Kaur Handa Jasjeet Kaur Handa (born 20 December 1987, Shahabad Markanda, Haryana) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India women's national field hockey team. She hails from Haryana and played with the team when it ...

Rani Rampal Rani Rampal (born 4 December 1994, born in Haryana) is an Indian field hockey player. At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in the national team which participated in the 2010 World Cup. She has completed her schooling but was not able ...

Ritu Rani Ritu Rani (born 29 December 1991) is an Indian field hockey player and former captain of the national team. She plays as a halfback. Rani has led the team to medal winning performances most notably the bronze at the 2014 Asian Games. Also un ...

Deepika Thakur Deepika Thakur (born 7 February 1987) is an Indian field hockey player and is currently the most senior and highest capped player of Indian women's Team. She plays as a Defender in the senior team and has represented India over 200 outings an ...

* Norbaini Hashim *

Holly Cram Holly Cram (born 30 April 1984) is a Scottish field hockey forward. She won 140 caps playing for the Women's National Team. Cram was born in Glasgow and went to school at Glasgow Academy. She studied at the University of Edinburgh, graduatin ...

* Nikki Kidd * Ailsa Robertson * Jennifer Wilson * Sarah Thomas ;1 Goal * Casey Eastham *

Kate Hollywood Kate Hollywood (born 28 May 1986) is an Australian former field hockey player who represented the Australian national team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won two Commonwealth Games gold medals, in 2006 and 2010. Domestically, Hollywood playe ...

Jayde Taylor Jayde Taylor (born 3 April 1985) is an Australian female 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 ro ...

Katie Baker Katie Baker (born April 21, 1984) is the captain of the Canadian Women's National Field Hockey Team and has over 80 caps to her name. Career Baker was introduced to field hockey at age 14 when her family moved to Hamilton, Ontario where she dec ...

* Anna Kozniuk *

Chloe Rogers Chloe Naomi Rogers (born 30 March 1985 in Harlow, Essex) is an English field hockey player midfield and forward and London 2012 Olympic bronze medal-winner. She made her senior international debut for the England women's national field hockey t ...

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Nicola White Nicola White, (born 20 January 1988) is an English international field hockey player who plays as a forward for England and Great Britain. She now plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for Hampstead & Westmi ...

* Saba Anjum * Chanchan Devi Thokchom * Norfaraha Hashim * Nadia Abdul Rahman * Fazilla Sylvester Silin * Gemma Flynn * Krystal Forgesson *

Charlotte Harrison Charlotte Harrison (born 31 July 1989) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the ''Black Sticks Women''), including for the team at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics and a ...

Stacey Michelsen Stacey Michelsen (born 18 February 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the ''Black Sticks Women''), including for the team at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth G ...

Anita Punt Anita McLaren (née Punt; born 2 October 1987) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the ''Black Sticks Women'') from 2009 to 2018, including for the team at the 2010 Commonwea ...

Kayla Sharland Kayla Marie Whitelock (née Sharland, born 30 October 1985) is a New Zealand field hockey player, and former captain of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the ''Black Sticks Women''). She has competed in four Olympic Games ( 2 ...

Linda Clement Linda Clement (born 13 March 1980) is a female field hockey forward and midfielder from Scotland. She played in 241 matches for the Women's National Team, scoring 61 goals. Clement was born in Inverness and raised on the Black Isle, attending ...

* Samantha Judge * Sulette Damons * Farah Fredericks * Lesle-Ann George *

Kelly Madsen Kelly Madsen is a South African field hockey player who plays for the South Africa women's national field hockey team. She made her senior international debut in 2009 after being part of the 2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. She featured in ...

* Kathleen Taylor * Stacey-Ann Siu Butt * Charlene Williams * Blair Wynne * Emma Batten * Claire Lowry * Abigail Welsford * Leah Wilkinson

Final standings

References

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