The women's field hockey tournament at the

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was the 8th edition of the field hockey event for women at the

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. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 10 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 22 August. All games were played at the hockey field constructed on the

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in Beijing,

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. The Netherlands won the gold medal for the second time after defeating

2–0 in the final. Argentina won the bronze medal by defeating defending champions Germany 3–1.

Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their pool. Following the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advance to the semifinals. All other teams play classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations and host received an automatic berth. The

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received two extra quotas, while

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received one extra quota, based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the

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. In addition to the three teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament. : –

qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota was given to the Asian federation allowing

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to qualify directly to the 2008 Summer Olympics as the second-placed team at the

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Umpires

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Squads

Results

''All times are China Standard Time ( UTC+08:00)''

First round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Fifth to twelfth place classification

Eleventh and twelfth place

Ninth and tenth place

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

Medal round

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Statistics

Final ranking

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Goalscorers

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Maartje Paumen Maartje Yvonne Helene Paumen (born 19 September 1985) is a former Dutch field hockey player. She is currently assistant coach for Dutch club MOP. She previously played for Dutch clubs Oranje Zwart and HC Den Bosch and Belgian club Royal Antwerp. ...

;5 goals * Alejandra Gulla *

Fu Baorong Fu Baorong (; born June 3, 1978, in Jilin City, Jilin) is a Chinese 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 ...

* Lee Seon-ok ;4 goals *

Carla Rebecchi Carla Rebecchi (born 7 September 1984) is an Argentine field hockey player who won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with the Argentina national field hockey tea ...

* Casey Eastham * Tang Chunling *

Angie Loy Angie Loy (born April 23, 1982 in Loysville, Pennsylvania; also known as Angie Loy Reisinger) is a field hockey forward from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, who earned her first career cap versus Ireland on January 14, 2004 ...

;3 goals * Nikki Hudson *

Angela Lambert Angela Maria Lambert (née Helps; 14 April 1940 – 26 September 2007) was a British journalist, art critic, and author. She is best known for her novels ''A Rather English Marriage'' and ''Kiss and Kin'', the latter of which won the Romantic No ...

* Sarah Young * Li Hongxia *

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 ...

* Anke Kühn * Fanny Rinne *

Keli Smith Keli Smith Puzo (born January 25, 1979) is an American field hockey player. Smith Puzo is a two-time Olympian who competed in both the Beijing and London Olympic Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the U ...

;2 goals * Claudia Burkart *

Soledad García Agustina Soledad "Sole" García (born June 12, 1981) is a retired Argentine field hockey player. She won the silver medal with the national field hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympi ...

Mariné Russo Mariné Russo (born January 9, 1980 in Quilmes) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina who won the bronze medal at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics with the Argentina national team. Mariné also won two World Cups (2002 and 2010), fo ...

* Shelly Liddelow * Gao Lihua *

Janine Beermann Janine Beermann (born 20 November 1983 in Wuppertal) is a German field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. She studied sports and social sciences at University of Wuppertal and currently works as a teacher at a high school in V ...

Eileen Hoffmann Eileen Hoffmann (born 25 June 1984) is a German 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 international ...

* Natascha Keller *

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 ...

* Keiko Miura * Gim Sung-hee * Park Jeong-sook *

Park Mi-hyun Park Mi-hyun (; born 26 January 1986) is a South Korean field hockey player. At the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Korea women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament. She competed at the 2006, 2010 a ...

Marilyn Agliotti Marilyn Agliotti (born 23 June 1979 in Boksburg, South Africa) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, having previously represented South Africa. After her move to the Netherlands and award of a Dutch passport, she represented the Dutch ...

Ellen Hoog Ellen Marijn Hoog (, born 26 March 1986) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who is regarded as one of the best Dutch hockey players of her generation. Field hockey career Ellen began playing field hockey at the age of seven and in 2002, age ...

Gemma Flynn Gemma McCaw (née Flynn, born 2 May 1990) is a New Zealand field hockey player who has represented her country in three Summer Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016). Early life Born in Tauranga, Gemma McCaw is the youngest child and only daughter of ...

* Vida Ryan ;1 goal * Luciana Aymar * Noel Barrionuevo *

Rosario Luchetti Rosario Luchetti (born 4 June 1984) is an Argentine field hockey player, who won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London with the Argentina national women's hockey team. ' ...

Madonna Blyth Madonna Blyth (born 30 November 1985) is an Australian field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. She also plays for and captains the Queensland Scorchers in the Australian ...

* Emily Halliday *

Hope Munro Hope Munro (née Brown; born 14 June 1981) is an Australian field hockey midfielder who played for the Australian women's national team, the Hockeyroos at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Munro lives in P ...

* Megan Rivers *

Ma Yibo Ma Yibo (; born August 8, 1980, in Dalian, Liaoning) is a Chinese field hockey player who competed at the 2004, 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cy ...

* Song Qingling *

Zhao Yudiao Zhao Yudiao (; born May 25, 1989 in Linghai, Jinzhou, Liaoning) is a Chinese female professional field hockey player, who won a silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anne Panter Anne Panter (born 28 January 1984) is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team since 2002, and was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Pe ...

* Sarah Thomas *

Katharina Scholz Katharina Scholz (born 4 July 1983 in Berlin) is a German field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Scholz posed nude in the German edition of ''Playboy'' in August 2008, alongside compatriots Nicole Reinhardt, Petra Niemann a ...

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 2012 Rika Komazawa is a Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an ...

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 ...

* Toshie Tsukui * Kim Da-rae *

Kim Eun-sil Kim Eun-sil (born 5 December 1982) is a South Korean former field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known ...

* Kim Jong-eun * Kim Mi-sun *

Minke Booij Minke Gertine Booij (born 24 January 1977 in Zaanstad) is a Dutch 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. T ...

Wieke Dijkstra Wieke Elisabeth Henriëtte Dijkstra (born 19 June 1984) is a Dutch field hockey player, who plays as midfielder for Dutch club Laren. Dijkstra was born in Amsterdam, North Holland. In addition to her club career, she plays for th ...

Maartje Goderie Maartje Goderie (born 5 April 1984, Den Bosch) is a Dutch field hockey player, who plays as forward for Dutch club HC Den Bosch. She also plays for the Netherlands national team and she was part of the Dutch squad that became World Champion a ...

Eefke Mulder Eefke Mulder (born 13 October 1977 in Nijmegen, Gelderland) is a Dutch field hockey player, who played as a midfielder for Dutch club NMHC Nijmegen. She made her debut for the Netherlands national team on 2 June 1997 at the Cham ...

Janneke Schopman Johanna ("Janneke") Dorotheo Maria Schopman (born 26 April 1977) is a former Dutch field hockey player who played as a defender for Dutch club HC Den Bosch and the Netherlands national team. She is the head coach of the Indian women's national ...

Naomi van As Naomi van As (born 26 July 1983) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a forward/midfield for a Dutch club MHC Laren. She made her debut for the Netherlands national team on 20 June 2003 in a game against South Africa. She was a part of ...

* Jaimee Claxton *

Krystal Forgesson Krystal Forgesson (born 7 September 1982) 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, 2010 and 2014 ...

* Jo Galletly * Lizzy Igasan *

Niniwa Roberts Niniwa Kiri Rata Roberts (also known as Nin Roberts; born 1 June 1976) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the ''Black Sticks Women'') between 2001 and 2008, including for th ...

* Cindy Brown *

Kate Hector Kate Woods ( Hector, born 11 October 1981) is a South African field hockey player. Woods was born Kate Hector on 11 October 1981 in Johannesburg, Gauteng. She attended Durban Girls' College. She was a member of the national squad that finished ...

* Marsha Marescia * Jennifer Wilson * Núria Camón * Raquel Huertas *

Silvia Muñoz Silvia Muñoz Escudé (born September 18, 1979 in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a field hockey midfield and forward player from Spain. She represented her native country at three consecutive Olympic Games: 2000, 2004 and 2008. Muñoz captained the Spai ...

* María Romagosa * Pilar Sánchez *

Esther Termens Esther Termens Cañabate (born November 2, 1984, in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a field hockey midfield player from Spain. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Termens was a key member of the Spanish n ...

Rocío Ybarra Rocío Ybarra Solaun (born 26 December 1984) is a field hockey defender from Spain, who represented her native country at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the 2008 Games in Beijing and the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she was captain ( ...

* Kate Barber *

Kayla Bashore Kayla Bashore-Smedley (born February 20, 1983 in Daegu, South Korea) is an American field hockey defender and midfielder. Now living in Bloomington, Indiana , she was a student of the Indiana University, where she played for the Hoosiers, and ...

* Dana Sensenig *

Tiffany Snow Tiffany Snow (born December 2, 1981) is an American field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics. College In 2004, while at Old Dominion Old Dominion most commonly refers to: *The Old Dominion, a n ...

References

External links

Official FIH website
{{Field hockey at the Summer Olympics Women's tournament

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