The 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup

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tournament. It was held from 24 November to 8 December 2002 in

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, Western Australia.

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won the tournament for the first time after defeating the

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4–3 in the final on penalty strokes after a 1–1 draw.

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won the third place match by defeating defending champions

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2–0 to claim their first ever World Cup medal. For this tournament, the participating nations were increased from the standard 12 (as in the 6 previous editions) to 16.

Qualification

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

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received one extra quota based upon the

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. Spain and China qualified as 4th and 5th team in final ranking at the

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, completing the final line-up alongside the six nations from the Qualifier. After the United States could not attend the Qualifying Tournament due to the disruption of airline schedules after the

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, the FIH organized a series of test-matches between that team and

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(Seventh placed team in Qualifying Tournament) to ensure they had a chance to participate at the World Cup. The winner of the test-match series would qualify. :–

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

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to qualify directly to the World Cup as the second placed team at the 2001 Oceania Cup.

Squads

Umpires

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: *Chieko Akiyama (JPN) *Michelle Arnold (AUS) *Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) *Judith Barnesby (AUS) *Renée Cohen (NED) *Ute Conen (GER) *Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) *Marelize de Klerk (RSA) *Jean Duncan (SCO) *Lynn Farrell (NZL) *Sarah Garnett (NZL) *Dawn Henning (ENG) *Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) *Zang Jun Kentwell (USA) *Lee Mi-ok (KOR) *Mary Power (ENG) *Gina Spitaleri (ITA) *Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Results

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

First round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Thirteenth to sixteenth classification

Crossover

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Fifteenth and sixteenth place

Thirteenth and fourteenth place

Ninth to twelfth place classification

Crossover

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Eleventh and twelfth place

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

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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

Awards

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

References

External links

Official FIH website
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2002 in Australian women's sport International women's field hockey competitions hosted by Australia 2002 in women's field hockey Sports competitions in Perth, Western Australia 2000s in Perth, Western Australia