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took place between 16 March and 25 March. The competition consisted of a round robin stage of two groups of five with the winners and runners-up of each group qualifying for the semifinals. All matches were played at the

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in the Parkville area of

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. The Gold medal was won by

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, who defeated 2002 champions

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1 – 0 in the final.

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won the bronze medal by defeating

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3 – 1 on penalty strokes.

Squads

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Fifth to tenth place classification

=Ninth and tenth place

=Seventh and eighth place

=Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

=Semi-finals

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=Bronze-medal match

=Gold-medal match

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

References

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International women's field hockey competitions hosted by Australia