# 1981 Women's Hockey World Cup

The 1981 Women's Hockey World Cup was the fourth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held from the 27 March to 5 April 1981 at the CeNARD in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
West Germany won the tournament for a second time, defeating the Netherlands 3–1 in penalties after the final finished as a 1–1 draw. The Soviet Union finished in third place after defeating Australia 5–1.

## Teams

Including the host nation, Argentina, 12 teams participated in the tournament:
* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Canada
* France
* Japan
* Mexico
* Netherlands
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* West Germany

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | West Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Argentina (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 | |
| 5 | Mexico | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 4 | |
| 6 | France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 0 | |
* 27 March 1981 07:30
| Soviet Union | 5–0 | France |
| | Report | |
* 27 March 1981 09:00
| West Germany | 2–0 | Mexico |
| | Report | |
* 27 March 1981 15:45
| Argentina | 2–3 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* 28 March 1981 15:00
| Japan | 0–5 | Soviet Union |
| | Report | |
* 28 March 1981 17:00
| West Germany | 5–1 | France |
| | Report | |
* 29 March 1981 07:30
| Mexico | 1–6 | Argentina |
| | Report | |
* 30 March 1981 07:30
| Japan | 1–4 | West Germany |
| | Report | |
* 30 March 1981 15:00
| Argentina | 2–0 | Soviet Union |
| | Report | |
* 30 March 1981 17:00
| France | 1–4 | Mexico |
| | Report | |
* 31 March 1981 17:00
| Soviet Union | 0–2 | West Germany |
| | Report | |
* 1 April 1981 07:30
| Mexico | 2–1 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* 1 April 1981 09:00
| Argentina | 2–0 | France |
| | Report | |
* 2 April 1981 09:30
| France | 3–4 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* 2 April 1981 15:30
| Soviet Union | 5–0 | Mexico |
| | Report | |
* 2 April 1981 17:30
| West Germany | 5–0 | Argentina |
| | Report | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 1 | |
| 6 | Austria | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 1 | |
* 27 March 1981 14:15
| Netherlands | 7–0 | Belgium |
| | Report | |
* 27 March 1981 17:15
| Canada | 3–0 | Spain |
| Branchaud Dana Sinclair Forshaw | Report | |
* 28 March 1981
| Australia | 6–0 | Austria |
| Glossop 9' 25' Watkins 32' 68' Terry Wharton 40' 60' | Report | |
* 28 March 1981 09:30
| Belgium | 1–2 | Canada |
| | Report | |
* 29 March 1981 09:30
| Australia | 0–2 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Boekhorst |
* 29 March 1981 15:00
| Spain | 0–0 | Austria |
| | Report | |
* 30 March 1981 09:30
| Canada | 0–4 | Netherlands |
| | Report | |
* 31 March 1981 07:30
| Austria | 1–3 | Belgium |
| | Report | |
* 31 March 1981 09:30
| Spain | 0–3 | Australia |
| | Report | |
* 1 April 1981 13:00
| Australia | 4–1 | Canada |
| | Report | |
* 1 April 1981 15:00
| Netherlands | 4–0 | Austria |
| | Report | |
* 1 April 1981 17:00
| Belgium | 1–0 | Spain |
| | Report | |
* 2 April 1981 07:30
| Austria | 1–2 | Canada |
| | Report | |
* 2 April 1981 11:30
| Netherlands | 3–0 | Spain |
| | Report | |
* 2 April 1981 13:30
| Belgium | 0–2 | Australia |
| | Report | |

### Classification round
#### Ninth to twelfth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Ninth Place | Ninth Place |
| 4 April 1981 | 4 April 1981 |
| Mexico | 0 |
| Mexico | 0 | 5 April 1981 | 5 April 1981 |
| Spain | 2 | 5 April 1981 | 5 April 1981 |
| Spain | 2 | Spain | 0 |
| 4 April 1981 | 4 April 1981 | | Spain | 0 |
| 4 April 1981 | 4 April 1981 | France | 2 |
| France | 1 | France | 2 |
| Austria | 0 | | |
| Austria | 0 | Eleventh Place | Eleventh Place |
| | | 5 April 1981 | 5 April 1981 |
| | | Mexico | 1 |
| | | Austria | 0 |

##### Crossover

* 4 April 1981 07:30
| France | 1–0 | Austria |
| | Report | |
* 4 April 1981 11:30
| Mexico | 0–2 | Spain |
| | Report | |

##### Eleventh and twelfth place

* 5 April 1981 07:30
| Mexico | 1–0 | Austria |
| | Report | |

##### Ninth and tenth place

* 5 April 1981 09:30
| Spain | 0–2 | France |
| | Report | |

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 4 April 1981 | 4 April 1981 |
| Argentina | 3 |
| Argentina | 3 | 5 April 1981 | 5 April 1981 |
| Belgium | 1 | 5 April 1981 | 5 April 1981 |
| Belgium | 1 | Argentina | 0 |
| 4 April 1981 | 4 April 1981 | | Argentina | 0 |
| 4 April 1981 | 4 April 1981 | Canada | 3 |
| Canada | 3 | Canada | 3 |
| Japan | 1 | | |
| Japan | 1 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 5 April 1981 | 5 April 1981 |
| | | Belgium | 1 (2) |
| | | Japan (pen.) | 1 (4) |

##### Crossover

* 4 April 1981 09:30
| Canada | 3–1 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* 4 April 1981 13:30
| Argentina | 3–1 | Belgium |
| Branchaud 27' Forshaw | Report | |

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 5 April 1981 11:30
| Belgium | 1–1 |
| | Report |
| Penalties |||
| | 2–4 |

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 5 April 1981 13:30
| Argentina | 0–3 | Canada |
| | Report | |

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 4 April 1981 | 4 April 1981 |
| West Germany | 2 |
| West Germany | 2 | 5 April 1981 | 5 April 1981 |
| Australia | 1 | 5 April 1981 | 5 April 1981 |
| Australia | 1 | West Germany (pen.) | 1 (3) |
| 4 April 1981 | 4 April 1981 | | West Germany (pen.) | 1 (3) |
| 4 April 1981 | 4 April 1981 | Netherlands | 1 (1) |
| Netherlands | 7 | Netherlands | 1 (1) |
| Soviet Union | 3 | | |
| Soviet Union | 3 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 5 April 1981 | 5 April 1981 |
| | | Australia | 1 |
| | | Soviet Union | 5 |

##### Crossover

* 4 April 1981 15:30
| West Germany | 2–1 | Australia |
| | Report | |
* 4 April 1981 17:30
| Netherlands | 7–3 | Soviet Union |
| | Report | |

##### Third and fourth place

* 5 April 1981 15:30
| Australia | 1–5 | Soviet Union |
| | Report | |

##### Final

* 5 April 1981 17:30
| West Germany | 1–1 |
| | Report |
| Penalties |||
| | 3–1 |
* 1981 Women's Hockey World Cup winner
* West Germany Second title

## Medallists

The following are the squads of the three medalling nations, as well as fourth placed Australia:
* Silke Birkenfeld
* Susanne Schmid (GK)
* Gudrun Neumann
* Christina Moser
* Elke Drüll
* Ingrid Bruckert-Redmer
* Birgit Hagen (C)
* Gabriele Appel
* Stefanie Burger
* Corinna Lingnau
* Martina Koch
* Karen Haude
* Sigrid Landgraf
* Eva Pagels
* Doris Manthei
* Dorothea Marx
* Bernadette de Beus (GK)
* Toos Bax
* Margriet Zegers
* Margriet Bleijerveld
* Marjolein Bolhuis-Eijsvogel (C)
* Fieke Boekhorst
* Anneke Bax
* Sandra Le Poole
* Elsemieke Hillen
* Sophie von Weiler
* Annelies Kapten
* Irene Hendriks
* Lisette Sevens (C)
* Vib Ramaer
* José Poelmans
* Madelon Beliën
* Galina Inzhuvatova (GK)
* Larisa Chizhik
* Tatiana Chotchayeva
* Nadezhda Filippova
* Natella Krasnikova (C)
* Natalia Bykova
* Lidiya Glubokova
* Natalia Buzunova
* Galina Konyukhova
* Nadezhda Gulyaeva
* Leyla Akhmerova
* Nelli Gorbatkova
* Lyudmila Frolova
* Nadezhda Ovechikna
* Tatyana Shvyganova
* Valentina Zazdravnkyh
* Kym Ireland (GK)
* Robyn Morrison
* Pamela Glossop
* Adele Boyce
* Lorraine Hillas
* Robyn Leggatt
* Sandra Pisani
* Sharyn Simpson
* Susan Watkins
* Diane Gorman (C)
* Sharon Buchanan
* Colleen Pearce
* Kerry Wharton
* Julene Grant
* Janette McCloud
* Susan Skirrow

## Statistics
### Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | A | West Germany | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 13 | Gold Medal |
| | B | Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 13 | Silver Medal |
| | A | Soviet Union | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 8 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | B | Australia | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | Canada | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | A | Argentina (H) | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 8 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | A | Japan | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 5 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | B | Belgium | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 5 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | A | France | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | B | Spain | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | A | Mexico | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | B | Austria | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |