# Field hockey at the 1999 Pan American Games

The Field Hockey Tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games was held on the pitch of the Kildonan-East Collegiate near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from Saturday July 24 to Wednesday August 4. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

## Qualification
### Men's qualification

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 12–25 March 1995 | 1999 Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 5 | Argentina Canada Cuba Trinidad and Tobago United States |
| 10–20 August 1998 | 1998 CAC Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 1 | Mexico |
| 1998 | 1998 South American Championship | Santiago, Chile | 1 | Chile |
| Total | Total | Total | 7 | |

### Women's qualification

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 12–25 March 1995 | 1999 Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 5 | Argentina Canada Cuba Trinidad and Tobago United States |
| 10–20 August 1998 | 1998 CAC Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 1 | Mexico |
| 1998 | 1998 South American Championship | Santiago, Chile | 1 | Chile |
| Total | Total | Total | 7 | |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN)* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Men's tournament

The hosts Canada wo their third gold medal by defeating the two-time defending champions Argentina 1–0 in the final. Cuba won the bronze medal by defeating Chile 6–0.

### Preliminary round
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada (H) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 16 | Final |
| 2 | Argentina | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | +22 | 16 | Final |
| 3 | Cuba | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 10 | Bronze medal match |
| 4 | Chile | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 8 | Bronze medal match |
| 5 | United States | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 5 | |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 4 | |
| 7 | Mexico | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 30 | −24 | 0 | |

#### Results

* July 24, 1999 18:00
| United States | 1–1 | Chile |
| Steve Jennings 41' | | Jorge O'Ryan 41' |
* July 24, 1999 20:00
| Canada | 7–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Andrew Griffiths 19' Scott Mosher 22' Paul Wettlaufer Andrew Griffiths 37' Peter Milkovich 45' (ps) Peter Milkovich 46' (ps) Rob Short 59' | | |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Marcelo Servetto (ARG)
* July 25, 1999 18:00
| Cuba | 1–4 | Argentina |
* July 25, 1999 20:00
| Mexico | 0–5 | Canada |
| | | Scott Mosher 19' Bindi Kullar 35' Peter Milkovich 46' (pc) Paul Wettlaufer 48' Scott Mosher 65' |
* Umpires: Cameron Burke (BAR) Richard Wisdom (JAM)
* July 26, 1999 15:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1 | United States |
| Brian Garcia 44' | | Scott Williams 19' (ps) |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Chris Wilson (CAN)
* July 26, 1999 17:00
| Cuba | 1–1 | Chile |
* July 26, 1999 19:00
| Mexico | 1–6 | Argentina |
* July 27, 1999 17:00
| Canada | 2–0 | United States |
| Paul Wettlaufer 33' Peter Milkovich 70' (pc) | | |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Roger St. Rose (TRI)
* July 27, 1999 19:00
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–4 | Chile |
* July 28, 1999 15:00
| Cuba | 3–0 | Mexico |
* July 28, 1999 17:00
| Argentina | 3–3 | Canada |
| Santiago Capurro 6' Tomás MacCormik 21' Santiago Capurro 53' | | Peter Milkovich 23' (pc) Peter Milkovich 37' (pc) Peter Milkovich 60' (pc) |
* Umpires: Cameron Burke (BAR) Steve Simpson (USA)
* July 29, 1999 15:00
| Mexico | 2–3 | Chile |
* July 30, 1999 11:00
| Cuba | 3–2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
* July 30, 1999 13:00
| Argentina | 4–1 | United States |
| Rodrigo Vila 6' Jorge Lombi 35' (pc) Fernando Moresi 49' (pc) Jorge Lombi 60' (pc) | | Scott Williams 63' (pc) |
* Umpires: Roberto Lopez (CUB) Chris Wilson (CAN)
* July 31, 1999 13:00
| Cuba | 0–6 | Canada |
| | | Peter Milkovich 9' (pc) Rob Short 15' Scott Mosher 25' (pc) Bindi Kullar 44' Ian Bird 53' (pc) Ian Bird 63' (pc) |
* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ARG) Roger St. Rose (TRI)
* July 31, 1999 15:00
| Argentina | 7–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
* August 1, 1999 11:00
| Mexico | 0–6 | United States |
| | | Steve Jennings 21' (pc) Shawn Nakamura 26' (pc) Jang Badesha 35' Scott Williams 39' Jeremy Cook 52' Shawn Nakamura 61' (pc) |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Cameron Burke (BAR)
* August 1, 1999 13:00
| Canada | 5–2 | Chile |
| Rob Short 16' (pc) Scott Mosher 31' (pc) Chris Gifford 39' Peter Milkovich 44' (pc) Andrew Griffiths 49' | | Sven Schonborn 6' (pc) Luis Montegu 69' (pc) |
* Umpires: Roberto Lopez (CUB) Steve Simpson (USA)
* August 2, 1999 11:00
| Mexico | 3–7 | Trinidad and Tobago |
* August 2, 1999 13:00
| Cuba | 4–2 | United States |
| Ulises Lapera 14' (pc) Juan Benavides 49' (pc) Ulises Lapera 62' Vladimir Reyes 68' (pc) | | Shawn Hindy 22' Shawn Hindy 34' |
* Umpires: José Ramirez (MEX) Roger St. Rose (TRI)
* August 2, 1999 15:00
| Argentina | 5–0 | Chile |

### Medal round
#### Bronze Medal Game

* August 4, 1999 09:00
| Cuba | 6–0 | Chile |

#### Final

* August 4, 1999 18:30
| Canada | 1–0 | Argentina |
| Ken Pereira 29' | | |
* Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Roger St. Rose (TRI)

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| | Canada (H) | 2000 Summer Olympics |
| | Argentina | 2000 Olympic Qualifier |
| | Cuba | |
| 4 | Chile | |
| 5 | United States | |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 7 | Mexico | |

### Top goalscorers

There were 117 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 5.09 goals per match.
9 goals
* Peter Milkovich
7 goals
* Santiago Capurro
* Jorge Lombi
* Luis Lapera
5 goals
* Scott Mosher
* Brian Garcia
4 goals
* Juan Benavides
Source: PAHF

## Women's tournament
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 18 | Final |
| 2 | United States | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 15 | Final |
| 3 | Canada (H) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 12 | Bronze-medal match |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 7 | Bronze-medal match |
| 5 | Cuba | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 6 | |
| 6 | Chile | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 2 | |
| 7 | Mexico | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 1 | |

### Medal round
#### Bronze medal match

* 4 August 1999 11:30
| Canada | 2–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Kopeck 32', 41' | Report | |
* Umpires: Alicia Takeda (MEX) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

#### Final

* 4 August 1999 16:00
| Argentina | 5–2 | United States |
| Oneto 16', 35' Aicega 42' Masotta 47' Gulla 67' | Report | Werley 2' Tagliente 35' |
* Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Gillian Clarke (ENG)

### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Qualification |
| | Argentina | 2000 Summer Olympics |
| | United States | 2000 Olympic Qualifier |
| | Canada (H) | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 5 | Cuba | |
| 6 | Chile | |
| 7 | Mexico | |