# 1990 Women's Hockey World Cup

The 1990 Women's Hockey World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 2 to 13 May in Sydney, Australia. It was won by the Netherlands, who defeated host nation Australia 3–1 in the final. It was the Netherlands fifth Women's Hockey World Cup title and their third consecutive title. South Korea beat England 3–2 to finish third.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | England | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | West Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | |
| 4 | China | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
| 5 | Argentina | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 2 | |
* 2 May 1990
| Australia | 3–0 | China |
| Pereira 20', 36', 50' | Report | |
* 3 May 1990
| England | 1–0 | Argentina |
| Edwards 66' | Report | |
* 3 May 1990
| West Germany | 2–0 | Japan |
| Becker Jungjohann | Report | |
* 4 May 1990
| Japan | 0–1 | England |
| | Report | Brown 37' |
* 4 May 1990
| Australia | 1–1 | Argentina |
| Buchanan 42' | Report | Hussey 17' |
* 4 May 1990
| West Germany | 3–1 | China |
| Becker Ferneck | Report | Ao |
* 6 May 1990
| West Germany | 1–2 | Australia |
| Jungjohann 36' | Report | Small 23' Hawkes 29' |
* 6 May 1990
| China | 0–2 | England |
| | Report | Brown 7' Atkins 34' |
* 6 May 1990
| Argentina | 0–0 | Japan |
| | Report | |
* 7 May 1990
| England | 0–0 | West Germany |
| | Report | |
* 8 May 1990
| China | 2–0 | Argentina |
| Yang Hu. Chen J. | Report | |
* 8 May 1990
| Australia | 2–0 | Japan |
| Pereira 40', 55' | Report | |
* 9 May 1990
| Argentina | 1–3 | West Germany |
| Pazos 21' | Report | Dickenscheid 6' Ferneck 12', 55' |
* 9 May 1990
| Japan | 1–1 | China |
| Kato 47' | Report | Yang Hu. 27' |
* 9 May 1990
| England | 0–0 | Australia |
| | Report | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 5 | |
| 5 | Canada | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 6 | United States | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 1 | |
* 2 May 1990
| New Zealand | 0–1 | Canada |
| | Report | Covey 28' |
* 2 May 1990
| Spain | 0–7 | South Korea |
| | Report | Jin 14' Lim 20', 46' Kwon 26' Kim Y. 31' Yang 44', 49' |
* 2 May 1990
| Netherlands | 3–0 | United States |
| Lejeune 30', 50' Wouters 65' | Report | |
* 3 May 1990
| South Korea | 0–1 | New Zealand |
| | Report | Arthur 48' |
* 3 May 1990
| Canada | 1–1 | United States |
| Low | Report | Richards |
* 4 May 1990
| Netherlands | 3–0 | Spain |
| Benninga Lejeune Thate | Report | |
* 5 May 1990
| United States | 1–3 | Spain |
| Fuchs | Report | Dorado Barrio |
* 5 May 1990
| New Zealand | 0–3 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Lejeune 11' Van der Ben 19', 68' |
* 5 May 1990
| South Korea | 1–0 | Canada |
| Jang | Report | |
* 7 May 1990
| South Korea | 0–0 | Netherlands |
| | Report | |
* 7 May 1990
| New Zealand | 6–1 | United States |
| Bell-Kake 10', 63' Trolove 23', 50' Duggan 25' Lawrence 69' | Report | Marois 28' |
* 7 May 1990
| Canada | 0–3 | Spain |
| | Report | Coghen 48' Motos 60' Dorado 65' |
* 8 May 1990
| United States | 0–9 | South Korea |
| | Report | Jin 2', 23' Cho 8', 33', 47' Lim 28', 61' Jang 35', 65' |
* 8 May 1990
| Spain | 1–1 | New Zealand |
| Rodríguez | Report | Bell-Kake |
* 9 May 1990
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Canada |
| Lejeune 15', 44' | Report | |

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

| Crossover | Crossover | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 10 May 1990 | 10 May 1990 |
| Argentina | 4 |
| Argentina | 4 | 12 May 1990 | 12 May 1990 |
| United States | 0 | 12 May 1990 | 12 May 1990 |
| United States | 0 | Argentina (p.s.o) | 1 (4) |
| 10 May 1990 | 10 May 1990 | | Argentina (p.s.o) | 1 (4) |
| 10 May 1990 | 10 May 1990 | Canada | 1 (2) |
| Canada | 1 | Canada | 1 (2) |
| Japan | 0 | | |
| Japan | 0 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 12 May 1990 | 12 May 1990 |
| | | United States | 1 |
| | | Japan | 3 |

##### Crossover

* 10 May 1990 12:30
| Argentina | 4–0 | United States |
| Pazos Hussey Sánchez | Report | |
* 10 May 1990 15:00
| Canada | 1–0 | Japan |
| Gaiga | Report | |

##### Eleventh and twelfth place

* 12 May 1990 10:00
| United States | 1–3 | Japan |
| Neiss 63' | Report | Takahashi 21', 24' Hayashi 44' |

##### Ninth and tenth place

* 12 May 1990 12:30
| Argentina | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Canada |
| Pazos 84' | Report | Low 78' |
| Penalties |||
| | 4–2 | |

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 11 May 1990 | 11 May 1990 |
| West Germany | 1 |
| West Germany | 1 | 12 May 1990 | 12 May 1990 |
| Spain | 2 | 12 May 1990 | 12 May 1990 |
| Spain | 2 | Spain | 1 |
| 11 May 1990 | 11 May 1990 | | Spain | 1 |
| 11 May 1990 | 11 May 1990 | China | 0 |
| New Zealand | 1 (4) | China | 0 |
| China (p.s.o) | 1 (5) | | |
| China (p.s.o) | 1 (5) | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 12 May 1990 | 12 May 1990 |
| | | West Germany | 1 |
| | | New Zealand | 4 |

##### Crossover

* 11 May 1990 10:00
| West Germany | 1–2 | Spain |
| Jungjohann | Report | Dorado Motos |
* 11 May 1990 12:30
| New Zealand | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| | Report |
| Penalties |||
| | 4–5 |

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 12 May 1990 15:00
| West Germany | 1–4 | New Zealand |
| | Report | |

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 12 May 1990 17:30
| Spain | 1–0 | China |
| Dorado | Report | |

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 11 May 1990 | 11 May 1990 |
| Australia (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| Australia (a.e.t.) | 2 | 13 May 1990 | 13 May 1990 |
| South Korea | 1 | 13 May 1990 | 13 May 1990 |
| South Korea | 1 | Australia | 1 |
| 11 May 1990 | 11 May 1990 | | Australia | 1 |
| 11 May 1990 | 11 May 1990 | Netherlands | 3 |
| Netherlands | 5 | Netherlands | 3 |
| England | 0 | | |
| England | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 13 May 1990 | 13 May 1990 |
| | | South Korea | 3 |
| | | England | 2 |

##### Semi-finals

* 11 May 1990 15:00
| Australia | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
| Buchanan 25' Pereira 80' | Report | Jin 49' |
* 11 May 1990 17:30
| Netherlands | 5–0 | England |
| De Ruiter 3' Wouters 11', 16' Lejeune 45' Thate 66' | Report | |

##### Third and fourth place

* 13 May 1990 15:00
| South Korea | 3–2 | England |
| Yang 17' Kim S. 49' Jang 63' | Report | Sixsmith 1' Atkins 3' |

##### Final

* 13 May 1990 17:30
| Australia | 1–3 | Netherlands |
| Hawkes 39' | Report | Lejeune 8' de Ruiter 37' Van der Ben 50' |

## Winning Squad

Netherlands
* Ingrid Appels
* Carina Benninga
* Carina Bleeker
* Wietske de Ruiter
* Annemaike Fokke
* Noor Holsboer
* Danielle Koenen
* Lisanne Lejeune
* Florentine Steenberghe
* Carol Thate
* Jacqueline Toxopeus
* Caroline van Nieuwenhuyze-Leenders
* Helen van der Ben
* Isabelle van Zenderen
* Ingrid Wolff
* Mieketine Wouters

## Final standings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | B | Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 13 | Gold medal |
| 2 | A | Australia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 10 | Silver medal |
| 3 | B | South Korea | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 9 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | A | England | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | Spain | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | A | China | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | B | New Zealand | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 8 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | A | West Germany | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | A | Argentina | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | B | Canada | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | A | Japan | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | B | United States | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 29 | −25 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Goalscorers

* Note: Scorers from the seventh and eighth place playoff between West Germany and New Zealand are unknown, and hence have not been added to this list.
There were 113 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.
8 goals
* Lisanne Lejeune
6 goals
* Jacqueline Pereira
5 goals
* Natalia Dorado
4 goals
* María Gabriela Pazos
* Jang Eun-jung
* Lim Gye-suk
* Jin Won-sim
3 goals
* Helen van der Ben
* Mieketine Wouters
* Tina Bell-Kake
* Yang Hye-suk
* Cho Kyu-soon
* Britta Becker
* Christine Ferneck
* Caren Jungjohann
2 goals
* Marcela Hussey
* Sharon Buchanan
* Rechelle Hawkes
* Rochelle Low
* Yang Huiping
* Jill Atkins
* Karen Brown
* Hisayo Takahashi
* Wietske de Ruiter
* Carole Thate
* Kate Trolove
* Teresa Motos
1 goal
* Gabriela Sánchez
* Kim Small
* Deborah Covey
* Milena Gaiga
* Ao Hongmei
* Chen Jianbin
* Kathryn Edwards
* Jane Sixsmith
* Mina Hayashi
* Akemi Kato
* Carina Benninga
* Christine Arthur
* Susan Duggan
* Anna Lawrence
* Kwon Chang-sook
* Soon-duk
* Kim Young-sook
* Sonia Barrio
* Mercedes Coghen
* María Ángeles Rodríguez
* Tracey Fuchs
* Barbara Marois
* Pam Neiss
* Erica Richards
* Tanja Dickenscheid