# Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 9th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 29 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 10 August. All games were played at the Riverbank Arena within the Olympic Park in London, United Kingdom.
Defending champions the Netherlands won the gold medal for the third time after defeating Argentina 2–0 in the final. Great Britain won the bronze medal by defeating New Zealand 3–1.

## Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their pool. Following the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advanced to the semi-finals. All other teams played classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings. The two semi-final winners met for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers played in the bronze medal match.

## Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations and the hosts Britain received an automatic berth. The European, Asian and Oceanian federations received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2010 World Cup. In addition to the three teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1 | Great Britain (4) |
| 13–24 November 2010 | 2010 Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 2 | China (5) South Korea (8) |
| 20–27 August 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 2 | Netherlands (1) Germany (3) |
| 2–11 September 2011 | 2011 African Olympic Qualifier | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | 0 | — |
| 6–9 October 2011 | 2011 Women's Oceania Cup | Hobart, Australia | 2 | New Zealand (6) Australia (7) |
| 14–30 October 2011 | 2011 Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1 | United States (10) |
| 18–25 February 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 | New Delhi, India | 1 | South Africa (12) |
| 17–25 March 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 | Kontich, Belgium | 1 | Belgium (16) |
| 25 April – 5 May 2012 | Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 | Kakamigahara, Japan | 1 | Japan (9) |
| Invitational | Invitational | Invitational | 1 | Argentina (2) |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |
    ^1 – South Africa won the African qualifier tournament but gave up their automatic berth on the premise that they should play a qualifier having deemed the African tournament as sub-standard. Eventually they won the Qualification Tournament 1. Instead, Argentina was invited as the highest ranked team not already qualified after the conclusion of the continental championships. Argentina ended up being the runners-up.

## Umpires

The FIH announced the list of umpires on 3 January 2012:
* Claire Adenot (FRA)
* Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
* Stella Bartlema (NED)
* Frances Block (GBR)
* Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* Elena Eskina (RUS)
* Amy Hassick (USA)
* Kelly Hudson (NZL)
* Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
* Michelle Joubert (RSA)
* Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
* Carol Metchette (IRL)
* Miao Lin (CHN)
* Irene Presenqui (ARG)
* Lisa Roach (AUS)
* Chieko Soma (JPN)
* Wendy Stewart (CAN)

## Results

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)''

### First round

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | China | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 2 | |
* 29 July 2012 10:45
| Netherlands | 3–0 | Belgium |
| Lammers 33', 42' van Maasakker 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Michelle Joubert (RSA)
* 29 July 2012 13:45
| China | 4–0 | South Korea |
| Ma Yibo 26', 67' Zhao Yudiao 51' Li Hongxia 54' | Report | |
* Umpires: Frances Block (GBR) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
* 29 July 2012 19:00
| Great Britain | 4–0 | Japan |
| Danson 7', 28' Thomas 23' Walton 26' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
* 31 July 2012 08:30
| Netherlands | 3–2 | Japan |
| Lammers 4', 43' Hoog 30' | Report | Komazawa 46' Mitsuhashi 53' |
* Umpires: Kang Hyun-young (KOR) Irene Presenqui (ARG)
* 31 July 2012 13:45
| Belgium | 0–0 | China |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* 31 July 2012 16:00
| Great Britain | 5–3 | South Korea |
| White 6' Cullen 25' Danson 38' Twigg 61' Rogers 62' | Report | Kim Da-rae 18' Han Hye-lyoung 52' Park Mi-hyun 57' |
* Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Lisa Roach (AUS)
* 2 August 2012 08:30
| South Korea | 1–0 | Japan |
| Cheon Seul-ki 42' | Report | |
* Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Frances Block (GBR)
* 2 August 2012 13:45
| China | 0–1 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Goderie 10' |
* Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Chieko Soma (JPN)
* 2 August 2012 19:00
| Belgium | 0–3 | Great Britain |
| | Report | Ball 32' Bartlett 39' Cullen 68' |
* Umpires: Amy Hassick (USA) Irene Presenqui (ARG)
* 4 August 2012 10:45
| Netherlands | 3–2 | South Korea |
| Welten 10' Hoog 14' Dirkse van den Heuvel 36' | Report | Cheon Seul-ki 5', 65' |
* Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Claire Adenot (FRA)
* 4 August 2012 13:45
| Japan | 1–1 | Belgium |
| Yamamoto 58' | Report | Boon 34' |
* Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Wendy Stewart (CAN)
* 4 August 2012 16:00
| China | 2–1 | Great Britain |
| Fu Baorong 41' Zhao Yudiao 47' | Report | Cullen 69' |
* Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Carol Metchette (IRL)
* 6 August 2012 13:45
| Japan | 1–0 | China |
| Komazawa 54' | Report | |
* Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Kelly Hudson (NZL)
* 6 August 2012 16:00
| South Korea | 3–1 | Belgium |
| Kim Jong-eun 8', 70' Lee Seon-ok 24' | Report | Coppey 37' |
* Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Miao Lin (CHN)
* 6 August 2012 19:00
| Great Britain | 1–2 | Netherlands |
| Cullen 29' | Report | van As 43' van Male 52' |
* Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Chieko Soma (JPN)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 10 | |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | |
| 6 | United States | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | |
* 29 July 2012 08:30
| New Zealand | 1–0 | Australia |
| Finlayson 3' | Report | |
* Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* 29 July 2012 16:00
| Argentina | 7–1 | South Africa |
| Aymar 8', 29' J. Sruoga 20' Cavallero 25' Rebecchi 31' Barrionuevo 62' D'Elía 68' | Report | Chamberlain 23' |
* Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Lisa Roach (AUS)
* 29 July 2012 21:15
| Germany | 2–1 | United States |
| Rinne 8' Hahn 21' | Report | Crandall 56' |
* Umpires: Carol Metchette (IRL) Wendy Stewart (CAN)
* 31 July 2012 10:45
| South Africa | 1–4 | New Zealand |
| Coetzee 52' | Report | C. Harrison 2' Eshuis 22' Sharland 29', 61' |
* Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Amy Hassick (USA)
* 31 July 2012 19:00
| Argentina | 0–1 | United States |
| | Report | Taylor 28' |
* Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
* 31 July 2012 21:15
| Germany | 1–3 | Australia |
| Otte 9' | Report | Munro 20' Flanagan 46' Boyce 53' |
* Umpires: Frances Block (GBR) Michelle Joubert (RSA)
* 2 August 2012 10:45
| Australia | 1–0 | United States |
| Flanagan 33' | Report | |
* Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
* 2 August 2012 16:00
| South Africa | 0–2 | Germany |
| | Report | Mavers 25' Rinne 44' |
* Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
* 2 August 2012 21:15
| New Zealand | 1–2 | Argentina |
| C. Harrison 62' | Report | Rebecchi 3', 45' |
* Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Carol Metchette (IRL)
* 4 August 2012 08:30
| Australia | 1–0 | South Africa |
| Close 8' | Report | |
* Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Amy Hassick (USA)
* 4 August 2012 19:00
| United States | 2–3 | New Zealand |
| O'Donnell 16' Laubach 34' | Report | Sharland 3' Flynn 19' Eshuis 64' |
* Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
* 4 August 2012 21:15
| Germany | 1–3 | Argentina |
| Hasselmann 67' | Report | Maccari 13' Aymar 28' Sánchez Moccia 67' |
* Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Chieko Soma (JPN)
* 6 August 2012 08:30
| New Zealand | 0–0 | Germany |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Lisa Roach (AUS)
* 6 August 2012 10:45
| United States | 0–7 | South Africa |
| | Report | Bright 14', 44' George 20' Wilson 25' Coetzee 33', 62' Chamberlain 54' |
* Umpires: Frances Block (GBR) Claire Adenot (FRA)
* 6 August 2012 21:15
| Argentina | 0–0 | Australia |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Kang Hyun-young (KOR) Michelle Joubert (RSA)

### Fifth to twelfth place classification
#### Eleventh and twelfth place

* 10 August 2012 08:30
| Belgium | 2–1 | United States |
| Gerniers 20' Valcke 52' | Report | Selenski 6' |
* Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

#### Ninth and tenth place

* 8 August 2012 08:30
| Japan | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | South Africa |
| Murakami 63', 80' | Report | Deetlefs 27' |
* Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Amy Hassick (USA)

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 8 August 2012 11:30
| South Korea | 1–4 | Germany |
| Cheon Seul-ki 8' | Report | Hahn 6', 16' Rinne 55' Mavers 70' |
* Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Claire Adenot (FRA)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 10 August 2012 11:30
| China | 0–2 | Australia |
| | Report | Schulz 41' Close 60' |
* Umpires: Frances Block (GBR) Michelle Joubert (RSA)

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 8 August 2012 | 8 August 2012 |
| Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) |
| Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | 10 August 2012 | 10 August 2012 |
| New Zealand | 2 (1) | 10 August 2012 | 10 August 2012 |
| New Zealand | 2 (1) | Netherlands | 2 |
| 8 August 2012 | 8 August 2012 | | Netherlands | 2 |
| 8 August 2012 | 8 August 2012 | Argentina | 0 |
| Argentina | 2 | Argentina | 0 |
| Great Britain | 1 | | |
| Great Britain | 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 10 August 2012 | 10 August 2012 |
| | | New Zealand | 1 |
| | | Great Britain | 3 |

#### Semifinals

* 8 August 2012 15:30
| Netherlands | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | New Zealand |
| Paumen 32', 53' | Report | Sharland 7' Forgesson 49' |
| Penalties |||
| Van As Paumen De Goede Van Geffen Hoog | 3–1 | Sharland Michelsen Flynn Punt |
* Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
* 8 August 2012 20:00
| Argentina | 2–1 | Great Britain |
| Barrionuevo 6' Rebecchi 31' | Report | Danson 65' |
* Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Carol Metchette (IRL)

#### Bronze medal match

* 10 August 2012 15:30
| New Zealand | 1–3 | Great Britain |
| Michelsen 68' | Report | Danson 45' Cullen 59' Thomas 63' |
* Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Chieko Soma (JPN)

#### Gold medal match

* 10 August 2012 20:00
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Argentina |
| Dirkse van den Heuvel 45' Paumen 54' | Report 1 Report 2 | |
* Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Lisa Roach (AUS)
Team details :
Netherlands
Argentina
GK1Joyce Sombroek
DF13Caia van Maasakker
DF21Sophie Polkamp
DF28Merel de Blaeij
MF9Carlien van den Heuvel
MF17Maartje Paumen (c)
MF19Ellen Hoog
MF24Eva de Goede
FW10Kelly Jonker
FW18Naomi van As
FW23Kim Lammers
Substitutions:
FW4Kitty van Male 9'
FW11Maartje Goderie 30' 9'
FW12Lidewij Welten 9'
27Marilyn Agliotti 12'
DF30Margot van Geffen 9'
Manager:
Maximiliano Caldas
GK1Florencia Mutio
DF5Macarena Rodríguez
DF21Mariela Scarone
DF26Silvina D'Elía 59'
DF27Noel Barrionuevo
MF4Rosario Luchetti
MF18Daniela Sruoga
MF8Luciana Aymar (c)
FW12Delfina Merino
MF30Josefina Sruoga
FW11Carla Rebecchi
Substitutions:
FW7Martina Cavallero 11'
MF16Florencia Habif 6'
MF17Rocío Sánchez Moccia 9'
FW19María Paz Hernández 9'
Manager:
Carlos Retegui :

## Statistics
### Final ranking

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 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 19 | Gold Medal |
| | Argentina | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 13 | Silver Medal |
| | Great Britain | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 12 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | New Zealand | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 11 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 13 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | China | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Germany | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | South Korea | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | Japan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | South Africa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | Belgium | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 5 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | United States | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |

### Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 3.11 goals per match.
5 goals
* Crista Cullen
* Alexandra Danson
4 goals
* Carla Rebecchi
* Cheon Seul-Ki
* Kim Lammers
* Kayla Sharland
3 goals
* Luciana Aymar
* Lisa Hahn
* Fanny Rinne
* Maartje Paumen
* Pietie Coetzee
2 goals
* Noel Barrionuevo
* Jade Close
* Anna Flanagan
* Ma Yibo
* Zhao Yudiao
* Sarah Thomas
* Marie Mävers
* Rika Komazawa
* Ai Murakami
* Kim Jong-Eun
* Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel
* Ellen Hoog
* Clarissa Eshuis
* Charlotte Harrison
* Tarryn Bright
* Dirkie Chamberlain
1 goal
* Martina Cavallero
* Silvina D'Elía
* Sofía Maccari
* Rocío Sánchez Moccia
* Josefina Sruoga
* Fiona Boyce
* Hope Munro
* Jodie Schulz
* Jill Boon
* Erica Coppey
* Alix Gerniers
* Gaëlle Valcke
* Fu Baorong
* Li Hongxia
* Ashleigh Ball
* Laura Bartlett
* Chloe Rogers
* Georgina Twigg
* Sally Walton
* Nicola White
* Nina Hasselmann
* Katharina Otte
* Aki Mitsuhashi
* Yukari Yamamoto
* Han Hye-Lyoung
* Kim Da-Rae
* Lee Seon-Ok
* Park Mi-Hyun
* Maartje Goderie
* Naomi van As
* Caia van Maasakker
* Kitty van Male
* Lidewij Welten
* Cathryn Finlayson
* Gemma Flynn
* Krystal Forgesson
* Stacey Michelsen
* Lisa-Marie Deetlefs
* Lesle-Ann George
* Jennifer Wilson
* Lauren Crandall
* Claire Laubach
* Kathleen O'Donnell
* Paige Selenski
* Shannon Taylor
Source: FIH