# 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup

The 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 20 to 31 May 1998 in Utrecht, Netherlands alongside the men's tournament. Australia won its second world title after defeating Netherlands 3–2 in the final. The tournament was staged on two artificial pitches at the complex of Dutch football club FC Utrecht.

## Results
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | United States | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 6 | |
| 5 | Scotland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | |
| 6 | China | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 0 | |
* 20 May 1998 12:35
| Scotland | 0–5 | Australia |
| | Report | Langham 18' Towers 24' Powell 45', 65' Annan 48' |
* Umpires: Lee Mi-ok (KOR) Jane Nockolds (ENG)
* 20 May 1998 16:05
| South Africa | 2–1 | China |
| Coetzee 6', 50' | Report | Tang 70' |
* Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Laura Crespo (ARG)
* 20 May 1998 20:05
| Germany | 5–1 | United States |
| Becker 29' Keller 32' Reiter 35' Ernsting-Krienke 39' Möller 67' | Report | Lucas 46' |
* Umpires: Gill Clarke (ENG) Lynn Farrell (NZL)
* 22 May 1998 12:35
| Germany | 4–3 | South Africa |
| Keller 2', 41' Ernsting-Krienke 5' Lätzsch 32' | Report | Cormack 12' Coetzee 30' Dare 33' |
* Umpires: Renée Cohen (NED) Jane Nockolds (ENG)
* 22 May 1998 13:35
| United States | 2–1 | Scotland |
| Barber 2' Fuchs 41' | Report | MacDonald 56' |
* Umpires: Naomi Kato (JPN) Laura Crespo (ARG)
* 22 May 1998 15:05
| Australia | 7–1 | China |
| Annan 5', 56' Towers 16', 23', 70' Langham 24' Mitchell-Taverner 50' | Report | Tang 65' |
* Umpires: Gill Clarke (ENG) Miriam van Gemert (NED)
* 24 May 1998 11:05
| Australia | 6–1 | United States |
| Smith 29' Towers 30' Langham 32' Michelle-Taverner 36' Annan 56' Mott 57' | Report | Vizzuso 43' |
* Umpires: Renée Cohen (NED) Laura Crespo (ARG)
* 24 May 1998 12:05
| China | 1–3 | Germany |
| Juan 27' | Report | Kauschke 16' Klecker 65', 68' |
* Umpires: Lee Mi-ok (KOR) Angela Lario (ESP)
* 24 May 1998 14:35
| South Africa | 2–3 | Scotland |
| Coetzee 39', 48' | Report | Gilmour 7' MacDonald 18', 40' |
* Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Miriam van Gemert (NED)
* 26 May 1998 12:35
| Scotland | 2–1 | China |
| Fraser 16' MacDonald 53' | Report | Chen Z. 35' |
* Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Renée Cohen (NED)
* 26 May 1998 13:35
| United States | 1–2 | South Africa |
| Lucas 38' | Report | Coetzee 35', 46' |
* Umpires: Lee Mi-ok (KOR) Miriam van Gemert (NED)
* 26 May 1998 15:05
| Germany | 0–3 | Australia |
| | Report | Langham 21' Starre 46' Annan 66' |
* Umpires: Gill Clarke (ENG) Jane Nockolds (ENG)
* 27 May 1998 13:35
| China | 0–4 | United States |
| | Report | James 18', 21', 42', 54' |
* Umpires: Jane Nockolds (ENG) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
* 27 May 1998 17:35
| Australia | 5–2 | South Africa |
| Powell 6' Langham 29' Mott 31', 67' Hawkes 56' | Report | Agliotti 43' Wessels 62' |
* Umpires: Hu Youfang (CHN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
* 27 May 1998 18:35
| Scotland | 0–1 | Germany |
| | Report | Keller 27' |
* Umpires: Lee Mi-ok (KOR) Laura Crespo (ARG)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 13 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Argentina | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 13 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 6 | |
| 5 | England | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 3 | |
| 6 | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 | |
* 20 May 1998 13:35
| India | 0–1 | England |
| | Report | Wright 19' |
* Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Ute Conen (GER)
* 20 May 1998 15:05
| South Korea | 1–2 | Argentina |
| Choi Kw. 14' | Report | Oneto 18' Gulla 35' |
* Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Renée Cohen (NED)
* 20 May 1998 17:35
| Netherlands | 2–1 | New Zealand |
| Thate 32' Van der Wielen 57' | Report | Bell-Kake 13' |
* Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Peri Buckley (AUS)
* 21 May 1998 15:05
| England | 2–3 | Netherlands |
| Wright 18' Miller 29' | Report | Van den Boogaard 20', 63' Deiters 67' |
* Umpires: Naomi Kato (JPN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
* 21 May 1998 16:05
| Argentina | 2–1 | India |
| Pando 28' MacKenzie 52' | Report | Sandeep 16' |
* Umpires: Hu Youfang (CHN) Peri Buckley (AUS)
* 21 May 1998 18:35
| South Korea | 5–4 | New Zealand |
| Choi M. 54' Kim M. 56' Kim E. 62' Kim S. 63' Lee E. 69' | Report | Smith 1' Pearce 9' Lawrence 16' Matthews 39' |
* Umpires: Angela Lario (ESP) Jean Buchanan (RSA)
* 23 May 1998 11:05
| New Zealand | 2–1 | India |
| Bell-Kake 8', 15' | Report | Manjinder 41' |
* Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Hu Youfang (CHN)
* 23 May 1998 12:05
| England | 2–4 | Argentina |
| Miller 5' Sixsmith 43' | Report | Rognoni 28', 30' MacKenzie 63' Aymar 66' |
* Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Jean Buchanan (RSA)
* 23 May 1998 16:05
| Netherlands | 1–0 | South Korea |
| Van de Kieft 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Angela Lario (ESP) Ute Conen (GER)
* 25 May 1998 12:35
| England | 2–3 | South Korea |
| Miller 7', 52' | Report | Kim M. 15' Lee E. 29' Woo 42' |
* Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
* 25 May 1998 13:35
| Argentina | 2–1 | New Zealand |
| MacKenzie 48' Rognoni 65' | Report | Smith 20' |
* Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
* 25 May 1998 20:05
| Netherlands | 5–0 | India |
| Boomgaardt 9' Deiters 25' Thate 28', 36' Smabers 38' | Report | |
* Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Naomi Kato (JPN)
* 27 May 1998 11:35
| New Zealand | 2–1 | England |
| Senior 21' Smith 25' | Report | Wright 67' |
* Umpires: Naomi Kato (JPN) Angela Lario (ESP)
* 27 May 1998 16:05
| India | 2–4 | South Korea |
| Pritam 49', 68' | Report | Lee E. 6' Choi Kw. 32' Woo 57', 62' |
* Umpires: Jean Buchanan (RSA) Ute Conen (GER)
* 27 May 1998 20:05
| Argentina | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| Masotta 55' Oneto 61' | Report | Van de Kieft 32' Thate 39' |
* Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Gill Clarke (ENG)

### Ninth to twelfth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 29 May 1998 | 29 May 1998 |
| Scotland | 5 |
| Scotland | 5 | 30 May 1998 | 30 May 1998 |
| India | 3 | 30 May 1998 | 30 May 1998 |
| India | 3 | Scotland | 0 |
| 29 May 1998 | 29 May 1998 | | Scotland | 0 |
| 29 May 1998 | 29 May 1998 | England | 2 |
| China | 0 | England | 2 |
| England | 3 | | |
| England | 3 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 30 May 1998 | 30 May 1998 |
| | | India | 2 |
| | | China | 4 |

#### Crossover

* 29 May 1998 13:35
| Scotland | 5–3 | India |
| Gilmour 20' Robertson 24' MacDonald 39' Grant 54' Simpson 63' | Report | Bala 10' Tirkey 46' Manjinder 66' |
* Umpires: Naomi Kato (JPN) Jean Buchanan (RSA)
* 29 May 1998 16:05
| China | 0–3 | England |
| | Report | Sixsmith 14', 57' Miller 30' |
* Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Lyn Farrell (NZL)

#### Eleventh and twelfth place

* 30 May 1998 15:05
| India | 2–4 | China |
| Jyoti 9' Surja 59' | Report | Huang 17' Juan 19' Liu 26' Wang 32' |
* Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Lyn Farrell (NZL)

#### Ninth and tenth place

* 30 May 1998 17:35
| Scotland | 0–2 | England |
| | Report | Sixsmith 15' Smith 29' |
* Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 29 May 1998 | 29 May 1998 |
| United States | 0 |
| United States | 0 | 30 May 1998 | 30 May 1998 |
| South Korea | 2 | 30 May 1998 | 30 May 1998 |
| South Korea | 2 | South Korea | 4 |
| 29 May 1998 | 29 May 1998 | | South Korea | 4 |
| 29 May 1998 | 29 May 1998 | New Zealand | 3 |
| South Africa | 1 | New Zealand | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 | | |
| New Zealand | 3 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 30 May 1998 | 30 May 1998 |
| | | United States | 2 (2) |
| | | South Africa (p.s.o) | 2 (4) |

#### Crossover

* 29 May 1998 12:35
| South Africa | 1–3 | New Zealand |
| Bee 61' | Report | Pearce 11' Bell-Kake 49' Lawrence 59' |
* Umpires: Renée Cohen (NED) Ute Conen (GER)
* 29 May 1998 15:05
| United States | 0–2 | South Korea |
| | Report | Choi M. 4' Oh 33' |
* Umpires: Jane Nockolds (ENG) Peri Buckley (AUS)

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 30 May 1998 12:35
| United States | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | South Africa |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Fuchs Lucas Fillat James | 2–4 | Coetzee MacNaughton Wessels Dobson |
* Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Jane Nockolds (ENG)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 30 May 1998 11:05
| South Korea | 4–3 | New Zealand |
| Woo 15' Oh 30' Lee E. 35' Choi M. 59' | Report | Smith 4' Foy 13' Matthews 55' |
* Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 29 May 1998 | 29 May 1998 |
| Australia | 4 |
| Australia | 4 | 31 May 1998 | 31 May 1998 |
| Argentina | 2 | 31 May 1998 | 31 May 1998 |
| Argentina | 2 | Australia | 3 |
| 29 May 1998 | 29 May 1998 | | Australia | 3 |
| 29 May 1998 | 29 May 1998 | Netherlands | 2 |
| Germany | 1 | Netherlands | 2 |
| Netherlands | 6 | | |
| Netherlands | 6 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 31 May 1998 | 31 May 1998 |
| | | Germany | 3 |
| | | Argentina | 2 |

#### Semi-finals

* 29 May 1998 17:35
| Australia | 4–2 | Argentina |
| Annan 4', 51' Langham 9' Powell 56' | Report | Masotta 37' MacKenzie 65' |
* Umpires: Angela Lario (ESP) Miriam van Gemert (NED)
* 29 May 1998 20:05
| Germany | 1–6 | Netherlands |
| Lätzsch 23' | Report | Thate 5', 45' Van den Boogaard 17', 32' Donners 46' Teeuwen 70' |
* Umpires: Gill Clarke (ENG) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

#### Third and fourth place

* 31 May 1998 13:35
| Germany | 3–2 | Argentina |
| Kauschke 39' Dickenscheid 51' Möller 62' | Report | Oneto 34', 55' |
* Umpires: Renée Cohen (NED) Angela Lario (ESP)

#### Final

* 31 May 1998 16:05
| Netherlands | 2–3 | Australia |
| Kuipers 1' Deiters 62' | Report | Annan 22' Towers 24' Langham 56' |
* Umpires: Gill Clarke (ENG) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Most Sportive Player | Fair Play Trophy |
| Alyson Annan | Alyson Annan | Laura Mulhall | Mandy Smith | Scotland |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | A | Australia | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 21 | Gold medal |
| 2 | B | Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 16 | Silver medal |
| 3 | A | Germany | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 15 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | B | Argentina | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 13 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | South Korea | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 15 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | B | New Zealand | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 9 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | A | South Africa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | A | United States | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | B | England | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 9 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | A | Scotland | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 9 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | A | China | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | B | India | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

### Goalscorers

There were 184 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 4.38 goals per match.
8 goals
* Alyson Annan
7 goals
* Bianca Langham
* Pietie Coetzee
6 goals
* Julie Towers
* Carole Thate
5 goals
* Purdy Miller
* Sue MacDonald
4 goals
* Sofía MacKenzie
* Vanina Oneto
* Katrina Powell
* Jane Sixsmith
* Natascha Keller
* Dillianne van den Boogaard
* Tina Bell-Kake
* Mandy Smith
* Lee Eun-Young
* Woo Hyun-Jung
* Kelli James
3 goals
* Cecilia Rognoni
* Nikki Mott
* Lucilla Wright
* Julie Deiters
* Choi Mi-Soon
2 goals
* Karina Masotta
* Claire Mitchell-Taverner
* Tang Chunling
* Juan Li
* Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
* Katrin Kauschke
* Denise Klecker
* Heike Lätzsch
* Inga Möller
* Manjinder Kaur
* Pritam Rani
* Fleur van de Kieft
* Anna Lawrence
* Robyn Matthews
* Suzie Pearce
* Susan Gilmour
* Choi Kwan-Sook
* Kim Myung-Ok
* Oh Seung-Shin
* Antoinette Lucas
1 goal
* Luciana Aymar
* Alejandra Gulla
* Gabriela Pando
* Rechelle Hawkes
* Karen Smith
* Kate Starre
* Wang Jiuyan
* Huang Junxia
* Liu Lijie
* Chen Zhaoxia
* Jane Smith
* Britta Becker
* Tanja Dickenscheid
* Cornelia Reiter
* Shashi Bala
* Surja Devi
* Sandeep Kaur
* Jyoti Sunita Kullu
* Mary Tirkey
* Ageeth Boomgaardt
* Mijntje Donners
* Ellen Kuipers
* Hanneke Smabers
* Margje Teeuwen
* Suzan van der Wielen
* Kylie Foy
* Moira Senior
* Susan Fraser
* Alison Grant
* Pauline Robertson
* Rhona Simpson
* Marilyn Agliotti
* Kerry Bee
* Sharon Cormack
* Alison Dare
* Susan Wessels
* Kim Eun-Jin
* Kim Soo-Jung
* Kate Barber
* Tracey Fuchs
* Michelle Vizzuso
Source: FIH