# 2003 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge

The 2003 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge is the second tournament of the field hockey championship for women. It was held in Catania, on the island of Sicily in Italy from July 5–13, 2003.

## Squads

Head Coach: Peter Lemmen
* Yvonne Frank (GK)
* Julia Zwehl (GK)
* Denise Klecker
* Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
* Anneke Böhmert
* Natascha Keller
* Melanie Cremer
* Friederike Barth
* Silke Müller
* Cornelia Reiter
* Caroline Casaretto
* Marion Rodewald (C)
* Fanny Rinne
* Anke Kühn
* Alexandra Kollmar
* Badri Latif
* Kerstin Hoyer
* Franziska Gude
Head Coach: Picco Roberto
* Roberta Lilliu (GK)
* Stella Girotti
* Enrica Tagliasacchi
* Claudia Torretta
* Victoria Corso
* Lila Grasso
* Giorgia Carradori
* Sonia Scalia
* Francesca Faustini
* Laura Garcia
* Alessandra Filippi
* Anna Russo (GK)
* Tatiana Nicoletti
* Silvia Previgliano
* Maltilde Canavosio
* Dolores Miranda
* Roberta Marrocu
* Daniela Possali
Head Coach: Tsuda Toshiro
* Rie Terazono (GK)
* Keiko Miura (C)
* Akemi Kato
* Yukari Yamamoto
* Sachimi Iwao
* Chie Kimura
* Yuka Ogura
* Sakae Morimoto
* Naoko Saito
* Kayo Soga
* Nami Miyazaki (GK)
* Erika Esaki
* Asuka Chiba
* Tomomi Komori
* Rika Komazawa
* Rika Ishida
* Yuko Kitano
* Emi Sakurai
Head Coach: Ian Rutledge
* Kayla Sharland
* Nikki Grimwood
* Paula Enoka
* Jan Rowsell
* Rachel Sutherland
* Meredith Orr
* Jaimee Provan
* Karen McMillan
* Jo Galletly
* Suzie Pearce (C)
* Helen Clarke (GK)
* Diana Weavers
* Melody Rowe
* Amanda Christie
* Niniwa Roberts
* Tara Drysdale
* Anita Wawatai (GK)
* Karen Syddall
Head Coach: Jack Holtman
* María Jesús Rosa (GK)
* Silvia Manrique
* Olalla Piñeiro
* Mónica Rueda
* Silvia Bonastre
* María del Carmen Martín
* Marta Prat
* Silvia Muñoz
* Lucía López
* María del Mar Feito
* Maider Tellería
* Rocío Ybarra
* Erdoitza Goikoetxea
* Núria Camón
* Ana Pérez
* Isabel Barguño (GK)
* Raquel Huertas
* Esther Termens
Head Coach: Beth Anders
* Tamika Smith
* Kristen McCann
* Margaret Storrar (GK)
* Tara Jelley
* Robyn Kenney
* Tracey Larson
* Kelli Gannon
* Tracey Fuchs
* Katie Beach (C)
* Dina Rizzo
* Keli Smith
* Jill Reeve
* Carrie Lingo
* Abbey Woolley
* Natalie Dawson
* Kate Barber
* Amy Tran (GK)
* Jessica Coleman

## Umpires

Below is the eight umpires appointed by International Hockey Federation (FIH):
* Corrine Cormelius (RSA)
* Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* Jean Duncan (SCO)
* Jun Zhang Kentwell (USA)
* Petra Müller (GER)
* Jane Nockolds (ENG)
* Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
* Cristina Tonetta (ITA)

## Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

### Pool matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 13 | Final |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 | Final |
| 3 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 10 | |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 | United States | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 3 | |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 0 | |

#### Fixtures

* 5 July 2003 17:00
| Japan | 2–1 | New Zealand |
| Iwao 39' Komori 43' | Report | Roberts 60' |
* Umpires: Jean Duncan (SCO) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* 5 July 2003 19:00
| United States | 1–2 | Spain |
| Reeve 58' | Report | Camón 7' Muñoz 17' |
* Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Petra Müller (GER)
* 5 July 2003 21:00
| Italy | 0–5 | Germany |
| | Report | Böhmert 4', 70' Barth 21' Ernsting-Krienke 40' Hoyer 63' |
* Umpires: Jane Nockolds (ENG) Jun Kentwell (USA)
* 6 July 2003 17:00
| New Zealand | 2–0 | United States |
| Roberts 36', 39' | Report | |
* Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Corrine Cornelius (RSA)
* 6 July 2003 19:00
| Germany | 3–2 | Japan |
| Reiter 16' Rinne 44' Müller 69' | Report | Miura 38' Komazawa 40' |
* Umpires: Cristina Tonetta (ITA) Jane Nockolds (ENG)
* 6 July 2003 21:00
| Spain | 3–0 | Italy |
| Goikoetxea 10' Huertas 23' Camón 51' | Report | |
* Umpires: Petra Müller (GER) Jean Duncan (SCO)
* 8 July 2003 19:00
| Japan | 1–1 | Spain |
| Miura 68' | Report | Huertas 65' |
* Umpires: Jun Kentwell (USA) Petra Müller (GER)
* 8 July 2003 21:00
| Italy | 3–4 | United States |
| Miranda 5' García 18' Filippí 30' | Report | Larson 2' Fuchs 7', 33' Barber 20' |
* Umpires: Corrine Cornelius (RSA) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* 9 July 2003 19:00
| United States | 1–2 | Germany |
| Barber 13' | Report | Ernsting-Krienke 26' Reiter 70' |
* Umpires: Jane Nockolds (ENG) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
* 9 July 2003 21:00
| Spain | 1–0 | New Zealand |
| Pérez 5' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jean Duncan (SCO) Cristina Tonetta (ITA)
* 10 July 2003 19:00
| New Zealand | 0–2 | Germany |
| | Report | Böhmert 20' Keller 29' |
* Umpires: Jun Kentwell (USA) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* 10 July 2003 21:00
| Japan | 7–0 | Italy |
| Saito 8', 53' Komori 21', 68' Morimoto 57' Komazawa 58', 62' | Report | |
* Umpires: Corrine Cornelius (RSA) Jean Duncan (SCO)
* 12 July 2003 15:00
| Germany | 1–1 | Spain |
| Kollmar 39' | Report | Goikoetxea 7' |
* Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Jun Kentwell (USA)
* 12 July 2003 17:00
| United States | 3–4 | Japan |
| Jelley 9' Smith 14' Barber 16' | Report | Miura 2', 39' Morimoto 10' Komori 22' |
* Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Cristina Tonetta (ITA)
* 12 July 2003 19:00
| Italy | 0–2 | New Zealand |
| | Report | Roberts 39' Sharland 57' |
* Umpires: Petra Müller (GER) Jane Nockolds (ENG)

### Classification matches
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 13 July 2003 16:00
| United States | 4–1 | Italy |
| Barber 14', 32' Gannon 50', 65' | Report | Miranda 17' |
* Umpires: Jane Nockolds (ENG) Corrine Cornelius (RSA)

#### Third and fourth place

* 13 July 2003 18:30
| Japan | 2–1 | New Zealand |
| Morimoto 2' Komori 16' | Report | Roberts 34' |
* Umpires: Jun Kentwell (USA) Cristina Tonetta (ITA)

#### Final

* 13 July 2003 21:00
| Germany | 3–1 | Spain |
| Klecker 10' Ernsting-Krienke 62', 70' | Report | Camón 37' |
* Umpires: Jean Duncan (SCO) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorers | Goalkeeper of the Tournament |
| Denise Klecker | Three players (see list below) | Margaret Storrar |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | Germany | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 16 | Qualified for FIH Champions Trophy |
| | Spain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | |
| | Japan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 13 | |
| 4 | New Zealand | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | |
| 5 | United States | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 6 | |
| 6 | Italy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 0 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 66 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.
5 goals
* Tomomi Komori
* Niniwa Roberts
* Kate Barber
4 goals
* Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
* Keiko Miura
3 goals
* Anneke Böhmert
* Sakae Morimoto
* Rika Komazawa
* Núria Camón
2 goals
* Cornelia Reiter
* Dolores Miranda
* Naoko Saito
* Erdoitza Goikoetxea
* Raquel Huertas
* Tracey Fuchs
* Kelli Gannon
1 goal
* Friederike Barth
* Kerstin Hoyer
* Natascha Keller
* Denise Klecker
* Alexandra Kollmar
* Silke Müller
* Fanny Rinne
* Alessandra Filippí
* Laura García
* Sachimi Iwao
* Kayla Sharland
* Silvia Muñoz
* Ana Pérez
* Tara Jelley
* Tracey Larson
* Jill Reeve
* Keli Smith