# 1991 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The 1991 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier was held in Auckland, New Zealand with twelve teams took part in the competition.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 8 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 5 | France | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 6 | United States | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | |
* 12 October 1991
| Germany | 4–0 | United States |
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* 12 October 1991
| New Zealand | 1–0 | Japan |
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* 12 October 1991
| France | 0–1 | South Korea |
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* 13 October 1991
| South Korea | 0–1 | Germany |
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* 13 October 1991
| New Zealand | 2–0 | France |
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* 13 October 1991
| United States | 0–2 | Japan |
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* 16 October 1991
| Germany | 2–1 | New Zealand |
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* 16 October 1991
| Japan | 1–2 | France |
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* 16 October 1991
| United States | 1–3 | South Korea |
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* 18 October 1991
| Germany | 3–1 | France |
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* 18 October 1991
| New Zealand | 2–0 | United States |
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* 18 October 1991
| South Korea | 3–1 | Japan |
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* 20 October 1991
| South Korea | 2–4 | New Zealand |
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* 20 October 1991
| France | 2–2 | United States |
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* 20 October 1991
| Japan | 3–0 | Germany |
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#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | |
| 5 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 | |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 1 | |
* 12 October 1991
| China | 1–2 | Canada |
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* 12 October 1991
| Great Britain | 5–0 | Italy |
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* 12 October 1991
| Argentina | 2–0 | Ireland |
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* 13 October 1991
| China | 4–2 | Italy |
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* 13 October 1991
| Great Britain | 0–2 | Argentina |
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* 13 October 1991
| Canada | 3–2 | Ireland |
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* 15 October 1991
| Italy | 2–2 | Canada |
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* 15 October 1991
| Argentina | 0–1 | China |
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* 15 October 1991
| Ireland | 0–3 | Great Britain |
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* 18 October 1991
| Italy | 0–5 | Argentina |
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* 18 October 1991
| Canada | 0–1 | Great Britain |
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* 18 October 1991
| China | 2–1 | Ireland |
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* 20 October 1991
| Great Britain | 0–0 | China |
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* 20 October 1991
| Canada | 2–0 | Argentina |
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* 20 October 1991
| Ireland | 2–1 | Italy |
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### Classification round
#### Ninth to twelfth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 23 October 1991 | 23 October 1991 |
| France | 3 |
| France | 3 | 24 October 1991 | 24 October 1991 |
| Italy | 1 | 24 October 1991 | 24 October 1991 |
| Italy | 1 | France | 1 |
| 23 October 1991 | 23 October 1991 | | France | 1 |
| 23 October 1991 | 23 October 1991 | United States | 6 |
| Ireland | – | United States | 6 |
| United States | – | | |
| United States | – | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 24 October 1991 | 24 October 1991 |
| | | Italy | 1 |
| | | Ireland | 3 |

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 22 October 1991 | 22 October 1991 |
| South Korea | 4 |
| South Korea | 4 | 24 October 1991 | 24 October 1991 |
| Argentina | 0 | 24 October 1991 | 24 October 1991 |
| Argentina | 0 | South Korea | 3 |
| 22 October 1991 | 22 October 1991 | | South Korea | 3 |
| 22 October 1991 | 22 October 1991 | Japan | 0 |
| China | 0 | Japan | 0 |
| Japan | 1 | | |
| Japan | 1 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 24 October 1991 | 24 October 1991 |
| | | Argentina | 1 (1) |
| | | China (pen.) | 1 (3) |

#### First to fourth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 23 October 1991 | 23 October 1991 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 26 October 1991 | 26 October 1991 |
| Canada | 0 | 26 October 1991 | 26 October 1991 |
| Canada | 0 | New Zealand | 1 (2) |
| 23 October 1991 | 23 October 1991 | | New Zealand | 1 (2) |
| 23 October 1991 | 23 October 1991 | Germany (pen.) | 1 (5) |
| Great Britain | 1 | Germany (pen.) | 1 (5) |
| Germany | 3 | | |
| Germany | 3 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 26 October 1991 | 26 October 1991 |
| | | Canada | 3 |
| | | Great Britain | 1 |

## Final standings

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 | Status |
| | Germany | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Qualified for 1992 Summer Olympics |
| | New Zealand (H) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 11 | Qualified for 1992 Summer Olympics |
| | Canada | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | Qualified for 1992 Summer Olympics |
| 4 | Great Britain | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 7 | Qualified for 1992 Summer Olympics |
| 5 | South Korea | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 10 | Qualified for 1992 Summer Olympics |
| 6 | Japan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |
| 7 | China | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 | |
| 8 | Argentina | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 | |
| 9 | United States | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 5 | |
| 10 | France | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 5 | |
| 11 | Ireland | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | |
| 12 | Italy | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 1 | |