# 2000 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The 2000 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier was the fourth time a qualification tournament was held for the Olympic Games. The tournament was held in Milton Keynes, England, from 24 March to 2 April.
The top five placed teams from the tournament qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

## Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:
* Michelle Arnold (AUS)
* Jane Buchanan (RSA)
* Renée Chatas (USA)
* Ute Conen (GER)
* Renée Cohen (NED)
* Ute Conen (GER)
* Lyn Farrell (NZL)
* Miriam van Gemert (NED)
* Angela Larío (ESP)
* Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
* Jane Nockolds (ENG)
* Mary Power (IRE)
* Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
* Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
* Jun Zhang (CHN)

## Squads

Head coach: Kim Changbak
* Nie Yali (GK)
* Long Fengyu (C)
* Yang Hongbing
* Liu Lijie
* Cheng Hui
* Shen Lihong
* Huang Junxia
* Yang Huiping
* Yu Yali
* Tang Chunling
* Zhou Wanfeng
* Hu Xiaolan
* Ding Hongping
* Cai Xuemei
* Chen Zhaoxia
* Chen Qiuqi
* Wang Jiuyan
* Li Juan (GK)
Head coach: Berti Rauth
* Julia Zwehl (GK)
* Birgit Beyer (GK)
* Denise Klecker
* Tanja Dickenscheid
* Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
* Inga Möller
* Natascha Keller
* Melanie Cremer
* Friederike Barth
* Cornelia Reiter
* Britta Becker
* Marion Rodewald
* Heike Lätzsch
* Katrin Kauschke (C)
* Simone Grässer
* Fanny Rinne
* Caroline Casaretto
* Franziska Gude
Head coach: Jon Royce
* Carolyn Reid (GK)
* Hilary Rose (GK)
* Kirsty Bowden
* Jane Smith
* Susan Chandler (C)
* Melanie Clewlow
* Tina Cullen
* Kathryn Johnson
* Mandy Nicholson
* Jane Sixsmith
* Purdy Miller
* Denise Marston-Smith
* Helen Richardson
* Fiona Greenham
* Janet Jack
* Kate Walsh
* Sarah Blanks
* Lucilla Wright
Head coach: Jon Royce
Head coach: Jon Royce
Head coach: Jon Royce
Head coach: Jon Royce
Head coach: Jon Royce
Head coach: Jon Royce
Head coach: Jon Royce

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 10 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 8 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | United States | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Ireland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 5 | India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | |
* 24 March 2000 12:05
| India | 1–3 | Spain |
| Mamta 70' | Report | Barrio 24', 62' De Ignacio-Simo 34' |
* Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
* 24 March 2000 14:05
| Germany | 4–1 | United States |
| Möller 15' Reiter 42' Keller 62' Ernsting-Krienke 65' | Report | Vizzuso 9' |
* Umpires: Michelle Arnold (AUS) Renée Cohen (NED)
* 25 March 2000 12:05
| Ireland | 1–0 | India |
| Kohler 28' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jean Buchanan (RSA) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
* 25 March 2000 14:05
| Spain | 1–1 | Germany |
| Camón 11' | Report | Keller 59' |
* Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Gillian Clarke (GBR)
* 26 March 2000 14:05
| United States | 1–1 | Ireland |
| Werley 4' | Report | Mills 69' |
* 27 March 2000 14:05
| India | 0–4 | Germany |
| | Report | Becker 39' Ernsting-Krienke 47' Kauschke 56', 66' |
* Umpires: Jun Zhang (CHN) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
* 28 March 2000 12:05
| Spain | 2–2 | United States |
| De Ignacio-Simo 53' Tellería 65' | Report | Race 38' Werley 69' |
* Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
* 28 March 2000 14:05
| Germany | 2–1 | Ireland |
| Becker 7', 46' | Report | O'Brien 31' |
* Umpires: Jane Buchanan (RSA) Janice McDonald (SCO)
* 29 March 2000 12:05
| United States | 2–1 | India |
| Werley 48' Fuchs 66' | Report | Jyoti 31' |
* Umpires: Jun Zhang (CHN) Miriam van Gemert (NED)
* 29 March 2000 14:05
| Ireland | 0–2 | Spain |
| | Report | Camón 39' Goikoetxea 48' |
* Umpires: Jane Nockolds (ENG) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Britain (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | China | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Russia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 | |
* 24 March 2000 16:05
| Russia | 1–3 | China |
| Ioudovskaia 39' | Report | Long 28' Yang 58' Wang 60' |
* Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Jane Buchanan (RSA)
* 24 March 2000 18:05
| New Zealand | 0–4 | Japan |
| | Report | Iwao 9' Saito 31' Kato 34' K. Chiba 54' |
* Umpires: Angela Larío (ESP) Mary Power (IRE)
* 25 March 2000 16:05
| Great Britain | 5–0 | Russia |
| Sixsmith 2' Wright 11', 26' Cullen 12' Marston-Smith 63' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jun Zhang (CHN) Renée Chatas (USA)
* 25 March 2000 18:05
| China | 0–0 | New Zealand |
| | Report | |
* 26 March 2000 16:05
| Japan | 1–2 | Great Britain |
| Kato 25' | Report | Greenham 21' Cullen 27' |
* Umpires: Mary Power (IRE) Ute Conen (GER)
* 27 March 2000 15:15
| Russia | 0–8 | New Zealand |
| | Report | Smith 4', 21', 31' Foy 7', 50', 62' Pearce 40' Lawrence 42' |
* Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
* 28 March 2000 16:05
| China | 1–0 | Japan |
| Shen 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Michelle Arnold (AUS) Renée Chatas (USA)
* 28 March 2000 18:05
| New Zealand | 1–0 | Great Britain |
| Smith 33' | Report | |
* Umpires: Angela Larío (ESP) Mary Power (IRE)
* 29 March 2000 16:05
| Japan | 2–1 | Russia |
| Iwao 10' Matsui 61' | Report | Sviridova 36' |
* 29 March 2000 18:05
| Great Britain | 1–0 | China |
| Sixsmith 42' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jane Buchanan (RSA) Ute Conen (GER)

### Classification round
#### Ninth and tenth place

* 1 April 2000 10:05
| India | 1–2 | Russia |
| Mamta 17' | Report | Sviridova 2' Ioudovskaia 45' |
* Umpires: Mary Power (IRE) Janice McDonald (SCO)

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 31 March 2000 | 31 March 2000 |
| United States | 2 |
| United States | 2 | 1 April 2000 | 1 April 2000 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 April 2000 | 1 April 2000 |
| Japan | 0 | United States | 0 |
| 31 March 2000 | 31 March 2000 | | United States | 0 |
| 31 March 2000 | 31 March 2000 | China | 2 |
| China | 1 | China | 2 |
| Ireland | 0 | | |
| Ireland | 0 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 1 April 2000 | 1 April 2000 |
| | | Japan | 3 |
| | | Ireland | 0 |

##### Crossover

* 31 March 2000 10:05
| United States | 2–0 | Japan |
| Fillat 34' James 41' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Michelle Arnold (AUS)
* 31 March 2000 12:35
| China | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Ireland |
| Yang 84' | Report | |
* Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 1 April 2000 12:45
| Japan | 3–0 | Ireland |
| Morimoto 13' Tsukui 24' Miura 64' | Report | |
* Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Jun Zhang (CHN)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 1 April 2000 15:15
| United States | 0–2 | China |
| | Report | Yang 6' Chen Z. 11' |
* Umpires: Michelle Arnold (AUS) Jane Buchanan (RSA)

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 31 March 2000 | 31 March 2000 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | 2 April 2000 | 2 April 2000 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 2 April 2000 | 2 April 2000 |
| New Zealand | 2 | New Zealand | 1 |
| 31 March 2000 | 31 March 2000 | | New Zealand | 1 |
| 31 March 2000 | 31 March 2000 | Great Britain | 0 |
| Great Britain | 2 | Great Britain | 0 |
| Spain | 1 | | |
| Spain | 1 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 2 April 2000 | 2 April 2000 |
| | | Germany | 1 |
| | | Spain | 0 |

##### Semi-finals

* 31 March 2000 15:05
| Germany | 1–2 | New Zealand |
| Klecker 10' | Report | Pearce 31' Trolove 55' |
* Umpires: Jane Nockolds (ENG) Angela Larío (ESP)
* 31 March 2000 17:35
| Great Britain | 2–1 | Spain |
| Wright 15' Marston-Smith 28' | Report | Moreno 44' |
* Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

##### Third and fourth place

* 2 April 2000 12:35
| Germany | 1–0 | Spain |
| Klecker 69' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)

##### Final

* 2 April 2000 15:05
| New Zealand | 1–0 | Great Britain |
| Pearce 25' | Report | |
* Umpires: Michelle Arnold (AUS) Ute Conen (GER)

## 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 |
| | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Qualified for 2000 Summer Olympics |
| | Great Britain (H) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 12 | Qualified for 2000 Summer Olympics |
| | Germany | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 13 | Qualified for 2000 Summer Olympics |
| 4 | Spain | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 | Qualified for 2000 Summer Olympics |
| 5 | China | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 13 | Qualified for 2000 Summer Olympics |
| 6 | United States | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | |
| 7 | Japan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | |
| 8 | Ireland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | |
| 9 | Russia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 3 | |
| 10 | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 79 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 2.72 goals per match.
4 goals
* Amanda Smith
3 goals
* Yang Huiping
* Britta Becker
* Lucilla Wright
* Kylie Foy
* Suzanne Pearce
* Cindy Werley
2 goals
* Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
* Katrin Kauschke
* Natascha Keller
* Denise Klecker
* Tina Cullen
* Denise Marston-Smith
* Jane Sixsmith
* Mamta Kharab
* Sachimi Iwao
* Akemi Kato
* Tatiana Ioudovskaia
* Irina Sviridova
* Sonia Barrio
* Núria Camón
* Sonia de Ignacio-Simó
1 goal
* Long Fengyu
* Wang Jiuyan
* Shen Lihong
* Chen Zhaoxia
* Inga Möller
* Cornelia Reiter
* Fiona Greenham
* Jyoti Sunita Kullu
* Rachael Kohler
* Kim Mills
* Karen O'Brien
* Kaori Chiba
* Aki Matsui
* Keiko Miura
* Sakae Morimoto
* Naoko Saito
* Toshie Tsukui
* Anna Lawrence
* Kate Trolove
* Erdoitza Goikoetxea
* Núria Moreno
* Maider Tellería
* Kris Fillat
* Tracey Fuchs
* Kelli James
* Eleanor Race
* Michelle Vizzuso