1998 Women's Hockey World Cup

1998 Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Dates	20–31 May
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Galgenwaard Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	184 (4.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alyson Annan (8 goals)
Best player	Alyson Annan
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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.^[1]^[2]

Qualification

Squads

Umpires

Jean Buchanan (RSA)
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Renée Chatas (USA)
Gill Clarke (ENG)
Renée Cohen (NED)
Ute Conen (GER)
Laura Crespo (ARG)
Lyn Farrell (NZL)

Hu Youfang (CHN)
Noami Kato (JPN)
Angela Lario (ESP)
Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
Jane Nockolds (ENG)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Miriam van Gemert (NED)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Results

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	26	4	+22	15	Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	4	1	13	8	+5	12	Semi-finals
3	South Africa	5	2	3	11	14	−3	6
4	United States	5	2	3	9	14	−5	6
5	Scotland	5	2	3	6	11	−5	6
6	China	5	0	5	4	18	−14	0

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

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

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

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		Ninth place

29 May 1998

Scotland	5
		30 May 1998
India	3
		Scotland	0
29 May 1998
		England	2
China	0

England	3
		Eleventh place

		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		Fifth place

29 May 1998

United States	0
		30 May 1998
South Korea	2
		South Korea	4
29 May 1998
		New Zealand	3
South Africa	1

New Zealand	3
		Seventh place

		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		Final

29 May 1998

Australia	4
		31 May 1998
Argentina	2
		Australia	3
29 May 1998
		Netherlands	2
Germany	1

Netherlands	6
		Third place

		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
7	A	South Africa	7	2	1	4	12	17	−5	7
8	A	United States	7	2	1	4	9	16	−7	7
9	B	England	7	3	0	4	13	12	+1	9
10	A	Scotland	7	3	0	4	11	16	−5	9
11	A	China	7	1	0	6	8	23	−15	3
12	B	India	7	0	0	7	9	23	−14	0

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 184 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 4.38 goals per match.

8 goals

Alyson Annan

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

^ "Sydney Friskin. "Holland home in on another world title." Times [London, England] 1 June 1998". The Times.
^ "Field Hockey / World Cup". All competitions.com.
^ ^a ^b Regulations

External links

Official FIH website

[1] "Sydney Friskin. "Holland home in on another world title." Times [London, England] 1 June 1998". The Times.

[2] "Field Hockey / World Cup". All competitions.com.

[Regulations-3] Regulations

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