Women's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Women's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics was a qualification tournament that determined the final three spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournament, which involved 18 teams divided into three groups, with three separate qualifying tournaments, was held in Azerbaijan, Russia and Canada, at different times in 2008. Only the following winners of each qualifying tournament earned a berth in the 2008 Summer Olympics: Spain, United States, and South Korea.

Teams

Below is a list of the 18 teams participating in this qualifying tournament:^[1]

Zone	Tournament	Qualifier(s)
Asia≤	2006 Asian Games	India South Korea Malaysia Chinese Taipei
Africa	2007 African Olympic Qualifier	Kenya
Americas	2007 Pan American Games	United States Chile Netherlands Antilles Canada Cuba
Europe	2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Spain Azerbaijan Ireland Italy Ukraine
Europe	2007 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Belarus Belgium Russia

In addition, the International Hockey Federation also named three reserve teams after two of the above teams failed to make it in this qualifying tournament (two of them already confirmed to be in the reserve list):^[2]^[3]

France (replace Chinese Taipei in Qualifying 2)
Uruguay (replace Cuba in Qualifying 3)

Squads

Qualifying 1

Qualifying 1 was held from 12 to 20 April 2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[4]

Pool

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	5	5	0	25	1	+24	15
Azerbaijan	5	4	1	23	5	+18	12
Ukraine	5	3	2	11	9	+2	9
Chile	5	2	3	10	10	0	6
Belarus	5	1	4	5	12	−7	3
Kenya	5	0	5	0	37	−37	0

Players for the Kenyan team are back in the tournament after recently withdrawing due to political turmoil in their country.^[5]^[6]

All times local (UTC+5)

12 April 2008
11:05

Spain	4–0	Belarus
Romagosa 31' Malda 36', 47' Huertas 55'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Jean Duncan (GBR)

12 April 2008
13:05

Ukraine	6–0	Kenya
Vynohradova 23', 56', 61' Salenko 33' Sadova 38' Ivakhnenko 70'

Umpires:
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

12 April 2008
16:05

Chile	1–2	Azerbaijan
D. Infante 56'		Mirzaliyeva 11' Jafarova 49'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparaguirre (ARG)
Lesley Nunn (RSA)

13 April 2008
11:35

Belarus	0–2	Ukraine
		Tahiyeva 40' Vynohradova 69'

Umpires:
Chen Hong (CHN)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

13 April 2008
14:05

Chile	0–5	Spain
		Huertas 2' Camón 25' Malda 29', 54' Romagosa 49'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Lesley Nunn (RSA)

13 April 2008
16:35

Azerbaijan	13–0	Kenya
Suleymanova 4' Nuriyeva 9' Aliyeva 14', 24', 42', 48', 68' Zeynalova 17', 53' Mirzaliyeva 18' Mammadova 43', 45', 50'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

15 April 2008
12:05

Kenya	0–5	Chile
		Villagra 8', 70' Rodriguez 54' Fernandez 62' P. Infante 66'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (GBR)
Chen Hong (CHN)

15 April 2008
14:35

Spain	3–1	Ukraine
Camón 12' Termens 52' Ybarra 65'		Tahiyeva 16'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

15 April 2008
17:05

Azerbaijan	3–0	Belarus
Mammadova 51' Zeynalova 55' Aliyeva 62'

Umpires:
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

16 April 2008
12:35

Ukraine	2–1	Chile
Vynohradova 6' Sadova 53'		D. Infante 8'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (GBR)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

16 April 2008
15:05

Belarus	4–0	Kenya
Tratsiakova 41' Laptsevich 47', 69' Piotukh 70'

Umpires:
Lesley Nunn (RSA)
Chen Hong (CHN)

16 April 2008
17:05

Spain	4–0	Azerbaijan
Muñoz 12' Huertas 20' Ybarra 24', 39'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

18 April 2008
12:05

Kenya	0–9	Spain
		Malda 2', 9', 29', 61' Camón 15', 24' Termens 25' Huertas 52', 55'

Umpires:
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Lesley Nunn (RSA)

18 April 2008
14:35

Chile	3–1	Belarus
C. Infante 25', 26' P. Infante 47'		Tratsiakova 50'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

18 April 2008
17:05

Azerbaijan	5–0	Ukraine
Mammadova 6' Jafarova 12' Mirzaliyeva 16' Suleymanova 47' Alizada 70'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Jean Duncan (GBR)

Classification

Fifth and sixth

20 April 2008
11:05

Belarus	5–0	Kenya
Zhylianina 12' Piotukh 19' Tratsiakova 37' Ambros 46' Kazachok 63'

Umpires:
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Chen Hong (CHN)

Third and fourth

20 April 2008
13:35

Ukraine	1–2	Chile
Sadova 5'		Caram 47' Denise Infante 65'

Umpires:
Lesley Nunn (RSA)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

Final

20 April 2008
16:05

Spain	3–2	Azerbaijan
Muñoz 3', 47', 67'		Mirzaliyeva 31', 60'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (GBR)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

Awards

Topscorer	Best Goalkeeper	Best Player of the Tournament
Barbara Malda	María Jesús Rosa	Inoyathon Jafarova

Qualifying 2

Qualifying 2 was held from 19 to 27 April 2008 in Kazan, Russia.^[7]

Pool

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	5	5	0	0	24	3	+21	15
Belgium	5	3	1	1	13	7	+6	10
Netherlands Antilles	5	3	0	2	10	8	+2	9
India	5	2	0	3	13	10	+3	6
Russia	5	1	1	3	7	15	−8	4
France	5	0	0	5	2	26	−24	0

All times are Russia Summer Time (UTC+4)

19 April 2008
11:00

United States	3–2	Belgium
Lingo 13' Gey 29' Loy 47'		Gierts 24' Dembour 67'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Lee Keum-Jeu (KOR)

19 April 2008
13:00

France	0–2	Netherlands Antilles
		Joosten 50' Visser 65'

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (ESP)
Dawn Henning (GBR)

19 April 2008
17:00

Russia	1–3	India
Kuzima 37'		Devi 9' Handa 48' Siwach 68'

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

20 April 2008
13:00

Belgium	5–0	France
De Vos 2' Dembour 21', 36' Vouche 49' Vervaet 66'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Michelle Joubert (RSA)

20 April 2008
15:00

India	1–2	Netherlands Antilles
Devi 43'		Visser 31' Hinskens 55'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Lee Keum-Jeu (KOR)

20 April 2008
17:00

Russia	0–7	United States
		Snow 3', 15', 41' Smith 9' Lingo 14' Loy 16' Sensenig 22'

Umpires:
Dawn Henning (GBR)
Monica Rivera (ESP)

22 April 2008
12:00

United States	7–0	France
Falgowski 27' Snow 43' Smith 46' Loy 46', 54' Leonetti 69' Dawson 70'

Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Monica Rivera (ESP)

22 April 2008
16:00

India	2–3	Belgium
Bala 13' Rani 16'		De Vos 1' Vervaet 47' Valcke 58'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

22 April 2008
18:00

Netherlands Antilles	3–1	Russia
Roels 2' Van Donk 13' Joosten 52'		Kuzmina 25'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Michelle Joubert (RSA)

24 April 2008
12:00

Belgium	3–2	Netherlands Antilles
Gierts 51', 58' Bouche 54'		Hinskens 21' Van der Stel 70'

Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

24 April 2008
16:00

United States	4–0	India
Gey 29' Doton 38' Loy 45' Lingo 48'

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Dawn Henning (GBR)

24 April 2008
18:00

France	2–5	Russia
Berly 10' Bonenfant 19'		Kuzmina 2', 27' Nikitina 9' Shentsova 37' Dudko 70'

Umpires:
Lee Keum-Jeu (KOR)
Monica Rivera (ESP)

26 April 2008
11:00

Netherlands Antilles	1–3	United States
Eigenhuis 23'		Barber 21' Sensenig 26' Snow 47'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

26 April 2008
13:00

India	7–0	France
Devi 4', 54', 70' S. Kaur 6', 44' R. Kaur 18' Handa 66'

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

26 April 2008
15:00

Russia	0–0	Belgium

Umpires:
Monica Rivera (ESP)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Classification

Fifth and sixth

27 April 2008
11:00

Russia	2–1	France
Grogorieva 28' Shentsova 55'		Berly 33'

Umpires:
Lee Keum-Jeu (KOR)
Dawn Henning (GBR)

Third and fourth

27 April 2008
13:30

Netherlands Antilles	2–1 (a.e.t.)	India
Schreuder 65' Noorlander 73'		R. Kaur 28'

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

Final

27 April 2008
16:00

United States	3–1	Belgium
Bashore 17' Snow 33' Barber 58'		Van Regemortel 26'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Awards

Best Goalkeeper	Topscorer	Best Player of the Tournament	Most Promising Young Player of the Tournament
Elizabeth Achten	Tiffany Snow	Rachel Dawson	Rani Devi

Qualifying 3

Qualifying 3 was held from 26 April to 4 May 2008 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.^[8]

Venue

University of Victoria

Pool

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	5	5	0	0	29	1	+28	15
Italy	5	3	1	1	8	6	+2	10
Ireland	5	3	0	2	7	7	0	9
Canada	5	2	0	3	7	8	−1	6
Malaysia	5	1	1	3	3	9	−6	4
Uruguay	5	0	0	5	0	23	−23	0

All times are Canada Time (UTC-7)

26 April 2008
11:30

South Korea	10–0	Uruguay
Lee Seon-Ok 9' Park Mi-Hyun 11', 33', 48' Gim Sung-Hee 21' Kim Jong-Eun 29' Cheon Seul-Ki 41', 63' Kim Jin-Kyoung 42' Eom Mi-Young 57'	Report

Umpires:
Wendy Stewart (CAN)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)

26 April 2008
14:00

Italy	2–1	Canada
Singh 50' Tiddi 63'	Report	DePape 37'

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Cecilia Valenzuela (CHI)

26 April 2008
16:30

Malaysia	0–3	Ireland
	Report	Parkhill 21' Cregan 30' McKean 40'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Miao Lin (CHN)

27 April 2008
12:00

Uruguay	0–4	Italy
	Report	Corso 37', 48', 68' Faustini 53'

Umpires:
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Miao Lin (CHN)

27 April 2008
14:30

Ireland	2–0	Canada
McKean 10' Parkhill 20'	Report

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

27 April 2008
17:00

Malaysia	0–5	South Korea
	Report	Eom Mi-Young 5' Kim Jong-Eun 20', 22' Park Mi-Hyun 48' Kim Jin-Kyoung 56'

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Cecilia Valenzuela (CHI)

29 April 2008
12:30

Ireland	1–0	Uruguay
Symmons 25'	Report

Umpires:
Wendy Stewart (CAN)
Ute Conen (GER)

29 April 2008
15:00

South Korea	5–0	Italy
Kim Jong-Eun 1', 51' Park Mi-Hyun 38', 45' Cheon Seul-Ki 64'	Report

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

29 April 2008
17:30

Canada	1–0	Malaysia
K. Rushton 37'	Report

Umpires:
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

1 May 2008
12:30

South Korea	5–1	Ireland
Kim Mi-Seon 14' Seo Hye-Jin 21', 55' Kim Jung-Hee 29' Eom Mi-Young 60'	Report	Symmons 11'

Umpires:
Wendy Stewart (CAN)
Stella Bartlema (NED)

1 May 2008
15:00

Italy	0–0	Malaysia
	Report

Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

1 May 2008
17:30

Uruguay	0–5	Canada
	Report	Hume 4' DePape 15' Michaluk 17', 46' K. Rushton 23'

Umpires:
Cecilia Valenzuela (CHI)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)

3 May 2008
11:30

Malaysia	3–0	Uruguay
Abdul Rahman 38', 44' Asrin 68'	Report

Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Cecilia Valenzuela (CHI)

3 May 2008
14:00

Canada	0–4	South Korea
	Report	Kim Da-Rae 16', 44' Cheon Seul-Ki 35' Gim Sung-Hee 55'

Umpires:
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Ute Conen (GER)

3 May 2008
16:30

Ireland	0–2	Italy
	Report	Tiddi 56' Faustini 62'

Umpires:
Wendy Stewart (CAN)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

Classification

Fifth and sixth

4 May 2008
11:00

Malaysia	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay
Abdul Rahman 25' Hashim 62'	Report	Bessio 59' Algorta 69'
Penalties
Kari Abdul Rahman Mohamad Din Md Mokhtar Ismail	3–2	Bessio Casabo Sanguinetti Algorta Cristiani

Umpires:
Wendy Stewart (CAN)
Stella Bartlema (NED)

Third and fourth

4 May 2008
13:30

Ireland	2–1	Canada
McDonough 6' McKean 26'	Report	Jameson 35+'

Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

Final

4 May 2008
16:00

South Korea	5–0	Italy
Park Mi-Hyun 4' Lee Seon-Ok 10' Seo Hye-Jin 11' Gim Sung-Hee 16' Kim Jong-Eun 23'	Report

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Ute Conen (GER)

Awards

Best Player	Best Goalkeeper	Topscorer	Fair Play Trophy
Park Mi-Hyun	Sarah Forbes	Park Mi-Hyun	Italy

References

External links

[1] Allocation of Teams for Olympic Qualification Tournaments

[2] FIH nominates reserve countries for WorldHockey Olympic Qualifiers

[3] Allocation of Teams For Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, 2008

[4] WorldHockey Olympic Qualifier, Women, Baku (AZE) – 12/20 April 2008

[5] Kenya women withdraw from Olympic Qualifier

[6] Kenya women's team back in Olympic Qualifier

[7] WorldHockey Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Women, 19/27 April 2008, Kazan (Russia)

[8] WorldHockey Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Women, 26 April/4 May 2008, Victoria (Canada)

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