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Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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Women's field hockey
at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
CityLos Angeles
Dates31 July – 10 August
Teams6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)Weingart Stadium
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up West Germany
Third place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored52 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Beth Anders (8 goals)
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The women's field hockey tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics was the 2nd edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from July 31 – August 10, 1984.[1]

Six teams competed in a single round-robin tournament. The Netherlands won the tournament, finishing top of the pool at the culmination of the tournament, West Germany won the silver medal finishing second. The United States and Australia played out a penalty shoot-out for the bronze medal after finishing equal on points and goal difference in the round robin stage, which the United States won 10–5.[2]

Participating nations

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Squads

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Results

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands 5 4 1 0 14 6 +8 9
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  West Germany 5 2 2 1 9 9 0 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States (H) 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 5
4  Australia 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 5
5  Canada 5 2 1 2 9 11 −2 5
6  New Zealand 5 0 0 5 2 12 −10 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

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31 July 1984
14:30
New Zealand  1–2  Netherlands
McDonald field hockey ball 47' Report Von Weiler field hockey ball 9'
Boekhorst field hockey ball 66'
Umpires:
Jan Adams (AUS)
Mary Barr (GBR)
1 August 1984
09:45
West Germany  2–2  Australia
Koch field hockey ball 22'
Lingnau field hockey ball 25' 		Report Buchanan-Patmore field hockey ball 42'
Pisani field hockey ball 69'
Umpires:
Ruth Tong-Trachsler (SUI)
Brigitte de Vries-Scheeren (NED)
1 August 1984
17:15
United States  4–1  Canada
Anders field hockey ball 7', 18', 64'
Beglin field hockey ball 49' 		Report Stoyka field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Bärbel Aichinger (FRG)
Loekie Roeg-Rogge (NED)
2 August 1984
14:30
Australia  3–0  New Zealand
Buchanan-Patmore field hockey ball 4'
Heberle field hockey ball 7'
Sunderland field hockey ball 57' 		Report
Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
F. Westerbring (SUI)
3 August 1984
08:00
Netherlands  2–1  United States
Boekhorst field hockey ball 7'
Van Doorn field hockey ball 65' 		Report Anders field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Ruth Tong-Trachsler (SUI)
Robyn Davis (AUS)
3 August 1984
17:15
Canada  0–3  West Germany
Report Lingnau field hockey ball 7'
Appel field hockey ball 45'
Moser field hockey ball 56'
Umpires:
Christiane Asselman (BEL)
F. Westerbring (SUI)
4 August 1984
16:15
New Zealand  0–2  United States
Report Anders field hockey ball 23', 42'
Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Jan Adams (AUS)
5 August 1984
09:45
West Germany  2–6  Netherlands
Koch field hockey ball 5', 18' Report Eijsvogel field hockey ball 3'
Boekhorst field hockey ball 15', 24'
Van Doorn field hockey ball 45'
Von Weiler field hockey ball 64', 67'
Umpires:
Robyn Davis (AUS)
Christiane Asselman (BEL)
5 August 1984
17:15
Australia  1–2  Canada
Watkins field hockey ball 25' Report Branchaud field hockey ball 10'
Forshaw field hockey ball 54'
Umpires:
Mary Barr (GBR)
Bärbel Aichinger (FRG)
6 August 1984
16:45
West Germany  1–0  New Zealand
Ott field hockey ball 39' Report
Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Brigitte de Vries-Scheeren (NED)
7 August 1984
09:45
Netherlands  2–2  Canada
Von Weiler field hockey ball 15'
Willemse field hockey ball 65' 		Report Stoyka field hockey ball 37'
Forshaw field hockey ball 54'
Umpires:
Christiane Asselman (BEL)
Mary Barr (GBR)
7 August 1984
13:45
Australia  3–1  United States
Heberle field hockey ball 5', 53'
Sunderland field hockey ball 16' 		Report Anders field hockey ball 14'
Umpires:
Loekie Roeg-Rogge (NED)
Brigitte de Vries-Scheeren (NED)
9 August 1984
13:15
United States  1–1  West Germany
Anders field hockey ball 12' Report Hahn field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
F. Westerbring (SUI)
Jan Adams (AUS)
10 August 1984
09:45
Canada  4–1  New Zealand
Forshaw field hockey ball 1'
Stoyka field hockey ball 19'
Wheatley field hockey ball 21'
Branchaud field hockey ball 68' 		Report Clinton field hockey ball 65'
Umpires:
Bärbel Aichinger (GER)
Loekie Roeg-Rogge (NED)
10 August 1984
16:45
Netherlands  2–0  Australia
Von Weiler field hockey ball 39'
Boekhorst field hockey ball 67' 		Report
Umpires:
Christiane Asselman (BEL)
Ruth Tong-Trachsler (SUI)

Play–off

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  • As Australia and the United States finished on equal points, a shoot-out was contested to determine third place.
10 August 1984
19:00
Australia  shoot-out  United States
Report
Penalties
Leggatt Penalty shoot-out missed
Pisani Penalty shoot-out missed
Pearce Penalty shoot-out scored
Buchanan-Patmore Penalty shoot-out scored
Gray Penalty shoot-out missed
Leggatt Penalty shoot-out missed
Pisani Penalty shoot-out scored
Pearce Penalty shoot-out missed
Buchanan-Patmore Penalty shoot-out scored
Gray Penalty shoot-out scored 		5–10 Penalty shoot-out scored Johnson
Penalty shoot-out scored Anders
Penalty shoot-out scored Strong
Penalty shoot-out scored Larson-Mason
Penalty shoot-out scored Staver
Penalty shoot-out scored Johnson
Penalty shoot-out scored Anders
Penalty shoot-out scored Strong
Penalty shoot-out scored Larson-Mason
Penalty shoot-out scored Staver
Umpires:
Brigitte de Vries-Scheeren (NED)
Loekie Roeg-Rogge (NED)

Final standings

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  1.  Netherlands
  2.  West Germany
  3.  United States
  4.  Australia
  5.  Canada
  6.  New Zealand

Goalscorers

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There were 52 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.47 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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  1. ^ "Hockey at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984". FIH. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
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