Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's field hockey
at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Dates	6–19 August 2016
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Olympic Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Great Britain (1st title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	129 (3.39 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alex Danson; Maartje Paumen; Katie Bam (5 goals)
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The women's field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the tenth edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympics. It took place over a fourteen-day period beginning on 6 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 19 August. All games were played at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Great Britain won the gold medal for the first time after defeating defending champions the Netherlands 2–0 on a penalty shoot-out after a 3–3 draw.^[1] Germany won the bronze medal by defeating New Zealand 2–1.^[2]

The medals for the tournament were presented by Barry Maister, New Zealand; Camiel Eurlings, Netherlands; and Nicole Hoevertsz, Aruba; members of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Pam Elgar and Marijke Fleuren, executive board members of the International Hockey Federation and Leandro Negre, president of the International Hockey Federation.

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the women's tournament was unveiled on 27 April 2016.^[3]^[4]

G	Group stage	¼	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Final

Sat 6	Sun 7	Mon 8	Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16	Wed 17	Thu 18	Fri 19
G	G	G		G	G	G	G		¼		½		B	F

Competition format

The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two groups of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their group. Following the completion of the round-robin stage, the top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five confederations receive an automatic berth. The host nation didn't qualify as they didn't place higher than fortieth in the FIH World Rankings by the end of 2014 nor finished no worse than seventh at the 2015 Pan American Games (they didn't even qualify for that tournament). This restriction was decided between the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to the standard of field hockey in Brazil. In addition to the seven highest placed teams at the Semifinals of the 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League not already qualified, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, will compete in this tournament.^[5]

Date	Event	Location	Qualifier
20 September – 2 October 2014	2014 Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	South Korea
10–21 June 2015	2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals	Valencia, Spain	China
			Germany
			Argentina
			Spain^[a]
20 June – 5 July 2015		Antwerp, Belgium	Netherlands
			New Zealand
			India
			Japan
13–24 July 2015	2015 Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	United States
22–30 August 2015	2015 EuroHockey Nations Championship	London, England	Great Britain^[b]
21–25 October 2015	2015 Oceania Cup	Stratford, New Zealand	Australia
23 October – 1 November 2015	2015 African Qualifying Tournament	Randburg, South Africa	—^[a]
Total			12

^ ^a ^b South Africa won the continental qualifier however the team did not participate in the 2016 Olympics. South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and South African Hockey Association (SAHA) made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the Continental Qualification route would not be considered.^[6]^[7] As a result, Spain, as the highest-ranked team from the 2014–15 Hockey World League Semifinals not already qualified, participated instead.^[8]^[9]
^ Competed as England

Squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	13	1	+12	13	Quarter-finals
2	New Zealand	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	10
3	Germany	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	6	12	−6	6
5	China	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2	5
6	South Korea	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1

Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.^[10]

7 August 2016
10:00

New Zealand	4–1	South Korea
Pearce 10' Harrison 19' Flynn 21' Webster 34'	Report	Kim H. 55'

Umpires:
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Chieko Soma (JPN)

7 August 2016
12:30

Netherlands	5–0	Spain
Welten 12' Leurink 16' Keetels 19' Paumen 23', 49'	Report

Umpires:
Amy Baxter (USA)
Amber Church (NZL)

7 August 2016
13:30

China	1–1	Germany
Peng 28'	Report	Hahn 5'

Umpires:
Melissa Trivic (AUS)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)

8 August 2016
13:30

New Zealand	1–2	Germany
Webster 10'	Report	Oldhafer 22' Schröder 44'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguiree (ARG)
Miao Lin (CHN)

8 August 2016
17:00

Netherlands	4–0	South Korea
Jonker 9', 30', 42' Dirkse van den Heuvel 46'	Report

Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)

8 August 2016
19:30

Spain	0–2	China
	Report	Zhao 8' Peng 25'

Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Michelle Meister (GER)

10 August 2016
10:00

Spain	1–2	New Zealand
Petchame 60'	Report	Smith 22', 51'

Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

10 August 2016
12:30

Germany	2–0	South Korea
Krüger 55' Hahn 59'	Report

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Kylie Seymour (AUS)

10 August 2016
18:00

China	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Van Male 59'

Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

11 August 2016
17:00

Germany	1–2	Spain
Schütze 21'	Report	Guinea 9' Salvatella 11'

Umpires:
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Miao Lin (CHN)

12 August 2016
10:00

South Korea	0–0	China
	Report

Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

12 August 2016
11:00

New Zealand	1–1	Netherlands
Whitelock 59'	Report	Paumen 28'

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

13 August 2016
12:30

Netherlands	2–0	Germany
De Waard 5' Van Male 44'	Report

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Melissa Trivic (AUS)

13 August 2016
17:00

South Korea	2–3	Spain
Cheon 18' Kim 55'	Report	Garcia 39' Riera 41' Comerma 48'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

13 August 2016
20:30

China	0–3	New Zealand
	Report	Merry 21' Flynn 41' McLaren 42'

Umpires:
Amy Baxter (USA)
Kylie Seymour (AUS)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	5	5	0	0	12	4	+8	15	Quarter-finals
2	United States	5	4	0	1	14	5	+9	12
3	Australia	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	9
4	Argentina	5	2	0	3	12	6	+6	6
5	Japan	5	0	1	4	3	16	−13	1
6	India	5	0	1	4	3	19	−16	1

Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.^[11]

6 August 2016
17:00

Argentina	1–2	United States
Merino 56'	Report	K. Reinprecht 35' Kasold 50'

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Michelle Meister (GER)

6 August 2016
20:30

Great Britain	2–1	Australia
Owsley 26' Danson 43'	Report	Morgan 33'

Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)

7 August 2016
11:00

Japan	2–2	India
Nishikori 15' Nakashima 28'	Report	Rani 31' Minz 40'

Umpires:
Kylie Seymour (AUS)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)

8 August 2016
10:00

Australia	1–2	United States
Slattery 43'	Report	Vittese 25' Van Sickle 41'

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

8 August 2016
18:00

India	0–3	Great Britain
	Report	Ansley 25' White 27' Danson 33'

Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Amy Baxter (USA)

8 August 2016
20:30

Argentina	4–0	Japan
Barrionuevo 13', 18' Rebecchi 48' Granatto 50'	Report

Umpires:
Melissa Trivic (AUS)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

10 August 2016
11:00

India	1–6	Australia
Thokchom 60'	Report	Slattery 5' Morgan 9' Claxton 35' Parker 36' Kenny 43', 46'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguiree (ARG)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)

10 August 2016
13:30

Great Britain	3–2	Argentina
H. Richardson-Walsh 23', 25' Bray 38'	Report	F. Habif 41', 42'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Miao Lin (CHN)

10 August 2016
17:00

United States	6–1	Japan
González 1' Bam 5', 52', 60' Reinprecht 29' Witmer 37'	Report	Nakashima 47'

Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

11 August 2016
18:00

Australia	1–0	Argentina
Smith 33'	Report

Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Amy Baxter (USA)

11 August 2016
19:30

United States	3–0	India
Bam 14', 42' González 52'	Report

Umpires:
Melissa Trivic (AUS)
Chieko Soma (JPN)

11 August 2016
20:30

Japan	0–2	Great Britain
	Report	Owsley 5' White 55'

Umpires:
Kylie Seymour (AUS)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

13 August 2016
10:00

Argentina	5–0	India
Cavallero 16', 29' Granatto 23' Rebecchi 26' Albertarrio 27'	Report

Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)

13 August 2016
18:00

Great Britain	2–1	United States
Bray 53' Danson 56'	Report	Vittese 39'

Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)

13 August 2016
19:30

Australia	2–0	Japan
Williams 17' Smith 55'	Report

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Gold medal match

15 August

Netherlands	3
		17 August
Argentina	2
		Netherlands (p.s.o.)	1 (4)
15 August
		Germany	1 (3)
United States	1
				19 August
Germany	2
				Netherlands	3 (0)
15 August
				Great Britain (p.s.o.)	3 (2)
New Zealand	4
		17 August
Australia	2
		New Zealand	0
15 August
		Great Britain	3	Bronze medal match
Great Britain	3
				19 August
Spain	1
				Germany	2

				New Zealand	1

Quarter-finals

15 August 2016
10:00

New Zealand	4–2	Australia
McLaren 7' Smith 24' Flynn 39' Merry 44'	Report	Slattery 33', 59'

Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)

15 August 2016
12:30

United States	1–2	Germany
Falgowski 57'	Report	Mävers 8' Hahn 14'

Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Miao Lin (CHN)

15 August 2016
18:00

Great Britain	3–1	Spain
Twigg 8' H. Richardson-Walsh 13' Owsley 27'	Report	Oliva 53'

Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Melissa Trivic (AUS)

15 August 2016
20:30

Netherlands	3–2	Argentina
Welten 5' Leurink 25' Jonker 47'	Report	F. Habif 41' Merino 53'

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

Semi-finals

17 August 2016
12:00

Netherlands	1–1	Germany
Paumen 16'	Report	Schütze 11'
Penalties
Bos Hoog Keetels Van Geffen Jonker Bos Hoog	4–3	Müller-Wieland Mävers Hahn Teschke Hauke Müller-Wieland Mävers

Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Soledad Iparraguiree (ARG)

17 August 2016
17:00

New Zealand	0–3	Great Britain
	Report	Danson 22', 52' H. Richardson-Walsh 48'

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

Bronze medal match

19 August 2016
12:00

Germany	2–1	New Zealand
Stapenhorst 34' Schütze 38'	Report	Merry 45+'

Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Gold medal match

19 August 2016
17:00

Netherlands	3–3	Great Britain
Van Male 16', 37' Paumen 25'	Report	Owsley 10' Cullen 26' White 52'
Penalties
Bos Hoog Leurink Van Geffen	0–2	H. Richardson-Walsh Danson Bray Unsworth Webb

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

Final ranking

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	Final result
	Great Britain	8	7	1	0	21	8	+13	22	Gold medal
	Netherlands	8	5	3	0	20	7	+13	18	Silver medal
	Germany	8	4	2	2	11	9	+2	14	Bronze medal
4	New Zealand	8	4	1	3	16	12	+4	13	Fourth place

5	United States	6	4	0	2	15	7	+8	12	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Australia	6	3	0	3	13	9	+4	9
7	Argentina	6	2	0	4	14	9	+5	6
8	Spain	6	2	0	4	7	15	−8	6

9	China	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2	5	Eliminated in group stage
10	Japan	5	0	1	4	3	16	−13	1
11	South Korea	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1
12	India	5	0	1	4	3	19	−16	1

Source: Rio2016

The medallists were:

Medal	Name
Gold	Great Britain women's field hockey team Maddie Hinch Laura Unsworth Crista Cullen Hannah Macleod Georgie Twigg Helen Richardson-Walsh Susannah Townsend Kate Richardson-Walsh Sam Quek Alex Danson Giselle Ansley Sophie Bray Hollie Webb Shona McCallin Lily Owsley Nicola White
Silver	Netherlands women's national field hockey team Naomi van As Willemijn Bos Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel Margot van Geffen Eva de Goede Ellen Hoog Kelly Jonker Marloes Keetels Laurien Leurink Caia van Maasakker Kitty van Male Maartje Paumen Joyce Sombroek Maria Verschoor Xan de Waard Lidewij Welten
Bronze	Germany women's national field hockey team Lisa Hahn Franzisca Hauke Hannah Krüger Nike Lorenz Marie Mävers Julia Müller Janne Müller-Wieland Pia-Sophie Oldhafer Selin Oruz Katharina Otte Cécile Pieper Kristina Reynolds Anne Schröder Lisa Schütze Annika Sprink Charlotte Stapenhorst Jana Teschke

Goalscorers

There were 129 goals scored in 38 matches, for an average of 3.39 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ "Great Britain win historic Olympic hockey gold in dramatic penalty shoot out against Netherlands". The Telegraph. 19 August 2016.
^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Black Sticks women fall to Germany, miss out on bronze medal". stuff.co.nz. 19 August 2016.
^ "Hockey giants set to renew rivalries as match schedule unveiled for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016.
^ "Rio 2016 Olympic Games hockey schedules confirmed". fih.ch. 27 April 2016.
^ "Rio 2016 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ "Agreement between SASCOC and SAHA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
^ "Rio 2016 Olympics Selection Criteria for SA Hockey Association". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
^ "Qualification Criteria" (PDF).
^ "Spain women and New Zealand men invited to Rio 2016 Olympic Games hockey events". FIH. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
^ Rio 2016 Regulations
^ Rio 2016 Regulations

External links

Field hockey at Rio2016.com

[RSA-6] South Africa won the continental qualifier however the team did not participate in the 2016 Olympics. South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and South African Hockey Association (SAHA) made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the Continental Qualification route would not be considered.^[6]^[7] As a result, Spain, as the highest-ranked team from the 2014–15 Hockey World League Semifinals not already qualified, participated instead.^[8]^[9]

[7] Competed as England

[1] "Great Britain win historic Olympic hockey gold in dramatic penalty shoot out against Netherlands". The Telegraph. 19 August 2016.

[2] "Rio Olympics 2016: Black Sticks women fall to Germany, miss out on bronze medal". stuff.co.nz. 19 August 2016.

[3] "Hockey giants set to renew rivalries as match schedule unveiled for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016.

[4] "Rio 2016 Olympic Games hockey schedules confirmed". fih.ch. 27 April 2016.

[5] "Rio 2016 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[8] "Agreement between SASCOC and SAHA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2023-05-01.

[9] "Rio 2016 Olympics Selection Criteria for SA Hockey Association". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2023-05-01.

[10] "Qualification Criteria" (PDF).

[11] "Spain women and New Zealand men invited to Rio 2016 Olympic Games hockey events". FIH. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

[12] Rio 2016 Regulations

[13] Rio 2016 Regulations

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