2006 Women's Hockey World Cup

The 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 27 September to 8 October 2006 in Madrid, Spain.

2006 Women's Hockey World Cup

Hockey Copa del Mundo Femenino 2006
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Madrid
Dates	27 September – 8 October
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Club de Campo Villa de Madrid
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (6th title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	116 (2.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sylvia Karres (6 goals)
Best player	Núria Camón
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The Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time after defeating Australia 3–1 in the final. Defending champions Argentina won the third-place match by defeating Spain 5–0. Dutch striker Sylvia Karres was the tournament's top-scorer with 6 goals.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European federation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings. Alongside the five teams qualifying through the Qualifier, twelve teams competed in this tournament.

Participating nations

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			Spain
1–8 February 2004	2004 Hockey Asia Cup	New Delhi, India	India
21–28 April 2004	2004 Pan American Cup	Bridgetown, Barbados	Argentina
14–20 August 2005	2005 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Dublin, Ireland	Netherlands Germany
2–8 October 2005	2005 Hockey African Cup for Nations	Pretoria, South Africa	South Africa
29 October–5 November 2005	2005 Oceania Cup	Auckland, New Zealand Sydney, Australia	Australia
25 April–6 May 2006	Qualifier	Rome, Italy	England South Korea United States Japan China

Squads

Further information: 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup squads

Umpires

Below are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate matches in the tournament:

• Chieko Akiyama (JPN)
• Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
• Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
• Ute Conen (GER)
• Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
• Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
• Jean Duncan (SCO)
• Sarah Garnett (NZL)
• Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
• Anne McRae (SCO)
• Miao Lin (CHN)
• Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
• Minka Woolley (AUS)
• Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	12	3	+9	13	Semi-finals
2	Spain	5	3	1	1	6	5	+1	10
3	England	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	8
4	Germany	5	2	1	2	6	5	+1	7
5	China	5	1	0	4	5	13	−8	3
6	India	5	0	1	4	7	11	−4	1

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

27 September 2006 12:00 Netherlands 3–2 India Paumen  3' Lammers  31' Karres  37' Report Surinder  49', 66' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Chieko Akiyama (JPN)

27 September 2006 14:30 China 2–3 England Ma  27' Ren  40' Report Danson  12' Wright  29' Cullen  55' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Ute Conen (GER)

27 September 2006 16:00 Spain 1–0 Germany Huertas  56' Report Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

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29 September 2006 14:00 England 0–1 Netherlands Report Schopman  13' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Minka Woolley (AUS)

29 September 2006 16:00 China 0–1 Spain Report Muñoz  11' Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

29 September 2006 18:00 India 2–3 Germany Surinder  34' Kharb  61' Report Kühn  21' Haase  63' Keller  65' Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Anne McRae (SCO)

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1 October 2006 12:00 Netherlands 2–0 Spain Mulder  6' Van As  42' Report Umpires: Anne McRae (SCO) Ute Conen (GER)

1 October 2006 14:00 India 1–1 England Surinder  57' Report Rogers  47' Umpires: Jean Duncan (SCO) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

1 October 2006 16:00 Germany 3–1 China Stöckel  45' Müller  51' Haase  61' Report Sun Z.  53' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

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3 October 2006 12:00 England 1–0 Germany Richardson  38' Report Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Chieko Akiyama (JPN)

3 October 2006 14:00 China 1–6 Netherlands Ma  58' Report Karres  16', 34', 42' Lammers  47', 48', 66' Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Minka Woolley (AUS)

3 October 2006 16:00 Spain 3–2 India Muñoz  10' Sánchez  30', 43' Report Surinder  17' Anjum  48' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

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4 October 2006 12:00 Netherlands 0–0 Germany Report Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Chieko Akiyama (JPN)

4 October 2006 14:00 India 0–1 China Report Fu  25' Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

4 October 2006 16:00 Spain 1–1 England Cruz  10' Report Clewlow  65' Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Minka Woolley (AUS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	4	1	0	11	4	+7	13	Semi-finals
2	Argentina	5	3	1	1	9	8	+1	10
3	United States	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7
4	Japan	5	1	2	2	6	5	+1	5
5	South Korea	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	4
6	South Africa	5	0	2	3	3	9	−6	2

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

27 September 2006 12:30 South Korea 2–1 Japan Park Y.  10', 58' Report Chiba  8' Umpires: Jean Duncan (SCO) Minka Woolley (AUS)

27 September 2006 14:00 Australia 1–0 South Africa Blyth  34' Report Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Anne McRae (SCO)

27 September 2006 18:00 Argentina 2–1 United States García  3' Aicega  32' Report Doton  35' Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

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28 September 2006 14:00 South Korea 0–0 South Africa Report Umpires: Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Ute Conen (GER)

28 September 2006 16:00 Australia 3–1 United States Taylor  8' Hudson  34' Skirving  57' Report Doton  11' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

28 September 2006 18:00 Argentina 3–2 Japan Luchetti  9' García  14' Margalot  41' Report Chiba  70' Kimura  70+' Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

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30 September 2006 14:00 South Korea 3–4 Australia Kim Ju.  6' Choi  35' Park M.  63' Report Munro  17', 34' Hudson  18' Smith  23' Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

30 September 2006 16:00 United States 0–0 Japan Report Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

30 September 2006 18:00 South Africa 2–2 Argentina Wilson  40' Bright  45' Report Margalot  29' Luchetti  67' Umpires: Jean Duncan (SCO) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

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2 October 2006 12:00 Japan 0–0 Australia Report Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Miao Lin (CHN)

2 October 2006 14:00 South Africa 1–3 United States Marescia  44' Report Loy  13' Lingo  24' Fronzoni  52' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Chieko Akiyama (JPN)

2 October 2006 16:00 Argentina 2–0 South Korea Gulla  23' Aymar  30' Report Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Minka Woolley (AUS)

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4 October 2006 12:30 South Africa 0–3 Japan Report Komori  3', 29' Miura  9' Umpires: Jean Duncan (SCO) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

4 October 2006 14:30 South Korea 0–1 United States Report Barber  31' Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

4 October 2006 18:00 Australia 3–0 Argentina Beattie  10', 28' Taylor  52' Report Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Anne McRae (SCO)

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Crossover				Ninth place
	6 October 2006
	China	4
					7 October 2006
	South Africa	0
					China	1
	6 October 2006
					South Korea	2
	South Korea	4
	India	1
					Eleventh place
					7 October 2006
					South Africa	0
					India	1

Crossover

6 October 2006 12:30 China 4–0 South Africa Ren  14' Ma  18' Sun Z.  29' Tang  70' Report Umpires: Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Chieko Akiyama (JPN)

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6 October 2006 15:00 South Korea 4–1 India Park M.  23' Kim Ju.  26' Park Y.  28', 30' Report Toppo  64' Umpires: Anne McRae (SCO) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Eleventh and twelfth place

7 October 2006 18:00 South Africa 0–1 India Report Jyoti  28' Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Anne McRae (SCO)

Ninth and tenth place

7 October 2006 19:00 China 1–2 South Korea Ren  70' Report Choi  10' Park M.  13' Umpires: Jean Duncan (SCO) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	6 October 2006
	England	0
					7 October 2006
	Japan	2
					Japan	1
	6 October 2006
					United States	0
	United States	1
	Germany	0
					Seventh place
					8 October 2006
					England	2
					Germany	1

Crossover

6 October 2006 11:30 England 0–2 Japan Report Chiba  42' Morimoto  62' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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6 October 2006 14:00 United States 1–0 Germany Snow  37' Report Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Seventh and eighth place

8 October 2006 12:00 England 2–1 Germany Rogers  15' Walker  35' Report Stöckel  43' Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Minka Woolley (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

7 October 2006 16:30 Japan 1–0 United States Chiba  40' Report Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 October 2006
	Netherlands	3
					8 October 2006
	Argentina	1
					Netherlands	3
	6 October 2006
					Australia	1
	Australia (a.e.t.)	1
	Spain	0
					Third place
					8 October 2006
					Argentina	5
					Spain	0

Semifinals

6 October 2006 16:30 Netherlands 3–1 Argentina Karres  13' van Geenhuizen  45' Lammers  60' Report Hernández  64' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Ute Conen (GER)

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6 October 2006 19:00 Australia 1–0 (a.e.t.) Spain Faulkner  72' Report Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

Third and fourth place

8 October 2006 14:30 Argentina 5–0 Spain Hernández  2', 6', 12' Russo  51' Gulla  53' Report Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Final

8 October 2006 17:00 Netherlands 3–1 Australia Paumen  41', 67' Karres  55' Report Sanders  47' Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Sylvia Karres	Núria Camón	Amy Tran	Carla Rebecchi	South Africa

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Netherlands	7	6	1	0	18	5	+13	19	Gold medal
2	B	Australia	7	5	1	1	13	7	+6	16	Silver medal
3	B	Argentina	7	4	1	2	15	11	+4	13	Bronze medal
4	A	Spain	7	3	1	3	6	11	−5	10	Fourth place
5	B	Japan	7	3	2	2	9	5	+4	11	Eliminated in group stage
6	B	United States	7	3	1	3	7	7	0	10
7	A	England	7	3	2	2	8	8	0	11
8	A	Germany	7	2	1	4	7	7	0	7
9	B	South Korea	7	3	1	3	11	10	+1	10
10	A	China	7	2	0	5	10	15	−5	6
11	A	India	7	1	1	5	9	15	−6	4
12	B	South Africa	7	0	2	5	3	14	−11	2

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 116 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.76 goals per match.

6 goals

• Sylvia Karres

5 goals

• Surinder Kaur
• Kim Lammers

4 goals

• María de la Paz Hernández
• Kaori Chiba
• Park Young-Soon

3 goals

• Ren Ye
• Ma Yibo
• Maartje Paumen
• Park Mi-Hyun

2 goals

• Soledad García
• Alejandra Gulla
• Rosario Luchetti
• Mercedes Margalot
• Wendy Beattie
• Nikki Hudson
• Hope Munro
• Sarah Taylor
• Sun Zhen
• Chloe Rogers
• Mandy Haase
• Maike Stöckel
• Tomomi Komori
• Choi Eun-Young
• Kim Jung-Hee
• Silvia Muñoz
• Pilar Sánchez
• Kelly Doton

1 goal

• Magdalena Aicega
• Luciana Aymar
• Mariné Russo
• Madonna Blyth
• Suzie Faulkner
• Rebecca Sanders
• Angie Skirving
• Karen Smith
• Fu Baorong
• Tang Chunling
• Melanie Clewlow
• Crista Cullen
• Alex Danson
• Helen Richardson
• Rachel Walker
• Lucilla Wright
• Natascha Keller
• Anke Kühn
• Silke Müller
• Saba Anjum Karim
• Mamta Kharb
• Jyoti Sunita Kullu
• Binita Toppo
• Chie Kimura
• Keiko Miura
• Sakae Morimoto
• Eefke Mulder
• Janneke Schopman
• Naomi van As
• Miek van Geenhuizen
• Tarryn Bright
• Marsha Marescia
• Jennifer Wilson
• Montse Cruz
• Raquel Huertas
• Kate Barber
• April Fronzoni
• Carrie Lingo
• Angie Loy
• Tiffany Snow

Source: FIH

External links

• Official FIH website
• Official website