The third Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

 was held in Cape Town, South Africa, from Wednesday November 15 to Saturday November 26, 1995. Eight nations took part, and they played a round robin. The top five teams joined the other three that have already qualified: Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, title holders Spain

Spain

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, and hosts the United States

United States

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Mariana Arnal (gk), Verónica Artica (gk), María Camardón, Silvina Corvalán, Sofía MacKenzie, Magdalena Aicega

Magdalena Aicega

María Magdalena Aicega Amicarelli is a field hockey defender from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the Women's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Nicknamed Magui, she first represented her native country at the Junior World Cup in 1993 in Barcelona, Spain,...

, Julieta Castellán

Julieta Castellán

Julieta Castellán Goytia is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, after having won the gold medal the previous year at the 1995 Pan American Games.- References :...

, Gabriela Sánchez

Gabriela Sánchez (field hockey)

Gabriela Edith Sánchez Grossi is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She twice was a member of the Women's National Team that competed at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1996. Sánchez also twice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games: 1987 and 1995.- References :...

, Anabel Gambero

Anabel Gambero

Anabel Gambero Erdozain is a former field hockey defender from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:* *...

, Jorgelina Rimoldi

Jorgelina Rimoldi

Jorgelina Rimoldi Puig is a field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:*...

, Karina Masotta

Karina Masotta

Paula Karina Masotta Biagetti is a field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:*...

, Vanina Oneto

Vanina Oneto

Vanina Paula Oneto is a former field hockey striker from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...

, María Paula Castelli, Gabriela Pando

Gabriela Pando

Gabriela Pando is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, after having won the gold medal the previous year at the 1995 Pan American Games....

, and Cecilia Rognoni

Cecilia Rognoni

Maria Cecilia Rognoni Potocki is an Argentine field hockey defender, who won the gold medal at the 2002 World Cup at Perth, Australia where she was elected as the best woman hockey player in the world by the FIH...

. Head Coach: Rodolfo Mendoza. NB: One name missing.

Deb Whitten (gk), Tara Croxford

Tara Croxford

Tara Berrett is a former field hockey player from Canada, who was born as Tara Croxford. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she ended up in seventhe place with the Canadian National Team. She is married to veteran race walker and former...

, Laurelee Kopeck

Laurelee Kopeck

Laurelee Kopeck is a former field hockey defender from Canada, who earned a total number of 163 international caps for the Canadian National Team during her career. Nicknamed "Jumbo", she graduated from the University of Victoria in 1996...

, Nicole Colaco

Nicole Colaco

Nicole Colaco is a former field hockey player from Canada.Colaco earned a total number of 51 international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career...

, Lisa Faust

Lisa Faust

Lisa Faust is a former field hockey player from Canada, who earned a total number of 118 international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career...

, Amy MacFarlane

Amy MacFarlane

Amy MacFarlane is a former field hockey forward, who earned a total number of 109 international caps for the Canadian National Team during her career...

, Carla Somerville

Carla Somerville

Carla Somerville is a former field hockey player from Canada, who earned a total number of 97 international caps for the Women's Senior National Team during her career...

, Sue Reid

Sue Reid

Susan Schellinck is a former field hockey player from Canada, who was born as Susan Reid. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she ended up in seventh place with the Canadian National Team...

, Veronica Planella

Veronica Planella

Veronica Planella is a former field hockey player from Canada, who earned several international caps for the Women's Senior National Team. Planella, a resident of Victoria, British Columbia, represented both Canada and Chile internationally...

, Karen McNeill, Chris Hunter, Tammy Holt, Gillian Sewell

Gillian Sewell

Gillian Sewell is a former Irish Canadian field hockey player who earned 36 international caps for the Canada during her career....

, Krista Thompson

Krista Thompson

Krista Thompson is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Canada, who earned a total number of 19 international caps for the Canadian National Team during her career...

. Head Coach: ??. NB: Two names missing.

Birgit Beyer (gk), Susie Wollschläger

Susie Wollschläger

Susanne Wollschläger is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Germany, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 for West Germany.-References:* *...

 (gk), Simone Thomaschinski

Simone Thomaschinski

Simone Heike Tomaschinski-Gräßer is a former field hockey defender from Germany.She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A player from hockey club RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, she competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics,...

, Eva Hagenbäumer

Eva Hagenbäumer

Eva Hagenbäumer is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the national squad that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992.-References:* *...

, Denise Klecker, Irina Kuhnt

Irina Kuhnt

Irina Kuhnt is a former field hockey player from Germany.She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A player from hockey club Berliner HC, she competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.-References:* *...

, Britta Becker

Britta Becker

Britta Becker is a former German field hockey midfield player.Becker made her debut in the German women's field hockey team in 1991 and was the youngest in the Olympic squad in 1992. She was part of the 1995 winning team in the European Cup and the bronze medal winning team in the 1998 World Cup...

, Melanie Cremer, Tanja Dickenscheid

Tanja Dickenscheid

Tanja Roswitha Dickenscheid is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the national squad that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992.-References:* *...

, Heike Lätzsch, Franziska Hentschel

Franziska Hentschel

Franziska Constanze Hentschel is a former field hockey forward from Germany.Hentschel was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in...

, Nadine Ernsting-Krienke

Nadine Ernsting-Krienke

Nadine Ernsting-Krienke is a field hockey striker from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...

, Natascha Keller

Natascha Keller

Natascha Keller is a German field hockey striker. She won a gold medal as a member of the German team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics...

, Vanessa van Kooperen, Philippa Suxdorf, and Katrin Kauschke

Katrin Kauschke

Katrin Kauschke is a former field hockey midfield player from Germany.Kauschke was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A player from hockey club Berliner HC, she competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in...

. Head Coach: Berti Rauth.

Joanne Thompson

Joanne Thompson

Joanne Sarah Thompson is a former field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She also participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where Team GB finished fourth.-References:*...

 (gk), Jill Atkins

Jill Atkins

Gillian Atkins is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988....

, Karen Brown, Susan Fraser

Susan Fraser

Susanna Barbara Fraser is a former field hockey player from Scotland, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later in Atlanta, Georgia she ended up in fourth place with the national squad...

, Lucy Cope, Mandy Davies, Pauline Robertson

Pauline Robertson

Pauline Judith Robertson-Stott is a retired female field hockey player from Scotland. She represented Great Britain in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 when she captained the team that ended up in fourth place....

, Tammy Miller

Tammy Miller

Tammy Kelly Miller is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...

, Jane Sixsmith

Jane Sixsmith

Janet Theresa "Jane" Sixsmith MBE is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She retired from the international scene after scoring over hundred goals and winning 165 caps for England and 158 for Great...

, Susan MacDonald, Anna Bennett, Hilary Rose

Hilary Rose

Hilary Mary Rose is a British field hockey goalkeeper, who plays for Ipswich and England, and has played for Great Britain. She represented England from 1993 to 2002.-References:*...

 (gk), Rhona Simpson

Rhona Simpson

Rhona Isabel Simpson is a female field hockey player from Scotland. She twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics...

, Mandy Nicholls, Diana Renilson, and Christine Cook

Christine Cook

Christine Cook is a retired field hockey defender from England. She represented Hightown on club level, and competed for Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in fourth place.-References:*...

. Head Coach: Sue Slocombe.

Jacqueline Toxopeus

Jacqueline Toxopeus

Jacqueline Afine Toxopeus is a former Dutch field hockey international playing in goal. She is undoubtedly one of the finest goalkeepers in Dutch women's field hockey since Det de Beus. Toxopeus, nicknamed Tox, played for several clubs in Holland, but ended her career with HC Den Bosch...

 (gk), Stella de Heij (gk), Willemijn Duyster, Wendy Fortuin, Noor Holsboer

Noor Holsboer

Eleonoor Wendeline Holsboer is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who twice won a bronze Olympic medal with the Women's National Team: in 1988 and in 1996....

, Marlies Vossen, Dillianne van den Boogaard, Suzanne Plesman

Suzanne Plesman

Suzanne Barbara Plesman is a former field hockey defence and midfield player from the Netherlands, who played a total number of 39 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team...

, Jeannette Lewin, Suzan van der Wielen, Florentine Steenberghe, Margje Teeuwen

Margje Teeuwen

Margje Josepha Teeuwen is a field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands, who played 145 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team, in which she scored fifteen goals....

, Nicole Koolen

Nicole Koolen

Nicole Simone Tellier-Koolen is a former field hockey midfield player from the Netherlands, who played a total number of 53 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team, in which she scored two goals...

, Mijntje Donners

Mijntje Donners

Wilhelmina Petronella Ardina Maria Donners is a field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who played 234 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team, in which she scored 97 goals.Donners made her debut on April 1, 1994 against South Korea , and was a member of the team, that won the...

, Ellen Kuipers

Ellen Kuipers

Ellen Marchien Dubbeldam-Kuipers is a former field hockey forward from the Netherlands, who played a total number of 94 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team, in which she scored 32 goals. She made her debut on June 17, 1994 in a friendly against Germany, and won the bronze...

, and Wietske de Ruiter

Wietske de Ruiter

Wietske Annechien de Ruiter is a former female field hockey striker from The Netherlands, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996...

. Head Coach: Tom van 't Hek

Tom van 't Hek

Maria Thomas van ’t Hek is a former field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who played 221 international matches for the Dutch national field hockey team, in which he scored a total number of 106 goals...

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Caryn Bentley, Paulene de Bruin, Jill Dix, Jacqi Geyser, Nicky du Toit (gk), Sherylle Calder, Gill Daniels, Hanneli Arnoldi, Michelle MacNaughton, Caroline Matthews, Karen Roberts

Karen Roberts (field hockey)

Karen Lynn Roberts is a retired female field hockey player from South Africa, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she captained the women's national team that finished in tenth place.-References:*...

, Lindsey Carlisle, Sharon Cormack, Karen Symons, Kerry Bee, and Alison Dare. Head Coach: Kelly Fairweather.

Match results

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Final standings

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Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		11	7	5	1	1	14	6
2.		9	7	3	3	1	10	9
3.		8	7	4	0	3	9	7
4.		8	7	3	2	3	8	7
5.		7	7	2	3	2	14	14	0
6.		7	7	3	1	3	8	9	−1
7.		3	7	1	1	5	2	7	−5
8.		3	7	1	1	5	4	10	−6

Remarks

• The first five (South Korea, Great Britain, Germany, Argentina and the Netherlands) qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The Olympic Field Hockey Tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, was held in the Morris Brown College Stadium and Panther Stadium The event ran from Saturday July 20 to Friday August 2, 1996.-Men's tournament:GOLD Netherlands...
  
   in Atlanta, Georgia
  Atlanta, Georgia
  Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
  
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Top scorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1.	Eun Jung-Cho	6
2.	Wietske de Ruiter Wietske de Ruiter Wietske Annechien de Ruiter is a former female field hockey striker from The Netherlands, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996...	5
	Franziska Hentschel Franziska Hentschel Franziska Constanze Hentschel is a former field hockey forward from Germany.Hentschel was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in...
4.	María Paula Castelli	4
	Huiping Yang
	Rhona Simpson Rhona Simpson Rhona Isabel Simpson is a female field hockey player from Scotland. She twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics...
7.	Caryn Bentley	3
	Susan Fraser Susan Fraser Susanna Barbara Fraser is a former field hockey player from Scotland, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later in Atlanta, Georgia she ended up in fourth place with the national squad...
	Ji Young-Lee