Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United Kingdom |
City | London |
Dates | 29 July – 10 August |
Teams | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Netherlands (4th title) |
Runners-up | Argentina |
Third place | Great Britain |
Fourth place | New Zealand |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 38 |
Goals scored | 118 (3.11 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Crista Cullen Alex Danson (5 goals each) |
The women's field hockey tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 9th version of the field hockey tournament at the Summer Olympics. It began on 29 July, and ended on 10 August.[1] The Netherlands won the tournament over Argentina.[2]
Teams[change | change source]
First round[change | change source]
Pool A[change | change source]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 |
Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 9 |
China | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | –4 | 6 |
Japan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | –5 | 4 |
Belgium | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | –8 | 2 |
Pool B[change | change source]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 |
New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 |
Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 10 |
Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 7 |
South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | –5 | 3 |
United States | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | –9 | 3 |
Medal round[change | change source]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
8 August | ||||||
Netherlands (pen) | 2 (3) | |||||
10 August | ||||||
New Zealand | 2 (1) | |||||
Netherlands | 2 | |||||
8 August | ||||||
Argentina | 0 | |||||
Argentina | 2 | |||||
Great Britain | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
10 August | ||||||
New Zealand | 1 | |||||
Great Britain | 3 |
Statistics[change | change source]
Team rankings[change | change source]
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 19 | |
2 | Argentina | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 13 | |
3 | Great Britain | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 12 | |
4 | New Zealand | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 11 | |
Eliminated in the First round | ||||||||||
5 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 10 | |
6 | China | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
7 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 7 | |
8 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | –4 | 6 | |
9 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | –5 | 4 | |
10 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | –5 | 3 | |
11 | United States | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | –9 | 3 | |
12 | Belgium | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | –8 | 2 |
Other websites[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Olympic Documents - Annual Reports, Code of Ethics & more". International Olympic Committee. 4 July 2018.
- ↑ "London 2012 hockey women - Olympic Hockey". International Olympic Committee. 3 June 2017.
- ↑ South Africa originally won the 2011 African Olympic Qualifier, but they then withdrew and won the Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 instead. Because they needed 12 teams in the tournament, they invited the best team that didn't qualify, Argentina.