1997 Women's Intercontinental Cup
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The 1997 Women's Intercontinental Cup was a qualifier for the 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup and was held in the Magamba Stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe, from Friday 1 August to Tuesday 12 August 1997. Twelve nations took part, divided into two groups of six in the preliminary round. The top six teams joined Argentina, Olympic champions Australia, Germany, South Korea, the United States and hosts the Netherlands. [1]
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Zimbabwe | ||
| City | Harare | ||
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Venue | 1 | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  South Africa | ||
| Runner-up |  New Zealand | ||
| Third place |  Scotland | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 42 | ||
| Goals scored | 173 (4.12 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Pietie Coetzee (15 goals) | ||
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Qualified Teams
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
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| – | Host Nation | 1 |  Zimbabwe | |
| 18–29 August 1999 | 1994 World Cup | Dublin, Ireland | 6 |  Canada China England Ireland Russia Spain |
| 16–27 October 1996 | Inter Nations Cup | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 5 |  India Japan New Zealand Scotland South Africa |
| Total | 12 | |||
Squads
Canada
Dana Anderson, Sue Armstrong, Nicole Colaco, Lisa Faust, Sarah Forbes (gk), Aoibhinn Grimes, Chris Hunter, Laurelee Kopeck, Amy MacFarlane, Karen MacNeill, Veronica Planella, Gillian Sewell, Carla Somerville, Sue Tingley, Krista Thompson (gk), and Candy Thomson. Head Coach: Dru Marshall.
India
Tingonleima Chanu (gk), Helen Mary (gk), Sandeep Khaur, Shashi Bala (captain), Maristella Tirkey, Mukta Xalco, Sita Gussain, Sumrai Tete, Sunita Dalal, Nidhi Khullar, Manjinder Kaur, Pritam Thakran, Kamala Dalal, Suraj Lata Devi, Jyoti Sunita Kullu, and Ferdina Ekka. Head coach: Balbir Singh.
Preliminary round
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Africa |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 13 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | India |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | |
| 3 | England |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | Fifth to eighth place |
| 4 | Ireland |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
| 5 | Japan |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 4 | Ninth to twelfth place |
| 6 | Canada |
5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | New Zealand |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Scotland |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 10 | |
| 3 | China |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 8 | Fifth to eighth place |
| 4 | Russia |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 7 | |
| 5 | Spain |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | Ninth to twelfth place |
| 6 | Zimbabwe (H) |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | −42 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
(H) Hosts
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Classification round
Ninth to twelfth place
| Crossover | Ninth place | |||||
| 10 August | ||||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||
| 11 August | ||||||
| Zimbabwe | 2 | |||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||
| 10 August | ||||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||
| Canada | 2 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| 11 August | ||||||
| Zimbabwe | 0 | |||||
| Canada | 5 | |||||
Crossovers
Eleventh and twelfth place
Ninth and tenth place
Fifth to eighth place
| Crossover | Fifth place | |||||
| 10 August | ||||||
| England | 2 | |||||
| 12 August | ||||||
| Russia | 1 | |||||
| England (pen.) | 1 (2) | |||||
| 10 August | ||||||
| China | 1 (0) | |||||
| China | 3 | |||||
| Ireland | 0 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 12 August | ||||||
| Russia | 4 | |||||
| Ireland | 2 | |||||
Crossovers
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Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
Medal round
| Crossover | Final | |||||
| 11 August | ||||||
| South Africa | 2 | |||||
| 12 August | ||||||
| Scotland | 1 | |||||
| South Africa (pen.) | 2 (4) | |||||
| 11 August | ||||||
| New Zealand | 2 (3) | |||||
| New Zealand | 2 | |||||
| India | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 12 August | ||||||
| Scotland (pen.) | 1 (2) | |||||
| India | 1 (0) | |||||
Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
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Final standings
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 | Status |
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South Africa |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 17 | Qualified for 1998 FIH World Cup |
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New Zealand |
7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 15 | |
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Scotland |
7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 11 | |
| 4 | India |
7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
| 5 | England |
7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 13 | |
| 6 | China |
7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 12 | |
| 7 | Russia |
7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 10 | |
| 8 | Ireland |
7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 4 | |
| 9 | Spain |
7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 11 | |
| 10 | Japan |
7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 7 | |
| 11 | Canada |
7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 5 | |
| 12 | Zimbabwe (H) |
7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 52 | −50 | 0 |
Goalscorers
- Note: Scorers from the seventh place match between Ireland and Russia are unknown, and hence have not been added to this list.
There were 173 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.
15 goals
6 goals
Akemi Kato
Anna Lawrence
Marina Tchegourdaeva
Rhona Simpson
5 goals
Liu Ying- Yang Huiping
- Amanda Smith
4 goals
Amy MacFarlane
Denise Marston-Smith- Robyn Matthews
- Irina Piskounova
- Sue MacDonald
Teresa Motos
3 goals
- Laurelee Kopeck
- Chen Jianbin
- Donghong Cai
Sandeep Kaur- Pritam Thakran
- Keiko Miura
- Kylie Foy
- Susan Fraser
2 goals
- Dana Anderson
- Huang Junxia
- Yu Shenzhen
- Tina Cullen
- Purdy Miller
- Jane Smith
- Jane Sixsmith
Alison Thompson- Sachimi Iwao
- Toshie Tsukui
- Lisa Walton
Kerry Bee- Alison Dare
- Susan Wessels
- Núria Camón
- Nagore Gabellanes
- Erdoitza Goikoetxea
1 goal
- Sue Armstrong
- Nicole Colaco
- Aoibhinn Grimes
- Kristy Bowden
- Kamla Dalal
- Ferdina Ekka
- Jyoti Sunita Kullu
- Sarah Kelleher
- Lynsey McVicker
- Jeanette Turner
- Kozue Minbuto
- Sakae Morimoto
- Suzanne Pearce
- Jennifer Shepherd
- Moira Senior
- Kate Trolove
- Olga Lexina
- Elena Polovkova
- Tatiana Vasioukova
- Alison Grant
- Valerie Neil
- Diane Renilson
- Caryn Bentley
- Sherylle Calder
- Michele MacNaughton
- María Cruz González
- María del Mar Feito
- Silvia Muñoz
- Maider Tellería
Wendy Edwards- Sally Northcroft
Remarks
- The first six (South Africa, New Zealand, Scotland, India, England and China) participated in the 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup in Utrecht, Netherlands.