Women's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics
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The Women's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics was a qualification tournament that determined the final three spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournament, which involved 18 teams divided into three groups, with three separate qualifying tournaments, was held in Azerbaijan, Russia and Canada, at different times in 2008. Only the following winners of each qualifying tournament earned a berth in the 2008 Summer Olympics: Spain, United States, and South Korea.
Teams
Below is a list of the 18 teams participating in this qualifying tournament:[1]
| Zone | Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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| Asia≤ | 2006 Asian Games |  India  South Korea  Malaysia  Chinese Taipei |
| Africa | 2007 African Olympic Qualifier |  Kenya |
| Americas | 2007 Pan American Games |  United States  Chile  Netherlands Antilles  Canada  Cuba |
| Europe | 2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship |  Spain  Azerbaijan  Ireland  Italy  Ukraine |
| 2007 EuroHockey Nations Trophy |  Belarus  Belgium  Russia |
In addition, the International Hockey Federation also named three reserve teams after two of the above teams failed to make it in this qualifying tournament (two of them already confirmed to be in the reserve list):[2][3]
Squads
Qualifier 1
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Baku |
| City | Azerbaijan |
| Dates | 12–20 April |
| Teams | 6 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue | Atasport HC |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Spain |
| Runner-up | Azerbaijan |
| Third place | Chile |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 87 (4.83 per match) |
| Top scorer | Bárbara Malda (8 goals) |
| Best player | Inoyathon Jafarova |
| Best goalkeeper | María Jesús Rosa |
Qualifier 1 was held at Atasport HC in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 20 April 2008.[4]
Results
All times local (UTC+5).
Pool
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
Players for the Kenyan team are back in the tournament after recently withdrawing due to political turmoil in their country.[5][6]
Fixtures
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Classification
Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
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Final
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Awards
| Top scorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament |
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| Barbara Malda |
Inoyathon Jafarova |
María Jesús Rosa |
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 | Qualification |
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Spain |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | +25 | 18 | Qualified for 2008 Summer Olympics |
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Azerbaijan (H) |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 12 | |
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Chile |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 9 | |
| 4 | Ukraine |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 9 | |
| 5 | Belarus |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | |
| 6 | Kenya |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | −42 | 0 |
Goalscorers
There were 87 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.
8 goals
6 goals
Mi Kyung Aliyeva
5 goals
- Myungsoon Mammadova
- Dilfuza Mirzaliyeva
Maryna Vynohradova
Raquel Huertas
4 goals
3 goals
- Zarifahon Zeynalova
Alesia Tratsiakova- Bohdana Sadova
- Rocío Ybarra
2 goals
- Inoyathon Jafarova
- Zhang Suleymanova
- Yulia Laptsevich
- Alesia Piotukh
Camila Infante- Daniela Infante
- Paula Infante
- Javiera Villagra
- Diana Tahiyeva
- María Romagosa
- Esther Térmens
1 goal
- Bo Kyung Alizada
- Liana Nuriyeva
- Natallia Ambros
- Iryna Kazachok
- Ryta Zhylianina
- Daniela Caram
- María José Fernández
- Denise Infante
- Fernanda Rodríguez
- Olena Ivakhnenko
- Tetyana Salenko
Qualifier 2
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Russia |
| City | Kazan |
| Dates | 19–27 April |
| Teams | 6 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue | Dinamo Kazan HC |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | United States |
| Runner-up | Belgium |
| Third place | Netherlands Antilles |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 79 (4.39 per match) |
| Top scorer | Tiffany Snow (6 goals) |
| Best player | Rachel Dawson |
| Best young player | Rani Devi |
| Best goalkeeper | Elizabeth Achten |
Qualifier 2 was held at Dinamo Kazan HC in Kazan, Russia from 19 to 27 April 2008.[7]
Results
All times are local (Russia Summer Time, UTC+4).
Pool
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 15 | Final |
| 2 | Belgium |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 | |
| 3 | Netherlands Antilles |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | India |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Russia (H) |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 4 | |
| 6 |  France |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
Fixtures
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Classification
Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
Final
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Awards
| Top scorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Young Player of the Tournament |
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| Tiffany Snow |
Rachel Dawson |
Elizabeth Achten |
Rani Devi |
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 | Qualification |
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United States |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 18 | Qualified for 2008 Summer Olympics |
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Belgium |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 10 | |
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Netherlands Antilles |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 | |
| 4 | India |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Russia (H) |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 | |
| 6 | France |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 0 |
Goalscorers
There were 79 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.39 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
Irina Kuzmina
3 goals
Carole Dembour- Sofie Gierts
Carrie Lingo
2 goals
- Astrid Vervaet
- Charlotte de Vos
Philippine Berly
Jasjeet Kaur Handa- Rajwinder Kaur
- Surinder Kaur
Maria Hinskens- Floortje Joosten
- Claire Visser
- Olga Shentsova
- Kate Barber
- Jesse Gey
- Dana Sensenig
- Keli Smith
1 goal
- Olivia Bouche
- Anne-Sophie van Regemortel
- Gaelle Valcke
- Morgane Vouche
- Géraldine Bonenfant
- Suman Bala
- Pritam Rani Siwach
- Ritu Rani
- Paulien Eigenhuis
- Sanne van Donk
- Theresia Noorlander
- Pauline Roels
- Ernestina Schreuder
- Marlies van der Stel
- Marina Dudko
- Svetlana Grogorieva
- Maria Nikitina
- Kayla Bashore
- Rachel Dawson
- Kelly Doton
- Katelyn Falgowski
- Melissa Leonetti
Qualifier 3
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Canada |
| City | Victoria |
| Dates | 26 April – 4 May |
| Teams | 6 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue | University of Victoria |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | South Korea |
| Runner-up | Italy |
| Third place | Ireland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 66 (3.67 per match) |
| Top scorer | Park Mi-hyun (7 goals) |
| Best player | Park Mi-hyun |
| Best goalkeeper | Sarah Forbes |
Qualifier 3 was held at the University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada from 28 April to 4 May 2008[8]
Results
All times are local (Canada Time, UTC-7).
Pool
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
Fixtures
Classification
Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards
| Top scorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Fair Play Trophy |
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| Park Mi-hyun |
Park Mi-hyun |
Sarah Forbes |
Italy |
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 | Qualification |
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South Korea |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | +33 | 18 | Qualified for 2008 Summer Olympics |
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Italy |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 10 | |
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Ireland |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 12 | |
| 4 | Canada (H) |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Malaysia |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 5 | |
| 6 |  Uruguay |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 1 |
Goalscorers
There were 66 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Catherine McKean
Maria Victoria Corso
Nadia Abdul Rahman
Eom Mi-young- Gim Sung-hee
- Seo Hye-jin
2 goals
Christine DePape- Tiffany Michaluk
- Katie Rushton
- Clare Parkhill
- Nicola Symmons
- Francesca Faustini
- Chiara Tiddi
- Kim Da-rae
- Kim Jin-kyoung
- Lee Seon-ok
1 goal
- Stephanie Hume
- Stephanie Jameson
- Eimear Cregan
- Jennifer McDonough
- Jasbeer Singh
- Rosmah Asrin
- Norfahara Hashim
- Kim Jung-hee
- Kim Mi-seon
Teresa Algorta- Virgina Bessio