1991 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

1991 Women's Field Hockey
Olympic Qualifier

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Dates	12–26 October
Teams	12
Venue	Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Germany
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	125 (2.98 per match)
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The 1991 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier was held in Auckland, New Zealand with twelve teams took part in the competition.

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand (H)	5	4	0	1	10	4	+6	8	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	10	5	+5	8
3	South Korea	5	3	0	2	9	7	+2	6
4	Japan	5	2	0	3	7	6	+1	4
5	France	5	1	1	3	5	9	−4	3
6	United States	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

12 October 1991 Germany   4–0   United States Report

12 October 1991 New Zealand   1–0   Japan Report

12 October 1991 France   0–1   South Korea Report

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13 October 1991 South Korea   0–1   Germany Report

13 October 1991 New Zealand   2–0   France Report

13 October 1991 United States   0–2   Japan Report

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16 October 1991 Germany   2–1   New Zealand Report

16 October 1991 Japan   1–2   France Report

16 October 1991 United States   1–3   South Korea Report

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18 October 1991 Germany   3–1   France Report

18 October 1991 New Zealand   2–0   United States Report

18 October 1991 South Korea   3–1   Japan Report

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20 October 1991 South Korea   2–4   New Zealand Report

20 October 1991 France   2–2   United States Report

20 October 1991 Japan   3–0   Germany Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	5	3	1	1	9	2	+7	7	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Canada	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3	7
3	China	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	7
4	Argentina	5	3	0	2	9	3	+6	6
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	5	11	−6	2
6	Italy	5	0	1	4	5	18	−13	1

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.

12 October 1991 China   1–2   Canada Report

12 October 1991 Great Britain   5–0   Italy Report

12 October 1991 Argentina   2–0   Ireland Report

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13 October 1991 China   4–2   Italy Report

13 October 1991 Great Britain   0–2   Argentina Report

13 October 1991 Canada   3–2   Ireland Report

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15 October 1991 Italy   2–2   Canada Report

15 October 1991 Argentina   0–1   China Report

15 October 1991 Ireland   0–3   Great Britain Report

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18 October 1991 Italy   0–5   Argentina Report

18 October 1991 Canada   0–1   Great Britain Report

18 October 1991 China   2–1   Ireland Report

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20 October 1991 Great Britain   0–0   China Report

20 October 1991 Canada   2–0   Argentina Report

20 October 1991 Ireland   2–1   Italy Report

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 October 1991
	France	3
					24 October 1991
	Italy	1
					France	1
	23 October 1991
					United States	6
	Ireland	–
	United States	–
					Third Place
					24 October 1991
					Italy	1
					Ireland	3

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 October 1991
	South Korea	4
					24 October 1991
	Argentina	0
					South Korea	3
	22 October 1991
					Japan	0
	China	0
	Japan	1
					Third Place
					24 October 1991
					Argentina	1 (1)
					China (pen.)	1 (3)

First to fourth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	23 October 1991
	New Zealand	1
					26 October 1991
	Canada	0
					New Zealand	1 (2)
	23 October 1991
					Germany (pen.)	1 (5)
	Great Britain	1
	Germany	3
					Seventh Place
					26 October 1991
					Canada	3
					Great Britain	1

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
	Germany	7	5	1	1	14	7	+7	11	Qualified for 1992 Summer Olympics
	New Zealand (H)	7	5	1	1	12	5	+7	11
	Canada	7	4	1	2	12	8	+4	9
4	Great Britain	7	3	1	3	11	8	+3	7
5	South Korea	7	5	0	2	16	7	+9	10
6	Japan	7	3	0	4	8	9	−1	6
7	China	7	3	2	2	9	7	+2	8
8	Argentina	7	3	1	3	10	8	+2	7
9	United States	7	2	1	4	9	14	−5	5
10	France	7	2	1	4	9	16	−7	5
11	Ireland	7	2	0	5	8	12	−4	4
12	Italy	7	0	1	6	7	24	−17	1

Source: Field Hockey
(H) Hosts

References

• "Summary of Rankings - FIH World Level Events" (PDF). FIH. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2012.