- 1997 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier
The ninth Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier for the World Cup in Utrecht,
The Netherlands was held in the "Magamba Stadium" inHarare, Zimbabwe , from FridayAugust 1 to TuesdayAugust 12 ,1997 . Twelve nations took part, and they were divided into two groups of six in the preliminary round. The top six teams will join the other six that have already qualified:Argentina , Olympic championsAustralia ,Germany ,South Korea , theUnited States and hostsThe Netherlands .Two Chinese women's hockey team players,
Shu Zhen Yu andHong Bing Yang , and their team manager Li Xiao Sheng, were banned on SaturdayAugust 9 for the rest of the tournament after they were found guilty of physically abusing two umpires after their match against Scotland the day before. After Scotland won the Pool B match 1-0, a fracas ensued when the Chinese, infuriated that a goal that they had scored in the second half was disallowed by Naomi Kato, confronted the match umpire. According to an official report Kato and her fellow umpire Jean Buchanan were "physically abused and attacked by some players of the China team at the completion of their match against Scotland".Team squads
fhw|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), andCandy Thomson . Head Coach:Dru Marshall .fhw|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 , andFerdina Ekka . Head coach:Balbir Singh .Preliminary Round
Group A
Remarks
*The first six (South Africa, New Zealand, Scotland, India, England and China) participated in the
1998 Women's Hockey World Cup in Utrecht,The Netherlands .References
* [http://www.fieldhockey.ca/archives/teams/97wwcqua.html#results Field Hockey Canada]
ee also
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1997 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier
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