2001 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier

The Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier, is the pre-tournament for the 10th edition of 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup in Perth, Western Australia. It was held in Amiens and Abbeville, from September 17 to September 30, 2001.

Sixteen nations were scheduled to take part, but only fourteen turned up and they were divided into two groups of seven in the preliminary round. The top six teams join the nine that have already secured their berth: hosts and Olympic champions Australia, Argentina, China, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa and Korea.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) granted the United States an opportunity to qualify for the 10th Women's World Cup in Perth, following their withdrawal from the qualifier tournament in France after 9/11. Due to the terrorist attacks and the resulting disruption to airline schedules, it was impossible for the team to arrange transport to the qualifier. [ [http://www.fieldhockey.ca/archives/teams/2001wwcq.html USA Withdraw from Qualifier but are Granted Opportunity to Qualify for Women s World Cup] ]

In lieu of their participation, they got the opportunity to participate in a three test match series against the 7th placed team at the qualifying tournament, the winner of which will take the final qualification place at the 10th Women's World Cup.

Kenya also withdrew before the tournament due to financial and logistical problems.

Lithuania withdrew at the end of the tournament in France, after their last match against Ireland, in which a big mistake was made by the FIH technical officers regarding the order in which penalty strokes were taken. After the first series of strokes, the teams were level. It was at this point that the mistake was made.

Lithuania then won the second series of penalty strokes, but Ireland lodged a formal protest. The FIH Tournament Director (TD), Mrs Claire Peeters-Monseu from Belgium, upheld the protest and ruled that the second series of penalty strokes be held again at 10am the following morning. Lithuania did not accept the TD’s ruling, and therefore did not contest the replay of the second series of penalty strokes.

According to FIH tournament regulations, any team that refuses to complete a match shall be considered as withdrawing at that stage and losing the match in question. Thus, Lithuania was not permitted to take any further part in the tournament. The place that this team would have occupied in the final ranking of the tournament remains vacant and therefore is not attributed to any other team taking part.

Participating nations

Fourteen teams took part in the qualifier:
*fhw|Belgium
*fhw|Canada
*fhw|England
*fhw|France
*fhw|India
*fhw|Ireland
*fhw|Japan
*fhw|Kazakhstan
*fhw|Lithuania
*fhw|Malaysia
*fhw|Russia
*fhw|Scotland
*fhw|Ukraine
*fhw|Uruguay

Team rosters

fhw|Belgium

(1.) Daphné Heskin, (2.) Anne-Sophie De Scheemaeker, (3.) Charlotte De Vos, (4.) Isabelle Wagemans, (5.) Maïté Dequinze, (6.) Magali Demeyere, (7.) Olivia Bouche, (8.) Caroline Guisset, (9.) Sophie Turine, (10.) Valérie Van Elderen, (11.) An Christiaens, (12.) Tiffany Thys, (13.) Caroline Cuylits, (14.) Céline Robiette, (15.) Barbara Dequinze, (16.) Elke Mertens, (17.) Anne-Sophie Van Regemortel, and (18.) Miek Vandevenne.

fhw|Canada

(3.) Lisa Faust, (4.) Amy MacFarlane, (5.) Deb Cuthbert, (6.) Jenny Johnson, (7.) Sue Tingley, (8.) Aoibhinn Grimes, (9.) Julia Wong, (10.) Kristen Taunton, (11.) Karen MacNeill, (12.) Carla Somerville, (13.) Laurelee Kopeck, (15.) Michelle Bowyer, (16.) Becky Price, (19.) Andrea Rushton, (20.) Kelly Rezansoff, (22.) Emily Rix, (23.) Amy Agulay (gk), (30.) Krista Thompson (gk). Head Coach: Graeme "Butch" Worth.

fhw|England

(1.) Anna Bennett, (2.) Jennie Bimson, (3.) Sarah Blanks, (5.) Melanie Clewlow (captain), (6.) Tina Cullen, (7.) Helen Grant, (9.) Leisa King, (10.) Denise Marston-Smith, (11.) Purdy Miller, (12.) Mandy Nicholson, (13.) Carolyn Reid (gk), (16.) Hilary Rose (gk), (17.) Jane Smith, (18.) Rachel Walker, (19.) Kate Walsh, (21.) Lucilla Wright, (24.) Kerry Moore, (26.) Frances Houslop, and (27.) Isabel Palmer. Head Coach: Tricia Heberle.

fhw|France

fhw|India

Tingonleima Chanu (gk and captain), Helen Mary (gk), Amandeep Kaur, Suman Bala, Kanti Baa, Sita Gussain, Sumrai Tete, Agnecia Lugun, Masira Surin, Neha Singh, Manjinder Kaur, Jyoti Sunita Kullu, Sanggai Chanu, Suraj Lata Devi, Ngasepam Pakpi Devi, Adline Kerketta, Mamta Kharab and Surinder Kaur. Head Coach: Ajay Kumar Bansal.

fhw|Ireland

(1.) Tara Browne (gk), (2.) Angela Platt (gk), (3.) Arlene Boyles, (4.) Jenny Burke, (5.) Linda Caulfield, (6.) Eimear Cregan, (7.) Karen Humphreys, (8.) Rachael Kohler, (9.) Laura Lee, (10.) Pamela Magill, (11.) Jenny McDonough, (12.) Cathy McKean, (13.) Claire McMahon, (14.) Lynsey McVicker, (15.) Ciara O'Brien, (16.) Jill Orbinson, (17.) Sarah Rand, and (18.) Daphne Sixsmith. Head Coach: Riet Kuper.

fhw|Japan

(1.) Nami Miyazaki (gk), (2.) Keiko Miura, (3.) Asuka Chiba, (5.) Sachimi Iwao, (6.) Natsumi Hori, (7.) Yuka Ogura, (8.) Sakae Morimoto, (9.) Akemi Kato, (10.) Naoko Saito, (11.) Toshi Tsukui, (12.) Rie Terazono, (13.) Chie Kimura, (14.) Kaori Chiba, (16.) Yukari Yamamoto, (17.) Yukiko Suzuki, (19.) Emiko Yokota, (21.) Yuko Morishita, and (22.) Akiko Kitada. Head Coach: Kazunori Kobayashi.

fhw|Kazakhstan

(1.) Nadezhda Sumkina (gk), (3.) Galyma Karabalinova, (4.) Olga Kikeleva, (5.) Oxana Berkalieva, (6.) Ekaterina Zhukalina, (7.) Elena Svirskaya, (8.) Ainura Mutallyapova, (9.) Elena Apelganetz, (10.) Elena Lind, (11.) Gulnara Imangalieva, (12.) Tatyana Marchenko (captain), (13.) Olga Apelganetz, (14.) Olga Shelomanova, (15.) Natalya Podshivalova, (16.) Marya Tussubzhanova (gk), and (18.) Natalya Dryamova.

fhw|Lithuania

fhw|Malaysia

(1.) Lim Siew Gek, (2.) Catherine Lumbor, (3.) Norhaliza Abdul Rahman, (4.) Norfaraha Hashim, (6.) Rosmimi Jamalani, (7.) Lisa Ludong, (8.) Daring Nyokin, (9.) Devaleela Devadasan, (10.) Mary Along, (11.) Che Inan Melati Che Ibrahim, (12.) Hamidah Birang, (13.) Munaziah Mulim, (14.) Norsaliza Ahmad Soobni, (15.) Norliza Sahli, (16.) Ernawati Mahmood, (18.) Angela Kais, (20.) Ayu Afnida Hamdani, and (21.) Vimala Subramaniam.

fhw|Russia

fhw|Scotland

fhw|Ukraine

(1.) Victoria Kotlyarenko (gk), (2.) Fyeridye Bilyalova, (3.) Aishe Ramazanova, (4.) Olena Fritche, (5.) Iryna Knyazeva, (6.) Diana Tahiyeva, (7.) Marina Dudko, (8.) Tetyana Kobzenko (captain), (9.) Svitlana Kolomiets, (10.) Olena Mykhalchenko, (11.) Natalya Vasyukova, (12.) Zhanna Savenko, (13.) Marina Litvinchuk, (14.) Tetyana Salenko, (15.) Svitlana Petrenko, (16.) Olga Fisyun, (17.) Maryna Pyrohova, and (18.) Lyudmyla Vyhanyaylo. Head Coach: Zhuk Tetyana.

fhw|Uruguay

(1.) Andrea Fazzio (gk), (2.) Eugenia Chiara, (3.) Bettiana Ceretta, (4.) Agustina Carbone, (5.) Florencia Castagnola (captain), (6.) Patricia Bueno, (7.) Maria Ines Raiz, (8.) Rosario de los Santos, (9.) Ana Hernández, (10.) Patricia Carluccio, (11.) Virginia Silva, (12.) Rosanna Paselle (gk), (13.) Adriana Boullosa, (14.) Carla Margni, (15.) Virginia Casabo, (16.) Laura Pradines, (17.) Veronica Tutte, and (18.) Eleonora Rebollo. Head Coach: Jorge Norvay.

Preliminaries

These teams qualified to the final tournament
These teams play in the #Fifth to eighth place play-off to determine the next two berth, in which fifth and sixth place goes to final tournament
The remaining teams play in Ninth to fourteenth place play-offs, in which the teams inish last in their respective pools will play in #Thirteenth to fourteenth play-off

Because the tournament held in two places, the matches mark by the color in the left played in Abbeville

Pool A

Trivia

*The top six teams (England, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, Ireland and Scotland) qualifies for the World Cup in Perth, Western Australia.
*Lithuania withdrew in the final stages of the tournament, and so formally didn't made it to the final rankings. The place remains vacant and therefore is not attributed to any other team taking part.

USA – India play-offs

Number seven placed India played a three test match series against the USA. The winner of which took the final qualification place for the World Cup. These matches were played at Cannock Hockey Club, England from June 22 to June 25, 2002. After two draws (1–1) the United States won the last en final encounter between the two sides 3–1.

hockeybox
date = June 22
team1 = fhw-rt|United States
team2 = fhw|India
score = 1–1
goals1= Fuchs 51'
goals2= Kharb 10'----hockeybox
date = June 23
team1 = fhw-rt|United States
team2 = fhw|India
score = 1–1
goals1= Fuchs 22'
goals2= M. Kaur 48'----hockeybox
date = June 25
team1 = fhw-rt|United States
team2 = fhw|India
score = 3–1
goals1= Fuchs 36', 49'
Gannon 38'
goals2= Kullu 19'

References