2004 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The fifth Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier was held in Auckland, New Zealand, from March 19 until March 28, 2004. Ten nations took part, and they were divided into two groups of five. The top five teams joined defending champions Australia (also Oceania Cup winner), Argentina (Pan American Games winner), China (Asian Games winner), The Netherlands (European Nations Cup winner) and South Africa (All Africa Games winner).

Team rosters

fhw|Germany

(2.) Tina Bachmann, (4.) Mandy Haase, (5.) Nadine Ernsting-Krienke, (8.) Kerstin Hoyer, (9.) Friederike Barth, (10.) Silke Müller, (13.) Marion Rodewald (captain), (15.) Heike Lätzsch(16.) Fanny Rinne, (17.) Louisa Walter (gk), (18.) Anke Kühn, (19.) Britta von Livonius, (20.) Alexandra Kollmar, (21.) Badri Latif, (22.) Miriam Schmid, (23.) Julia Zwehl (gk), (27.) Sonja Lehmann, and (32.) Franziska Gude. Head Coach: Markus Weise.

fhw|Great Britain

(1.) Carolyn Reid (gk), (2.) Hilary Rose (gk), (3.) Anna Bennett, (4.) Jane Smith, (5.) Crista Cullen, (6.) Mel Clewlow, (7.) Helen Grant, (8.) Lucilla Wright, (9.) Mandy Nicholson, (10.) Rhona Simpson, (11.) Kate Walsh (captain), (12.) Emma Rochlin, (13.) Jennie Bimson, (14.) Rachel Walker, (15.) Fiona Greenham, (16.) Leisa King, (17.) Sarah Blanks, and (18.) Linda Clement. Head Coach: Bob Crutchley.

fhw|Ireland

(1.) Nicky King (gk), (2.) Angela Platt (gk), (3.) Elaine Bromell, (4.) Fiona Connery, (5.) Linda Caulfield, (6.) Eimear Cregan, (7.) Suzanne Beaney, (9.) Bridget McKeever, (11.) Jenny McDonough, (13.) Nicky McCaughern, (14.) Lynsey McVicker (captain), (15.) Ciara O'Brien, (16.) Jill Orbinson, (17.) Nikki Symmons, (18.) Deirdre Casey, (20.) Kristin Farrell, (21.) Katharine Maybin, and (24.) Jenny Burke. Head Coach: Riet Kuper.

fhw|Japan

(1.) Rie Terazono (gk), (2.) Keiko Miura (captain), (3.) Akemi Kato, (4.) Yukari Yamamoto, (5.) Sachimi Iwao, (6.) Chie Kimura, (7.) Yuka Ogura, (8.) Sakae Morimoto, (9.) Kaori Chiba, (10.) Naoko Saito, (11.) Tomomi Komori, (12.) Nami Miyazaki (gk), (13.) Akiko Kitada, (14.) Rika Ishida, (15.) Emi Sakurai, (16.) Rika Komazawa, (19.) Megumi Ohmura, and (20.) Miyuki Nakagawa. Head Coach: Kazunori Kobayashi.

fhw|New Zealand

(1.) Kayla Sharland, (2.) Emily Naylor, (5.) Rachel Sutherland, (6.) Meredith Orr, (8.) Jaimee Provan, (9.) Leisen Jobe, (10.) Lizzy Igasan, (11.) Stacey Carr, (12.) Lisa Walton, (14.) Suzie Muirhead (captain), (15.) Beth Jurgeleit (gk), (16.) Helen Clarke (gk), (17.) Caryn Paewai, (18.) Diana Weavers, (21.) Niniwa Roberts, (22.) Rachel Robertson, (23.) Tara Drysdale, and (28.) Karen Syddall. Head Coach: Ian Rutledge.

fhw|Russia

(1.) Anna Radomskaya (gk), (2.) Ekaterina Cherkasova, (3.) Galina Timshina, (4.) Natalia Vershinina, (5.) Alexandra Pershina, (6.) Elena Kazakova, (7.) Natalia Gorbachkova, (8.) Tatiana Lastochkina, (9.) Elena Apelganets, (10.) Tatiana Vasyukova (captain), (11.) Svetlana Grigoreva, (12.) Ekaterina Rastorgoueva, (13.) Nadezda Chegurdaeva, (14.) Marina Chegurdaeva, (15.) Olga Shentsova, (16.) Galina Basaychuk, (17.) Natalia Zaitchenko, and (18.) Oxana Serezhkina (gk). Head Coach: Valentina Apelganets.

fhw|South Korea

(1.) Park Yong-Sook (gk), (2.) Kim Yun-Mi, (3.) Lee Jin-Hee, (4.) Yoo Hee-Joo, (6.) Kim Jung-Ahn, (7.) Han Sung-Mi, (8.) Lee Mi-Seong, (9.) Park Mi-Hyun, (10.) Oh Ko-Woon, (11.) Kim Seong-Eun (captain), (13.) Moon Myung-Seon, (14.) Park Seon-Mi, (15.) Kim Jin-Kyoung, (16.) Lim Ju-Young (gk), (17.) Kang Bo-Kyung, (18.) Park Jeong-Sook, (19.) Yoon Deok-Hee, and (21.) Kim Jung-Hee. Head Coach: Lim Heung-Sin.

fhw|Spain

(1.) María Jesús Rosa (gk), (3.) Rocío Ybarra, (4.) Barbara Malda, (5.) Mónica Rueda, (6.) Silvia Bonastre, (7.) María del Carmen Martín, (8.) Marta Prat, (9.) Silvia Muñoz, (10.) Lucía López, (11.) María del Mar Feito (captain), (12.) Maider Tellería, (15.) Erdoitza Goikoetxea, (16.) Lara Domenech Baldó, (17.) Núria Camón, (18.) Ana Raquel Pérez, (19.) Maider Luengo (gk), (20.) Raquel Huertas, and (21.) Esther Termens. Head Coach: Pablo Usoz.

fhw|Ukraine

(1.) Iryna Zhukova (gk), (2.) Viktoriya Novik, (3.) Lyudmyla Vyhanyayko, (4.) Olena Fritche, (5.) Olga Gulenko, (6.) Olha Hryzodub, (7.) Maryna Dudko, (8.) Tetyana Kobzenko (captain), (9.) Svitlana Kolomiyets, (10.) Natalya Vsayukova, (11.) Elvira Dzhemilova, (12.) Zhanna Savenko, (13.) Maryna Litvinchuk, (14.) Tetyana Salenko, (15.) Yana Vorushylo, and (16.) Olga Fisyun (gk). Head Coach: Tetyana Zhuk.

fhw|United States

(1.) Tamika Smith, (2.) Angie Loy, (3.) Kristen McCann, (4.) Margaret Storrar (gk), (5.) Tara Jelley, (7.) Tracey Larson, (9.) Tracey Fuchs, (10.) Tiffany Snow, (11.) Katherine Beach, (13.) Keli Smith, (14.) Abbey Woolley, (17.) Carrie Lingo, (21.) April Fronzoni, (22.) Kate Barber, (23.) Meredith Keller, (24.) Dina Rizzo, (25.) Amy Tran (gk), and (26.) Kristi Gannon. Head Coach: Beth Anders.

Umpires

*flagathlete|Chieko Akiyama|JPN
*flagathlete|Judith Barnesby|AUS
*flagathlete|Peri Buckley|AUS
*flagathlete|Renée Cohen|NED
*flagathlete|Ute Conen|GER
*flagathlete|Carolina de la Fuente|ARG
*flagathlete|Marelize de Klerk|RSA
*flagathlete|Jean Duncan|GBR
*flagathlete|Lyn Farrell|NZL
*flagathlete|Sarah Garnett|NZL
*flagathlete|Jun Kentwell|USA
*flagathlete|Minka Woolley|AUS

Preliminary Round

Group A

Remarks

* The first five teams (Japan, Spain, New Zealand, Germany, and South Korea) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Awards

;Topscorers
* → 7 goals
* → 6 goals
* → 5 goals
;Best Player
*
;Fair Play Trophy
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References

* [http://www.fihockey.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,1181-148045-165261-29376-116298-custom-item,00.html Overview on FIH-site]
* [http://www.usfieldhockey.com/results/women/2004/oly_qual04_results.htm US Field Hockey]