2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier

The 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier, is the pre-tournament for the 11th edition of the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup in Madrid, Spain. It was held in Rome, Italy, from April 25 to May 6, 2006.

The winner of the qualifying tournament, with a perfect unbeaten and untied record, was England, followed by the other four qualifiers (in order) : Korea, Japan, United States, and China. They join with six other teams which qualified as either continental champion or vice champion (Argentina, Australia, Germany, India, Netherlands, South Africa) and host Spain in the final tournament.

Venue

*Stadium HockeyCipriano Zino

Participating nations

Twelve nations took part in the qualifier:All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

hockeybox
date = April 25, 2006
13:30
team1 = fhw-rt|United States
team2 = fhw|Ireland
score = 1–1
goals1= Doton 41'
goals2= McKean 41'
umpires= Jean Duncan (ECO)
Kang Hyun-young (KOR)----hockeybox
date = April 25, 2006
15:45
team1 = fhw-rt|New Zealand
team2 = fhw|Azerbaijan
score = 2–1
goals1= Weavers 46'
Harrisson 56'
goals2= Jafarova 23'
umpires= Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)----hockeybox
date = April 25, 2006
20:30
team1 = fhw-rt|Italy
team2 = fhw|South Korea
score = 1–4
goals1= Nicoletti 55'
goals2= Park Young-soon 12', 58'
Park Seon-mi 18'
Kim Bo-mi 27'
umpires= Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Lisette Klaassen (NED)----hockeybox
date = April 27, 2006
15:30
team1 = fhw-rt|New Zealand
team2 = fhw|United States
score = 0–1
goals1=
goals2= Lingo 57'
umpires= Peri Buckley (AUS)
Julie Beamish (IRL)----hockeybox
date = April 27, 2006
18:00
team1 = fhw-rt|South Korea
team2 = fhw|Ireland
score = 0–0
goals1=
goals2=
umpires= Lisa Roach (AUS)
Miao Lin (CHN)----hockeybox
date = April 27, 2006
20:30
team1 = fhw-rt|Azerbaijan
team2 = fhw|Italy
score = 0–1
goals1=
goals2= Faustini 8'
umpires= Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Petra Muller (GER)----hockeybox
date = April 29, 2006
15:30
team1 = fhw-rt|South Korea
team2 = fhw|Azerbaijan
score = 4–0
goals1= Kim Bo-mi 15'
Oh Ko-woon 20'
Park Young-soon 59', 66'
goals2=
umpires= Jean Duncan (SCO)
Julie Beamish (IRL)----hockeybox
date = April 29, 2006
18:00
team1 = fhw-rt|Italy
team2 = fhw|United States
score = 1–2
goals1= Girotti 16'
goals2= Loy 13', 68'
umpires= Lisa Roach (AUS)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)----hockeybox
date = April 30, 2006
11:00
team1 = fhw-rt|Ireland
team2 = fhw|New Zealand
score = 0–0
goals1=
goals2=
umpires= Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)----hockeybox
date = May 1, 2006
13:30
team1 = fhw-rt|United States
team2 = fhw|Azerbaijan
score = 4–2
goals1= Fronzoni 12'
Snow 13'
Rizzo 34'
Kenny 66'
goals2= Z. Nuriyeva 57'
L. Nuriyeva 59'
umpires= Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
Miao Lin (CHN)----hockeybox
date = May 1, 2006
16:00
team1 = fhw-rt|Ireland
team2 = fhw|Italy
score = 2–1
goals1= Cregan 58'
Carey 70'
goals2= Faustini 48'
umpires= Peri Buckley (AUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)----hockeybox
date = May 1, 2006
18:30
team1 = fhw-rt|New Zealand
team2 = fhw|South Korea
score = 3–5
goals1= Maley 34'
Muirhead 54'
Weavers 68'
goals2= Kim Jung-hee 21', 38'
Kim Mi-seon 54', 50'
Ko Kwang-min 58'
umpires= Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)----hockeybox
date = May 2, 2006
15:45
team1 = fhw-rt|Azerbaijan
team2 = fhw|Ireland
score = 0–0
goals1=
goals2=
umpires= Lisa Roach (AUS)
Lisette Klaassen (NED)----hockeybox
date = May 2, 2006
18:00
team1 = fhw-rt|South Korea
team2 = fhw|United States
score = 3–0
goals1= Park Jeong-sook 21', 70'
Ko Kwang-min 70'
goals2=
umpires= Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Peri Buckley (AUS)----hockeybox
date = May 2, 2006
20:30
team1 = fhw-rt|Italy
team2 = fhw|New Zealand
score = 0–5
goals1=
goals2= Weavers 19'
Eshuis 35'
Forgesson 37'
Ryan 52'
Carr 54'
umpires= Miao Lin (CHN)
Jean Duncan (SCO)

Ninth to twelfth place play-offs

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

hockeybox
date = May 4, 2006
08:00
team1 = fhw-rt|Ukraine
team2 = fhw|Azerbaijan
score = 1–4
goals1= Vynohradova 28' (ps)
goals2= Sidorova 5'
Jafarova 49' (ps), 62'
Mirzaliyava 68'
umpires= Miao Lin (CHN)
Julie Beamish (IRL)----hockeybox
date = May 4, 2006
10:30
team1 = fhw-rt|Italy
team2 = fhw|Scotland
score = 1–5
goals1= Salessi 43'
goals2= Simpson 11', 23', 33', 61'
Cram 65'
umpires= Lisette Klaassen (NED)
Belen Gonzalez (ESP)

Eleventh place play-off

hockeybox
date = May 5, 2006
14:30
team1 = fhw-rt|Ukraine
team2 = fhw|Italy
score = 5–0
goals1= Vynohradova 2', 23'
Savenko 17'
Khilko 27'
Vasyukova 30'
goals2=
umpires= Jean Duncan (SCO)
Belen Gonzalez (ESP)

Ninth place play-off

hockeybox
date = May 5, 2006
17:15
team1 = fhw-rt|Azerbaijan
team2 = fhw|Scotland
score = 3–2
goals1= Zeynalova 11'
Jafarova 42'
Sidorova 56'
goals2= Judge 4'
Rochlin 44' (ps)
umpires= Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
Miao Lin (CHN)

Fifth to eighth place play-offs

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

hockeybox
date = May 4, 2006
13:00
team1 = fhw-rt|China
team2 = fhw|Ireland
score = 6–0
goals1= Zhou Wanfeng 24'
Chen Zhaoxia 27', 46'
Ma Yibo 38'
Gao Lihua 50'
Li Hongxia 57'
goals2=
umpires= Lisa Roach (AUS)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)----hockeybox
date = May 4, 2006
15:30
team1 = fhw-rt|New Zealand
team2 = fhw|France
score = 0–1
goals1=
goals2= Lazennec 36'
umpires= Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

eventh place play-off

hockeybox
date = May 5, 2006
20:00
team1 = fhw-rt|Ireland
team2 = fhw|New Zealand
score = 1–2
goals1= Cregan 46'
goals2= Carr 44'
Eshuis 54'
umpires= Petra Muller (GER)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

Fifth place play-off

hockeybox
date = May 6, 2006
12:15
team1 = fhw-rt|China
team2 = fhw|France
score = 3–1
goals1= Zhou Wanfeng 3'
Ren Ye 42', 61'
goals2= Minet 70'
umpires= Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

For the 21st ranked France team, the loss ended its dream of returning to the World Cup for the first time since 1981 though the team’s sixth place finish was the best ever for France in World Cup Qualifier competition.

Knockout stages

emi final

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

hockeybox
date = May 4, 2006
18:00
team1 = fhw-rt|England
team2 = fhw|United States
score = 1–0 (AET)
goals1= Rogers 85'+
goals2=
umpires= Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Kang Hyun-young (KOR)----hockeybox
date = May 4, 2006
20:30
team1 = fhw-rt|South Korea
team2 = fhw|Japan
score = 1–0
goals1= Park Mi-hyun 49'
goals2=
umpires= Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Peri Buckley (AUS)

Third place play-off

hockeybox
date = May 6, 2006
09:30
team1 = fhw-rt|United States
team2 = fhw|Japan
score = 1–4
goals1= Lingo 29'
goals2= Iwao 9'
Tsukui 27'
Komori 51'
Chiba 54'
umpires= Jean Duncan (SCO)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

Final

hockeybox
date = May 6, 2006
15:00
team1 = fhw-rt|England
team2 = fhw|South Korea
score = 2–1
goals1= Herbert 59'
Wright 65'
goals2= Kim Mi-seon 43'
umpires= Peri Buckley (AUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

With the win in the final, England completed an undefeated qualifier campaign

Final Standings

Final standings can be seen here.

Awards

External links

* [http://samsungqualifier.worldhockey.org/ Official website]