1998 Women's World Field Hockey Championship

9th World Cup 1994
Ladies
World Champion	Australia
Association	FIH
venue	Utrecht
Stadion
opening	May 20, 1998
Endgame	May 31, 1998
Number of games	42
Number of goals	190  (Ø 4.52 per game)
Top scorer
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The 1998 women's field hockey world championship was the 9th edition of the women's field hockey world championship . It took place in Utrecht , the Netherlands . The Australians defended their gold medal with a 3-2 win in the final against record world champions Netherlands .

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	26: 4	15th
2	Germany	5	4th	0	1	13: 8	12
3	South Africa	5	2	0	3	11:14	6th
4th	United States	5	2	0	3	9:14	6th
5	Scotland	5	2	0	3	6:11	6th
6th	China	5	0	0	5	4:18	0

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 20, 1994	Germany	United States	5: 1
May 20, 1994	Scotland	Australia	0: 5
May 20, 1994	South Africa	China	2: 1
May 22, 1994	Australia	China	7: 1
May 22, 1994	Germany	South Africa	4: 3
May 22, 1994	United States	Scotland	2: 1
May 24, 1994	South Africa	Scotland	2: 3
May 24, 1994	Australia	United States	6: 1
May 24, 1994	China	Germany	1: 3
May 26, 1994	Germany	Australia	0: 3
May 26, 1994	Scotland	China	2: 1
May 26, 1983	United States	South Africa	1: 2
May 27, 1994	Scotland	Germany	0: 1
May 27, 1983	Australia	South Africa	5: 2
May 27, 1994	China	United States	0: 4

Group B

rank	country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1	Netherlands	5	4th	1	0	13: 5	13
2	Argentina	5	4th	1	0	12: 7	13
3	South Korea	5	3	0	2	13:11	9
4th	New Zealand	5	2	0	3	10:11	6th
5	England	5	1	0	4th	8:12	3
6th	India	5	0	0	5	4:14	0

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 20, 1994	Netherlands	New Zealand	2: 1
May 20, 1994	India	England	0: 1
May 20, 1994	South Korea	Argentina	1: 2
May 21, 1994	South Korea	New Zealand	5: 4
May 21, 1994	England	Netherlands	2: 3
May 21, 1994	Argentina	India	2: 1
May 23, 1994	Netherlands	South Korea	1-0
May 23, 1994	New Zealand	India	2: 1
May 23, 1994	England	Argentina	2: 4
May 25, 1994	England	South Korea	2: 3
May 25, 1994	Argentina	New Zealand	2: 1
May 25, 1983	Netherlands	India	5-0
May 27, 1994	New Zealand	England	2: 1
May 27, 1983	India	South Korea	2: 4
May 27, 1994	Argentina	Netherlands	2: 2

Placement games

Play for 9-12 place

Scotland	5: 3	India
Gilmour (20th) Robertson (24th) MacDonald (39th) Grant (54th) Simpson (63rd)		Bala (10th) Tirkley (46th) Kaur (66th)	May 29, 1:35 p.m. (CEST) Referee: Naomi Kato Jean Buchanan

China	0: 3	England
		Sixsmith (14th) Miller (30th) Sixsmith (57th)	May 29, 4:05 p.m. (CEST) Referee: Renée Chatas Lynn Farell

Game for 11th place

China	4: 2	India
Huang Jungxia (17th) Li Juan (19th) Li Lije (26th) Wang Jiuyan (32nd)		Kullu (9th) Devi (59th)	May 30th, 3:05 p.m. (CEST) Referee: Lynn Farell Ute Conen

Play for 9th place

Scotland	0: 2	England
		Sixsmith (15th) Smith (29th)	May 30th, 5:35 p.m. (CEST) Referee: Peri Buckley Lee Wed-ok

Play for places 5-8

South Africa	1: 3	New Zealand
Bee (61.)		Pearce (11th) Bell-Kake (49th) Lawrence (59th)	May 29, 12:35 p.m. (CEST) Referee: Renee Cohen Ute Conen

United States	0: 2	South Korea
		Choi Mi-Soon (4th) Park Seung-Shin (33rd)	May 29, 3:05 p.m. (CEST) Referee: Jane Nockolds Peri Buckley

Game for 7th place

South Africa	4: 2	United States	after seven meters (0: 0 a.d.)
Coetzee MacNaughton Wessels Dobson		Fuchs Lucas	May 30, 12:35 p.m. (CEST) Referee: Gina Spitaleri Renée Chatas

Play for 5th place

Korea	4: 3	New Zealand
Woo Hyu-Jung (15th) Seung Shin-Oh (30th) Lee Eun-Young (35th) Choi Mi-Soon (59th, 7M)		Smith (4th) Foy (13th) Matthews (55th)	May 30, 12:35 p.m. (CEST) Referee: Gina Spitaleri Renée Chatas

Semifinals

Australia	4: 2	Argentina
Annan (4th) Langham (9th) Annan (51st) Powell (56th)		Masotta (37.) MacKenzie (65.)	May 29, 5:35 p.m. (CEST) Referee: Miriam van Gemert Angela Ruiz Lario

Netherlands	6: 1	Germany
Thate Van den Boogaard (2) Thate Donner's Teeuwen		Lätzsch	May 29, 8:05 p.m. (CEST) Referee: Kazuko Yasueda Gill Clarke

3rd place match

Argentina	2: 3	Germany
Oneto (34th, 55th)		Kauschke (39th) Dickenscheid (51st) Moeller (62nd)	May 31, 1:35 p.m. (CEST) Referee: Renée Cohen Angela Lario Ruiz

final

Netherlands	2: 3	Australia
Kuipers (1st) Deiters (62nd)		Annan (22nd) Towers (24th) Langham (56th)	May 31, 4:05 p.m. (CEST) Referee: Kazuko Yasueda Gill Clarke

Web link

• World Cup 1998 on FIH.ch