2006 World Women's Field Hockey Championship

Women's Hockey World Championship 2006
Samsung World Cup Women
Number of nations	12
World Champion	Netherlands
Association	FIH
venue	Madrid
Stadion	Club de Campo
opening	September 27, 2006
Endgame	October 8, 2006
Number of games	42
Number of goals	116  (Ø 2.76 per game)
Top scorer	Sylvia Karres
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The 11th women's field hockey world championship was held from September 27th to October 8th, 2006 in Madrid . The games took place on the premises of the Club de Campo . The official name of the tournament was Samsung World Cup Women . Twelve national teams competed against each other, first in two groups and then in placement games. A total of 42 international matches were completed.

The Netherlands became world champions for the sixth time , beating Australia 3-1 in the final .

Germany was represented by the German women 's national hockey team.

venue

The only venue for the women's field hockey world championship is the Club de Campo grounds in the Spanish capital, Madrid. There are two artificial turf pitches on the site , one of which has stands for spectators.

qualification

The five continental champions are eligible to participate.

Asia	America	Africa	Oceania	Europe
India	Argentina	South Africa	Australia	Netherlands

In addition, the European runner-up and Olympic champion, Germany , and the host, Spain , are directly qualified.

The remaining five starting places were awarded by the qualifying tournament Samsung World Cup Qualifier 2006 , which took place from April 25th to May 6th 2006 in Rome . Here, qualified England , South Korea , Japan , USA and China for the tournament.

referee

The FIH nominated 14 referees for the world championship .

Japan	Chieko Akiyama	Australia	Julie Ashton-Lucy
Netherlands	Caroline Brunekreef	Germany	Ute Conen
South Africa	Marelize de Klerk	Argentina	Carolina de la Fuente
Scotland	Jean Duncan	New Zealand	Sarah Garnett
Argentina	Soledad Iparraguirre	Scotland	Anne McRae
People's Republic of China	Miao Lin	Italy	Gina Spitaleri
Australia	Minka Woolley	Japan	Kazuko Yasueda

groups

World map with the participating nations

The groups were divided according to the world rankings of the world hockey association FIH .

Group A	Group B
Netherlands (1)	Argentina (2)
Germany (3)	Australia (4)
China (5)	South Korea (7)
England (9)	Japan (8)
Spain (10)	South Africa (11)
India (14)	United States (12)

The placements in the world rankings of the FIH (Sahara Women's World Rankings) at the time of the group division are given in brackets.

Preliminary round

Group A

table

rank	country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1	Netherlands	5	4th	1	0	12: 03	13
2	Spain	5	3	1	1	06: 05	10
3	England	5	2	2	1	06: 05	8th
4th	Germany	5	2	1	2	06: 05	7th
5	China	5	1	0	4th	05:13	3
6th	India	5	0	1	4th	07:11	1

Fixings

Match number - date - time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 27, 2006 - 12:00	Netherlands	India	3: 2
September 27, 2006 - 2:30 p.m.	China	England	2: 3
September 27, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.	Spain	Germany	1-0
September 29, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.	England	Netherlands	0: 1
September 29, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.	China	Spain	0: 1
September 29, 2006 - 6:00 pm	India	Germany	2: 3
October 1, 2006 - 12:00	Netherlands	Spain	2-0
October 1, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.	India	England	1: 1
October 1, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.	Germany	China	3: 1
October 3, 2006 - 12:00	England	Germany	1-0
October 3, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.	China	Netherlands	1: 6
October 3, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.	Spain	India	3: 2
October 4, 2006 - 12:00	Netherlands	Germany	0-0
October 4, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.	India	China	0: 1
October 4, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.	Spain	England	1: 1

Group B

table

rank	country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1	Australia	5	4th	1	0	11: 04	13
2	Argentina	5	3	1	1	09: 08	10
3	United States	5	2	1	2	06: 06	7th
4th	Japan	5	1	2	2	06: 05	5
5	South Korea	5	2	1	2	05: 08	4th
6th	South Africa	5	0	2	3	03: 09	2

Fixings

Match number - date - time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 27, 2006 - 12:30 pm	South Korea	Japan	2: 1
September 27, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.	Australia	South Africa	1-0
September 27, 2006 - 6:00 p.m.	Argentina	United States	2: 1
September 28, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.	South Korea	South Africa	0-0
September 28, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.	Australia	United States	3: 1
September 28, 2006 - 6:00 pm	Argentina	Japan	3: 2
September 30, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.	South Korea	Australia	3: 4
September 30, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.	United States	Japan	0-0
September 30, 2006 - 6:00 pm	South Africa	Argentina	2: 2
October 2, 2006 - 12:00	Japan	Australia	0-0
October 2, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.	South Africa	United States	1: 3
October 2, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.	Argentina	South Korea	2-0
October 4, 2006 - 12:30 pm	South Africa	Japan	0: 3
October 4, 2006 - 2:30 p.m.	South Korea	United States	0: 1
October 4, 2006 - 6:00 p.m.	Australia	Argentina	3-0

Placement games

Places 9 to 12

	Semi-finals nine to twelve				Game for ninth place
	October 6, 2006 - 12:30 pm
	China	4th
	South Africa	0
					October 7, 2006 - 7:00 p.m.
					China	1
					South Korea	2
					Game for eleventh place
	October 6, 2006 - 3:00 p.m.				October 7, 2006 - 6:00 pm
	South Korea	4th			South Africa	0
	India	1			India	1

Places 5 to 8

	Semifinals five to eight				Game for fifth place
	October 6, 2006 - 11:30 am
	England	0
	Japan	2
					October 7, 2006 - 4:30 pm
					Japan	1
					United States	0
					Game for seventh place
	October 6, 2006 - 2:00 p.m.				October 8, 2006 - 12:00
	United States	1			England	2
	Germany	0			Germany	1

Finals

	Semifinals				final
	October 6, 2006 - 4:30 p.m.
	Netherlands	3
	Argentina	1
					October 8, 2006 - 5:00 p.m.
					Netherlands	3
					Australia	1
					Game for third place
	October 6, 2006 - 7:00 p.m.				October 8, 2006 - 2:30 p.m.
	Australia	1			Argentina	5
	Spain	0			Spain	0

Final ranking

space	country
1	Netherlands
2	Australia
3	Argentina
4th	Spain
5	Japan
6th	United States
7th	England
8th	Germany
9	South Korea
10	China
11	India
12	South Africa

Individual evidence

1. ↑ China reached last available World Cup place ( Memento from August 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Official website of the FIH for the tournament
• FIH Results Book (PDF; 1.1 MB)
• Hockey World Cup Women • Madrid 2006 ( Memento from November 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive )