1990 Women's Hockey World Cup

1990 Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Sydney
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Home Bush Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (5th title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	South Korea
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The 1990 Women's Hockey World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 2 to 13 May in Sydney, Australia. It was won by the Netherlands, who defeated host nation Australia 3–1 in the final.[1] It was the Netherlands fifth Women's Hockey World Cup title and their third consecutive title. South Korea beat England 3–2 to finish third.[2]

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	3	2	0	8	2	+6	8	Semi-finals
2	England	5	3	2	0	4	0	+4	8
3	West Germany	5	3	1	1	9	4	+5	7
4	China	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5	3
5	Argentina	5	0	2	3	2	7	−5	2
6	Japan	5	0	2	3	1	6	−5	2

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]

2 May 1990 Australia  3–0  China Report

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3 May 1990 England  1–0  Argentina Report

3 May 1990 West Germany  2–0  Japan Report

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4 May 1990 Japan  0–1  England Report

4 May 1990 Australia  1–1  Argentina Report

4 May 1990 West Germany  3–1  China Report

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6 May 1990 West Germany  1–2  Australia Report

6 May 1990 China  0–2  England Report

6 May 1990 Argentina  0–0  Japan Report

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7 May 1990 England  0–0  West Germany Report

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8 May 1990 China  2–0  Argentina Report

8 May 1990 Australia  2–0  Japan Report

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9 May 1990 Argentina  1–3  West Germany Pazos  21' Report Dickenscheid  6' Ferneck  12', 55'

9 May 1990 Japan  1–1  China Report

9 May 1990 England  0–0  Australia Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	11	0	+11	9	Semi-finals
2	South Korea	5	3	1	1	17	1	+16	7
3	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	5
4	Spain	5	2	1	2	7	12	−5	5
5	Canada	5	1	1	3	2	7	−5	3
6	United States	5	0	1	4	3	22	−19	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]

2 May 1990 New Zealand  0–1  Canada Report

2 May 1990 Spain  0–7  South Korea Report

2 May 1990 Netherlands  3–0  United States Report

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3 May 1990 South Korea  0–1  New Zealand Report

3 May 1990 Canada  1–1  United States Report

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4 May 1990 Netherlands  3–0  Spain Report

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5 May 1990 United States  1–3  Spain Report

5 May 1990 New Zealand  0–3  Netherlands Report

5 May 1990 South Korea  1–0  Canada Report

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7 May 1990 South Korea  0–0  Netherlands Report

7 May 1990 New Zealand  6–1  United States Report

7 May 1990 Canada  0–3  Spain Report

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8 May 1990 United States  0–9  South Korea Report

8 May 1990 Spain  1–1  New Zealand Report

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9 May 1990 Netherlands  2–0  Canada Lejeune  15', 44' Report

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	Crossover				Ninth place
	10 May 1990
	Argentina	4
					12 May 1990
	United States	0
					Argentina (p.s.o)	1 (4)
	10 May 1990
					Canada	1 (2)
	Canada	1
	Japan	0
					Eleventh place
					12 May 1990
					United States	1
					Japan	3

Crossover

10 May 1990 Argentina  4–0  United States Report

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10 May 1990 Canada  1–0  Japan Report

Eleventh and twelfth place

12 May 1990 United States  1–3  Japan Report

Ninth and tenth place

12 May 1990 Argentina  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Canada Report Penalties 4–2

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	11 May 1990
	West Germany	1
					12 May 1990
	Spain	2
					Spain	1
	11 May 1990
					China	0
	New Zealand	1 (4)
	China (p.s.o)	1 (5)
					Seventh place
					12 May 1990
					West Germany	1
					New Zealand	4

Crossover

11 May 1990 West Germany  1–2  Spain Report

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11 May 1990 New Zealand  1–1 (a.e.t.)  China Report Penalties 4–5

Seventh and eighth place

12 May 1990 West Germany  1–4  New Zealand Report

Fifth and sixth place

12 May 1990 Spain  1–0  China Report

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 May 1990
	Australia (a.e.t.)	2
					13 May 1990
	South Korea	1
					Australia	1
	11 May 1990
					Netherlands	3
	Netherlands	5
	England	0
					Third place
					13 May 1990
					South Korea	3
					England	2

Semi-finals

11 May 1990 Australia  2–1 (a.e.t.)  South Korea Report

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11 May 1990 Netherlands  5–0  England Report

Third and fourth place

13 May 1990 South Korea  3–2  England Report

Final

13 May 1990 Australia  1–3  Netherlands Hawkes Report Lejeune de Ruiter Van der Ben

Winning Squad

 Netherlands[4]

• Ingrid Appels
• Carina Benninga
• Carina Bleeker
• Wietske de Ruiter
• Annemaike Fokke
• Noor Holsboer
• Danielle Koenen
• Lisanne Lejeune
• Florentine Steenberghe
• Carol Thate
• Jacqueline Toxopeus
• Caroline van Nieuwenhuyze-Leenders
• Helen van der Ben
• Isabelle van Zenderen
• Ingrid Wolff
• Mieketine Wouters

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Netherlands	7	6	1	0	19	1	+18	13	Gold medal
2	A	Australia	7	4	2	1	11	6	+5	10	Silver medal
3	B	South Korea	7	4	1	2	21	5	+16	9	Bronze medal
4	A	England	7	3	2	2	6	8	−2	8	Fourth place
5	B	Spain	7	4	1	2	10	13	−3	9	Eliminated in group stage
6	A	China	7	1	2	4	5	11	−6	4
7	B	New Zealand	7	3	2	2	13	8	+5	8
8	A	West Germany	7	3	1	3	11	10	+1	7
9	A	Argentina	7	1	3	3	7	8	−1	5
10	B	Canada	7	2	2	3	4	8	−4	6
11	A	Japan	7	1	2	4	4	8	−4	4
12	B	United States	7	0	1	6	4	29	−25	1

Source: FIH

References

1. "1990 Womens World Cup". FIH. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
2. "Joyce whitehead. "Dutch are the worthy winners." Times [London, England] 14 May 1990". The Times.
3. Regulations
4. "Field Hockey / World Cup". All competitions.com.

External links

• FIH official page
• FIH results page (archived)
• Results page