1997 Women's Intercontinental Cup

1997 Women's Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryZimbabwe
CityHarare
Teams12
Venue1
Final positions
Champions South Africa
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored173 (4.12 per match)
Top scorer Pietie Coetzee (15 goals)
1993 (previous) (next) 2001

The 1997 Women's Intercontinental Cup was a qualifier for the 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup and was held in the Magamba Stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe, from Friday 1 August to Tuesday 12 August 1997. Twelve nations took part, divided into two groups of six in the preliminary round. The top six teams joined Argentina, Olympic champions Australia, Germany, South Korea, the United States and hosts the Netherlands. [1]

Qualified Teams

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
Host Nation 1  Zimbabwe
18–29 August 1999 1994 World Cup Dublin, Ireland 6  Canada
 China
 England
 Ireland
 Russia
 Spain
16–27 October 1996 Inter Nations Cup Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 5  India
 Japan
 New Zealand
 Scotland
 South Africa
Total 12

Squads

Canada

Dana Anderson, Sue Armstrong, Nicole Colaco, Lisa Faust, Sarah Forbes (gk), Aoibhinn Grimes, Chris Hunter, Laurelee Kopeck, Amy MacFarlane, Karen MacNeill, Veronica Planella, Gillian Sewell, Carla Somerville, Sue Tingley, Krista Thompson (gk), and Candy Thomson. Head Coach: Dru Marshall.

India

Tingonleima Chanu (gk), Helen Mary (gk), Sandeep Khaur, Shashi Bala (captain), Maristella Tirkey, Mukta Xalco, Sita Gussain, Sumrai Tete, Sunita Dalal, Nidhi Khullar, Manjinder Kaur, Pritam Thakran, Kamala Dalal, Suraj Lata Devi, Jyoti Sunita Kullu, and Ferdina Ekka. Head coach: Balbir Singh.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa 5 4 1 0 20 6 +14 13 Semi-finals
2  India 5 3 0 2 7 6 +1 9
3  England 5 2 3 0 10 7 +3 9 Fifth to eighth place
4  Ireland 5 1 1 3 5 10 −5 4
5  Japan 5 1 1 3 10 15 −5 4 Ninth to twelfth place
6  Canada 5 0 2 3 5 13 −8 2
Source: Field Hockey Canada
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
1 August 1998
14:30
India  1–0  Ireland
Sandeep  67' Report
1 August 1998
16:30
England  1–1  Canada
Smith  15' Report Colaco  36'
1 August 1998
20:30
Japan  1–6  South Africa
Miura  38' Report Coetzee  3'14'44'
MacNaughton  47'
Wessels  53'
Bentley  61'

2 August 1998
18:00
India  0–1  England
Report Marston-Smith  60'
2 August 1998
20:00
South Africa  3–0  Ireland
Coetzee  18'41'
Calder  20'
Report

3 August 1998
14:00
Canada  2–4  Japan
MacFarlane  12'
Grimes  32'
Report Kato  14'43'
Morimoto  16'
Iwao  68'

4 August 1998
16:00
Canada  1–4  South Africa
MacFarlane  12' Report Coetzee  12'42'
Wessels  49'
Bee  70'
4 August 1998
18:00
Japan  2–3  India
Miura  14'
Kato  50'
Report Jyoti  8'
Pritam  27'61'
4 August 1998
20:00
England  3–1  Ireland
Smith  10'
Miller  15'
Marston-Smith  54'
Report Thompson  64'

6 August 1998
14:00
South Africa  3–0  India
Coetzee  21'30'47' Report
6 August 1998
16:00
Ireland  1–1  Canada
Turner  68' Report MacFarlane  45'
6 August 1998
18:00
Japan  1–1  England
Kato  14' Report Marston-Smith  59'

7 August 1998
18:00
England  4–4  South Africa
Cullen  10'
Sixsmith  13'34'
Bowden  70'
Report Dare  22'33'
Coetzee  38'68'
7 August 1998
20:00
India  3–0  Canada
Dalal  12'
Sandeep  33'
Pritam  54'
Report

8 August 1998
14:00
Ireland  3–2  Japan
McVicker  43'
Thompson  47'
Kelleher  63'
Report Kato  4'
Tsukui  12'

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 5 3 2 0 20 6 +14 11 Semi-finals
2  Scotland 5 3 1 1 14 2 +12 10
3  China 5 2 2 1 16 4 +12 8 Fifth to eighth place
4  Russia 5 2 1 2 12 8 +4 7
5  Spain 5 1 2 2 7 7 0 5 Ninth to twelfth place
6  Zimbabwe (H) 5 0 0 5 0 42 −42 0
Source: Field Hockey Canada
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
(H) Hosts
1 August 1998
18:30
China  2–2  New Zealand
Liu  20'
Huang  40'
Report Smith  14'
Lawrence  60'

2 August 1998
14:00
Spain  1–1  Russia
Gabellanes  56' Report Tchegourdaeva  49'
2 August 1998
16:00
Scotland  9–0  Zimbabwe
Renilson  9'
Fraser  14'
MacDonald  18'45'
Simpson  27'32'44'47'
Neil  42'
Report

3 August 1998
16:00
Zimbabwe  0–11  China
Report Donghong  5'25'69'
Liu  13'
Yang  34'35'62'
Chen  39'70'
Yu  55'63'
3 August 1998
18:00
Russia  1–0  Scotland
Tchegourdaeva  52' Report
3 August 1998
20:00
Spain  1–2  New Zealand
Tellería  12' Report Smith  24'
Lawrence  38'

5 August 1998
16:00
Scotland  1–1  New Zealand
Grant  11' Report Matthews  52'
5 August 1998
18:00
Spain  1–1  China
Del Mar Feito  47' Report Yang  37'
5 August 1998
20:00
Zimbabwe  0–8  Russia
Report Tchegourdaeva  15'28'59'70'
Piskounova  22'37'
Polovkova  50'
Lexina  52'

6 August 1998
20:00
Scotland  3–0  Spain
Fraser  9'
MacDonald  43'45'
Report

7 August 1998
14:00
New Zealand  10–0  Zimbabwe
Foy  5'60'
Matthews  24'28'
Walton  33'35'
Smith  41'67'
Lawrence  43'59'
Report
7 August 1998
16:00
Russia  0–2  China
Report Liu  4'
Yang  58'

7 August 1998
16:00
Zimbabwe  0–4  Spain
Report González  3'
Goikoetxea  25'
Motos  49'
Gabellanes  52'
7 August 1998
18:00
New Zealand  5–2  Russia
Pearce  5'
Smith  21'
Lawrence  36'46'
Matthews  64'
Report Piskounova  12'31'
7 August 1998
20:00
China  0–1  Scotland
Report Simpson  60'

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place

 
CrossoverNinth place
 
      
 
10 August
 
 
 Japan5
 
11 August
 
 Zimbabwe2
 
 Japan0
 
10 August
 
 Spain4
 
 Spain3
 
 
 Canada2
 
Eleventh place
 
 
11 August
 
 
 Zimbabwe0
 
 
 Canada5

Crossovers

10 August 1998
09:00
Japan  5–2  Zimbabwe
Kato  3'
Miura  22'
Minbuto  27'
Iwao  46'
Tsukui  54'
Report Northcroft  56'
Edwards  62'

10 August 1998
11:30
Spain  3–2  Canada
Motos  18'
Camón  28'
Muñoz  42'
Report Kopeck  46'57'

Eleventh and twelfth place

11 August 1998
09:00
Zimbabwe  0–5  Canada
Report MacFarlane  17'
Kopeck  20'
Anderson  26'50'
Armstrong  37'

Ninth and tenth place

11 August 1998
11:30
Japan  0–4  Spain
Report Motos  20'68'
Goikoetxea  39'
Camón  60'

Fifth to eighth place

 
CrossoverFifth place
 
      
 
10 August
 
 
 England2
 
12 August
 
 Russia1
 
 England (pen.)1 (2)
 
10 August
 
 China1 (0)
 
 China3
 
 
 Ireland0
 
Seventh place
 
 
12 August
 
 
 Russia4
 
 
 Ireland2

Crossovers

10 August 1998
15:00
England  2–1  Russia
Marston-Smith  15'
Cullen  57'
Report Vasioukova  59'

10 August 1998
17:30
China  3–0  Ireland
Liu  20'58'
Chen  63'
Report

Seventh and eighth place

12 August 1998
09:00
Russia  4–2  Ireland
Report

Fifth and sixth place

12 August 1998
11:30
England  1–1 (a.e.t.)  China
Miller  23' Report Huang  58'
Penalties
2–0

Medal round

 
CrossoverFinal
 
      
 
11 August
 
 
 South Africa2
 
12 August
 
 Scotland1
 
 South Africa (pen.)2 (4)
 
11 August
 
 New Zealand2 (3)
 
 New Zealand2
 
 
 India1
 
Third place
 
 
12 August
 
 
 Scotland (pen.)1 (2)
 
 
 India1 (0)

Semi-finals

12 August 1998
15:00
South Africa  2–1  Scotland
Bee  8'
Coetzee  48'
Report Fraser  68'

12 August 1998
17:30
New Zealand  2–1 (a.e.t.)  India
Trolove  27'
Shepherd  81'
Report Sandeep  39'

Third and fourth place

12 August 1998
15:00
Scotland  1–1 (a.e.t.)  India
Simpson  14' Report Ferdina  41'
Penalties
Fraser
Robertson
Jack
3–1 Sandeep
Tirkey
Pritam
Sumrai

Final

12 August 1998
17:30
South Africa  2–2 (a.e.t.)  New Zealand
Coetzee  40'47' Report Foy  29'
Senior  49'
Penalties
Coetzee
MacNaughton
Carlisle
Dobson
4–2 Lawrence
Smith
Matthews
Pearce

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 South Africa 7 5 2 0 24 9 +15 17 Qualified for 1998 FIH World Cup
 New Zealand 7 4 3 0 24 9 +15 15
 Scotland 7 3 2 2 16 5 +11 11
4  India 7 3 1 3 9 9 0 10
5  England 7 3 4 0 13 9 +4 13
6  China 7 3 3 1 20 5 +15 12
7  Russia 7 3 1 3 17 12 +5 10
8  Ireland 7 1 1 5 7 17 −10 4
9  Spain 7 3 2 2 14 9 +5 11
10  Japan 7 2 1 4 15 21 −6 7
11  Canada 7 1 2 4 12 16 −4 5
12  Zimbabwe (H) 7 0 0 7 2 52 −50 0
Source: Field Hockey Canada
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

  • Note: Scorers from the seventh place match between Ireland and Russia are unknown, and hence have not been added to this list.

There were 173 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.

15 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Remarks

References

  1. ^ "Women Field Hockey intercontinental Cup 1997". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 30 August 2019.