1997 Women's Intercontinental Cup

1997 Women's Intercontinental Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Zimbabwe
City	Harare
Teams	12
Venue	1
Final positions
Champions	South Africa
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	173 (4.12 per match)
Top scorer	Pietie Coetzee (15 goals)
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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.

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'

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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

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3 August 1998
14:00

Canada 2–4 Japan MacFarlane  12'
Grimes  32' Report Kato  14', 43'
Morimoto  16'
Iwao  68'

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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'

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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'

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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

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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'

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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

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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'

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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'

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6 August 1998
20:00

Scotland 3–0 Spain Fraser  9'
MacDonald  43', 45' Report

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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'

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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

	Crossover				Ninth place
	10 August
	Japan	5
					11 August
	Zimbabwe	2
					Japan	0
	10 August
					Spain	4
	Spain	3
	Canada	2
					Eleventh place
					11 August
					Zimbabwe	0
					Canada	5

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'

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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

	Crossover				Fifth place
	10 August
	England	2
					12 August
	Russia	1
					England (pen.)	1 (2)
	10 August
					China	1 (0)
	China	3
	Ireland	0
					Seventh place
					12 August
					Russia	4
					Ireland	2

Crossovers

10 August 1998
15:00

England 2–1 Russia Marston-Smith  15'
Cullen  57' Report Vasioukova  59'

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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

	Crossover				Final
	11 August
	South Africa	2
					12 August
	Scotland	1
					South Africa (pen.)	2 (4)
	11 August
					New Zealand	2 (3)
	New Zealand	2
	India	1
					Third place
					12 August
					Scotland (pen.)	1 (2)
					India	1 (0)

Semi-finals

12 August 1998
15:00

South Africa 2–1 Scotland Bee  8'
Coetzee  48' Report Fraser  68'

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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

• Pietie Coetzee

6 goals

• Akemi Kato
• Anna Lawrence
• Marina Tchegourdaeva
• Rhona Simpson

5 goals

• Liu Ying
• Yang Huiping
• Amanda Smith

4 goals

• Amy MacFarlane
• Denise Marston-Smith
• Robyn Matthews
• Irina Piskounova
• Sue MacDonald
• Teresa Motos

3 goals

• Laurelee Kopeck
• Chen Jianbin
• Donghong Cai
• Sandeep Kaur
• Pritam Thakran
• Keiko Miura
• Kylie Foy
• Susan Fraser

2 goals

• Dana Anderson
• Huang Junxia
• Yu Shenzhen
• Tina Cullen
• Purdy Miller
• Jane Smith
• Jane Sixsmith
• Alison Thompson
• Sachimi Iwao
• Toshie Tsukui
• Lisa Walton
• Kerry Bee
• Alison Dare
• Susan Wessels
• Núria Camón
• Nagore Gabellanes
• Erdoitza Goikoetxea

1 goal

• Sue Armstrong
• Nicole Colaco
• Aoibhinn Grimes
• Kristy Bowden
• Kamla Dalal
• Ferdina Ekka
• Jyoti Sunita Kullu
• Sarah Kelleher
• Lynsey McVicker
• Jeanette Turner
• Kozue Minbuto
• Sakae Morimoto
• Suzanne Pearce
• Jennifer Shepherd
• Moira Senior
• Kate Trolove
• Olga Lexina
• Elena Polovkova
• Tatiana Vasioukova
• Alison Grant
• Valerie Neil
• Diane Renilson
• Caryn Bentley
• Sherylle Calder
• Michele MacNaughton
• María Cruz González
• María del Mar Feito
• Silvia Muñoz
• Maider Tellería
• Wendy Edwards
• Sally Northcroft

Remarks

• The first six (South Africa, New Zealand, Scotland, India, England and China) participated in the 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup in Utrecht, Netherlands.

External links

• Field Hockey Canada
• fihockey