Friday, August 22, 2008

Dutch women simply too good

Results - Women
Friday 22 August
08:30 11-12 RSA:NZL 4:1 (2:1)
11:00 5-6 AUS : GBR 2:0 (1:0)
18:00 3-4 GER : ARG 1:3 (0:2)
20:30 Final CHN : NED 0:2 (0:0)

A few facts from FIH: Hosts China will play their first ever Olympic Hockey final and will collect their first ever medal in Olympic Hockey. Netherlands are only the second team to reach back-to-back Olympic finals. Before 2008, that feat had only been achieved by Australia, the 1996-2000 Hockeyroos. At Athens 2004, the Dutch went down 2-1 against Germany. The Netherlands will collect a record sixth Olympic medal. So far they have won one gold (1984), one silver (2004) and three bronze (1988, 1996 and 2000).

The Netherlands 2 (Naomi van As 50, Maartje Goderie 63) China 0 H-t: 0-0; Bronze medal play-off: Argentina 3 (Rosario Luchetti 11, Carla Rebecchi 22, Noel Barrionuevo 63) Germany 1 (Anke Kuehn 47) H-t: 2-0.
Classification matches: For 5-6 positions Australia 2 Britain 0 H-t: 1-0; For 11-12 positions: South Africa 4 New Zealand 1 H-t: 2-1.
Final women’s rankings: 1 The Netherlands 2 China 3 Argentina 4 Germany 5 Australia 6 Britain 7 Spain 8 United States 9 South Korea 10 Japan 11 South Africa 12 New Zealand