1990 Women's Hockey World Cup

1990 Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Sydney
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Home Bush Stadium
Top three teams
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.

Results

Pool A

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

     Qualified for semifinals

2 May 1990 Australia  3 – 0  China

3 May 1990 England  1 – 0  Argentina

3 May 1990 West Germany  3 – 0  Japan

4 May 1990 England  1 – 0  Japan

4 May 1990 Australia  1 – 1  Argentina

4 May 1990 West Germany  3 – 1  China

6 May 1990 Australia  2 – 1  West Germany

6 May 1990 England  2 – 0  China

6 May 1990 Argentina  0 – 0  Japan

7 May 1990 England  0 – 0  West Germany

8 May 1990 China  2 – 0  Argentina

8 May 1990 Australia  2 – 0  Japan

9 May 1990 West Germany  3 – 1  Argentina

9 May 1990 China  1 – 1  Japan

9 May 1990 Australia  0 – 0  England

Pool B

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

     Qualified for semifinals

2 May 1990 Canada  1 – 0  New Zealand

2 May 1990 South Korea  7 – 0  Spain

2 May 1990 Netherlands  3 – 0  United States

3 May 1990 New Zealand  1 – 0  South Korea

3 May 1990 Canada  1 – 1  United States

4 May 1990 Netherlands  3 – 0  Spain

5 May 1990 Spain  3 – 1  United States

5 May 1990 Netherlands  3 – 0  New Zealand

5 May 1990 South Korea  1 – 0  Canada

7 May 1990 Netherlands  0 – 0  South Korea

7 May 1990 New Zealand  6 – 1  United States

7 May 1990 Spain  3 – 0  Canada

8 May 1990 South Korea  9 – 0  United States

8 May 1990 New Zealand  1 – 1  Spain

9 May 1990 Netherlands  2 – 0  Canada

Fifth to twelfth place classification

Ninth to twelfth qualifiers

10 May 1990 Argentina  4 – 0  United States

10 May 1990 Canada  1 – 0  Japan

Eleventh and twelfth place

12 May 1990 Japan  3 – 1  United States

Ninth and tenth place

12 May 1990 Argentina  1 – 1 (AET) 4 – 2 (PSO)  Canada

Fifth to eighth qualifiers

11 May 1990 Spain  2 – 1  West Germany

11 May 1990 China  1 – 1 (AET) 5 – 4 (PSO)  New Zealand

Seventh and eighth place

12 May 1990 New Zealand  4 – 1  West Germany

Fifth and sixth place

12 May 1990 Spain  1 – 0  China

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 May
	Netherlands	5
	England	0
					13 May
					Netherlands	3
					Australia	1
					Third place
	11 May			13 May
	Australia	2		South Korea	3
	South Korea	1			England	2

Semi-finals

11 May 1990 Netherlands  5 – 0  England

11 May 1990 Australia  2 – 1 (AET)  South Korea

Third and fourth place

13 May 1990 South Korea  3 – 2  England

Final

13 May 1990 Netherlands  3 – 1  Australia

1990 Women's Hockey World Cup Winner
Netherlands Fifth title

Final standings

References

External links

• FIH official page
• Results page

International field hockey
FIH World Cup Men Women Men Junior Women Junior World League Champions Trophy Olympics Youth Olympics World Rankings Achievements by nation
Africa	AFHF – African Cup for Nations
Americas	PAHF – Pan American Cup Pan American Junior Championship
Asia	ASHF – Asia Cup Junior Asia Cup
Europe	EHF – Nations Championship EuroHockey Nations Challenge EuroHockey Nations Trophy
Oceania	OHF – Oceania Cup
Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Friendship Games Pacific Games Pan American Games
Others	Pannonia Cup Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Champions Challenge I (defunct) Champions Challenge II (defunct)