Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the 8th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 10 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 22 August. All games were played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green in Beijing, China.

The Netherlands won the gold medal for the second time after defeating China 2–0 in the final. Argentina won the bronze medal by defeating defending champions Germany 3–1.

Competition format
The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their pool. Following the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advance to the semifinals. All other teams play classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in the bronze medal match.

Qualification
Each of the continental champions from five federations and host received an automatic berth. The European federation received two extra quotas, while Oceanian received one extra quota, based upon the FIH World Rankings at the completion of the 2006 World Cup. In addition to the three teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, the following twelve teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, competed in this tournament.


 * – China qualified both as host and continental champion, therefore that quota was given to the Asian federation allowing Japan to qualify directly to the 2008 Summer Olympics as the second-placed team at the 2006 Asian Games.

Umpires
Fifteen umpires for the women's event were appointed by the FIH. During each match, a video umpire was used to assist the on-field umpires in determining if a goal had been legally scored.


 * 🇦🇺 Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
 * Stella Bartlema
 * 🇩🇪 Ute Conen (GER)
 * Marelize de Klerk
 * 🇦🇷 Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
 * 🇳🇿 Sarah Garnett (NZL)
 * 🇦🇷 Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
 * 🇰🇷 Lee Keum-ju (KOR)
 * 🇬🇧 Anne McRae (GBR)
 * 🇮🇪 Carol Metchette (IRL)
 * 🇨🇳 Miao Lin (CHN)
 * 🇦🇺 Lisa Roach (AUS)
 * 🇯🇵 Chieko Soma (JPN)
 * 🇮🇹 Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
 * 🇦🇺 Minka Woolley (AUS)

Results
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Pool A


  

  

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Goalscorers

 * 11 goals
 * 🇳🇱 Maartje Paumen


 * 5 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Alejandra Gulla
 * 🇨🇳 Fu Baorong
 * 🇰🇷 Lee Seon-ok


 * 4 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Carla Rebecchi
 * 🇦🇺 Casey Eastham
 * 🇨🇳 Tang Chunling
 * 🇺🇸 Angie Loy


 * 3 goals
 * 🇦🇺 Nikki Hudson
 * 🇦🇺 Angela Lambert
 * 🇦🇺 Sarah Young
 * 🇨🇳 Li Hongxia
 * Crista Cullen
 * 🇩🇪 Anke Kühn
 * 🇩🇪 Fanny Rinne
 * 🇺🇸 Keli Smith


 * 2 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Claudia Burkart
 * 🇦🇷 Soledad García
 * 🇦🇷 Mariné Russo
 * 🇦🇺 Shelly Liddelow
 * 🇨🇳 Gao Lihua
 * 🇩🇪 Janine Beermann
 * 🇩🇪 Eileen Hoffmann
 * 🇩🇪 Natascha Keller
 * 🇩🇪 Marion Rodewald
 * 🇯🇵 Keiko Miura
 * 🇰🇷 Gim Sung-hee
 * 🇰🇷 Park Jeong-sook
 * 🇰🇷 Park Mi-hyun
 * 🇳🇱 Marilyn Agliotti
 * 🇳🇱 Ellen Hoog
 * 🇳🇿 Gemma Flynn
 * 🇿🇦 Vida Ryan


 * 1 goal
 * 🇦🇷 Luciana Aymar
 * 🇦🇷 Noel Barrionuevo
 * 🇦🇷 Rosario Luchetti
 * 🇦🇺 Madonna Blyth
 * 🇦🇺 Emily Halliday
 * 🇦🇺 Hope Munro
 * 🇦🇺 Megan Rivers
 * 🇨🇳 Ma Yibo
 * 🇨🇳 Song Qingling
 * 🇨🇳 Zhao Yudiao
 * Melanie Clewlow
 * Alex Danson
 * Anne Panter
 * Sarah Thomas
 * 🇩🇪 Katharina Scholz
 * 🇯🇵 Kaori Chiba
 * 🇯🇵 Rika Komazawa
 * 🇯🇵 Sakae Morimoto
 * 🇯🇵 Toshie Tsukui
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Da-rae
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Eun-sil
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Jong-eun
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Mi-sun
 * 🇳🇱 Minke Booij
 * 🇳🇱 Wieke Dijkstra
 * 🇳🇱 Maartje Goderie
 * 🇳🇱 Eefke Mulder
 * 🇳🇱 Janneke Schopman
 * 🇳🇱 Naomi van As
 * 🇳🇿 Jaimee Claxton
 * 🇳🇿 Krystal Forgesson
 * 🇳🇿 Jo Galletly
 * 🇳🇿 Lizzy Igasan
 * 🇳🇿 Niniwa Roberts
 * 🇿🇦 Cindy Brown
 * 🇿🇦 Kate Hector
 * 🇿🇦 Marsha Marescia
 * 🇿🇦 Jennifer Wilson
 * 🇪🇸 Núria Camón
 * 🇪🇸 Raquel Huertas
 * 🇪🇸 Silvia Muñoz
 * 🇪🇸 María Romagosa
 * 🇪🇸 Pilar Sánchez
 * 🇪🇸 Esther Termens
 * 🇪🇸 Rocío Ybarra
 * 🇺🇸 Kate Barber
 * 🇺🇸 Kayla Bashore
 * 🇺🇸 Dana Sensenig
 * 🇺🇸 Tiffany Snow