2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup

2006 Women's Hockey
Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
City	Rome
Dates	April 25 – May 6
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	England (2nd title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	151 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	4 Players (see list below) (6 goals)
Best player	Sachimi Iwao
← 2001 (previous)

The 2006 Women's Hockey Intercontinental Cup was the seventh edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The event was held from 25 April–6 May, in Rome, Italy.^[1]

England won the tournament for the second time after defeating South Korea 2–1 in the final. Japan finished in third place, defeating the United States 4–1.^[2]

The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2006 FIH World Cup in Madrid, with the top five teams qualifying automatically.^[3]

Qualification

Except for Africa, all other four confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition.^[4]

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
1–8 February 2004	2004 Hockey Asia Cup	New Delhi, India	Japan China South Korea
21–28 April 2004	2004 Pan American Cup	Bridgetown, Barbados	United States
14–20 August 2005	2005 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Dublin, Ireland	England Ireland Ukraine Scotland France
5–11 September 2005	2005 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Italy
29 October–5 November 2005	2005 Oceania Cup	Auckland, New Zealand Sydney, Australia	New Zealand

Squads

Below is the list of participating squads.

Azerbaijan

Head Coach: Adil Pashayev

Umpires

Below are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

Julie Beamish (IRL)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Belén González (ESP)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Kang Hyun-young (KOR)
Miao Lin (CHN)
Lisette Klassen (NED)
Petra Muller (GER)
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	5	5	0	22	2	+20	15	Semi-Finals and 2006 FIH World Cup
2	Japan	5	4	1	17	5	+12	12	Semi-Finals and 2006 FIH World Cup
3	China	5	3	2	9	7	+2	9
4	France	5	2	3	6	19	−13	6
5	Ukraine	5	1	4	4	13	−9	3
6	Scotland	5	0	5	4	16	−12	0

Source: SportCentric
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[5]

25 April 2006
09:00

China	2–0	Scotland
Song 60' Tang 68'	Report

Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

25 April 2006
11:15

England	3–0	Ukraine
Ellis 19' Clewlow 35' Walton 51'	Report

Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Miao Lin (CHN)

25 April 2006
18:00

Japan	5–0	France
Tsukui 29' Iwao 36' Chiba 43' Komori 54' Komazawa 59'	Report

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Julie Beamish (IRL)

26 April 2006
15:30

China	1–2	England
Ren 7'	Report	Cullen 29' Richardson 70'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Belén González (ESP)

26 April 2006
18:00

Ukraine	1–4	Japan
Vynohradova 37'	Report	Komori 9', 55' Chiba 45', 70'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (ECO)
Petra Müller (GER)

26 April 2006
20:30

France	3–1	Scotland
Hure 48' Oréfice 54' Berley 60'	Report	Simpson 9'

Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

28 April 2006
15:30

Scotland	1–5	Japan
Rochlin 53'	Report	Iwao 12' Chiba 19', 46' Komori 40' Ozawa 51'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Belén González (ESP)

28 April 2006
18:00

England	10–0	France
Walker 13' Cullen 17' Danson 22' Wright 32', 65' Grant 51', 52' Wooding 59' Richardson 62' Walton 67'	Report

Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Lisette Klaassen (NED)

28 April 2006
20:30

Ukraine	1–3	China
Vynohradova 11'	Report	Li H. 26' Zhou 35' Fu 67'

Umpires:
Kang Hyun-Young (KOR)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

30 April 2006
13:30

France	2–0	Ukraine
Berley 6', 58'	Report

Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Belén González (ESP)

30 April 2006
16:00

Japan	3–0	China
Komori 34' Ono 50' Yamamoto 53'	Report

Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Lisette Klaassen (NED)

30 April 2006
18:30

Scotland	1–4	England
Judge 62'	Report	Walker 10' Wright 26', 56' Walsh 60'

Umpires:
Kang Hyun-Young (KOR)
Petra Müller (GER)

2 May 2006
09:00

England	3–0	Japan
Danson 13' Cullen 35' Ellis 41'	Report

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

2 May 2006
11:15

China	3–1	France
Ma 13' Ren 39' Chen Z. 57'	Report	Oréfice 40'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Petra Müller (GER)

2 May 2006
13:30

Ukraine	2–1	Scotland
Vynohradova 56' Salenko 67'	Report	Simpson 48'

Umpires:
Julie Beamish (IRL)
Kang Hyun-Young (KOR)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	5	4	1	0	16	4	+12	13	Semi-Finals and 2006 FIH World Cup
2	United States	5	3	1	1	8	7	+1	10	Semi-Finals and 2006 FIH World Cup
3	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	10	7	+3	7
4	Ireland	5	1	4	0	3	2	+1	7
5	Italy (H)	5	1	0	4	4	13	−9	3
6	Azerbaijan	5	0	1	4	3	11	−8	1

Source: SportCentric
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[5]
(H) Hosts

25 April 2006
13:30

United States	1–1	Ireland
Doton 70'	Report	McKean 41'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (ECO)
Kang Hyun-Young (KOR)

25 April 2006
15:45

New Zealand	2–1	Azerbaijan
Weavers 46' Harrison 56'	Report	Jafarova 23'

Umpires:
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

25 April 2006
20:30

Italy	1–4	South Korea
Nicoletti 55'	Report	Park Y. 12', 58' Park S. 18' Kim B. 27'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Lisette Klaassen (NED)

27 April 2006
15:30

New Zealand	0–1	United States
	Report	Lingo 57'

Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Julie Beamish (IRL)

27 April 2006
18:00

South Korea	0–0	Ireland
	Report

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Miao Lin (CHN)

27 April 2006
20:30

Azerbaijan	0–1	Italy
	Report	Faustini 8'

Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Petra Müller (GER)

29 April 2006
15:30

South Korea	4–0	Azerbaijan
Kim B. 15' Oh 20' Park Y. 59', 66'	Report

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Julie Beamish (IRL)

29 April 2006
18:00

Italy	1–2	United States
Girotti 16'	Report	Loy 13', 68'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

29 April 2006
20:30

Ireland	0–0	New Zealand
	Report

Umpires:
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

1 May 2006
13:30

United States	4–2	Azerbaijan
Fronzoni 12' Snow 13' Rizzo 34' Kenny 66'	Report	Z. Nuriyeva 57' L. Nuriyeva 59'

Umpires:
Kang Hyun-Young (KOR)
Miao Lin (CHN)

1 May 2006
16:00

Ireland	2–1	Italy
Cregan 58' Carey 70'	Report	Faustini 48'

Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

1 May 2006
18:30

New Zealand	3–5	South Korea
Maley 34' Muirhead 54' Weavers 68'	Report	Kim Ju. 21', 38' Kim M. 54', 50' Ko 58'

Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

2 May 2006
15:45

Azerbaijan	0–0	Ireland
	Report

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Lisette Klaassen (NED)

2 May 2006
18:00

South Korea	3–0	United States
Park J. 21', 70' Ko 37'	Report

Umpires:
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Peri Buckley (AUS)

2 May 2006
20:30

Italy	0–5	New Zealand
	Report	Weavers 19' Eshuis 35' Forgesson 37' Ryan 52' Carr 54'

Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Jean Duncan (SCO)

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

Crossover		Ninth Place

4 May 2006

Ukraine	1
		5 May 2006
Azerbaijan	4
		Azerbaijan	3
4 May 2006
		Scotland	2
Italy	1

Scotland	5
		Eleventh Place

		5 May 2006

		Ukraine	5

		Italy	0

Crossover

4 May 2006
08:00

Ukraine	1–4	Azerbaijan
Vynohradova 28'	Report	Sidorova 5' Jafarova 49', 62' Mirzaliyava 68'

Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Julie Beamish (IRL)

4 May 2006
10:30

Italy	1–5	Scotland
Salessi 43'	Report	Simpson 11', 23', 33', 61' Cram 65'

Umpires:
Lisette Klaassen (NED)
Belén González (ESP)

Eleventh and twelfth place

5 May 2006
14:30

Ukraine	5–0	Italy
Vynohradova 2', 23' Savenko 17' Khilko 27' Vasyukova 30'	Report

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Belén González (ESP)

Ninth and tenth place

5 May 2006
17:15

Azerbaijan	3–2	Scotland
Zeynalova 11' Jafarova 42' Sidorova 56'	Report	Judge 4' Rochlin 44'

Umpires:
Kang Hyun-Young (KOR)
Miao Lin (CHN)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover		Fifth Place

4 May 2006

China	6
		6 May 2006
Ireland	0
		China	3
4 May 2006
		France	1
New Zealand	0

France	1
		Seventh Place

		5 May 2006

		Ireland	1

		New Zealand	2

Crossover

4 May 2006
13:00

China	6–0	Ireland
Zhou 24' Chen Z. 27', 46' Ma 38' Gao 50' Li H. 57'	Report

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

4 May 2006
15:30

New Zealand	0–1	France
	Report	Lazennec 36'

Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Seventh and eighth place

5 May 2006
20:00

Ireland	1–2	New Zealand
Cregan 46'	Report	Carr 44' Eshuis 54'

Umpires:
Petra Muller (GER)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

6 May 2006
12:15

China	3–1	France
Zhou 3' Ren 42', 61'	Report	Minét 70'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals		Final

4 May 2006

England (a.e.t)	1
		6 May 2006
United States	0
		England	2
4 May 2006
		South Korea	1
South Korea	1

Japan	0
		Third Place

		6 May 2006

		United States	1

		Japan	4

Semi-finals

4 May 2006
18:00

England	1–0 (a.e.t.)	United States
Rogers 85+'	Report

Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Kang Hyun-Young (KOR)

4 May 2006
20:30

South Korea	1–0	Japan
Park M. 49'	Report

Umpires:
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Peri Buckley (AUS)

Third and fourth place

6 May 2006
09:30

United States	1–4	Japan
Lingo 29'	Report	Iwao 9' Tsukui 27' Komori 51' Chiba 54'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

Final

6 May 2006
15:00

England	2–1	South Korea
Herbert 59' Wright 65'	Report	Kim M. 43'

Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Sachimi Iwao	4 Players (see list below)	Amy Tran	Scotland

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
	England	7	7	0	0	25	3	+22	21	Qualified for 2006 FIH World Cup
	South Korea	7	5	1	1	18	6	+12	16
	Japan	7	5	0	2	21	7	+14	15
4	United States	7	3	1	3	9	12	−3	10
5	China	7	5	0	2	18	8	+10	15
6	France	7	3	0	4	8	22	−14	9
7	New Zealand	7	3	1	3	12	9	+3	10
8	Ireland	7	1	4	2	4	10	−6	7
9	Azerbaijan	7	2	1	4	10	14	−4	7
10	Scotland	7	1	0	6	11	20	−9	3
11	Ukraine	7	2	0	5	10	17	−7	6
12	Italy (H)	7	1	0	6	5	23	−18	3

Source: SportCentric
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 151 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

Lucilla Wright

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ "Women IC 2006". todor66.com. Todor 66. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
^ "England take over Britain". telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "China claims final World Cup place". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
^ "Pools released for World Cup Qualifiers". FIH. 10 January 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b Regulations

External links

Official website

[1] "Women IC 2006". todor66.com. Todor 66. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

[2] "England take over Britain". telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[3] "China claims final World Cup place". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

[4] "Pools released for World Cup Qualifiers". FIH. 10 January 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2012.

[Regulations-5] Regulations

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2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup

Qualification

Squads

Umpires

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

Crossover

Eleventh and twelfth place

Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Awards

Final standings

Goalscorers

References

External links

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