2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup Explained

Tournament:	2006 Women's Hockey Intercontinental Cup
Country:	Italy
City:	Rome
Dates:	April 25 – May 6
Venue:	Euroma Hockey Stadium
Teams:	14
Count:	2
Matches:	42
Goals:	151
Top Scorer:	4 Players (see list below)
Top Scorer Goals:	6
Best Player:	Sachimi Iwao
Previous Year:	2001
Previous Tournament:	2001 Women's Intercontinental Cup

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
1–8 February 2004	2004 Hockey Asia Cup	New Delhi, India
21–28 April 2004	2004 Pan American Cup	Bridgetown, Barbados
14–20 August 2005	2005 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Dublin, Ireland
5–11 September 2005	2005 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Baku, Azerbaijan
29 October–5 November 2005	2005 Oceania Cup	Auckland, New Zealand Sydney, Australia