Field hockey at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament explained

Tournament:Women's field hockey
at the 2011 Pan American Games
Country:Mexico
City:Guadalajara
Venues:Estadio Panamericano de Hockey
Teams:8
Count:1
Matches:20
Goals:122
Top Scorer: Noel Barrionuevo
Top Scorer Goals:10
Previous Year:2007
Previous Tournament:Field hockey at the 2007 Pan American Games – Women's tournament
Next Year:2015
Next Tournament:Field hockey at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games was held between 19–28 October 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The tournament doubled as the qualification to the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London, Great Britain.

The United States won the tournament after defeating Argentina 4–2 in the final, obtaining their first title and ending Argentina's streak of six consecutive titles since the women's tournament was included in the Pan American Games in 1987.[1] [2]

Qualification

Every country in the Pan American Hockey Federation had the opportunity to qualify through a regional tournament except the two North American countries as they did not participate in them. Taking that into consideration, it was decided to allow two teams not already qualified through regional tournaments to qualify for the Pan American Games based on final rankings in the 2009 Pan American Cup. Along with the automatically qualified host nation, the eighth participating country was decided in a three test-match series between Cuba (who did not participate in the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games) and Jamaica (who would have qualified in the third qualifying position from the 2009 Pan American Cup)[3] [4]

DateEventLocationQuotasQualifier(s)
Host nation1
3–11 April 20102010 South American ChampionshipRio de Janeiro, Brazil2
22–30 July 2010Mayagüez, Puerto Rico2
28–31 October 2010Kingston, Jamaica1
7–15 February 20092009 Pan American CupHamilton, Bermuda2
Total8

Competition format

Eight teams competed in both the men's and women's Pan American Games hockey tournaments with the competition consisting of two rounds.In the first round, teams were divided into two pools of four teams, and play followed round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.[5]

Following the completion of the pool games, teams placing first and second in each pool advanced to a single elimination round consisting of two semifinal games, and the bronze and gold medal games. Remaining teams competed in classification matches to determine their ranking in the tournament. During these matches, extra time of 7½ minutes per half was played if teams were tied at the end of regulation time. During extra time, play followed golden goal rules with the first team to score declared the winner. If no goals were scored during extra time, a penalty stroke competition took place.[5]

Umpires

Below are the 12 umpires appointed by the Pan American Hockey Federation:

Results

All times are Central Daylight Time

First round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification

Crossover

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Fifth and sixth place

Medal round

Semi-finals

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Gold medal match

Medalists

Women
Kayla Bashore-Smedley
Michelle Cesan
Lauren Crandall
Rachel Dawson
Katelyn Falgowski
Melissa Gonzalez
Michelle Kasold
Claire Laubach
Caroline Nichols
Katie O'Donnell
Julia Reinprecht
Katie Reinprecht
Paige Selenski
Amy Swensen
Shannon Taylor
Michelle Vittese

Laura Aladro
Luciana Aymar
Noel Barrionuevo
Silvina D'Elia
Soledad García
Rosario Luchetti
Sofía Maccari
Delfina Merino
Carla Rebecchi
Macarena Rodríguez
Rocío Sánchez Moccia
Mariela Scarone
Daniela Sruoga
María Josefina Sruoga
Belén Succi
Victoria Zuloaga

Catalina Cabach
Camila Caram
Daniela Caram
María Fernández
Christine Fingerhuth
Carolina García
Daniela Infante
Denise Infante
Paula Infante
Josefina Khamis
Claudia Schüler
Catalina Thiermann
Manuela Urroz
Javiera Villagra
Sofia Walbaum
Michelle Wilson

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USA women secure their place in London. 2011-10-29. FIH. 2012-11-19.
  2. Web site: The 2011 Pan American Games Women's and Men's Competitions are complete.. 2011-11-02. PAHF. 2012-11-19. 2015-07-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20150713180128/http://www.panamhockey.org/en/news-109-the-2011-pan-american-games-women-s-and-men. dead.
  3. Web site: 2011 Pan American Games - Qualifying Procedure. 2010-05-20. PAHF. 2012-11-19. 2015-07-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20150713195640/http://www.panamhockey.org/en/news-8-2011-pan-american-games-qualifying-procedure. dead.
  4. Web site: Pan American Games Qualification update. August 2010. PAHF. 2012-11-19. 2015-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081047/http://www.panamhockey.org/files/documents/2010/eng/2010-0812-PAG_update.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: 2011 Pan American Games: Technical Manual. panamhockey.org. 2011-05-07.