Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament explained

Tournament:	2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's hockey
Country:	Australia
City:	Melbourne
Dates:	7 – 26 March
Venues:	State Netball and Hockey Centre
Teams:	10
Count:	2
Matches:	27
Goals:	136
Top Scorer:	Nicole Hudson Krystal Forgesson Victoria Bunce
Top Scorer Goals:	5
Previous Year:	2002
Previous Tournament:	Hockey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament
Next Year:	2010
Next Tournament:	Hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament

Women's field hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place between 16 March and 25 March. The competition consisted of a round robin stage of two groups of five with the winners and runners-up of each group qualifying for the semifinals. All matches were played at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in the Parkville area of Melbourne.^{[1] [2]}

The Gold medal was won by Australia, who defeated 2002 champions India 1 – 0 in the final. England won the bronze medal by defeating New Zealand 3 – 1 on penalty strokes.^[3]

Squads

See main article: article and Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's team squads.

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Fifth to tenth place classification

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

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Gold-medal match

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2006 Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth Games Federation. 2016-03-26. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20141117120231/http://www.thecgf.com/games/games_index.asp. 2014-11-17. dead.
2. Web site: Hockey Schedule and Results. Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation.
3. Web site: Hockey Schedule and Results. 2006 Commonwealth Games. 9 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20091013220524/http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule+and+Results/By+Sport/Hockey/. 13 October 2009. dead.