2003 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup

2003 Women's
Indoor Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Leipzig
Dates	5–9 February 2003
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	321 (8.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Natascha Keller (24 goals)
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The 2003 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup was the inaugural edition of the women's indoor hockey tournament. The event was held from 5–9 February in Leipzig, Germany.^[1]

Germany won the title for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 5–2 in the final. France finished in third place, defeating the Czech Republic 3–1 in the third place playoff.

Teams[]

The following teams competed in the tournament:

Officials[]

The following umpires were appointed by the FIH to officiate the tournament:

Lynette Hill (AUS)
Dawn Henning (ENG)
Louise Knipe (ENG)
Ute Conen (GER)
Heike Malina (GER)
Mirjam Wessel-Verwer (NED)
Irina Sivtsova (RUS)
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Anne McRae (SCO)
Ludmila Pastorova (SVK)
Monica Rivera (ESP)

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+01:00).

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	5	0	0	72	9	+63	15	Semi-finals
2	Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	12	18	−6	9	Semi-finals
3	Belarus	5	2	1	2	25	26	−1	7
4	Austria	5	2	1	2	15	17	−2	7
5	Australia	5	1	2	2	17	31	−14	5
6	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	0	5	8	48	−40	0

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

5 February 2003
12:15

Germany	8–2	Austria
Keller 3', 27' Ernsting-Krienke 11' Becker 13' Rinne 20', 30' Gude 28', 40'	Report	8' 29'

Umpires:
Lynette Hill (AUS)
Irina Sivtsova (RUS)

5 February 2003
13:30

Australia	7–3	Trinidad and Tobago
3' 5', 23', 27', 32', 35' 37'	Report	7' 21', 31'

Umpires:
Monica Rivera (ESP)
Mirjam Wessel-Verwer (NED)

5 February 2003
14:35

Belarus	2–5	Czech Republic
5' 36'	Report	14' 22' 28', 30' 37'

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Anne McRae (SCO)

5 February 2003
19:00

Germany	14–3	Austria
Keller 2', 20', 27', 32' Böhmert 9', 38' Ernsting-Krienke 12', 22', 26' Rinne 18', 31' Gude 20' Cremer 25' Becker 30'	Report	24' 28' 29'

Umpires:
Louise Knipe (ENG)
Monica Rivera (ESP)

6 February 2003
08:30

Czech Republic	3–2	Australia
5' 13', 25'	Report	3' 33'

Umpires:
Heike Malina (GER)
Irina Sivtsova (RUS)

6 February 2003
09:35

Trinidad and Tobago	2–7	Austria
9' 20'	Report	4' 7', 19', 29' 17', 30' 39'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Mirjam Wessel-Verwer (NED)

6 February 2003
14:05

Austria	2–4	Belarus
3' 40'	Report	17', 39' 37' 40'

Umpires:
Heike Malina (GER)
Dawn Henning (ENG)

6 February 2003
15:10

Czech Republic	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago
8' 35' 37'	Report

Umpires:
Louise Knipe (ENG)
Ludmila Pastorova (SVK)

6 February 2003
18:30

Australia	2–19	Germany
5' 23'	Report	Keller 1', 3', 11', 40' Rinne 4', 22', 40' Gude 6', 13' Becker 8', 28', 32' Ernsting-Krienke 10', 11', 18' Böhmert 26', 34', 35' 40'

Umpires:
Dawn Henning (ENG)
Anne McRae (SCO)

7 February 2003
10:35

Trinidad and Tobago	2–19	Germany
36' 36'	Report	Rinne 1', 16', 31' Keller 3', 4', 5', 17', 31', 35', 35', 39' Cremer 7' Böhmert 10', 21', 22' Klecker 22' Becker 25' Gude 30', 31'

Umpires:
Lynette Hill (AUS)
Irina Sivtsova (RUS)

7 February 2003
11:40

Belarus	4–4	Australia
15' 25' 28' 40'	Report	21' 36', 37', 38'

Umpires:
Monica Rivera (ESP)
Anne McRae (SCO)

7 February 2003
12:45

Austria	2–1	Czech Republic
33', 40'	Report	4'

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Dawn Henning (ENG)

7 February 2003
17:15

Australia	2–2	Austria
15' 40'	Report	38' 39'

Umpires:
Louise Knipe (ENG)
Irina Sivtsova (RUS)

7 February 2003
18:30

Germany	12–0	Czech Republic
Keller 5', 20', 30' Gude 7' Cremer 12', 37' Böhmert 15', 21', 30' Rinne 18', 38' Ernsting-Krienke 22'	Report

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Anne McRae (SCO)

7 February 2003
20:00

Belarus	12–1	Trinidad and Tobago
3' 4', 30', 33' 5', 24', 31' 14', 20', 34' 37', 39'	Report	23'

Umpires:
Ludmila Pastorova (SVK)
Mirjam Wessel-Verwer (NED)

Pool B[]

Pos	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	5	5	0	37	6	+31	15	Semi-finals
2	5	4	1	22	9	+13	12	Semi-finals
3	5	3	2	23	10	+13	9
4	5	2	3	17	15	+2	6
5	5	1	4	12	28	−16	3
6	5	0	5	3	46	−43	0

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

5 February 2003
09:00

	5–1
Goderie 4', 36' Van Geenhuizen 11' Schopman 16' Moreira de Melo 34'	Report	9'

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Louise Knipe (ENG)

5 February 2003
10:05

	5–0
2' 7', 38' 9' 30'	Report

Umpires:
Heike Malina (GER)
Anne McRae (GBR)

5 February 2003
11:10

	9–1
8' 9', 29' 10', 26' 18' 18' 25', 36'	Report	16'

Umpires:
Dawn Henning (ENG)
Ludmila Pastorova (SVK)

5 February 2003
15:40

	1–8
29'	Report	4', 9' 15', 30', 38' Hector 17' 23' 25'

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Lynette Hill (AUS)

5 February 2003
16:45

	3–6
10' 12' 38'	Report	Moreira de Melo 17' Schopman 25', 30', 32' Van Geenhuizen 27' 32'

Umpires:
Dawn Henning (ENG)
Irina Sivtsova (RUS)

5 February 2003
17:50

	1–2
4'	Report	17' 16'

Umpires:
Heike Malina (GER)
Mirjam Wessel-Verwer (NED)

6 February 2003
10:40

	7–0
Schopman 16', 17', 20', 25' Smabers 28' 34' 38'	Report

Umpires:
Lynette Hill (AUS)
Louise Knipe (ENG)

6 February 2003
11:45

	5–1
5', 18' 16' 26' 35'	Report	14'

Umpires:
Mónica Rivera (ESP)
Ludmila Pastorova (SVK)

6 February 2003
13:00

	1–3
6'	Report	18' 23', 34'

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Irina Sivtsova (RUS)

6 February 2003
16:15

	9–2
5', 17', 22', 31' 11' 13', 34' 18' 25'	Report	4' Kotze 12'

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Jean Duncan (SCO)

6 February 2003
17:20

	9–0
7', 8', 19', 28' 12' 14' 17', 38' 35'	Report

Umpires:
Mirjam Wessel-Verwer (NED)
Lynette Hill (AUS)

7 February 2003
09:30

	2–4
9' 35'	Report	2' Schopman 23', 28' Goderie 27'

Umpires:
Heike Malina (GER)
Louise Knipe (ENG)

7 February 2003
14:00

	5–1
12', 16' 17', 35' 30'	Report	40'

Umpires:
Heike Malina (GER)
Lynette Hill (AUS)

7 February 2003
15:05

	15–0
Moreira de Melo 5' Goderie 10', 11', 34', 37' Schopman 14', 30' 15', 19', 35' 17' 22', 23' 26' 37'	Report

Umpires:
Jean Duncan (SCO)
Mónica Rivera (ESP)

7 February 2003
16:10

	6–2
4', 7', 12', 14' 28' 39'	Report	6', 38'

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Dawn Henning (ENG)

Classification round[]

Fifth to twelfth place classification[]

Eleventh and twelfth place[]

8 February 2003
09:00

Trinidad and Tobago	11–1	Mexico
2', 10', 29' 5', 15' 10' 21', 40' 24' 32' 36'	Report	35'

Umpires:
Monica Rivera (ESP)
Irina Sivtsova (RUS)

Ninth and tenth place[]

8 February 2003
10:30

Australia	4–1	South Africa
8' 13' 19' 21'	Report	36'

Umpires:
Dawn Henning (ENG)
Ludmila Pastorova (SVK)

Seventh and eighth place[]

8 February 2003
18:00

Austria	4–1	Russia
9', 17' 34' 38'	Report	23'

Umpires:
Mirjam Wessel-Verwer (NED)
Anne McRae (SCO)

Fifth and sixth place[]

9 February 2003
08:30

Belarus	4–1	Lithuania
5', 17' 19', 33'	Report	4'

Umpires:
Louise Knipe (ENG)
Anne McRae (SCO)

First to fourth place classification[]

Semi-finals		Final

8 February 2003

Germany	12
		9 February 2003
France	2
		Germany	5
8 February 2003
		Netherlands	2
Netherlands	5

Czech Republic	1
		Third Place

		9 February 2003

		France	3

		Czech Republic	1

Semi-finals[]

8 February 2003
12:00

Netherlands	5–1	Czech Republic
Schopman 10', 19' 26' Smabers 27' Goderie 39'	Report	9'

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Heike Malina (GER)

8 February 2003
13:30

Germany	12–2	France
Becker 11', 19', 39' Gude 14' Cremer 18' Rinne 23', 35', 38' 24' Keller 26' Böhmert 29' Ernsting-Krienke 31'	Report	33' 40'

Umpires:
Lousie Knipe (ENG)
Jean Duncan (SCO)

Third and fourth place[]

9 February 2003
11:30

France	3–1	Czech Republic
20', 30' 22'	Report	33'

Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Jean Duncan (SCO)

Final[]

8 February 2003
14:30

Germany	5–2	Netherlands
Gude 4', 13' Böhmert 16' Keller 17', 40'	Report	Van Geenhuizen 17', 23'

Umpires:
Lynette Hill (AUS)
Dawn Henning (ENG)

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	A	Germany	7	7	0	0	89	13	+76	21	Gold medal
	B	Netherlands	7	6	0	1	44	12	+32	18	Silver medal
	B	France	7	5	0	2	27	22	+5	15	Bronze medal
4	A	Czech Republic	7	3	0	4	14	26	−12	9	Fourth place

5	A	Belarus	6	3	1	2	29	27	+2	10	Eliminated in group stage
6	B	Lithuania	6	3	0	3	24	14	+10	9
7	A	Austria	6	3	1	2	19	18	+1	10
8	B	Russia	6	2	0	4	18	19	−1	6
9	A	Australia	6	2	2	2	21	32	−11	8
10	B	South Africa	6	1	0	5	13	32	−19	3
11	A	Trinidad and Tobago	6	1	0	5	19	49	−30	3
12	B	Mexico	6	0	0	6	4	57	−53	0

Source: FIH

References[]

^ "Indoor Hockey World Cup 2003 (Women)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b Regulations

[1] "Indoor Hockey World Cup 2003 (Women)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[Regulations-2] Regulations

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[2]

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