1990 Women's Hockey World Cup

1990 Hockey World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Sydney
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Homebush Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (5th title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	113 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lisanne Lejeune (8 goals)
Best player	Lisanne Lejeune
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The 1990 Women's Hockey World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 2 to 13 May in Sydney, Australia. It was won by the Netherlands, who defeated host nation Australia 3–1 in the final.^[1] It was the Netherlands fifth Women's Hockey World Cup title and their third consecutive title. South Korea beat England 3–2 to finish third.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	3	2	0	8	2	+6	8	Semi-finals
2	England	5	3	2	0	4	0	+4	8
3	West Germany	5	3	1	1	9	4	+5	7
4	China	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5	3
5	Argentina	5	0	2	3	2	7	−5	2
6	Japan	5	0	2	3	1	6	−5	2

2 May 1990 Australia  3–0  China Pereira  20', 36', 50' Report

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3 May 1990 England  1–0  Argentina Edwards  66' Report

3 May 1990 West Germany  2–0  Japan Becker Jungjohann Report

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4 May 1990 Japan  0–1  England Report Brown  37'

4 May 1990 Australia  1–1  Argentina Buchanan  42' Report Hussey  17'

4 May 1990 West Germany  3–1  China Becker Ferneck Report Ao

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6 May 1990 West Germany  1–2  Australia Jungjohann  36' Report Small  23' Hawkes  29'

6 May 1990 China  0–2  England Report Brown  7' Atkins  34'

6 May 1990 Argentina  0–0  Japan Report

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7 May 1990 England  0–0  West Germany Report

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8 May 1990 China  2–0  Argentina Yang Hu. Chen J. Report

8 May 1990 Australia  2–0  Japan Pereira  40', 55' Report

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9 May 1990 Argentina  1–3  West Germany Pazos  21' Report Dickenscheid  6' Ferneck  12', 55'

9 May 1990 Japan  1–1  China Kato  47' Report Yang Hu.  27'

9 May 1990 England  0–0  Australia Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	11	0	+11	9	Semi-finals
2	South Korea	5	3	1	1	17	1	+16	7
3	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	5
4	Spain	5	2	1	2	7	12	−5	5
5	Canada	5	1	1	3	2	7	−5	3
6	United States	5	0	1	4	3	22	−19	1

2 May 1990 New Zealand  0–1  Canada Report Covey  28'

2 May 1990 Spain  0–7  South Korea Report Jin  14' Lim  20', 46' Kwon  26' Kim Y.  31' Yang  44', 49'

2 May 1990 Netherlands  3–0  United States Lejeune  30', 50' Wouters  65' Report

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3 May 1990 South Korea  0–1  New Zealand Report Arthur  48'

3 May 1990 Canada  1–1  United States Low Report Richards

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4 May 1990 Netherlands  3–0  Spain Benninga Lejeune Thate Report

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5 May 1990 United States  1–3  Spain Fuchs Report Dorado Barrio

5 May 1990 New Zealand  0–3  Netherlands Report Lejeune  11' Van der Ben  19', 68'

5 May 1990 South Korea  1–0  Canada Jang Report

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7 May 1990 South Korea  0–0  Netherlands Report

7 May 1990 New Zealand  6–1  United States Bell-Kake  10', 63' Trolove  23', 50' Duggan  25' Lawrence  69' Report Marois  28'

7 May 1990 Canada  0–3  Spain Report Coghen  48' Motos  60' Dorado  65'

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8 May 1990 United States  0–9  South Korea Report Jin  2', 23' Cho  8', 33', 47' Lim  28', 61' Jang  35', 65'

8 May 1990 Spain  1–1  New Zealand Rodríguez Report Bell-Kake

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9 May 1990 Netherlands  2–0  Canada Lejeune  15', 44' Report

	Crossover				Ninth place
	10 May 1990
	Argentina	4
					12 May 1990
	United States	0
					Argentina (p.s.o)	1 (4)
	10 May 1990
					Canada	1 (2)
	Canada	1
	Japan	0
					Eleventh place
					12 May 1990
					United States	1
					Japan	3

10 May 1990 12:30 Argentina  4–0  United States Pazos Hussey Sánchez Report

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10 May 1990 15:00 Canada  1–0  Japan Gaiga Report

12 May 1990 10:00 United States  1–3  Japan Neiss  63' Report Takahashi  21', 24' Hayashi  44'

12 May 1990 12:30 Argentina  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Canada Pazos  84' Report Low  78' Penalties 4–2

	Crossover				Fifth place
	11 May 1990
	West Germany	1
					12 May 1990
	Spain	2
					Spain	1
	11 May 1990
					China	0
	New Zealand	1 (4)
	China (p.s.o)	1 (5)
					Seventh place
					12 May 1990
					West Germany	1
					New Zealand	4

11 May 1990 10:00 West Germany  1–2  Spain Jungjohann Report Dorado Motos

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11 May 1990 12:30 New Zealand  0–0 (a.e.t.)  China Report Penalties 4–5

12 May 1990 15:00 West Germany  1–4  New Zealand Report

12 May 1990 17:30 Spain  1–0  China Dorado Report

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 May 1990
	Australia (a.e.t.)	2
					13 May 1990
	South Korea	1
					Australia	1
	11 May 1990
					Netherlands	3
	Netherlands	5
	England	0
					Third place
					13 May 1990
					South Korea	3
					England	2

11 May 1990 15:00 Australia  2–1 (a.e.t.)  South Korea Buchanan  25' Pereira  80' Report Jin  49'

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11 May 1990 17:30 Netherlands  5–0  England De Ruiter  3' Wouters  11', 16' Lejeune  45' Thate  66' Report

13 May 1990 15:00 South Korea  3–2  England Yang  17' Kim S.  49' Jang  63' Report Sixsmith  1' Atkins  3'

13 May 1990 17:30 Australia  1–3  Netherlands Hawkes  39' Report Lejeune  8' de Ruiter  37' Van der Ben  50'

 Netherlands^[4]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Netherlands	7	6	1	0	19	1	+18	13	Gold medal
2	A	Australia	7	4	2	1	11	6	+5	10	Silver medal
3	B	South Korea	7	4	1	2	21	5	+16	9	Bronze medal
4	A	England	7	3	2	2	6	8	−2	8	Fourth place
5	B	Spain	7	4	1	2	10	13	−3	9	Eliminated in group stage
6	A	China	7	1	2	4	4	10	−6	4
7	B	New Zealand	7	3	2	2	12	7	+5	8
8	A	West Germany	7	3	1	3	11	10	+1	7
9	A	Argentina	7	1	3	3	7	8	−1	5
10	B	Canada	7	2	2	3	4	8	−4	6
11	A	Japan	7	1	2	4	4	8	−4	4
12	B	United States	7	0	1	6	4	29	−25	1

• Note: Scorers from the seventh and eighth place playoff between West Germany and New Zealand are unknown, and hence have not been added to this list.

There were 113 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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