Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament

1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's hockey

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Teams	12
Top three teams
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	England
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	192 (5.65 per match)
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Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

The first edition of the Women's Hockey Tournament at the Commonwealth Games took place at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, during the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event started on Wednesday September 9 and ended on Sunday September 20.

Participating Nations

Round robin

Pool A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Australia	15	5	5	0	0	41	0	+41
2.	India	10	5	3	1	1	19	8	+11
3.	Scotland	10	5	3	1	1	11	11	0
4.	Malaysia	6	5	2	0	3	11	21	−10
5.	Trinidad and Tobago	3	5	1	0	4	5	23	−18
6.	Jamaica	0	5	0	0	5	2	26	−24

All times local (UTC +8)

• Wednesday 1998-09-09

Match 2 18:05 Australia  6 – 0  Scotland

• Thursday 1998-09-10

Match 5 16:05 Trinidad  1 – 6  Malaysia

Match 8 20:35 India  4 – 0  Jamaica

• Saturday 1998-09-12

Match 9 16:05 Scotland  5 – 1  Jamaica

Match 11 19:35 Australia  11 – 0  Malaysia

Match 12 20:35 India  7 – 1  Trinidad

• Monday 1998-09-14

Match 16 16:05 India  6 – 1  Malaysia

Match 17 18:05 Scotland  2 – 1  Trinidad

Match 18 20:05 Australia  12 – 0  Jamaica

• Tuesday 1998-09-15

Match 21 19:35 Jamaica  0 – 2  Trinidad

Match 22 20:35 Scotland  2 – 1  Malaysia

• Wednesday 1998-09-16

Match 24 18:05 Australia  4 – 0  India

• Thursday 1998-09-17

Match 27 16:05 Australia  8 – 0  Trinidad

Match 28 18:05 Jamaica  1 – 3  Malaysia

Match 29 19:35 Scotland  2 – 2  India

Pool B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	England	13	5	4	1	0	18	2	+16
2.	New Zealand	12	5	4	0	1	26	5	+21
3.	South Africa	10	5	3	1	1	21	5	+16
4.	Canada	4	5	1	1	3	7	9	−2
5.	Wales	4	5	1	1	3	6	17	−11
6.	Namibia	0	5	0	0	5	1	41	−40

All times local (UTC +8)

• Wednesday 1998-09-09

Match 1 16:05 South Africa  4 – 0  Wales

Match 3 19:35 New Zealand  0 – 1  England

Match 4 20:35 Canada  3 – 0  Namibia

• Thursday 1998-09-10

Match 6 18:05 New Zealand  15 – 1  Namibia

Match 7 19:35 Canada  2 – 2 after being postponed  Wales

• Saturday 1998-09-12

Match 10 18:05 South Africa  1 – 1  England

• Sunday 1998-09-13

Match 13 16:05 England  8 – 0  Namibia

Match 14 18:05 South Africa  3 – 0  Canada

Match 15 20:05 New Zealand  5 – 1  Wales

• Tuesday 1998-09-15

Match 19 16:05 England  2 – 1  Canada

Match 20 18:05 Wales  3 – 0  Namibia

• Wednesday 1998-09-16

Match 23 16:05 New Zealand  2 – 1  Canada

Match 25 19:35 South Africa  12 – 0  Namibia

Match 26 20:35 England  6 – 0  Wales

• Thursday 1998-09-17

Match 30 20:35 South Africa  1 – 4  New Zealand

Play-offs

• Saturday 1998-09-19

Semi Final Match 31 15:05 Australia  7 – 3  New Zealand

Semi Final Match 32 16:45 England  2 – 0  India

• Sunday 1998-09-20

Bronze Medal Match 33 15:05 India  0 – 3  New Zealand

Final Match 34 16:45 Australia  8 – 1  England

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
1.	Australia
2.	England
3.	New Zealand
4.	India
—	Scotland
—	Malaysia
—	Trinidad and Tobago
—	Jamaica
—	South Africa
—	Canada
—	Wales
—	Namibia

Awards

1998 Women's Hockey Commonwealth Games Winners
Australia First title

References

• Fieldhockey Canada

International field hockey
FIH World Cup Men Women Men Junior Women Junior World League Champions Trophy Olympics Youth Olympics World Rankings Achievements by nation
Africa	AFHF – African Cup for Nations
Americas	PAHF – Pan American Cup Pan American Junior Championship
Asia	ASHF – Asia Cup Junior Asia Cup
Europe	EHF – Nations Championship EuroHockey Nations Challenge EuroHockey Nations Trophy
Oceania	OHF – Oceania Cup
Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Friendship Games Pacific Games Pan American Games
Others	Pannonia Cup Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Champions Challenge I (defunct) Champions Challenge II (defunct)

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