Field hockey at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games was held in Toronto, Canada at the Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields from July 13 to 24.

For these Games, the women competed in an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. All teams will advance to an eight team single elimination bracket.

The United States are the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Argentina, 4–2 in the final.

The winner of this tournament will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Qualification A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The top two teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified for the tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualified as well. The remaining three spots were e given to the three best teams from the 2013 Pan American Cup that had not qualified yet. This happened after the two qualification tournaments in 2014 were played. Each nation may enter one team (16 athletes per team).

Summary EventDateLocationQuotasQualifier(s)Host12013 Pan American Cup21–28 September 2013 Mendoza32014 South American Games9–16 March 2014 Santiago22014 Central American and Caribbean Games15–23 November 2014 Veracruz2Total8

Pools Pools were based on the world rankings as of January 21, 2015. Teams were placed into pools using the serpentine system. Teams ranked 1, 4, 5 and 8 would be in Pool A, while teams ranked 2, 3, 6 and 7 would be in Pool B.

Rankings are listed in parentheses. Pool APool B (3) (22) (28) (52) (8) (20) (30) (44)

Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 16 players on their rosters.

Competition format In the first round of the competition, 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.

Following the completion of the pool games, all eight teams advanced to a single elimination round consisting of four quarterfinal games, two semifinal games, and the bronze and gold-medal matches. Losing teams competed in classification matches to determine their ranking in the tournament. A penalty stroke competition took place, if a classification match ended in a draw, to determine a winner.

All games were played in four 15 minute quarters.

Medalists Women's tournamentJaclyn BriggsLauren CrandallRachel DawsonKatelyn FalgowskiStefanie FeeMelissa GonzalezMichelle KasoldKelsey KolojejchickAlyssa ManleyKathleen O'DonnellJulia ReinprechtKatherine ReinprechtPaige SelenskiMichelle VitteseJill WitmerEmily WoldBelén SucciMacarena RodríguezJimena CedrésMartina CavalleroDelfina MerinoAgustina HabifFlorencia HabifRocío Sánchez MocciaAgustina AlbertarioLuciana MolinaPilar RomangPaula OrtizNoel BarrionuevoJulia Gomes FantasiaJosefina SruogaFlorencia MutioThea CulleyKate GillisHannah HaughnDanielle HennigKarli JohansenShanlee JohnstonSara McManusStephanie NorlanderAbigail RayeMadeline SeccoNatalie SourisseauBrienne StairsHolly StewartAlex ThickeKaitlyn WilliamsAmanda Woodcroft

Results The official schedule was revealed on February 18, 2015.

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Classification round

Quarter-finals

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

Bronze-medal match

Gold medal match

GK 1 Belén Succi DF 14 Agustina Habif DF 27 Noel Barrionuevo DF 29 Julia Gomes Fantasia MF 16 Florencia Habif MF 17 Rocío Sánchez Moccia MF 24 Pilar Romang FW 7 Martina Cavallero FW 12 Delfina Merino FW 19 Agustina Albertario FW 30 Josefina Sruoga Substitutions: DF 5 Macarena Rodríguez MF 6 Jimena Cedrés FW 20 Luciana Molina MF 26 Paula Ortiz Manager: Santiago Capurro

GK 31 Jackie Briggs DF 8 Rachel Dawson DF 12 Julia Reinprecht DF 23 Katelyn Falgowski DF 27 Lauren Crandall (c) MF 5 Melissa González MF 7 Kelsey Kolojejchick MF 14 Katie Reinprecht MF 18 Michelle Kasold FW 16 Katie O'Donnell FW 21 Paige Selenski Substitutions: DF 2 Stefanie Fee MF 9 Michelle Vittese FW 10 Jill Witmer MF 13 Emily Wold DF 29 Alyssa Manley Manager: Craig Parnham

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

See also Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

References

External links World Rankings as of January 21, 2015