The 2012 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 20th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held from 28 January to 5 February 2012 in Rosario, Argentina. This was the last annual edition of the tournament until 2014 when it returned to its original biennial format due to the introduction of the World League.
Argentina won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating Great Britain 1–0 in the final. The Netherlands won the third place match by defeating Germany 5–4.
Format Another format change was announced. The eight participating teams were split into two groups. After they played a round-robin every team advanced to the knockout stage. From there on, a knockout system was used to determine the winner.
Qualification A change in the qualification process was decided. Along with the host nation, the top five finishers from the tournament's previous edition and the winner of the 2011 Champions Challenge I qualify automatically. In addition to the two teams nominated by the FIH Executive Board, the following eight teams, competed in this tournament.
(Host nation) (Defending champions) (Third in 2011 Champions Trophy) (Fourth in 2011 Champions Trophy) (Fifth in 2011 Champions Trophy as England) (Winner of 2011 Champions Challenge I) (Nominated by FIH Executive Board) (Nominated by FIH Executive Board)
Umpires Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Frances Block (GBR) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Elena Eskina (RUS) Kang Hyun-young (KOR) Michelle Meister (GER) Carol Metchette (IRL) Miao Lin (CHN) Lesley Pieterse (RSA) Wendy Stewart (CAN)
Results All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00)
First round Pool A
Pool B
Second round
Quarter-finals
Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
GK 1 Belén Succi DF 5 Macarena Rodríguez DF 25 Silvina D'Elía DF 27 Noel Barrionuevo MF 4 Rosario Luchetti MF 8 Luciana Aymar (c) MF 21 Mariela Scarone MF 17 Rocío Sánchez Moccia FW 11 Carla Rebecchi FW 12 Delfina Merino FW 30 Josefina SruogaSubstitutions: FW 14 Martina Cavallero 15 Roberta Werthein FW 16 Florencia Habif MF 18 Daniela Sruoga FW 19 Sofía Maccari Manager: Carlos Retegui
GK 1 Beth Storry DF 3 Emily Maguire DF 4 Laura Unsworth DF 5 Crista Cullen MF 6 Hannah Macleod MF 7 Anne Panter MF 8 Helen Richardson MF 11 Kate Richardson MF 22 Ashleigh Ball FW 15 Alex Danson FW 29 Sarah ThomasSubstitutions: MF 12 Chloe Rogers 14 Laura Bartlett MF 18 Georgie Twigg DF 23 Sally Walton FW 28 Nicola White Manager: Danny Kerry
Awards Top GoalscorersPlayer of the TournamentGoalkeeper of the TournamentFair Play Trophy Crista Cullen Rika Komazawa Lee Seon-ok Luciana Aymar Belén Succi
Statistics
Final standings
Goalscorers
5 goals Crista Cullen Rika Komazawa Lee Seon-ok
4 goals Noel Barrionuevo Ma Yibo Kim Lammers Maartje Paumen Lidewij Welten
3 goals Nina Hasselmann Celine Wilde Lisa Hahn Alex Danson Akane Shibata Cathryn Finlayson Katie Glynn Stacey Michelsen
2 goals Delfina Merino Josefina Sruoga Zhao Yudiao Natascha Keller Ashleigh Ball Helen Richardson Kaori Fujio Kim Jong-eun Kim Jong-hee Marilyn Agliotti Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel
1 goal Luciana Aymar Martina Cavallero Silvina D'Elía Rosario Luchetti Sofía Maccari Carla Rebecchi De Jiaojiao Fu Baorong Gao Lihua Song Qingling Tang Chunling Anke Brockmann Hannah Krüger Marie Mävers Christina Schütze Maike Stöckel Sarah Thomas Georgie Twigg Ai Murakami Izuki Tanaka Cheon Eun-bi Han Hye-lyoung Hong Yoo-jin Kim Ok-ju Maartje Goderie Naomi van As Kitty van Male Samantha Harrison Anita Punt
References
External links Official website Results book