Women’s Hockey World Cup
Pools –
Pool A: China, Italy, Netherlands, South Korea Pool B: England, India, Ireland, United States Pool C: Argentina, Germany, South Africa, Spain Pool D: Australia, Belgium, Japan, New Zealand
The top team in each pool makes the quarterfinals. The second- and third-placed teams head to a playoff round while the team finishing last is eliminated.
Champions and finalists –
2014 – Netherlands 2 bt Australia 0 2010 – Argentina 3 bt Netherlands 1 2006 – Netherlands 3 bt Australia 1 2002 – Argentina 1 Netherlands 1 (Argentina won 4-3 on penalty strokes) 1998 – Australia 3 bt Netherlands 2