Field hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games

Field hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games
Field hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games
Venue	Santo Domingo Stadium
Dates	August 1 – 17
Competitors	256 from 9 nations
	«1999 2007»

The field hockey tournament at the 2003 Pan American Games was held in the Santo Domingo Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 1–17, 2003. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. First place received a ticket for the Olympic tournament. The men competed for the tenth time at the Pan Americans, the women for the fifth time.

Medal summary edit

Argentine uniform signed by the gold medalist exhibited at the Argentine Olympic Committee museum.

Medal table edit


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	2	0	0	2
2	Canada	0	1	0	1
2	United States	0	1	0	1
4	Cuba	0	0	1	1
4	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Argentina	Canada	Cuba
Women details	Argentina	United States	Uruguay

Qualification edit

A total of eight men's and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The eight quotas in both the men's and women's tournaments were the same, consisting of the following:

Host nation.
Defending champions.
Top two placed teams at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
Highest placed team at the men's and women's South American Championship, not already qualified.
The three remaining quotas were awarded to the highest placed teams from the men's and women's Pan American Cups.

Each nation was entitled to enter 16 athletes per team, for a total of 256 athletes across both competitions.

Men's Qualification edit

The qualification route for the men's tournament is as follows.^[1]

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			Dominican Republic
24 July – 4 August 1999	1999 Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	Canada
22 June – 2 July 2000	2000 Pan American Cup	Havana, Cuba	Chile Cuba United States
23 November – 3 December 2002	2002 CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	Barbados Trinidad and Tobago
16–23 March 2003	2003 South American Championship	Santiago, Chile	Argentina

Women's Qualification edit

The qualification route for the women's tournament is as follows.^[2]

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			Dominican Republic
24 July – 4 August 1999	1999 Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	Argentina
8–18 March 2001	2001 Pan American Cup	Kingston, Jamaica	Canada United States Uruguay
23 November – 3 December 2002	2002 CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago
16–23 March 2003	2003 South American Championship	Santiago, Chile	Chile

Men's competition edit

The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a classification round.

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	35	0	+35	9	Semi-finals
2	Chile	3	1	1	1	25	1	+24	4	Semi-finals
3	United States	3	1	1	1	23	4	+19	4
4	Dominican Republic (H)	3	0	0	3	0	78	−78	0

Source: PAHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]
(H) Hosts

Pool B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	7	3	+4	9	Semi-finals
2	Cuba	3	2	1	12	3	+9	6	Semi-finals
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	2	6	6	0	3
4	Barbados	3	0	3	2	15	−13	0

Source: PAHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

Medal round edit

Semi-finals		Gold Medal Match

9 August 2003

Argentina	5
		13 August 2003
Cuba	1
		Argentina	1
9 August 2003
		Canada	0
Canada	3

Chile	1
		Bronze Medal Match

		13 August 2003

		Cuba	6

		Chile	2

Women's competition edit