WOQ: Scratch field hockey for USA
South Korea beat the United States 4-0 Saturday to claim the last vacancy in women's field hockey at the Athens Olympic Games. The teams met in a winner-take-all match to contest the fifth and final vacancy available from a 10-team qualifying tournament i 
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WOQ: Late run again gives NZ the bronze
The Black Sticks overturned a two-goal deficit to beat Germany 3-2 and clinch the bronze medal at the women's Olympics qualifying hockey tournament in Auckland yesterday.
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Ireland: Not a wasted journey
IRELAND'S hockey women let their hair down last night as they scaled the tallest building in New Zealand for a meal and well deserved break after their herculean efforts at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Auckland.
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Korea: Women's Field Hockey Team Qualifies for Athens Olympics 
Despite their early struggle, the South Korean women¡¯s field hockey team secured the last ticket for the Athens Olympics as they beat the United States 4-0 in the fifth-place decider at the Olympic qualifier on Saturday in Auckland, New Zealand.
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WOQ: New Zealand finishes third 
New Zealand finished third at the Olympic hockey qualifiers at Lloyd Elsmore Park in Auckland after a 3-2 victory over Germany on Sunday.
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WOQ: Black Sticks beat Germany to finish third
New Zealand finished third at the women's Olympic hockey qualifying tournament in Auckland today, beating Germany 3-2.
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WOQ: Ireland Olympic hockey bid fails
Irelands bid for an Olympic place in hockey ended at the hands of the USA who scored a golden goal winner in a 2-1 victory at the qualifying tournament in Auckland.
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WOQ: Korea seal Athens ticket
Korea's women's field hockey squad became the fifth and final team to book their Athens ticket with a comprehensive 4-0 win over the United States in the fifth place playoff at the womens Olympic qualification tournament in Auckland on Saturday.
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WOQ: Ireland end up in eighth place
IRELAND had to settle for eighth place at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Auckland today after falling to a 4-1 defeat against Great Britain.
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WOQ: England hockey dealt Olympic blow   x4
It's a devastating blow to deal with. Having dedicated four years of their lives to one goal, Great Britain's women's hockey team will not be at the Olympic Games.
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WOQ: Irish hockey team sign off with defeat
Ireland's women's hockey team signed off their failed Olympic qualifying campaign in New Zealand with a 4-1 defeat against England.
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WOQ: Hollow Victory for Britain 
Great Britain's women signed off their failed Olympic qualifying campaign in New Zealand with a 4-1 victory over Ireland, but it was no consolation for missing out on Athens.
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WOQ: Fronzoni, U.S. squad to miss '04 Olympics
The Olympic dream of April Fronzoni of Larksville and the U.S. Women's Field Hockey Team came to an end with a 4-0 loss to Korea in the fifth-place game of the qualifying tournament.
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WOQ: Korea seal final spot
On Saturday afternoon Korea sealed the fifth and final spot for the Athens Olympics later in 2004 with a victory over the USA 4-0 in perfect conditions at Lloyd Elsmore Stadium in Auckland
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WOQ: South Korea beats United States for last Olympic spot  x35
South Korea beat the United States 4-0 on Saturday to take the fifth and final spot in the women's field hockey competition in the Athens Olympics.
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WOQ: Heberle is 'devastated' by Britain's Olympic failure
The post-mortem has already begun on the failure of the Great Britain women to qualify for Athens after their 2-0 defeat by South Korea in the qualifying tournament in Auckland yesterday ended the Olympic dreams of the pre-tournament favourites, writes Bi
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WOQ: Black Sticks "better" despite losing
NZ coach Ian Rutledge says Black Sticks still better team with more shots at goal, 4 v 1 penalty corners in 1-nil loss to Spain
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WOQ: GB & Ireland down and out
Despite being the highest-ranked field hockey team in the competition Great Britain failed to beat Korea in the play-off competition for a place in this summer's Olympic Games on Friday.
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WOQ: HEBERLE 'DEVASTATED' BY OLYMPIC FAILURE
Great Britain women's coach Tricia Heberle has admitted the failure to qualify for the Olympics is the biggest disappointment of her career.
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WOQ: GB women miss Olympics
Great Britain's women failed in their bid to qualify for the Olympics after losing 2-0 to Korea in a play-off match at the Auckland qualifying tournament.
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WOQ: Ireland Olympic bid fails
Ireland ladies hockey team's bid for an Olympic place ended at the hands of the USA who scored a golden goal winner in a 2-1 victory at the qualifying tournament in Auckland.
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WOQ: Irish girls miss out x11
Ireland crashed out of contention of an Olympic qualifying spot following an extra-time 2-1 defeat by USA in Auckland on Friday.
A 45th minute penalty corner by Eimar Cregan goal equalised an earlier effort by America's Kristen McCann.
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WOQ: Black Sticks fail to nail their chances
Failure to nail their scoring chances cost the Black Sticks the chance of winning back-to-back Olympic qualifying hockey tournaments, but coach Ian Rutledge was hardly shedding any tears today.
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WOQ: USA edges Ireland 2-1 to boost Olympic field hockey hopes x7
Tracey Fuchs connected on penalty corner goal with four minutes remaining in extra time Thursday to give the USA field hockey team a 2-1 victory over Ireland at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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WOQ: Olympic dream over for GB hockey team x18
Great Britain's women will not be joining their male counterparts at this summer's Olympics after they crashed to a 2-0 defeat against Korea in the qualifying tournament in Auckland.
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WOQ: Bridget gets nod as Ireland bid to keep dream alive
BRIDGET McKeever looks set to make the starting line-up for the third game in a row - and Ireland's most important one to date at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Auckland - tonight when they face the United States
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WOQ: Japan women's team qualifies for Olympics x5
Japan shut out world No. 6 South Korea 4-0 in the first-round finale at the Athens Olympic qualifying tournament in women's field hockey on Wednesday to secure a berth in the Olympics for the first time in history.
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WOQ: Great Britain in fight for Athens spot
There was an agonising two-hour wait for the British women after their final pool game in the Olympic qualifier in Auckland yesterday before they knew if they had qualified automatically. It was not to be.
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WOQ: Great Britain facing struggle to qualify x2
Great Britain's women face a two-game scrap for the last Olympic place after their 2-0 victory over Ireland in Auckland yesterday was not enough to secure automatic qualification.
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WOQ: One spot left in Games
JAPAN, Spain, New Zealand and Germany secured Athens Olympic places in women's hockey yesterday, leaving one Games spot to be decided through sudden-death playoffs at the qualifying tournament.
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WOQ: Irish girls to face USA in crossovers
IRELAND fell to a 2-0 defeat against Great Britain in their final Pool A match in Auckland today and will now meet USA in the first of two vital crossover matches on Friday.
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WOQ: Black Sticks heading for Athens
Delight and relief as the Black Sticks gain one of the automatic Olympic qualification places after a 1-1 draw with Germany
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WOQ: Black Sticks off to Athens x2
The New Zealand Black Sticks booked their place in the 2004 Olympic Games on Wednesday night after drawing 1-1 with Germany in their final Pool A match of the qualifying tournament in Auckland.
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WOQ: Japan qualifies for Olympics in women's field hockey
Japan, Spain, New Zealand and Germany secured their tickets for the Athens Olympic in the women's field hockey on Wednesday, leaving one more spot to be decided through sudden-death playoffs at the qualifying tournament.
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WOQ: Japan upset the odds
At the Olympic qualifying tournament in New Zealand, the Japanese women's hockey team booked their first-ever place at the Games on Wednesday after thrashing South Korea 4-0, turning pre-tournament rankings, which put the Koreans top, on their head.
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WOQ: Black sticks book trip to Athens
The New Zealand women's hockey team confirmed their trip to the Athens Olympics tonight after drawing 1-1 with Germany in their qualifying match in Auckland.
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WOQ: United States beats Spain in qualifying tournament
Kate Barber, Tracey Fuchs and April Fronzoni scored to lead the United States women's field hockey team to a 3-0 win over Spain on Wednesday at the Olympic qualifying tournament.
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WOQ: Irish women lose to Great Britain
The Irish women's hockey team still have a slight chance of qualifying for August's Olympic Games in Athens after they went down 2-0 to Great Britain in Auckland.
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WOQ: Great Britain faces playoff
Great Britain's women will have to qualify for the Olympics the hard way after being denied automatic passage following the 1-1 draw between New Zealand and Germany in Auckland.
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WOQ: Great Britain: Bennett strikes to keep Athens hopes alive
Anna Bennett, with a 52nd-minute scrambled goal after a mêlée in the circle, gave Britain their first win in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Auckland yesterday as they beat the Ukraine 1-0.
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