The 2009 Women's Pan American Cup was the 3rd edition of the

Women's Pan American Cup The Women's Pan American Cup is a women's international field hockey tournament organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion of the Americas and qualifies for the FIH Hockey World Cup. Argentina are the ...

, the quadrennial international women's

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championship of the

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organised by the

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. It was held between 7 and 15 February 2009 in

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. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the

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to be held in

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, Argentina. The winner would qualify directly while teams ranked between second and sixth would have the chance to obtain one of three berths at the World Cup Qualifiers. The top six teams also qualified for the 2013 Women's Pan American Cup.

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won the tournament for the third consecutive time after defeating the

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7–6 in the final on penalty strokes after a 2–2 draw. The United States made a protest against the result of the sudden death penalty stroke alleging irregularities before the shot performed by

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but were overruled by the tournament director. After submitting an appeal to the said decision, it was overruled by the Jury of Appeal. As the protest was made right after the match finished, only the bronze medals were given to the players. The trophy and gold and silver medals were awarded at the airport, just before both teams took their flights returning to their countries. As future hosts of the 2010 World Cup,

had a berth to participate at it regardless of their ranking in this tournament. By winning it, the European confederation received an extra quota.

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the

: *Frances Block (ENG) *Arely Castellanos (MEX) * Jean Duncan (SCO) *Amy Hassick (USA) *Kang Hyun-young (KOR) *Ayanna McClean (TRI) *Irene Presenqui (ARG) *Emma Simmons (BER) *Wendy Stewart (CAN) *Claudia Videla (CHI)

Results

''All times are

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( UTC−04:00)''

First round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Fifth to eighth place classification

Cross-overs

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Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

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Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

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Awards

Goalscorers

References

External links

Official website
{{Argentina women's national field hockey team matches Women's Pan American Cup Pan American Cup Pan American Cup Qualification tournaments for the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Cup International women's field hockey competitions hosted by Bermuda Pan American Cup