The women’s hockey final at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 will be contested between reigning champions the Netherlands and China, with the latter securing their place in the gold medal match thanks to a shoot-out win against Belgium in front of a raucous crowd at the Yves-du-Manoir Hockey Stadium.
China opened the match scoring through a Zou Meirong penalty corner and successfully defended their lead until the final two minutes when Emma Puvrez slapped home a fabulous leveller, sending the huge numbers of Belgian fans into raptures.
Capitalising on the momentum, the Red Panthers lead early in the shoot-out when goalkeeper Asling D’Hooghe denied Chen Yang before Vanessa Blockman produced an outrageous lob that clipped the crossbar on the way to establishing a 2-1 advantage.
However, China showed huge character by scoring their next three attempts, with China goalkeeper Ye Jiao denying Ambre Ballenghien, Justine Rasir and Delphine-Daphne Marien to break Belgian hearts.
The gold medal game between the Netherlands and China is a replay of the Beijing 2008 final, a match which the Netherlands won 2-0.
For Belgium, they have another shot at taking home a medal when they play Argentina in the bronze medal match. The timings of the medal matches can be found below, with a complete list of available fixtures and timings available here.
Women’s medal matches - Friday 9 August 2024 (all times CEST)
14:00 - Bronze: Argentina vs Belgium
20:00 – Gold: Netherlands vs China
The hockey competitions at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 take place from Saturday 27 July to Friday 9 August. Both the men’s and women’s competitions feature 12 teams, split into two pools of six ahead of quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches. For more information about the hockey competitions at Paris 2024, visit Olympics.Hockey.
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