Classification 9th-10th: Korea v Japan

> Korea and Japan have met only once before at the Olympics.
> At Athens 2004, Korea beat Japan 3-1 for seventh place, through goals by Oh Ko-Woon (2) and Kim Jin-Kyoung (1). Keiko Miura scored for Japan.
> Their last competitive meeting came in the 2007 Asia Cup final, which was won by Japan after penalty strokes.
> Korea have been ever present at the Olympics since 1988, with their best result being silver medals at Seoul 1988 and Atlanta 1996.
> Japan only previous appearance came at Athens 2004 when they finished eighth.
> Korea's Lee Seon-Ok is ranked joint second at the top scorer list, with five goals at Beijing 2008. She has scored three penalty strokes and two penalty corners.
> Japan have converted only three of 20 penalty corners awarded at Beijing 2008.
> Korea have scored five from 26 penalty corners awarded.

Classification 7th-8th: Spain v USA

> At Atlanta 1996 the United States beat Spain 2-0 in their only previous encounter at the Olympics.
> The last competitive match between these teams came in the Final 5-6 of the 2005 Champions Challenge, when Spain beat the US 5-3.
> Spain finished 10th at Athens 2004. Their best result came at Barcelona 1992, when they claimed the gold.
> The United States got their best ranking at Los Angeles 1984 when they claimed the bronze medal.
> At Seoul 1988 the US finished eighth and at Atlanta 1996 they were ranked sixth.
> Spain are still to score from open play at Beijing 2008. Their two goals so far came from penalty corners.

Semi-final: Germany v China

> This match is a replay of the Athens 2004 semi-final when Germany beat China 4-3 on penalty strokes after the match had ended in a goalless draw.
> Penalty strokes by Fanny Rinne, Denise Klecker, Tina Bachmann and Natascha Keller led Germany into their second gold medal match.
> The only other Olympic encounter between these teams came at Sydney 2000, when China beat Germany 2-1.
> Defending champions Germany finished top in Pool B collecting 12 points.
> Germany reached the semi-finals for the third time, following Barcelona 1992 and Athens 2004.
> On each previous occasion Germany have progressed to the final.
> China finished second in Pool A collecting 10 points.
> China aim for their first final berth, having finished fifth at Sydney 2000 and fourth at Athens 2004.
> China are yet to score a penalty corner goal at Beijing 2008.
> Fu Barong is the leading goalscorer in terms of field goals, having netted five times at Beijing 2008.

Semi-final: Netherlands v Argentina

> This match is a replay of the Athens 2004 semi-final when The Netherlands beat Argentina 4-2 on penalty strokes after the match finished 2-2.
> Agustina Soledad Garcia (ARG), Maria Magdalena Aicega (ARG), Sylvia Karres (NED) and Mijntje Donners (NED) scored in regular time.
> Janneke Schopman (NED) and Luciana Aymar (ARG) scored in the penalty stroke competition.
> At Sydney 2000 Argentina beat the Dutch 3-1, having suffered two defeats in 1996 (4-1) and 1988 (1-0).
> The Netherlands have scored 11 goals from penalty corners. This is 79% of their total number of goals at Beijing 2008.
> Maartje Paumen (NED) is the leading goalscorer with eight goals at Beijing 2008. She has scored in all five of Holland's matches at Beijing 2008.
> Paumen needs just one more goal to break the record for most goals in a single edition, which she now shares with Alyson Annan (AUS, 1996), Chang Eun-Jung (KOR, 1996), Lisanne Lejeune (NED 1988) and Beth Anders (USA, 1984).
> Paumen is also closing in on Mijntje Donners' record for all-time Dutch goalscorer at the Olympics (9 goals).
> Paumen has already broken the all-time Olympic record for most penalty corner goals by converting eight penalty corners.
> The previous record of seven was jointly held by Lisanne Lejeune (NED) and Franziska Hentschel (GER).
> Argentina's Luciana Aymar has collected 3 green cards at Beijing 2008.
> Agustina Soledad Garcia (ARG) has scored eight field goals at the Olympics. Rechelle Hawkes (AUS) is he only female player to have scored more goals from open play (11) in Olympic history.