USA FIELD HOCKEY WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM
MATCHES TO BE BROADCAST LIVE BY NBC
CHULA VISTA, CA (July 16, 2008) - All five USA Field Hockey pool matches and both medal matches will be televised by NBC during the network’s unprecedented 3,600 hours of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games coverage.
The USA Field Hockey Women’s Olympic Team opens competition in Beijing against 2007 Pan American Games champion Argentina on Sunday, August 10. The match will be broadcast live on MSNBC, paired with a simulcast on Universal HD.
The four remaining pool matches are scheduled for the USA network and USA HD. The U.S. will face Japan, Germany, New Zealand and Great Britain in pool play.
The bronze medal game for women’s field hockey on Friday, August 22 will be broadcast by MSNBC and Universal HD. The gold medal match will follow at 6:00 pm on Oxygen.
USA Field Hockey Men’s National Team Head Coach Nick Conway will provide commentary.
All Olympic field hockey contests, men and women, will be webcast on NBCOlympics.com. NBCOlympics.com will feature approximately 2,200 total hours of live streaming Olympic broadband video coverage, the first live online Olympic coverage in the United States.
NBC OLYMPIC GAMES BROADCAST SCHEDULE
FOR USA WOMEN’S FIELD HOCKEY
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 – DAY 2
MSNBC / UNIVERSAL HD
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Italy vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – Serbia vs. Russia; Bulgaria vs. China
Women’s Field Hockey – USA vs. Argentina (LIVE)
Men’s Shooting – Trap Gold Medal Final
Men’s Water Polo – Hungary vs. Montenegro; Croatia vs. Italy
Badminton
Men’s Handball – Croatia vs. Spain
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 – DAY 4
USA Network & USA HD
2:00 a.m. – Noon
Men’s Basketball – USA vs. Angola (LIVE)
Tennis
Rowing (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball
Women’s Field Hockey – USA vs. Japan (LIVE)
Badminton – Round of 16 Competition
Men’s Handball – Spain vs. Poland
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 – DAY 6
AIRING ON: USA Network & USA HD
2:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m.
Men’s Basketball – USA Game (LIVE)
Baseball – USA vs. Netherlands
Tennis
Beach Volleyball
Women’s Field Hockey – USA vs. Germany
Women’s Fencing – Team Sabre Competition and Gold Medal Final
Women’s Archery – Individual Gold Medal Final
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 – DAY 8
AIRING ON: USA & USA HD
2:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Women’s Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Singles Bronze
Men’s Track & Field – 20k Walk
Men’s Tennis – Doubles Gold Medal Final; Singles Bronze
Women’s Field Hockey – USA vs. New Zealand
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Table Tennis – Team Semifinals
MONDAY, AUGUST 18 – DAY 10
AIRING ON: USA & USA HD
6:00 a.m.
Women’s Field Hockey – USA vs. Great Britain (LIVE)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 – DAY 14
MSNBC / UNIVERSAL HD
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Bronze Medal Match (LIVE)
Baseball – Semifinal
Men’s Volleyball – Semifinal
Women’s Field Hockey – Bronze Medal Game
Women’s Modern Pentathlon
Women’s Mountain Bike
Men’s Handball – Semifinal
OXYGEN
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Women’s Field Hockey – Gold Medal Game
ALL Field Hockey Games Webcast on NBCOlympics.com
- USFH -
