This article lists the confirmed squads for the 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup held in Utrecht, Netherlands from May 20 and May 31, 1998.
Pool A
Australia
Head Coach: Ric Charlesworth
Kate Starre
Julie Towers
Katrina Powell
Nikki Mott
Claire Mitchell-Taverner
Alison Peek
Karen Smith
Katie Allen
Lisa Powell
Juliet Haslam
Bianca Langham
Alyson Annan
Renita Garard
Rechelle Hawkes (c) Clover Maitland (GK) Justine Sowry (GK)
China
Head Coach: Wang Qingsen
Nie Yali (GK) Chen Hong Chen Zhaoxia Cai Xuemei Wu Jing Liu Lijie Fu Baorong Huang Junxia Cheng Hui (c) Zhang Anjie Li Congrong Bai Jinli Juan Li Tang Chunling Wang Jiuyan Zhou Shujie (GK)
Germany
Head Coach: Berthi Rauth
Julia Zwehl (GK) Louisa Walter (GK) Denise Klecker Tanja Dickenscheid Nadine Ernsting-Krienke Inga Möller Natascha Keller Melanie Cremer Friederike Barth Wibke Weisel Cornelia Reiter Britta Becker Marion Rodewald Philippa Suxdorf Heike Lätzsch Katrin Kauschke (c)
Scotland
Head Coach: Mike Gilbert
Sue Lawrie (GK) Tracy Robb (GK) Alison Denholm Helen Walker Fiona Pearson Janet Jack Susan Fraser Carrie Corcoran Sue MacDonald Rhona Simpson Alison Grant Louise Burton Pauline Robertson (c) Diane Renilson Valerie Neil Susan Gilmour
South Africa
Head Coach: Boudewijn Castelijn
Nicky du Toit (GK) Inke van Wyk (GK) Sharon Cormack Jacqui Geyser Carina van Zyl Marilyn Agliotti El-may Brink Megan Dobson Michele MacNaughton Hanneli Arnoldi Karen Roberts (c) Lindsey Carlisle Susan Wessels Kerry Bee Pietie Coetzee Alison Dare
United States
Head Coach: Pam Hixon
Michelle Vizzuso
Kate Barber
Kristy Gleason
Peggy Storrar (GK) Jana Withrow (GK) Christine Debow Kris Fillat Kelli James Tracey Fuchs (c) Antoinette Lucas Katie Kauffman Lori Mastropietro Kristien Holmes Pam Neiss Jill Reeve Carolyn Schwarz
Pool B
Argentina
Head Coach: Sergio Vigil
Laura Mulhall (GK) Sofía MacKenzie Magdalena Aicega Alejandra Gulla Anabel Gambero Ayelén Stepnik Gabriela Liz Gabriela Pando Vanina Oneto Jorgelina Rimoldi Karina Masotta (c) Mariana González Oliva Mariela Antoniska (GK) Mercedes Margalot Luciana Aymar Cecilia Rognoni
England
Head Coach: Maggie Souyave
Hilary Rose (GK) Carolyn Reid (GK) Jackie Empson Jane Smith Karen Brown Melanie Clewlow Sarah Blanks Kirsty Bowden (c) Lisa Copeland Jane Sixsmith Lucilla Wright Joanne Mould Jennie Bimson Kerry Moore Fiona Greenham Purdy Miller
India
The squad was announced on 14 April 1998. Head Coach: Balbir Singh
Helen Innocent (GK) Sandeep Kaur (c) Renu Bala Helen Soy Sita Gussain Sumrai Tete Shashi Bala Manjinder Kaur Kamla Dalal Pritam Rani Nidhi Khullar Tingonleima Chanu (GK) Mary Tirkey Suraj Lata Devi Jyoti Sunita Kullu Sanggai Chanu
South Korea
Head Coach: Kim Do-soon
Park Yong-sook (GK) Kim Eun-jin Lee Seon-hwa Yoo Hee-joo Kim Tae-seon Kim Myung-ok Kim Seong-eun Choi Kwan-sook Choi Mi-soon Woo Hyun-jung Kim Soo-jung Cho Bo-ra Oh Seung-shin (c) Park Eun-kyung Lee Eun-young Choi Kyung-hee (GK)
New Zealand
Head Coach: Paul Ackerley
Skippy Hamahona
Moira Senior
Leisen Jobe
Sandy Bennett
Diana Weavers
Tina Bell-Kake
Anna Lawrence (c) Robyn Mathews Jenny Duck Kate Trolove Kylie Foy Mandy Smith Lisa Walton Suzie Pearce Helen Clarke (GK) Karen Smith (GK)
Netherlands
Head Coach: Tom van 't Hek
Clarinda Sinnige (GK) Daphne Touw (GK) Inge Broek Julie Deiters Ellen Kuipers Jeannette Lewin Hanneke Smabers Dillianne van den Boogaard Margje Teeuwen Mijntje Donners Ageeth Boomgaardt Fatima Moreira de Melo Minke Smabers Carole Thate (c) Fleur van de Kieft Suzan van der Wielen