The Olympic women's field hockey semi-finals saw two incidents of intense drama. In the Argentina-Netherlands match, Dutch player Joosje Burg suffered a severe facial injury from a point-blank shot, causing a five-minute game pause for medical attention and cleanup. Despite the injury, the Netherlands won 3-0 to reach the final. Meanwhile, the China-Belgium game ended in chaos when Chinese player Fan Yunxia hit Belgian Delphine-Daphne Marien with the ball post-whistle, leading to a brawl and yellow cards for Fan and Belgium's Judith Vandermeiren. China triumphed in the penalty shootout and will face the Netherlands in the final, while Belgium will compete for bronze against Argentina.