2014 Women's Four Nations Cup

The 2014 Women's Four Nations Cup was the fifth Hockey Four Nations Cup, an international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Germany, from 15 to 18 May 2014, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.[1]

2014 Women's Four Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGermany Germany
CityBremen
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up Germany
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored26 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)4 Players (see list below) (3 goals)
2012 (previous) (next) 2016

Competition format edit

The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, England, Japan, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points will be awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country July 2014 FIH Ranking[2] Best World Cup finish Best Olympic Games finish
  Australia 4 Champions (1994, 1998) Champions (1988, 1996, 2000)
  England 3 Third Place (20101) Third Place (2012)
  Germany 6 Champions (1976, 1981) Champions (2004)
  Japan 9 Fifth place (2006) Eighth place (2004)

Results edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1   Australia 3 2 1 0 13 6 +7 7 Tournament Champion
2   Germany (H) 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7
3   England 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4   Japan 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

Matches edit

15 May 2014
15:00
Australia   4–2   England
Flanagan   40'63'
Parker   55'
Kenny   70+'
Report Owsley   4'
Danson   66'
Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Emi Yamada (JPN)
15 May 2014
17:30
Germany   1–0   Japan
Gablać   24' Report
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

17 May 2014
14:00
Australia   6–1   Japan
Parker   3'
Kenny   5'59'
Smith   13'
Flanagan   17'
Bone   54'
Report Nishimura   35+'
Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Rachel Williams (ENG)
17 May 2014
16:30
Germany   3–1   England
Haase   51'
Stöckel   54'
Hillmann   63'
Report Danson   18'
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

18 May 2014
12:00
England   2–0   Japan
Danson   35+'
Owsley   53'
Report
Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
18 May 2014
14:30
Germany   3–3   Australia
Bachmann   5'
Haase   25'
Hillmann   46'
Report Smith   14'
Nanscawen   33'
Parker   70+'
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal

References edit

  1. ^ "4 Nations Invitational Tournament (W)". FIH. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  2. ^ "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved 3 August 2018.