2015 Hawke's Bay Cup

The 2015 Hawke's Bay Cup was the second edition of the invitational Hawke's Bay Cup field hockey competition. It took place between 11–19 April 2015 in Hastings, New Zealand. A total of eight teams competed for the title.

2015 Hawke's Bay Cup

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Hastings
Dates	11–19 April
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Hawke's Bay Sports Park
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	82 (3.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Olivia Merry (6 goals)
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Australia won the tournament for the first time after defeating New Zealand 3–2 in the final. China won the third place match by defeating South Korea 3–1.

Teams

Including New Zealand, 8 teams were invited by the New Zealand Hockey Federation to participate in the tournament.

• Argentina
• Australia
• China
• India
• Japan
• New Zealand
• South Korea
• United States

Results

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
2	United States	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Australia	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	India	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

11 April 2015 13:30 China 2–1 India Wang  34' Yu  38' Report Thokchom  31' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Jo Cumming (NZL) Kim Jung-Hee (KOR)

11 April 2015 15:30 Australia 1–1 United States Smith  42' Report Gonzalez  22' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Emi Yamada (JPN)

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12 April 2015 13:30 United States 4–2 India Witmer  19' Sharkey  42', 43' Reinprecht  47' Report Thokchom  6', 44' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Maria Locatelli (ARG) Emi Yamada (JPN)

12 April 2015 15:30 China 2–2 Australia Peng  26' Xi  35' Report Blyth  4' Kenny  30' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Kim Jung-Hee (KOR) Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS)

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14 April 2015 15:30 United States 1–2 China O'Donnell  27' Report Xu  20' Liang  59' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Maria Locatelli (ARG) Jo Cumming (NZL)

14 April 2015 19:30 Australia 0–0 India Report Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Kim Jung-Hee (KOR Emi Yamada (JPN)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Zealand	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	7
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

11 April 2015 17:30 Argentina 2–0 South Korea Cavallero  35', 54' Report Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS) Dahiya Deepa (IND)

11 April 2015 19:30 New Zealand 2–2 Japan McCann  50' Hayward  58' Report Oikawa  24' Nagai  32' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Suzi Sutton (USA) Jianjun Chen (CHN)

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12 April 2015 17:30 New Zealand 3–2 Argentina Pearce  14' Punt  23' Merry  30' Report A. Habif  7' Merino  38' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

12 April 2015 19:30 South Korea 2–1 Japan Kim Jong-eun  33', 59' Report Oikawa  3' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Suzi Sutton (USA) Dahiya Deepa (IND)

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14 April 2015 13:30 Argentina 2–1 Japan Rebecchi  34' F. Habif  43' Report Nakashima  56' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS) Dahiya Deepa (IND)

14 April 2015 17:30 South Korea 1–2 New Zealand Cheon Eun-bi  55' Report Merry  17' Flynn  49' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Jianjun Chen (CHN)

Second round

	Fifth place					Consolation semifinals					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
											China (p.s.o)		0 (3)
											Japan		0 (1)
						Japan		2								China		2
						Argentina		3								Australia		3
											Argentina		0
											Australia		1
	Argentina		0																		Australia		3
	United States		3																		New Zealand		2
											New Zealand		4
											India		1
	Seventh place					India		0								New Zealand		4			Third place
						United States		3								South Korea		0
	Japan		2								United States		1								China		3
	India		3								South Korea		2								South Korea		2

Quarter-finals

16 April 2015 13:30 China 0–0 Japan Report Penalties De Liang Peng Li 3–1 Shibata Kato Yamamoto Oikawa Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Jo Cumming (NZL) Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS)

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16 April 2015 15:45 Argentina 0–1 Australia Report Slattery  4' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Suzi Sutton (US) Jianjun Chen (CHN)

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16 April 2015 18:00 New Zealand 4–1 India Webster  7' Merry  28', 39' Gunson  55' Report Rani  6' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

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16 April 2015 20:15 United States 1–2 South Korea Kolojejchick  14' Report Kim Bo-mi  19' Park Seung-a  42' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Maria Locatelli (ARG)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

18 April 2015 12:00 Japan 2–3 Argentina Oikawa  30+' Kato  38' Report Rebecchi  9', 49' Barrionuevo  34' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Dahiya Deepa (IND) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

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18 April 2015 14:15 India 0–3 United States Report Sharkey  10' O'Donnell  14', 45' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Kim Jung-Hee (KOR) Jo Cumming (NZL)

Seventh and eighth place

19 April 2015 12:00 Japan 2–3 India Nakashima  9' Yamamoto  20' Report Pukhrambam  27' Deepika  54' Rampal  57' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Jianjun Chen (CHN) Maria Locatelli (ARG)

Fifth and sixth place

19 April 2015 14:15 Argentina 0–3 United States Report Witmer  20' O'Donnell  26' Crandall  44' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Kim Jung-Hee (KOR)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

18 April 2015 16:30 New Zealand 4–0 South Korea Merry  12' Flynn  13' Webster  39', 50' Report Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Maria Locatelli (ARG)

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18 April 2015 18:45 China 2–3 Australia Wang  20' Yu  55' Report Blyth  11' Kenny  42' Parker  51' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Suzi Sutton (USA)

Third and fourth place

19 April 2015 16:30 China 3–2 South Korea Zhang  10' Wang  15' Bao  37' Report Kim Da Rae  17', 51' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Jo Cumming (NZL) Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS)

Final

19 April 2015 18:45 Australia 3–2 New Zealand Smith  40' Peris  43' Kenny  60' Report Flynn  1' Merry  44' Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Suzi Sutton (USA)

Statistics

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
	Australia	6	3	3	0	10	7	+3	12	Gold Medal
	New Zealand	6	4	1	1	17	9	+8	13	Silver Medal
	China	6	3	2	1	11	9	+2	11	Bronze Medal
4	South Korea	6	2	0	4	7	13	−6	6
5	United States	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6	10
6	Argentina	6	3	0	3	9	10	−1	9
7	India	6	1	1	4	7	15	−8	4
8	Japan	6	0	2	4	8	12	−4	2

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.42 goals per match.

6 goals

• Olivia Merry

4 goals

• Kathleen O'Donnell

3 goals

• Carla Rebecchi
• Jodie Kenny
• Wang Mengyu
• Anuradha Thokchom
• Shihori Oikawa
• Gemma Flynn
• Petrea Webster
• Kathleen Sharkey

2 goals

• Martina Cavallero
• Madonna Blyth
• Emily Smith
• Yu Qian
• Mie Nakashima
• Da-Rae
• Kim Jong-Eun
• Jill Witmer

1 goal

• Noel Barrionuevo
• Agustina Habif
• Florencia Habif
• Delfina Merino
• Georgina Parker
• Brooke Peris
• Kathryn Slattery
• Liang Meiyu
• Bao Qianqian
• Xu Xiaoxu
• Zhang Xiaoxue
• Xi Xiayun
• Peng Yang
• Sushila Chanu
• Ritu Rani
• Rani Rampal
• Deepika Thakur
• Akiko Kato
• Hazuki Nagai
• Yukari Yamamoto
• Elizabeth Gunson
• Pippa Hayward
• Rachel McCann
• Kirsten Pearce
• Anita Punt
• Kim Bo-Mi
• Cheon Eun-Bi
• Park Seung-A
• Lauren Crandall
• Kelsey Kolojejchick
• Melissa González
• Katherine Reinprecht