2015 Men's Oceania Cup

The 2015 Men's Oceania Cup was the ninth edition of the men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 21 to 25 October in Stratford.[1][2][3]

2015 Oceania Cup
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
CityStratford
Dates21–25 October
Venue(s)TET MultiSports Centre
Final positions
Champions Australia (9th title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored143 (17.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Fiji Leevan Dutta (12 goals)
2013 (previous) (next) 2017

The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

Australia won the tournament for the ninth time, defeating New Zealand 3–2 in the final.[5]

Teams edit

Results edit

All times are local (NZDT).

Preliminary round edit

Pool edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 3 3 0 0 56 1 +55 9 Advanced to Final
2   New Zealand (H) 3 2 0 1 50 3 +47 6
3   Fiji 3 1 0 2 20 29 −9 3
4   Samoa 3 0 0 3 0 93 −93 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[6]
(H) Hosts

Fixtures edit

21 October 2015
11:30
Australia   17–0   Fiji
Govers   4'15'56'
Dawson   8'
Ciriello   10'27'
Mitton   11'37'53'
Turner   18'21'33'35'
Ogilvie   30'
Dwyer   33'44'
Beltz   57'
Report
Umpires:
Kiran Parbhu (NZL)
John Wright (RSA)
21 October 2015
15:30
New Zealand   37–0   Samoa
Russell   3'16'60+'
Wilson   5'5'14'15'34'41'44'
Mitai-Wells   6'18'
Coughlan   12'14'24'35'54'
Inglis   13'31'43'55'
Woods   20'
Child   20'31'50'
Haig   25'
Jenness   29'36'39'39'41'47'60'
Archibald   46'
Muir   56'
Edwards   58'59'
Report
Umpires:
Epeli Tukuca (FIJ)
Raghu Prasad (IND)

22 October 2015
15:30
Fiji   20–0   Samoa
Veitamana   3'
Ad. Smith   8'16'28'34'
Al. Smith   11'
Saqacala   13'30'
Fong   20'24'
Dutta   26'31'41'49'52'53'55'58'
Edwards   54'55'
Report
Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Kiran Parbhu (NZL)
22 October 2015
17:30
New Zealand   1–3   Australia
Inglis   55' Report Dwyer   1'
Craig   51'
Turner   57'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
John Wright (RSA)

24 October 2015
10:00
Australia   36–0   Samoa
Ockenden   2'
Ciriello   3'
Craig   7'19'37'
Ogilvie   9'20'32'
Deavin   12'
Dwyer   12'28'36'44'45'54'
Mitton   17'17'45'50'
Turner   19'26'31'41'
Zalewski   22'38'
Gohdes   29'39'51'59'60'
Kavanagh   32'
Govers   33'51'
Carroll   43'
Beltz   53'
Dawson   60'
Report
Umpires:
Epeli Tukuca (FIJ)
John Wright (RSA)
24 October 2015
12:00
Fiji   0–12   New Zealand
Report Archibald   1'25'
Child   10'41'
Jenness   23'
Inglis   28'39'50'
Woods   33'
Russell   38'44'47'
Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Kiran Prabhu (NZL)

Classification edit

Third and fourth place edit

25 October 2015
11:30
Fiji   11–1   Samoa
Dutta   9'40'42'44'
Saqacala   14'53'
Ad. Smith   18'57'58'
Edwards   23'
Al. Smith   31'
Report Sega   54'
Umpires:
Kiran Prabhu (NZL)
James Unkles (AUS)

Final edit

25 October 2015
16:00
Australia   3–2   New Zealand
Turner   4'
Dwyer   6'
Mitton   44'
Report Coughlan   20'
Russell   53'
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
John Wright (RSA)

Statistics edit

Final standings edit

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 4 4 0 0 59 3 +56 12 Qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics
    New Zealand (H) 4 2 0 2 52 6 +46 6
3   Fiji 4 2 0 2 31 30 +1 6
    Samoa 4 0 0 4 1 104 −103 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers edit

There were 143 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 17.9 goals per match.

12 goals

10 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ "2015 Oceania Cup (Men)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. ^ "OCEANIA CUP 2015 DRAW". websites.sportstg.com. Oceania Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Taranaki to host Oceania Cup hockey tournament in 2015". stuff.co.nz. Stuff. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Rio 2016 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Kookaburras beat Black Sticks 3-2 in Oceania Cup final to deny New Zealand a place at Rio Olympics". abc.net.au. ABC News. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. ^ Regulations

External links edit