2018 Women's Four Nations Cup

2018 Women's Four Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Grünwald
Teams	4
Venue(s)	TSV Grünwald
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	24 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	5 players (see list below) (2 goals)
← 2017 (previous)

The 2018 Women's Four Nations Cup was the eighth Hockey Four Nations Cup, an international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Germany, from July 11 to 14, 2018, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.^[1]

Competition format edit

The tournament featured the national teams of Argentina, Netherlands, New Zealand, 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 2018 FIH Ranking^[2]	Best World Cup finish	Best Olympic Games finish
Argentina	3	Champions (2002, 2010)	Runners–up (2000, 2012)
Germany	6	Champions (1976, 1981)	Champions (2004)
Netherlands	1	Champions (1974, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1990, 2006, 2014)	Champions (1984, 2008, 2012)
New Zealand	4	Fourth place (1986)	Fourth place (2012, 2016)

Results edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	9	2	+7	9	Tournament Champion
2	Argentina	3	2	1	6	5	+1	6
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	6	8	−2	3
4	Germany (H)	3	0	3	3	9	−6	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

11 July 2018
16:00

New Zealand	1–3	Netherlands
Gloyn 10'	Report	van Maasakker 32' Verschoor 52' Stam 58'

Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Michelle Meister (GER)

11 July 2018
18:00

Germany	1–2	Argentina
Schröder 19'	Report	Albertario 21' Barrionuevo 60'

Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

12 July 2018
17:30

Argentina	1–2	Netherlands
Merino 28'	Report	de Waard 8' Matla 22'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Amber Church (NZL)

12 July 2018
19:30

Germany	2–3	New Zealand
Altenburg 3' Mävers 33'	Report	Gloyn 2' Neal 23' Robinson 26'

Umpires:
Andrea Soria (ARG)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

14 July 2018
11:00

New Zealand	2–3	Argentina
Doar 39' McLaren 46'	Report	Cavallero 3' Merino 48' Barrionuevo 58'

Umpires:
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

14 July 2018
13:00

Germany	0–4	Netherlands
	Report	van Geffen 27' Matla 28' Welten 33' Stam 51'

Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Andrea Soria (ARG)

Statistics edit

References edit

^ "real FOUR NATIONS CUP Womens". FIH. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
^ "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved July 10, 2018.

[about-1] "real FOUR NATIONS CUP Womens". FIH. Retrieved July 10, 2018.

[fifawwrankings-2] "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved July 10, 2018.

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