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2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament

This article is about men's event. For women's event, see 2019 Women's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament.

The 2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament was a men's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Tokyo, Japan, from August 17 to 21, 2019. The tournament served as a test event for the field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] The tournament featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.[2]

Ready Steady Tokyo
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
CityTokyo
Dates17–21 August
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)Oi Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions India
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored45 (5.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Mandeep Singh (6 goals)

India won the tournament after defeating New Zealand 5–0 in the final. Japan finished in third place after defeating Malaysia 6–1 in the third place playoff.

Competition format

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The tournament featured the national teams of India, Malaysia, New Zealand, and the hosts, Japan, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country June 2019 FIH Ranking[3] Best World Cup finish Best Olympic Games finish
  India 5 Champions (1975) Champions (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980)
  Japan 16 Ninth Place (1971, 2006) Runners-up (1932)
  Malaysia 12 Fourth Place (1975) Eighth Place (1972, 1976)
  New Zealand 8 Seventh place (1973, 1975, 1982, 2014) Champions (1976)

Squads

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Main article: 2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament squads

Results

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Pool stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   New Zealand 3 3 0 0 9 5 +4 9 Final
2   India 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 6
3   Japan (H) 3 1 0 2 9 11 −2 3
4   Malaysia 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts
17 August 2019
18:30
India   6–0   Malaysia
Gurinder   8'
Gursahibjit   18', 56'
Mandeep   33', 46'
Sunil   60' 		Report
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Martin Madden (SCO)
17 August 2019
19:00
New Zealand   4–3   Japan
Smith   17'
McAleese   19'
Russell   57'
Jenness   60' 		Report Yamasaki   34', 41'
Wakuri   39'
Umpires:
Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)
Eric Koh (MAS)
18 August 2019
18:30
Malaysia   1–3   Japan
Nabil   37' Report Fukuda   26'
Murata   48'
Watanabe   49'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Martin Madden (SCO)
18 August 2019
19:00
New Zealand   2–1   India
Smith   47'
Lane   60' 		Report Harmanpreet   2'
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Eric Koh (MAS)
20 August 2019
09:30
Malaysia   1–3   New Zealand
Najmi   21' Report J. Panchia   29'
Woods   39'
Inglis   57'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
20 August 2019
11:45
India   6–3   Japan
Sharma   3'
Xess   7'
Mandeep   9', 29', 30'
Gurjant   41' 		Report Fukuda   25'
K. Tanaka   36'
Murata   52'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)

Classification stage

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Third and fourth place

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21 August 2019
09:30
Japan   6–1   Malaysia
Zendana   32', 56'
Kirishita   39', 45+'
K. Tanaka   43'
Watanabe   44' 		Report Shahril   30'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)

Final

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21 August 2019
12:00
New Zealand   0–5   India
Report Harmanpreet   7'
Shamsher   18'
Sharma   22'
Gursahibjit   26'
Mandeep   27'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Eric Koh (MAS)

Statistics

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Final standings

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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 Final Result
    India 4 3 0 1 18 5 +13 9 Gold Medal
    New Zealand 4 3 0 1 9 10 −1 9 Silver Medal
    Japan 4 2 0 2 15 12 +3 6 Bronze Medal
4   Malaysia 4 0 0 4 3 18 −15 0 Fourth Place
Source: FIH

Goalscorers

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There were 45 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 5.62 goals per match.

6 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

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  1. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Test Events". Tokyo2020. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey (Men)". FIH. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. ^ "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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