2019 Women's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament

The 2019 Women's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament was a women'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 women'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 Japan
Third place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored26 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Gurjit Kaur (3 goals)

India won the tournament after defeating Japan 2–1 in the final. Australia finished in third place after defeating China 3–1 in the third place playoff.

Competition format

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The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, China, India, 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
  Australia 2 Champions (1994, 1998) Champions (1988, 1996, 2000)
  China 11 Third Place (2002) Runners-up (2008)
  India 10 Fourth Place (1974) Fourth Place (1980)
  Japan 14 Fifth place (2006) Eighth place (2004)

Squads

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Results

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Pool stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   India 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 Final
2   Japan (H) 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3   China 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4   Australia 3 0 2 1 6 7 −1 2
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
11:45
India   2–1   Japan
Gurjit   9'35' Report Nishikori   16'
Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Maggie Giddens (USA)
17 August 2019
12:15
Australia   2–3   China
Fitzpatrick   56'
Malone   57'
Report Gu   5'
Luo   22'
Zhong   38'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)

18 August 2019
09:30
India   2–2   Australia
Vandana   36'
Gurjit   59'
Report Nobbs   14'
Stewart   43'
Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Emi Yamada (JPN)
18 August 2019
10:00
China   1–2   Japan
Zhong   39' Report Y. Nagai   16'
Shimizu   47'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

20 August 2019
17:30
Australia   2–2   Japan
Lawton   34'
Commerford   54'
Report Mitsuhashi   26'
Nomura   32'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Maggie Giddens (USA)
20 August 2019
19:45
China   0–0   India
Report
Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

Classification stage

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Third and fourth place

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21 August 2019
17:30
China   1–3   Australia
Li J.   57' Report Commerford   11'
Malone   16'
Fitzpatrick   34'
Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

Final

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21 August 2019
19:45
India   2–1   Japan
Navjot   11'
Lalremsiami   33'
Report Shimizu   12'
Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

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 2 2 0 6 4 +2 8 Gold Medal
    Japan 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4 Silver Medal
    Australia 4 1 2 1 9 8 +1 5 Bronze Medal
4   China 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4 Fourth Place
Source: FIH

Goalscorers

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There were 26 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

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  1. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Test Events". Tokyo2020. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey (Women)". FIH. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved 19 July 2019.