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) Gurjit Kaur (3 goals)
Field hockey
Tournament
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Squads
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This article is about women's event. For men's event, see 2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament.

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

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

Results

Pool Stage
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) Host.
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)

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

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 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

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
  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.
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