The 2018 Women's Hockey SOMPO CUP is the first Hockey SOMPO CUP, an international women's field hockey tournament consisting of a series of test matches. It took place in Japan from September 12 to 16, 2018, featuring four of the top nations in women's field hockey.[1]

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, South Korea, United States, and the hosts, Japan, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing against each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.[2]

Country August 2018 FIH Ranking[3] Best World Cup finish Best Olympic Games finish
 Australia 3 Champions (1994, 1998) Champions (1988, 1996, 2000)
 Japan 14 Fifth place (2006) Eighth place (2004)
 South Korea 10 Third place (1990) Runners-up (1988, 1996)
 United States 12 Third place (1994) Third place (1984)

Results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Final
2  Japan (H) 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3  United States 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3 Third and fourth
place playoff
4  South Korea 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

Pool matches

12 September 2018
16:30
South Korea  1–2  United States
Kim Jeong-ihn field hockey ball 22' Report Sharkey field hockey ball 28'
Woods field hockey ball 48'
Umpires:
Chen Hong (CHN)
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)
12 September 2018
18:30
Australia  2–0  Japan
R. Taylor field hockey ball 13'
Padget field hockey ball 42' 		Report
Umpires:
Kim Jung-hee (KOR)
Mary Driscoll (USA)
13 September 2018
16:30
Australia  3–1  South Korea
Kershaw field hockey ball 18', 58'
Malone field hockey ball 44' 		Report In Ha-wa field hockey ball 23'
Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Mary Driscoll (USA)
13 September 2018
18:30
United States  0–3  Japan
Report Imao field hockey ball 1'
Tsubouchi field hockey ball 27'
Shimizu field hockey ball 44'
Umpires:
Kim Jung-Hee (KOR)
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)
15 September 2018
14:00
United States  1–2  Australia
West field hockey ball 59' Report Morgan field hockey ball 23'
Evans field hockey ball 60'
Umpires:
Chen Hong (CHN)
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
15 September 2018
16:00
South Korea  0–4  Japan
Report Mori field hockey ball 5', 25'
Matsumoto field hockey ball 7'
Sasaki field hockey ball 20'
Umpires:
Mary Driscoll (USA)
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

Classification matches

Third and fourth place

16 September 2018
13:45
United States  1–2  South Korea
Funk field hockey ball 27' Report Kim Eun-ji field hockey ball 55'
Lee Yu-rim field hockey ball 56'
Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Chen Hong (CHN)

Final

16 September 2018
16:00
Australia  1–2  Japan
R. Taylor field hockey ball 3' Report Suzuki field hockey ball 10'
Toriyama field hockey ball 22'
Umpires:
Kim Jung-hee (KOR)
Mary Driscoll (USA)

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ "SOMPO CUP Four Nations Women's Hockey Ibaraki International Tournament". FIH. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ "SOMPO CUP Four Nations Women's Hockey Ibaraki International Tournament". sompocup-hockey-ibaraki. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  3. ^ "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Women%27s_Hockey_Sompo_Cup
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