2014 Women's Four Nations Cup

2014 Women's Four Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Bremen
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	26 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	4 Players (see list below) (3 goals)
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The 2014 Women's Four Nations Cup was the fifth Hockey Four Nations Cup, an international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Germany, from 15 to 18 May 2014, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.^[1]

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, England, Japan, 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 2014 FIH Ranking^[2]	Best World Cup finish	Best Olympic Games finish
Australia	4	Champions (1994, 1998)	Champions (1988, 1996, 2000)
England	3	Third Place (20101)	Third Place (2012)
Germany	6	Champions (1976, 1981)	Champions (2004)
Japan	9	Fifth place (2006)	Eighth place (2004)

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	13	6	+7	7	Tournament Champion
2	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
3	England	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

Matches

15 May 2014
15:00

Australia	4–2	England
Flanagan 40', 63' Parker 55' Kenny 70+'	Report	Owsley 4' Danson 66'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

15 May 2014
17:30

Germany	1–0	Japan
Gablać 24'	Report

Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

17 May 2014
14:00

Australia	6–1	Japan
Parker 3' Kenny 5', 59' Smith 13' Flanagan 17' Bone 54'	Report	Nishimura 35+'

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

17 May 2014
16:30

Germany	3–1	England
Haase 51' Stöckel 54' Hillmann 63'	Report	Danson 18'

Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

18 May 2014
12:00

England	2–0	Japan
Danson 35+' Owsley 53'	Report

Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

18 May 2014
14:30

Germany	3–3	Australia
Bachmann 5' Haase 25' Hillmann 46'	Report	Smith 14' Nanscawen 33' Parker 70+'

Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

References

^ "4 Nations Invitational Tournament (W)". FIH. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[about-1] "4 Nations Invitational Tournament (W)". FIH. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[fifawwrankings-2] "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

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