2019 Women's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament

Ready Steady Tokyo
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
City	Tokyo
Dates	17–21 August
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	Oi Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	26 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gurjit Kaur (3 goals)

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]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Results[edit]

Pool stage[edit]

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	Final
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[edit]

Third and fourth place[edit]

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[edit]

21 August 2019
19:45

India	2–1	Japan
Navjot 11' Lalremsiami 33'	Report	Shimizu 12'

Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

Statistics[edit]

Final standings[edit]

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[edit]

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

3 goals

Gurjit Kaur

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References[edit]

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

[1] "Tokyo 2020 Test Events". Tokyo2020. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[2] "Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey (Women)". FIH. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[fifawwrankings-3] "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

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