2009 Women's Hockey Spar Cup

2009 Women's Hockey
SPAR Cup
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Durban
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Queensmead Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	40 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Casey Eastham; Kate Hollywood (3 goals)
Best player	Luciana Aymar

The 2009 Women's Hockey SPAR Cup was an invitational international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. The event, organised by the South African Hockey Association, was hosted in Durban from 2–6 June 2009, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.^[1]

Australia won the tournament after defeating Argentina 3–1 in final.^[2]

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Argentina, Australia, India, and the hosts, South Africa, 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	June 2009 FIH Ranking^[3]	Best World Cup finish	Best Olympic Games finish
Argentina	2	Champions (2002)	Runners-Up (2000)
Australia	5	Champions (1994, 1998)	Champions (1988, 1996, 2000)
India	13	Fourth Place (1974)	Fourth Place (1980)
South Africa	12	Seventh place (1998)	Ninth place (2004)

Results

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Final
2	Australia	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Final
3	South Africa (H)	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	India	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0

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

Fixtures

2 June 2009
14:00

Australia	3–1	India
Hurtz 15' Eastham 51' McGurk 65'	Report	Thokchom 49'

Stadium:
Queensmead Hockey Stadium

2 June 2009
16:00

South Africa	1–3	Argentina
Vide. Ryan 27'	Report	Burkart 32', 68' D'Elía 51'

Stadium:
Queensmead Hockey Stadium

3 June 2009
14:00

Argentina	2–2	Australia
D. Sruoga 20' Rebecchi 25'	Report	Eastham 2' Hollywood 12'

Stadium:
Queensmead Hockey Stadium

3 June 2009
16:00

South Africa	4–1	India
Vida Ryan 14', 33' Vide. Ryan 23' Woods 45'	Report	Ritu 63'

Stadium:
Queensmead Hockey Stadium

5 June 2009
14:00

Argentina	7–1	India
Barrionuevo 9', 37' Dupuy 15' J. Sruoga 19' Gulla 31', 58' Merino 70'	Report	Rani R. 66'

Stadium:
Queensmead Hockey Stadium

5 June 2009
16:00

Australia	1–0	South Africa
Hollywood 64'	Report

Stadium:
Queensmead Hockey Stadium

Classification matches

Third and fourth place

6 June 2009
12:30

South Africa	5–5	India
Fredericks 4', 32' Taylor 16', 52' Marescia 28'	Report	Saba 38', 64' Rani R. 45' Vandana 48' Surinder 68'
Penalties
	5–3

Stadium:
Queensmead Hockey Stadium

Final

6 June 2009
15:00

Argentina	1–3	Australia
D'Elía 31'	Report	Eastham 38' Hurtz 54' Hollywood 64'

Stadium:
Queensmead Hockey Stadium

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
	Australia	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5	10	Tournament Champion
	Argentina	4	2	1	1	13	7	+6	7
	South Africa (H)	4	1	1	2	10	10	0	4
4	India	4	0	1	3	8	19	−11	1

Source: Field Hockey
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 40 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ "Cup challenge for women". teamsa.co.za. Team South Africa. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2008–09" (PDF). hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS -- 2003 / 2010" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[1] "Cup challenge for women". teamsa.co.za. Team South Africa. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[2] "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2008–09" (PDF). hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[fifawwrankings-3] "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS -- 2003 / 2010" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

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