2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament
The 2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament was a men'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 men's field hockey.[2]
| Tournament details | |
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| 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 |  New Zealand |
| Third place |  Japan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 45 (5.63 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Mandeep Singh (6 goals) |
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India won the tournament after defeating New Zealand 5–0 in the final. Japan finished in third place after defeating Malaysia 6–1 in the third place playoff.
Competition format
The tournament featured the national teams of India, Malaysia, New Zealand, 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 |
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| India |
5 | Champions (1975) | Champions (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980) |
| Japan |
16 | Ninth Place (1971, 2006) | Runners-Up (1932) |
 Malaysia |
12 | Fourth Place (1975) | Eighth Place (1972, 1976) |
| New Zealand |
8 | Seventh place (1973, 1975, 1982, 2014) | Champions (1976) |
Squads
Results
Pool Stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | Final |
| 2 | India |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Japan (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Malaysia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
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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 |
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India |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 9 | Gold Medal |
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New Zealand |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 | Silver Medal |
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Japan |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 6 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Malaysia |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 | Fourth Place |
Goalscorers
There were 45 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 5.62 goals per match.
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Nilakanta Sharma
- Harmanpreet Singh
- Kentaro Fukuda
- Yoshiki Kirishita
- Kazuma Murata
- Kenta Tanaka
- Kota Watanabe
- Koji Yamasaki
- Hirotaka Zendana
- Jacob Smith
1 goal
- Gurinder Singh
- Gurjant Singh
- Shamsher Singh
- S.V. Sunil
- Nilam Xess
- Hirotaka Wakuri
- Najmi Jazlan
- Nabil Noor
- Shahril Saabah
- Hugo Inglis
- Stephen Jenness
- Sam Lane
- Shea McAleese
- Jared Panchia
- Kane Russell
- Nic Woods
Source: FIH
References
- "Tokyo 2020 Test Events". Tokyo2020. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- "Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey (Men)". FIH. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved 13 August 2019.