2012 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament (Auckland)

The 2012 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament was the second of two women's field hockey tournaments, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand, from April 18 to 22, 2012, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.[1]

Four Nations
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
CityNorth Harbour
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored38 (4.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Georgia Nanscawen
Jodie Schulz (4 goals)
← North Harbour (previous)

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, India, the United States, and the hosts, New Zealand, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once.[2] Three points will be awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country October 2011 FIH Ranking[3] Best World Cup finish Best Olympic Games finish
 Australia 7 Champions (1994, 1998) Champions (1988, 1996, 2000)
 India 13 Fourth Place (1974) Fourth Place (1980)
 New Zealand 6 Fourth Place (1986) Sixth Place (1984, 2000, 2004)
 United States 10 Third place (1994) Third place (1984)

Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:[4]

Results

All times are local (New Zealand Standard Time).

Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 2 1 0 13 6 +7 7 Advanced to Final
2  New Zealand (H) 3 1 2 0 9 8 +1 5
3  United States 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
4  India 3 0 1 2 5 11 −6 1
Source: New Zealand Hockey Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[5]
(H) Host

Fixtures
18 April 2012
13:00
United States  3–0  India
Taylor  32'
Selenski  48'
Cesan  51'		 Report
Umpires:
Melanie Oakden (NZL)
Sarah Allanson (AUS)
18 April 2012
15:00
New Zealand  3–3  Australia
Punt  7', 70'
Sharland  55'		 Report Smith  15'
Schulz  44'
Nanscawen  48'
Umpires:
Annabelle Willox (WAL)
Anupama Puchimanda (IND)
19 April 2012
13:00
Australia  5–2  India
Schulz  2', 28'
Boyce  6'
Nelson  51'
Nanscawen  60'		 Report Rani  13'
Poonam  63'
Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Melanie Oakden (NZL)
19 April 2012
15:00
United States  2–3  New Zealand
Dawson  15'
Smith  55'		 Report C. Harrison  20'
Flynn  31'
Glynn  40'
Umpires:
Annabelle Willox (WAL)
Anupama Puchimanda (IND)
21 April 2012
17:30
Australia  5–1  United States
Schulz  2'
Nanscawen  12'
Close  43', 47'
Attard  6'		 Report Laubach  16'
Umpires:
Anupama Puchimanda (IND)
Annabelle Willox (WAL)
21 April 2012
19:30
New Zealand  3–3  India
Glynn  6'
Finlayson  10'
Forgesson  67'		 Report Rani  15'
Vandana  55'
Chanchan  56'
Umpires:
Sarah Allanson (AUS)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

Third and fourth place
22 April 2012
17:00
United States  0–1  India
Report Deepika  40'
Umpires:
Melanie Oakden (NZL)
Sarah Allanson (AUS)
Final
22 April 2012
19:30
Australia  3–1  New Zealand
Nelson  7'
Close  8'
Nanscawen  15'		 Report Glynn  49'
Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Annabelle Willox (WAL)

Statistics

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Australia 4 3 1 0 16 7 +9 10 Tournament Champion
 New Zealand (H) 4 1 2 1 10 11 −1 5
 India 4 1 1 2 6 11 −5 4
4  United States 4 1 0 3 6 9 −3 3
Source: New Zealand Hockey Federation
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 38 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.75 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References
  1. "Four Nations". hockeynz.co.nz. New Zealand Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. "Hockeyroos Draw in Thriller Against New Zealand". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - 30 OCTOBER 2011" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. "FIH OUTDOOR APPOINTMENTS - 2012" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. Regulations
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