2012 Women's VISA International Hockey Tournament

The 2012 Women's VISA International Hockey Tournament was a women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in London, United Kingdom, from May 2 to 6, 2012. The tournament served as a test event for the field hockey tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] The tournament featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.[2]

This article is about women's event. For men's event, see 2012 Men's VISA International Hockey Tournament.
VISA International
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Dates2–6 May
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)Riverbank Arena
Final positions
Champions Great Britain
Runner-up Argentina
Third place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored19 (2.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Crista Cullen (4 goals)
← 2007 (previous)

Great Britain won the tournament after defeating Argentina 2–0 in the final. South Korea finished in third place after defeating China 3–2 in the third place playoff.[3]

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Argentina, China, South Korea, and the hosts, Great Britain, 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 Best World Cup finish Best Olympic Games finish
 Argentina Champions (2002, 2010) Runners-Up (2000)
 China Third Place (2002) Runners-Up (2008)
 Great Britain * Third Place (2010) Third Place (1992)
 South Korea Third place (1990) Runners-Up (1988, 1996)

* Includes results representing England.

Results

Pool Stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Great Britain (H) 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Final
2  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3  South Korea 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  China 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: GB Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Host
2 May 2012
11:00
Argentina  3–0  China
D. Sruoga  12'
Rebecchi  34'
D'Elía  49'		 Report
Umpires:
Claire Adenot (FRA)
Frances Block (GBR)
2 May 2012
13:15
Great Britain  1–0  South Korea
Danson  62' Report
Umpires:
Amy Hassick (USA)
Elena Eskina (RUS)
3 May 2012
11:00
Argentina  0–0  South Korea
Report
Umpires:
Carol Metchette (IRE)
Claire Adenot (FRA)
3 May 2012
13:15
China  0–3  Great Britain
Report Cullen  6', 70+'
Gilbert  68'
Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Stella Bartlema (NED)
5 May 2012
09:30
China  1–2  South Korea
Sun  7' Report Kim J.  19', 58'
Umpires:
Frances Block (GBR)
Carol Metchette (IRE)
5 May 2012
11:45
Great Britain  2–0  Argentina
Danson  15'
Ball  23'		 Report
Umpires:
Amy Hassick (USA)
Stella Bartlema (NED)

Third and fourth place
6 May 2012
09:30
South Korea  3–2  China
Lee S.  2'
Park K.  11'
Cheon S.  41'		 Report Zhao  27'
Li H.  68'
Umpires:
Claire Adenot (FRA)
Carol Metchette (IRE)

Final
6 May 2012
12:15
Great Britain  2–0  Argentina
Cullen  37', 42' Report
Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Amy Hassick (USA)

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
 Great Britain (H) 4 4 0 0 8 0 +8 12 Gold Medal
 Argentina 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4 Silver Medal
 South Korea 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 Bronze Medal
4  China 4 0 0 4 3 11 −8 0 Fourth Place
Source: GB Hockey
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.38 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: GB Hockey

References
  1. "Plans announced for Olympic Hockey test event". en.olympic.cn. Chinese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. "London 2012: Top teams for Olympics hockey test event". bbc.com. BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. "VISA INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT". greatbritainhockey.co.uk. GB Hockey. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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