2018 Men's International Hockey Open
# 2018 Men's International Hockey Open

The 2018 Men's International Hockey Open is a men's field hockey tournament being held at the Marrara Hockey Centre. It will take place between 18 – 22 September 2018 in Darwin, Australia. A total of four teams will compete for the title.

## Teams

A total of four teams competed for the title:

Head coach: Germán Orozco

* Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
* Juan Ignacio Gilardi
* Pedro Ibarra (C)
* Nahuel Salis
* Maico Casella
* Matías Paredes
* Leandro Tolini
* Ignacio Ortíz
* Juan Martín López
* Isidoro Ibarra
* Tomás Santiago (GK)
* Matías Rey
* Nicolás Cicileo
* Agustín Mazzilli
* Lucas Rossi
* Tomás Domene
* Agustín Bugallo
* Martín Ferreiro

Head coach: Colin Batch

* Thomas Craig
* Corey Weyer
* Jake Harvie
* Matthew Dawson
* Jacob Anderson
* Joshua Beltz
* Edward Ockenden (C)
* Joshua Simmonds
* Timothy Howard
* Aran Zalewski (C)
* Matthew Swann
* Jack Welch
* Flynn Ogilvie
* Daniel Beale
* Tyler Lovell (GK)
* Dylan Wotherspoon
* Kieran Govers
* Timothy Brand
* Andrew Charter (GK)
* Jeremy Hayward

Head coach: Siegfried Aikman

* Koji Yamasaki
* Riku Tamura
* Miyu Tanimitsu
* Genki Mitani
* Seren Tanaka
* Kazuma Murata
* Kenji Kitazato
* Manabu Yamashita (C)
* Kota Ozawa
* Yuri Arnould (GK)
* Kazumasa Matsumoto
* Hirotaka Wakuri
* Kazuki Yoneda
* Shota Yamada
* Wataru Matsumoto
* Hirotaka Zendana
* Takashi Yoshikawa (GK)
* Yoshiki Kirishita

Head coach: Amin Rahim

* Haziq Samsul
* Najib Hassan
* Norsyafiq Sumantri
* Fitri Saari
* Ashran Hamsani
* Joel van Huizen
* Syed Cholan
* Firhan Ashari
* Amirol Arshad
* Razie Rahim (C)
* Faiz Jali
* Azri Hassan
* Azuan Hasan
* Hafizuddin Othman (GK)
* Aizman Rozemi
* Shahril Saabah
* Hairi Rahman (GK)

## Results

### Pool matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Final |
| 2 | Australia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Final |
| 3 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | |

* 18 September 2018 17:00

| Argentina | 2–1 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Casella 2' Ferreiro 56' | Report | Yamasaki 58' |

* Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Nor Azhar Abiddin (MAS)
* 18 September 2018 19:00

| Australia | 5–2 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Wotherspoon 8' Craig 11' Anderson 32' Welch 34' Brand 60' | Report | Haziq 18' Firhan 54' |

* Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Hideyuki Takahashi (JPN) Diego Barbas (ARG)
* 19 September 2018 17:00

| Malaysia | 3–3 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Razie 15', 21' Fitri 27' | Report | Murata 11' Tanaka 45' Yamada 59' |

* Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Adam Kearns (AUS)
* 19 September 2018 19:00

| Argentina | 2–0 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Casella 44' Mazzilli 45' | Report | |

* Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Nor Azhar Abiddin (MAS)
* 21 September 2018 17:00

| Malaysia | 2–3 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Haziq 9' Fitri 51' | Report | Domene 33' Ferreiro 52' P. Ibarra 60' |

* Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Hideyuki Takahashi (JPN)
* 21 September 2018 19:00

| Australia | 3–0 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Wotherspoon 9', 30', 47' | Report | |

* Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Nor Azhar Abiddin (MAS)

### Classification matches

**Third and fourth place**

* 22 September 2018 17:00

| Malaysia | 4–0 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Shahril 15' Azri 37' Haziq 37' Razie 44' | Report | |

* Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Adam Kearns (AUS)

**Final**

* 22 September 2018 19:30

| Argentina | 2–1 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Paredes 24' P. Ibarra 37' | Report | Govers 19' |

* Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Hideyuki Takahashi (JPN)

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 | Gold Medal |
| | Australia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | Silver Medal |
| | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Japan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 1 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 33 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.

4 goals

* Dylan Wotherspoon

3 goals

* Razie Rahim
* Haziq Samsul

2 goals

* Maico Casella
* Martín Ferreiro
* Pedro Ibarra
* Fitri Saari

1 goal

* Tomás Domene
* Agustín Mazzilli
* Matías Paredes
* Jacob Anderson
* Timothy Brand
* Thomas Craig
* Kieran Govers
* Jack Welch
* Kazuma Murata
* Seren Tanaka
* Shota Yamada
* Koji Yamasaki
* Firhan Ashaari
* Azri Hassan
* Shahril Saabah

Source: FIH

