Hockey Four Nations Cup
# Hockey Four Nations Cup

The Hockey Four Nations Cup was an international women's field hockey tournament held by the International Hockey Federation and the Deutscher Hockey-Bund.

The Netherlands are the reigning champions.

## Format

Since its inception in 2008, the tournament has been an invitational event, allowing four nations to compete against one another. The tournament is played in a single round-robin system, with the nation finishing at the top of the table being declared the tournament champions.

The tournament generally comprises teams within the top 10 of the FIH World Rankings.

## Results

### Summaries

| Year | Host | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | Bremen | Germany | South Korea | United States | India |
| 2010 | Essen | Australia | Germany | India | Ireland |
| 2011 | Berlin | Argentina | Germany | Australia | South Korea |
| 2012 | Bremen | Germany | New Zealand | South Africa | Belgium |
| 2014 | Bremen | Australia | Germany | England | Japan |
| 2016 | Hamburg | Argentina | Germany | China | South Korea |
| 2017 | Berlin | Germany | Ireland | China | South Korea |
| 2018 | Grünwald | Netherlands | Argentina | New Zealand | Germany |

### Team appearances

| Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | – | – | 1st | – | – | 1st | – | 2nd | 3 |
| Australia | – | 1st | 3rd | – | 1st | – | – | – | 3 |
| Belgium | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| China | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 3rd | – | 2 |
| England | – | – | – | – | 3rd | – | – | – | 1 |
| Germany | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 7 |
| India | 4th | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Ireland | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 2 |
| Japan | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | 1 |
| Netherlands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | 1 |
| New Zealand | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | – | 3rd | 2 |
| South Africa | – | – | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| South Korea | 2nd | – | 4th | – | – | 4th | 4th | – | 4 |
| United States | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 32 |

## Statistics

### All-Time Table

Table :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PCT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | 100.0 |
| 2 | Argentina | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 22 | 81.4 |
| 3 | Australia | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 18 | 66.7 |
| 4 | Germany | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 41 | 56.9 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | –3 | 9 | 50.0 |
| 6 | China | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 7 | 38.9 |
| 7 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 3 | 33.3 |
| 7 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 3 | 33.3 |
| 9 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 3 | 33.3 |
| 10 | Ireland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 20 | –13 | 6 | 33.3 |
| 11 | India | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 26 | –10 | 5 | 27.8 |
| 12 | South Korea | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 9 | 25.0 |
| 13 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | –7 | 1 | 11.1 |
| 14 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | –8 | 0 | 0.0 |

### All-time goalscorers

There were 206 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 4.29 goals per match.

10 goals

* Natascha Keller

6 goals

* Tina Bachmann

5 goals

* Megan Rivers
* Marie Mävers
* Surinder Kaur
* Lee Seon-Ok

4 goals

* Noel Barrionuevo
* Delfina Merino
* Nicole Arrold
* Georgina Parker
* Lydia Haase
* Maike Stöckel
* Fanny Rinne
* Pietie Coetzee
* Gim Sung-Hee

3 goals

* Carla Rebecchi
* Anna Flanagan
* Jodie Kenny
* Ashleigh Nelson
* Alexandra Danson
* Lisa Altenburg
* Eileen Hoffmann
* Nike Lorenz
* Katharina Otte
* Rani Rampal
* Tiffany Snow

2 goals

* Emily Smith
* Sun Xiao
* Lily Owsley
* Janine Beermann
* Kristina Hillmann
* Anke Kühn
* Jasjeet Kaur Handa
* Deepika Thakur
* Kathryn Mullan
* Frédérique Matla
* Lauren Stam
* Shiloh Gloyn
* Charlotte Harrison
* Samantha Harrison
* Kim Da-Rae
* Kim Jong-Eun
* Kim Mi-Seon

1 goal

* Gabriela Aguirre
* Agustina Albertario
* Martina Cavallero
* Soledad García
* María José Granatto
* Rosario Luchetti
* Rocío Sánchez Moccia
* Madonna Blyth
* Edwina Bone
* Emily Hurtz
* Georgia Nanscawen
* Renee Trost
* Jill Boon
* Erica Coppey
* Stéphanie de Groof
* Emilie Sinia
* Zhang Jinrong
* Liang Meiyu
* Zhong Mengling
* Zhang Xiaoxue
* Peng Yang
* Zhao Yudiao
* Hannah Gablać
* Lina Geyer
* Franzisca Hauke
* Julia Müller
* Camille Nobis
* Katharina Scholz
* Anne Schröder
* Lisa Schütze
* Charlotte Stapenhorst
* Jana Teschke
* Saba Anjum
* Subhadra Pradhan
* Rosalin Ralte
* Chanchan Thokchom
* Shirley McCay
* Anna O'Flanagan
* Roisin Upton
* Emma Smyth
* Chloe Watkins
* Ayaka Nishimura
* Margot van Geffen
* Caia van Maasakker
* Maria Verschoor
* Xan de Waard
* Lidewij Welten
* Madison Doar
* Katie Glynn
* Anita McLaren
* Stacey Michelsen
* Brooke Neal
* Amy Robinson
* Jennifer Wilson
* Cheon Eun-Bi
* Cho Eun-Ji
* Jang Hee-Sun
* Park Jeong-Sook
* Kim Jong-Hee
* Park Mi-Hyun
* Eum Mi-young
* Cheon Seul-Ki
* Kim Young-Ran
* Cho Yun-Kyoung
* Kelly Doton
* Carrie Lingo
* Keli Smith
