2015 Hawke's Bay Cup
# 2015 Hawke's Bay Cup

The 2015 Hawke's Bay Cup was the second edition of the invitational Hawke's Bay Cup field hockey competition. It took place between 11–19 April 2015 in Hastings, New Zealand. A total of eight teams competed for the title.

Australia won the tournament for the first time after defeating New Zealand 3–2 in the final. China won the third place match by defeating South Korea 3–1.

## Teams

Including New Zealand, 8 teams were invited by the New Zealand Hockey Federation to participate in the tournament.

* Argentina
* Australia
* China
* India
* Japan
* New Zealand
* South Korea
* United States

## Results

### First round

**Pool A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |

* 11 April 2015 13:30

| China | 2–1 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Wang 34' Yu 38' | Report | Thokchom 31' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Jo Cumming (NZL) Kim Jung-Hee (KOR)
* 11 April 2015 15:30

| Australia | 1–1 | United States |
| - | - | - |
| Smith 42' | Report | Gonzalez 22' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Emi Yamada (JPN)
* 12 April 2015 13:30

| United States | 4–2 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Witmer 19' Sharkey 42', 43' Reinprecht 47' | Report | Thokchom 6', 44' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Maria Locatelli (ARG) Emi Yamada (JPN)
* 12 April 2015 15:30

| China | 2–2 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Peng 26' Xi 35' | Report | Blyth 4' Kenny 30' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Kim Jung-Hee (KOR) Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS)
* 14 April 2015 15:30

| United States | 1–2 | China |
| - | - | - |
| O'Donnell 27' | Report | Xu 20' Liang 59' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Maria Locatelli (ARG) Jo Cumming (NZL)
* 14 April 2015 19:30

| Australia | 0–0 | India |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Kim Jung-Hee (KOR Emi Yamada (JPN)

**Pool B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |

* 11 April 2015 17:30

| Argentina | 2–0 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| Cavallero 35', 54' | Report | |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS) Dahiya Deepa (IND)
* 11 April 2015 19:30

| New Zealand | 2–2 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| McCann 50' Hayward 58' | Report | Oikawa 24' Nagai 32' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Suzi Sutton (USA) Jianjun Chen (CHN)
* 12 April 2015 17:30

| New Zealand | 3–2 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Pearce 14' Punt 23' Merry 30' | Report | A. Habif 7' Merino 38' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
* 12 April 2015 19:30

| South Korea | 2–1 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Kim Jong-eun 33', 59' | Report | Oikawa 3' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Suzi Sutton (USA) Dahiya Deepa (IND)
* 14 April 2015 13:30

| Argentina | 2–1 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Rebecchi 34' F. Habif 43' | Report | Nakashima 56' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS) Dahiya Deepa (IND)
* 14 April 2015 17:30

| South Korea | 1–2 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Cheon Eun-bi 55' | Report | Merry 17' Flynn 49' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Jianjun Chen (CHN)

### Second round

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | China (p.s.o) | China (p.s.o) | 0 (3) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Japan | 0 (1) | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 2 | | | | China | China | 2 | | | | |
| | | | Argentina | Argentina | 3 | | | | | Australia | Australia | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Argentina | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Australia | Australia | | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Argentina | Argentina | 0 | | | | | | | | Australia | Australia | | | | 3 |
| United States | United States | 3 | | | | | | | | Australia | | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 |
| | | | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | India | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | India | India | 0 | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 4 | Third place | Third place | Third place | | |
| | | | United States | United States | 3 | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 0 | | | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 2 | | | | United States | United States | | | 1 | | | | China | China | 3 |
| India | India | 3 | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 2 | | | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 2 |

**Quarter-finals**

* 16 April 2015 13:30

| China | 0–0 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| De Liang Peng Li | 3–1 | Shibata Kato Yamamoto Oikawa |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Jo Cumming (NZL) Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS)
* 16 April 2015 15:45

| Argentina | 0–1 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Slattery 4' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Suzi Sutton (US) Jianjun Chen (CHN)
* 16 April 2015 18:00

| New Zealand | 4–1 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Webster 7' Merry 28', 39' Gunson 55' | Report | Rani 6' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
* 16 April 2015 20:15

| United States | 1–2 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| Kolojejchick 14' | Report | Kim Bo-mi 19' Park Seung-a 42' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Maria Locatelli (ARG)

**Fifth to eighth place classification**

**Crossover**

* 18 April 2015 12:00

| Japan | 2–3 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Oikawa 30+' Kato 38' | Report | Rebecchi 9', 49' Barrionuevo 34' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Dahiya Deepa (IND) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
* 18 April 2015 14:15

| India | 0–3 | United States |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Sharkey 10' O'Donnell 14', 45' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Kim Jung-Hee (KOR) Jo Cumming (NZL)

**Fifth to eighth place classification**

**Seventh and eighth place**

* 19 April 2015 12:00

| Japan | 2–3 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Nakashima 9' Yamamoto 20' | Report | Pukhrambam 27' Deepika 54' Rampal 57' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Jianjun Chen (CHN) Maria Locatelli (ARG)

**Fifth to eighth place classification**

**Fifth and sixth place**

* 19 April 2015 14:15

| Argentina | 0–3 | United States |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Witmer 20' O'Donnell 26' Crandall 44' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Kim Jung-Hee (KOR)

**First to fourth place classification**

**Semi-finals**

* 18 April 2015 16:30

| New Zealand | 4–0 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| Merry 12' Flynn 13' Webster 39', 50' | Report | |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Maria Locatelli (ARG)
* 18 April 2015 18:45

| China | 2–3 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Wang 20' Yu 55' | Report | Blyth 11' Kenny 42' Parker 51' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Suzi Sutton (USA)

**First to fourth place classification**

**Third and fourth place**

* 19 April 2015 16:30

| China | 3–2 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| Zhang 10' Wang 15' Bao 37' | Report | Kim Da Rae 17', 51' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Jo Cumming (NZL) Hafizah Azman Nor (MAS)

**First to fourth place classification**

**Final**

* 19 April 2015 18:45

| Australia | 3–2 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Smith 40' Peris 43' Kenny 60' | Report | Flynn 1' Merry 44' |

* Hawke's Bay Sports Park Umpires: Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Suzi Sutton (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 | Status |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Australia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | Gold Medal |
| | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 13 | Silver Medal |
| | China | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | South Korea | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 | |
| 5 | United States | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 | |
| 6 | Argentina | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 | |
| 7 | India | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 4 | |
| 8 | Japan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 2 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.42 goals per match.

6 goals

* Olivia Merry

4 goals

* Kathleen O'Donnell

3 goals

* Carla Rebecchi
* Jodie Kenny
* Wang Mengyu
* Anuradha Thokchom
* Shihori Oikawa
* Gemma Flynn
* Petrea Webster
* Kathleen Sharkey

2 goals

* Martina Cavallero
* Madonna Blyth
* Emily Smith
* Yu Qian
* Mie Nakashima
* Da-Rae
* Kim Jong-Eun
* Jill Witmer

1 goal

* Noel Barrionuevo
* Agustina Habif
* Florencia Habif
* Delfina Merino
* Georgina Parker
* Brooke Peris
* Kathryn Slattery
* Liang Meiyu
* Bao Qianqian
* Xu Xiaoxu
* Zhang Xiaoxue
* Xi Xiayun
* Peng Yang
* Sushila Chanu
* Ritu Rani
* Rani Rampal
* Deepika Thakur
* Akiko Kato
* Hazuki Nagai
* Yukari Yamamoto
* Elizabeth Gunson
* Pippa Hayward
* Rachel McCann
* Kirsten Pearce
* Anita Punt
* Kim Bo-Mi
* Cheon Eun-Bi
* Park Seung-A
* Lauren Crandall
* Kelsey Kolojejchick
* Melissa González
* Katherine Reinprecht
