2012 Women's VISA International Hockey Tournament
# 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. The tournament featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.

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.

## 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 | Final |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

* 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)

### Classification matches

**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 |

### Goalscorers

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

4 goals

* Crista Cullen

2 goals

* Alex Danson
* Kim Jong-eun

1 goal

* Silvina D'Elía
* Carla Rebecchi
* Daniela Sruoga
* Li Hongxia
* Sun Sinan
* Zhao Yudiao
* Ashleigh Ball
* Susie Gilbert
* Park Ki-ju
* Lee Seon-ok
* Cheon Seul-ki

Source: GB Hockey

