2018 Women's Hockey Sompo Cup

2018 SOMPO CUP
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
City	Ibaraki, Osaka
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Ritsumeikan University, Osaka
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	25 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stephanie Kershaw; Renee Taylor; Kanon Mori (2 goals)

The 2018 Women's Hockey SOMPO CUP is the first Hockey SOMPO CUP, an international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It will be held in Japan, from September 12 to 16, 2018, and will feature four of the top nations in women's field hockey.^[1]

Competition format[edit]

The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, South Korea, United States, and the hosts, Japan, 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.^[2]

Country	August 2018 FIH Ranking^[3]	Best World Cup finish	Best Olympic Games finish
Australia	3	Champions (1994, 1998)	Champions (1988, 1996, 2000)
Japan	14	Fifth place (2006)	Eighth place (2004)
South Korea	10	Third place (1990)	Runners-up (1988, 1996)
United States	12	Third place (1994)	Third place (1984)

Results[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Australia	3	3	0	7	2	+5	9	Final
2	Japan (H)	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6	Final
3	United States	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3	Third and fourth place playoff
4	South Korea	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0	Third and fourth place playoff

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

Pool matches[edit]

12 September 2018
16:30

South Korea	1–2	United States
Kim Jeong-ihn 22'	Report	Sharkey 28' Woods 48'

Umpires:
Chen Hong (CHN)
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

12 September 2018
18:30

Australia	2–0	Japan
R. Taylor 13' Padget 42'	Report

Umpires:
Kim Jung-hee (KOR)
Mary Driscoll (USA)

13 September 2018
16:30

Australia	3–1	South Korea
Kershaw 18', 58' Malone 44'	Report	In Ha-wa 23'

Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Mary Driscoll (USA)

13 September 2018
18:30

United States	0–3	Japan
	Report	Imao 1' Tsubouchi 27' Shimizu 44'

Umpires:
Kim Jung-Hee (KOR)
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

15 September 2018
14:00

United States	1–2	Australia
West 59'	Report	Morgan 23' Evans 60'

Umpires:
Chen Hong (CHN)
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)

15 September 2018
16:00

South Korea	0–4	Japan
	Report	Mori 5', 25' Matsumoto 7' Sasaki 20'

Umpires:
Mary Driscoll (USA)
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

Classification matches[edit]

Third and fourth place[edit]

16 September 2018
13:45

United States	1–2	South Korea
Funk 27'	Report	Kim Eun-ji 55' Lee Yu-rim 56'

Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Chen Hong (CHN)

Final[edit]

16 September 2018
16:00

Australia	1–2	Japan
R. Taylor 3'	Report	Suzuki 10' Toriyama 22'

Umpires:
Kim Jung-hee (KOR)
Mary Driscoll (USA)

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

2 goals

1 goal

References[edit]

^ "SOMPO CUP Four Nations Women's Hockey Ibaraki International Tournament". FIH. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
^ "SOMPO CUP Four Nations Women's Hockey Ibaraki International Tournament". sompocup-hockey-ibaraki. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
^ "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[1] "SOMPO CUP Four Nations Women's Hockey Ibaraki International Tournament". FIH. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

[2] "SOMPO CUP Four Nations Women's Hockey Ibaraki International Tournament". sompocup-hockey-ibaraki. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

[fifawwrankings-3] "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

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