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 took place in Japan from September 12 to 16, 2018, featuring four of the top nations in women's field hockey. ^[1]

Competition format

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 against 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

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

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

Pool matches

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)

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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)

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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

Third and fourth place

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

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

Goalscorers

2 goals

• Stephanie Kershaw
• Renee Taylor
• Kanon Mori

1 goal

• Naomi Evans
• Ambrosia Malone
• Georgina Morgan
• Hayley Padget
• Akiko Imao
• Natsuha Matsumoto
• Moe Sasaki
• Minami Shimizu
• Miyu Suzuki
• Mai Toriyama
• Moeka Tsubouchi
• Kim Eun-ji
• In Ha-wa
• Kim Jeong-ihn
• Lee Yu-rim
• Jill Funk
• Kathleen Sharkey
• Taylor West
• Nicole Woods

References

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.
3. "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH . Retrieved 3 August 2018.