2019 Women's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament

Ready Steady Tokyo
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
City	Tokyo
Dates	17–21 August
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	Oi Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	26 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gurjit Kaur (3 goals)

The 2019 Women's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament was a women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Tokyo, Japan, from August 17 to 21, 2019. The tournament served as a test event for the field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1] The tournament featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.^[2]

India won the tournament after defeating Japan 2–1 in the final. Australia finished in third place after defeating China 3–1 in the third place playoff.

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, China, India, 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.

Country	June 2019 FIH Ranking^[3]	Best World Cup finish	Best Olympic Games finish
Australia	2	Champions (1994, 1998)	Champions (1988, 1996, 2000)
China	11	Third Place (2002)	Runners-up (2008)
India	10	Fourth Place (1974)	Fourth Place (1980)
Japan	14	Fifth place (2006)	Eighth place (2004)

Squads

Results

Pool stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Final
2	Japan (H)	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	Final
3	China	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Australia	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2

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

17 August 2019
11:45

India	2–1	Japan
Gurjit 9', 35'	Report	Nishikori 16'

Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

17 August 2019
12:15

Australia	2–3	China
Fitzpatrick 56' Malone 57'	Report	Gu 5' Luo 22' Zhong 38'

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)

18 August 2019
09:30

India	2–2	Australia
Vandana 36' Gurjit 59'	Report	Nobbs 14' Stewart 43'

Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

18 August 2019
10:00

China	1–2	Japan
Zhong 39'	Report	Y. Nagai 16' Shimizu 47'

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

20 August 2019
17:30

Australia	2–2	Japan
Lawton 34' Commerford 54'	Report	Mitsuhashi 26' Nomura 32'

Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

20 August 2019
19:45

China	0–0	India
	Report

Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

Classification stage

Third and fourth place

21 August 2019
17:30

China	1–3	Australia
Li J. 57'	Report	Commerford 11' Malone 16' Fitzpatrick 34'

Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Emi Yamada (JPN)

Final

21 August 2019
19:45

India	2–1	Japan
Navjot 11' Lalremsiami 33'	Report	Shimizu 12'

Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

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
	India	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	8	Gold Medal
	Japan	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4	Silver Medal

	Australia	4	1	2	1	9	8	+1	5	Bronze Medal
4	China	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4	Fourth Place

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 26 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.

3 goals

Gurjit Kaur

2 goals

1 goal