2004 ANZ Women's Hockey Challenge

Tournament details
City	Townsville
Dates	23–27 June
Venue(s)	Murray Sporting Complex
Final positions
Champions	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640"> Australia
Runner-up	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Japan
Third place	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"> New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	24 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	<img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640"> Suzanne Faulkner (3 goals)

Tournament details
City	Darwin
Dates	16–20 June
Venue(s)	Vodafone Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640"> Australia
Runner-up	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"> New Zealand
Third place	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	43 (5.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	<img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640"> Suzanne Faulkner (5 goals)

ANZ Hockey Challenge
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	16–27 June
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	67 (4.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Suzanne Faulkner (8 goals)

The 2004 Women's ANZ Hockey Challenge was a women's field hockey event, comprising two four–nations tournaments. It was held in Darwin and Townsville, from 16 to 27 June 2004.^[1]^[2]

Australia won both tournaments, defeating New Zealand and Japan in the respective finals.^[3]

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, Japan and New Zealand, as well as a team from the Australian Institute of Sport. The teams competed in a double round-robin format, with each team playing each other twice. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Darwin

All times are local (ACST).

Preliminary round

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	15	4	+11	9	Advanced to Final
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	10	8	+2	6	Advanced to Final
3	Japan	3	1	2	8	11	−3	3
4	Australian Institute of Sport	3	0	3	4	14	−10	0

Source: Hockey Australia
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[4]

Fixtures

16 June 2004
18:00

Japan	6–3	Australian Institute of Sport
Miura 8' Saito 13' Iwao 17', 43' Komazawa 50' Morimoto 54'	Report	Harris 44' Buswell 56' Alcorn 70+'

Umpires:
Lyn Farrell (NZL)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

16 June 2004
20:00

Australia	6–3	New Zealand
Dobson 13' Faulkner 27', 49' Towers 35' K. Smith 58' Bakurski 67'	Report	Walton 7', 22' Provan 31'

Umpires:
Lisette Klaassen (NED)
Sachiko Fukuda (JPN)

17 June 2004
18:00

Australian Institute of Sport	0–4	Australia
	Report	N. Smith 9' Arrold 13' Faulkner 16' Dobson 19'

Umpires:
Sachiko Fukuda (JPN)
Lyn Farrell (NZL)

17 June 2004
20:00

New Zealand	3–1	Japan
Orr 6' Roberts-Lang 50' Carr 54'	Report	Morimoto 33'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

19 June 2004
15:00

Australia	5–1	Japan
Netzler 8', 48' Faulkner 45' N. Smith 56', 63'	Report	Morimoto 16'

Umpires:
Lyn Farrell (NZL)
Lisette Klaassen (NED)

19 June 2004
17:00

Australian Institute of Sport	1–4	New Zealand
Patrick 45'	Report	Walton 10', 19' Provan 35' Roberts-Lang 63'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Sachiko Fukuda (JPN)

Classification round

Third and fourth place

20 June 2004
15:00

Japan	2–0	Australian Institute of Sport
Nakagawa 30' Komazawa 60'	Report

Umpires:
Lisette Klaassen (NED)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

Final

20 June 2004
17:00

Australia	4–0	New Zealand
Dobson 5' Towers 27' Faulkner 30' Powell 32'	Report

Umpires:
Lyn Farrell (NZL)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

Townsville

All times are local (AEST).

Preliminary round

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	10	1	+9	9	Advanced to Final
2	Japan	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3	Advanced to Final
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Australian Institute of Sport	3	1	2	2	7	−5	3

Source: Hockey Australia
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[4]

Fixtures

23 June 2004
18:00

New Zealand	1–0	Australian Institute of Sport
Muirhead 61'	Report

Umpires:
Sachiko Fukuda (JPN)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

23 June 2004
20:00

Japan	1–3	Australia
Nakagawa 18'	Report	Alcorn 6' K. Smith 12' N. Smith 44'

Umpires:
Lisette Klaassen (NED)
Lyn Farrell (NZL)

24 June 2004
18:00

Australia	5–0	Australian Institute of Sport
Faulkner 10', 49' Powell 44' Twitt 61', 67'	Report

Umpires:
Lyn Farrell (NZL)
Sachiko Fukuda (JPN)

24 June 2004
20:00

Japan	2–1	New Zealand
Saito 49' Morimoto 61'	Report	Muirhead 26'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

26 June 2004
15:00

New Zealand	0–2	Australia
	Report	Faulkner 3' Towers 37'

Umpires:
Sachiko Fukuda (JPN)
Lisette Klaassen (NED)

26 June 2004
17:00

Australian Institute of Sport	2–1	Japan
Rivers 8' Arrold 61'	Report	Komori 49'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Lyn Farrell (NZL)

Classification round

Third and fourth place

27 June 2004
15:00

New Zealand	1–0	Australian Institute of Sport
Roberts-Lang 60'	Report

Umpires:
Lyn Farrell (NZL)
Lisette Klaassen (NED)

Final

27 June 2004
17:00

Australia	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Japan
N. Smith 22' Towers 38' Powell 74'	Report	Kitada 33' Chiba 58'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Sachiko Fukuda (JPN)

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Australia	4	4	0	19	4	+15	12
	New Zealand	4	2	2	10	12	−2	6
	Japan	4	2	2	10	11	−1	6
4	Australian Institute of Sport	4	0	4	4	16	−12	0

Source: Darwin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Australia	4	4	0	13	3	+10	12
	Japan	4	1	3	6	9	−3	3
	New Zealand	4	2	2	3	4	−1	6
4	Australian Institute of Sport	4	1	3	2	8	−6	3

Source: Townsville

Goalscorers

* Note: the following goalscorers list comprises players from both tournaments.

There were 67 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.19 goals per match.

8 goals

Suzanne Faulkner

5 goals

Ngaire Smith

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ "International Results: Women – 2004". planetfieldhockey.com. Planet Field Hockey. Archived from the original on 10 June 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "ANZ Women's Hockey Challenge". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 4 August 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2003–2004" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b Regulations

[1] "International Results: Women – 2004". planetfieldhockey.com. Planet Field Hockey. Archived from the original on 10 June 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[2] "ANZ Women's Hockey Challenge". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 4 August 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[3] "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2003–2004" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

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