2018 Men's International Hockey Open

2018 Men's International Hockey Open
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Darwin
Dates	18 – 22 September 2018
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Marrara Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	33 (4.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dylan Wotherspoon (4 goals)

The 2018 Men's International Hockey Open is a men's field hockey tournament being held at the Marrara Hockey Centre. It will take place between 18 – 22 September 2018 in Darwin, Australia. A total of four teams will compete for the title.^[1]^[2]

Teams

A total of four teams competed for the title:

Results

Pool matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Final
2	Australia (H)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Final
3	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	7	11	−4	1
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

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

18 September 2018
17:00

Argentina	2–1	Japan
Casella 2' Ferreiro 56'	Report	Yamasaki 58'

Marrara Hockey Centre
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Nor Azhar Abiddin (MAS)

18 September 2018
19:00

Australia	5–2	Malaysia
Wotherspoon 8' Craig 11' Anderson 32' Welch 34' Brand 60'	Report	Haziq 18' Firhan 54'

Marrara Hockey Centre
Umpires:
Hideyuki Takahashi (JPN)
Diego Barbas (ARG)

19 September 2018
17:00

Malaysia	3–3	Japan
Razie 15', 21' Fitri 27'	Report	Murata 11' Tanaka 45' Yamada 59'

Marrara Hockey Centre
Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Adam Kearns (AUS)

19 September 2018
19:00

Argentina	2–0	Australia
Casella 44' Mazzilli 45'	Report

Marrara Hockey Centre
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Nor Azhar Abiddin (MAS)

21 September 2018
17:00

Malaysia	2–3	Argentina
Haziq 9' Fitri 51'	Report	Domene 33' Ferreiro 52' P. Ibarra 60'

Marrara Hockey Centre
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Hideyuki Takahashi (JPN)

21 September 2018
19:00

Australia	3–0	Japan
Wotherspoon 9', 30', 47'	Report

Marrara Hockey Centre
Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Nor Azhar Abiddin (MAS)

Classification matches

Third and fourth place

22 September 2018
17:00

Malaysia	4–0	Japan
Shahril 15' Azri 37' Haziq 37' Razie 44'	Report

Marrara Hockey Centre
Umpires:
Diego Barbas (ARG)
Adam Kearns (AUS)

Final

22 September 2018
19:30

Argentina	2–1	Australia
Paredes 24' P. Ibarra 37'	Report	Govers 19'

Marrara Hockey Centre
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Hideyuki Takahashi (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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	Argentina	4	4	0	0	9	4	+5	12	Gold Medal
	Australia	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	6	Silver Medal

	Malaysia	4	1	1	2	11	11	0	4	Bronze Medal
4	Japan	4	0	1	3	4	12	−8	1

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 33 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.

4 goals

Dylan Wotherspoon

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal