Hockey Four Nations Cup

The Hockey Four Nations Cup was an international women's field hockey tournament held by the International Hockey Federation and the Deutscher Hockey-Bund.

Hockey Four Nations Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2018 Women's Four Nations Cup
SportField hockey
Founded2008
Ceased2018
No. of teams4
CountryGermany
ContinentEHF (Europe)
Last
champion(s)
 Netherlands (1st title)
Most titles Germany (3 titles)

The Netherlands are the reigning champions.[1]

Format

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Since its inception in 2008, the tournament has been an invitational event, allowing four nations to compete against one another. The tournament is played in a single round-robin system, with the nation finishing at the top of the table being declared the tournament champions.

The tournament generally comprises teams within the top 10 of the FIH World Rankings.[2]

Results

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Summaries

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Year Host Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place
2008 Bremen  
Germany
 
South Korea
 
United States
 
India
2010 Essen  
Australia
 
Germany
 
India
 
Ireland
2011 Berlin  
Argentina
 
Germany
 
Australia
 
South Korea
2012 Bremen  
Germany
 
New Zealand
 
South Africa
 
Belgium
2014 Bremen  
Australia
 
Germany
 
England
 
Japan
2016 Hamburg  
Argentina
 
Germany
 
China
 
South Korea
2017 Berlin  
Germany
 
Ireland
 
China
 
South Korea
2018 Grünwald  
Netherlands
 
Argentina
 
New Zealand
 
Germany

Team appearances

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Team 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018 Total
  Argentina 1st 1st 2nd 3
  Australia 1st 3rd 1st 3
  Belgium 4th 1
  China 3rd 3rd 2
  England 3rd 1
  Germany 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 7
  India 4th 3rd 2
  Ireland 4th 2nd 2
  Japan 4th 1
  Netherlands 1st 1
  New Zealand 2nd 3rd 2
  South Africa 3rd 1
  South Korea 2nd 4th 4th 4th 4
  United States 3rd 1
Total 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 32

Statistics

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All-Time Table

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Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PCT
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 100.0
2   Argentina 9 7 1 1 18 9 +9 22 81.4
3   Australia 9 5 3 1 29 16 +13 18 66.7
4   Germany 24 12 5 7 61 39 +22 41 56.9
5   New Zealand 6 3 0 3 12 15 –3 9 50.0
6   China 6 2 1 3 8 11 –3 7 38.9
7   England 3 1 0 2 5 7 –2 3 33.3
7   South Africa 3 1 0 2 5 7 –2 3 33.3
9   Belgium 3 1 0 2 4 8 –4 3 33.3
10   Ireland 6 2 0 4 7 20 –13 6 33.3
11   India 6 1 2 3 16 26 –10 5 27.8
12   South Korea 12 2 3 7 25 24 +1 9 25.0
13   United States 3 0 1 2 6 13 –7 1 11.1
14   Japan 3 0 0 3 1 9 –8 0 0.0

All-time goalscorers

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There were 206 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 4.29 goals per match.

10 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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References

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  1. ^ "real FOUR NATIONS CUP Women". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 May 2019.