2016 Men's International Festival of Hockey

The 2016 Men's International Festival of Hockey was a field hockey tournament held in Victoria, Australia. The tournament was held between 23–30 November in the Victorian cities, Melbourne and Bendigo. A total of four teams competed in the tournament.[1]

2016 Men's International Festival of Hockey
Tournament details
CityMelbourne, Victoria
Bendigo, Victoria
Teams4
Venue(s)State Netball and Hockey Centre
Bendigo Hockey Complex
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored36 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Rupinder Pal Singh (6 goals)
Best player Dylan Wotherspoon
(next) 2017

Australia won the tournament for the first time by defeating New Zealand 3–1 in the final. India won the bronze medal by defeating Malaysia 4–1 in the third and fourth playoff.[2]

All times are local (UTC+10:00).

Participating Nations

Results

Melbourne

The first phase of the tournament was a 4 team tournament at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne.

Pool Matches

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9 Final
2  New Zealand 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 4
3  India 3 1 0 2 8 8 0 3 Third and fourth
4  Malaysia 3 0 1 2 3 10 7 1
Source: Hockey Australia
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
23 November 2016
16:00
Malaysia  1–1  New Zealand
Shahril  32' Report Panchia  58'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Haider Rasool (PAK)
23 November 2016
20:00
Australia  3–2  India
Hayward  24', 36'
Mitton  43'
Report Rupinder Pal  21', 53'
Umpires:
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Iskandar Rusli (MAS)

24 November 2016
18:00
India  4–2  Malaysia
Thimmaiah  24', 55'
Rupinder Pal  40'
Akashdeep  55'
Report Faizal  39'
Shahril  47'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
24 November 2016
20:00
Australia  3–1  New Zealand
Govers  8', 9'
Kleinschmidt  15'
Report Russell  41'
Umpires:
Haider Rasool (PAK)
Deepak Joshi (IND)

26 November 2016
15:00
Australia  5–0  Malaysia
Whetton  9', 43'
Boyde  51'
Kleinschmidt  56'
Zalewski  57'
Report
Umpires:
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Deepak Joshi (IND)
26 November 2016
17:00
India  2–3  New Zealand
Rupinder Pal  18', 58' Report Ross  47'
Smith  48'
Inglis  57'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Iskander Rusli (MAS)
Third and fourth place
27 November 2016
16:00
India  4–1  Malaysia
Akashdeep  2'
Raghunath  45'
Talwinder  52'
Rupinder Pal  57'
Report van Huizen  45'
Umpires:
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Murray Grime (AUS)
Final
27 November 2016
18:00
Australia  3–1  New Zealand
Mitton  24'
Bausor  47'
Hayward  59'
Report Russell  48'
Umpires:
Haider Rasool (PAK)
Iskander Rusli (MAS)

Bendigo

The second phase of the tournament was a two match test series held at the Bendigo Hockey Complex.

Test Matches

29 November 2016
18:30
Australia  2–3  India
Willis  36'
Mitton  43'
Report Affan  19', 19'
Raghunath  44'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

30 November 2016
18:30
India  3–4  Australia
Akashdeep  6'
Raghunath  22', 35'
Report Mitton  13'
Whetton  23'
Hayward  38', 54'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

Women's Tournament

Melbourne

The women's tournament was a three match test series held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre.

Results

23 November 2016
18:00
Australia  0–1  India
Report Rampal  21'
Umpires:
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS)

25 November 2016
19:00
India  1–4  Australia
Rampal  27' Report Slattery  8'
Nanscawen  26'
Fey  29'
Bone  51'
Umpires:
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Emily Carroll (AUS)

27 November 2016
14:00
Australia  3–1  India
Peris  39'
Nance  41'
Holzberger  58'
Report Katariya  17'
Umpires:
Emily Carroll (AUS)
Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS)

Statistics

Melbourne

Bendigo

The Bendigo series finished as a tie, with both teams winning one match as well as scoring and conceding 6 goals each.

References

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