2018 Women's Hockey Sompo Cup

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2018 SOMPO CUP
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
City	Ibaraki, Osaka
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Ritsumeikan University, Osaka
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	25 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stephanie Kershaw Renee Taylor Kanon Mori (2 goals)

The 2018 Women's Hockey SOMPO CUP is the first Hockey SOMPO CUP, an international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It will be held in Japan, from September 12 to 16, 2018, and will feature four of the top nations in women's field hockey.

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, South Korea, United States, 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	August 2018 FIH Ranking	Best World Cup finish	Best Olympic Games finish
Australia	3	Champions (1994, 1998)	Champions (1988, 1996, 2000)
Japan	14	Fifth place (2006)	Eighth place (2004)
South Korea	10	Third place (1990)	Runners-up (1988, 1996)
United States	12	Third place (1994)	Third place (1984)

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Australia	3	3	0	7	2	+5	9	Final
2	Japan (H)	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6	Final
3	United States	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3	Third and fourth place playoff
4	South Korea	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0	Third and fourth place playoff

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

Pool matches

12 September 2018
16:30

South Korea	1–2	United States
Kim Jeong-ihn 22'	Report	Sharkey 28' Woods 48'

Umpires:
Chen Hong (CHN)
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

12 September 2018
18:30

Australia	2–0	Japan
R. Taylor 13' Padget 42'	Report

Umpires:
Kim Jung-hee (KOR)
Mary Driscoll (USA)

13 September 2018
16:30

Australia	3–1	South Korea
Kershaw 18', 58' Malone 44'	Report	In Ha-wa 23'

Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Mary Driscoll (USA)

13 September 2018
18:30

United States	0–3	Japan
	Report	Imao 1' Tsubouchi 27' Shimizu 44'

Umpires:
Kim Jung-Hee (KOR)
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

15 September 2018
14:00

United States	1–2	Australia
West 59'	Report	Morgan 23' Evans 60'

Umpires:
Chen Hong (CHN)
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)

15 September 2018
16:00

South Korea	0–4	Japan
	Report	Mori 5', 25' Matsumoto 7' Sasaki 20'

Umpires:
Mary Driscoll (USA)
Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

Classification matches

Third and fourth place

16 September 2018
13:45

United States	1–2	South Korea
Funk 27'	Report	Kim Eun-ji 55' Lee Yu-rim 56'

Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Chen Hong (CHN)

Final

16 September 2018
16:00

Australia	1–2	Japan
R. Taylor 3'	Report	Suzuki 10' Toriyama 22'

Umpires:
Kim Jung-hee (KOR)
Mary Driscoll (USA)

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 goals

1 goal

References

"SOMPO CUP Four Nations Women's Hockey Ibaraki International Tournament". FIH. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
"SOMPO CUP Four Nations Women's Hockey Ibaraki International Tournament". sompocup-hockey-ibaraki. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
"FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

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