2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I

The 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I is the fifth tournament of the field hockey championship for women. It was held from October 11 to October 18, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. The tournament was won by New Zealand and promoted to the Champions Trophy in 2011.

2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityCape Town
Dates11 October – 18 October
Teams7
Venue(s)Hartleyvale Stadium
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (2nd title)
Runner-up South Africa
Third place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored50 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s) Clarissa Eshuis
Farah Fredericks (4 goals)
Best player Gemma Flynn
2007 (previous) (next) 2011

Results

All times are South African Standard Time (UTC+02:00)

First round

Pool A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Africa 330082+69
 Japan 320184+46
 Chile 301202–21
 Azerbaijan 301208–81
11 October 2009
14:00
Azerbaijan  0 – 5  Japan
Report Komazawa  16'
Yamada  31'
Murakami  34'
Iwao  44'
Nagayama  54'
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)

11 October 2009
17:00
Chile  0 – 1  South Africa
Report Taylor  8'
Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Irene Clelland (SCO)

12 October 2009
15:00
Azerbaijan  0 – 0  Chile
Report
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Claire Adenot (FRA)

12 October 2009
17:00
South Africa  4 – 2  Japan
Wilson  12'
Bright  29'
Fredericks  37'
Woods  57'
Report Arai  13', 68'
Umpires:
Frances Block (ENG)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

14 October 2009
13:00
Japan  1 – 0  Chile
Nakashima  21' Report
Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Michelle Joubert (RSA)

14 October 2009
17:00
South Africa  3 – 0  Azerbaijan
Fredericks  11', 18'
Russell  64'
Report
Umpires:
Frances Block (ENG)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Pool B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 220072+56
 Spain 21014403
 Italy 200238–50
11 October 2009
12:00
Spain  4 – 1  Italy
Comerma  3', 50'
Pineiro  28'
Muñoz  49'
Report Pacella  40'
Umpires:
Frances Block (ENG)
Michelle Joubert (RSA)

12 October 2009
13:00
New Zealand  3 – 0  Spain
Sharland  2'
Eshuis  20'
Punt  49'
Report
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Irene Clelland (SCO)

14 October 2009
15:00
Italy  2 – 4  New Zealand
Faustini  17', 32' Report Glynn  30'
Punt  32'
Harrison  52'
Eshuis  68'
Umpires:
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Claire Adenot (FRA)

Medal round

Pool C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Africa 321085+37
 New Zealand 311164+24
 Japan 311134–14
 Spain 301204–41
15 October 2009
13:00
South Africa  3 – 3  New Zealand
Wilson  2'
Fredericks  19'
Marescia  34'
Report Sharland  17', 60'
Eshuis  66'
Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

15 October 2009
17:00
Spain  0 – 0  Japan
Report
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Claire Adenot (FRA)

17 October 2009
13:00
South Africa  1 – 0  Spain
Taylor  47' Report
Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

17 October 2009
15:00
New Zealand  0 – 1  Japan
Report Nagayama  68'
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

Non-medal round

Pool D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 211032+14
 Chile 20201102
 Azerbaijan 201112–11
15 October 2009
15:00
Chile  1 – 1  Italy
Caram  68' Report Singh  35'
Umpires:
Irene Clelland (SCO)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)

17 October 2009
11:00
Italy  2 – 1  Azerbaijan
Quaranta  30'
Zucca  66'
Report M. Aliyeva  68'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Frances Block (ENG)

Fifth and sixth place classification

18 October 2009
11:00
Italy  3 – 0  Chile
Franco  39', 60'
Singh  66'
Report
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Claire Adenot (FRA)

First to fourth place classification

Third and fourth place

18 October 2009
13:30
Japan  1 – 0  Spain
Komazawa  67' Report
Umpires:
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Frances Block (ENG)

Final

18 October 2009
16:00
South Africa  1 – 2  New Zealand
Woods  64' Report Punt  17'
Eshuis  31'
Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

Awards

Top Goalscorer Player of the Tournament Best Goalkeeper Fair Play Trophy
Clarissa Eshuis
Farah Fredericks
Gemma Flynn Mariette Rix  South Africa

Statistics

Final ranking

  1.  New Zealand
  2.  South Africa
  3.  Japan
  4.  Spain
  5.  Italy
  6.  Chile
  7.  Azerbaijan
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