2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament

The 2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament was a men's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Tokyo, Japan, from August 17 to 21, 2019. The tournament served as a test event for the field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] The tournament featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.[2]

Ready Steady Tokyo
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
CityTokyo
Dates17–21 August
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)Oi Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions India
Runner-up New Zealand
Third place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored45 (5.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mandeep Singh (6 goals)
Field hockey
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Squads
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This article is about men's event. For women's event, see 2019 Women's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament.

India won the tournament after defeating New Zealand 5–0 in the final. Japan finished in third place after defeating Malaysia 6–1 in the third place playoff.

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of India, Malaysia, New Zealand, 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 June 2019 FIH Ranking[3] Best World Cup finish Best Olympic Games finish
 India 5 Champions (1975) Champions (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980)
 Japan 16 Ninth Place (1971, 2006) Runners-Up (1932)
 Malaysia 12 Fourth Place (1975) Eighth Place (1972, 1976)
 New Zealand 8 Seventh place (1973, 1975, 1982, 2014) Champions (1976)

Squads
Main article: 2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament squads

Results

Pool Stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 9 5 +4 9 Final
2  India 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 6
3  Japan (H) 3 1 0 2 9 11 −2 3
4  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Host.
17 August 2019
18:30
India  6–0  Malaysia
Gurinder  8'
Gursahibjit  18', 56'
Mandeep  33', 46'
Sunil  60'		 Report
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Martin Madden (SCO)
17 August 2019
19:00
New Zealand  4–3  Japan
Smith  17'
McAleese  19'
Russell  57'
Jenness  60'		 Report Yamasaki  34', 41'
Wakuri  39'
Umpires:
Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)
Eric Koh (MAS)
18 August 2019
18:30
Malaysia  1–3  Japan
Nabil  37' Report Fukuda  26'
Murata  48'
Watanabe  49'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Martin Madden (SCO)
18 August 2019
19:00
New Zealand  2–1  India
Smith  47'
Lane  60'		 Report Harmanpreet  2'
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Eric Koh (MAS)
20 August 2019
09:30
Malaysia  1–3  New Zealand
Najmi  21' Report J. Panchia  29'
Woods  39'
Inglis  57'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
20 August 2019
11:45
India  6–3  Japan
Sharma  3'
Xess  7'
Mandeep  9', 29', 30'
Gurjant  41'		 Report Fukuda  25'
K. Tanaka  36'
Murata  52'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)

Classification Stage

Third and fourth place
21 August 2019
09:30
Japan  6–1  Malaysia
Zendana  32', 56'
Kirishita  39', 45+'
K. Tanaka  43'
Watanabe  44'		 Report Shahril  30'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)

Final
21 August 2019
12:00
New Zealand  0–5  India
Report Harmanpreet  7'
Shamsher  18'
Sharma  22'
Gursahibjit  26'
Mandeep  27'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Eric Koh (MAS)

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
 India 4 3 0 1 18 5 +13 9 Gold Medal
 New Zealand 4 3 0 1 9 10 −1 9 Silver Medal
 Japan 4 2 0 2 15 12 +3 6 Bronze Medal
4  Malaysia 4 0 0 4 3 18 −15 0 Fourth Place
Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 45 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 5.62 goals per match.

6 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

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References
  1. "Tokyo 2020 Test Events". Tokyo2020. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. "Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey (Men)". FIH. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. "FIH Men's and Women's Hero World Ranking". FIH. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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