Hockey Four Nations Cup

Hockey Four Nations Cup
Most recent season or competition:; 2018 Women's Four Nations Cup
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	2008
Ceased	2018
No. of teams	4
Country	Germany
Continent	EHF (Europe)
Last; champion(s)	Netherlands (1st title)
Most titles	Germany (3 titles)

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

The Netherlands are the reigning champions.^[1]

Format

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

Summaries

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

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

All-Time Table

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

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

10 goals

Natascha Keller

6 goals

Tina Bachmann

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

External links

References

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

[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.

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