Game Outline

   FIH Champions Trophy is an intenational competition that ranks with the World Cup and the Olympics. The 8 countries will participate in this competitoin, including high ranked countries, a champion in the Champions Challenge, and guest countries. Since 1987, this competition has been held every other year.The 1st round is a round-robin tournament between 2 groups and the 2nd is a tournament that determines the rank.

Name	21st Women’s Champions Trophy (2014/Mendoza)
Host	International Hockey Federation (FIH)
Host City	Mendoza, Argentina (Time difference between Japan and Argentina is -12 hours)
Schedule	November 29 – December 7, 2014 [9 days]
Place	Estadio Mendocino de Hockey
Live Broadcast	FIH Youtube Channel
Participating Countries	Group A:China, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand Group B:Argentina, Australia, England, Germany
Game Mangement	Separated into 2 groups and round robin matches are held. After that, ranking is determined by a tournament.

Women’s National Team

• Candidates to represent Japan in Women’s Champions Trophy (at the date of November 5, 2014)

Participating Countries

Team	Ranking Last Time/ Participation Qualification	World Ranking	Gr
Netherlands	3rd last time	1	A
Australia	Champion in 2012 Champions Challenge 1	2	B
Argentina	Champion last time / Host Country	3	B
New Zealand	6th last time	4	A
China	8th last time	5	A
England	2nd last time	6	B
Germany	4th last time	7	B
Japan	5th last time	10	A

• FIH  World Ranking is on November 18, 2014

Game Schedule and Results

※ WR = FIH World Ranking

Group A

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
1	1st day	A	Netherlands WR 1st	2-0	China WR 5th
	11/29 23:30
2	1st day	A	Japan WR 10th	1-2	New Zealand WR 4th	_
	11/30 02:00
5	2nd day	A	New Zealand WR 4th	1-1	Netherlands WR 1st
	11/30 23:30
6	2nd day	A	Japan WR 10th	1-1	China WR 5th	_
	12/1 02:00
11	3rd day	A	China WR 5th	0-2	New Zealand WR 4th
	12/3 06:00
12	3rd day	A	Japan WR 10th	0-1	Netherlands WR 1st	_
	12/3 08:30

Group B

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
3	1st day	B	Australia WR 2nd	2-1	England WR 6th
	11/30 04:30
4	1st day	B	Argentina WR 3rd	1-0	Germany WR 7th
	11/30 07:00
7	2nd day	B	England WR 6th	1-1	Germany WR 7th
	12/1 04:30
8	2nd day	B	Argentina WR 3rd	1-1	Australia WR 2nd
	12/1 07:00
9	3rd day	B	Australia WR 2nd	3-1	Germany WR 7th
	12/3 01:00
10	3rd day	B	England WR 6th	1-4	Argentina WR 3rd
	12/3 03:30

Final and Consolation Final

№	Date		Match-up			Game Record
13	4th day Quarterfinal		New Zealand WR 4th	1-0	England WR 6th
	12/5 01:00
14	4th day Quarterfinal		Japan WR 10th	1-4	Australia WR 2nd	_
	12/5 03:30
15	4th day Quarterfinal		Netherlands WR 1st	3-1	Germany WR 7th
	12/5 06:00
16	4th day Quarterfinal		Argentina WR 3rd	7-2	China WR 5th
	12/5 08:30
17	5th day 5-8th place preliminary		Japan WR 10th	1-3	England WR 6th	_
	12/5 08:30
18	5th day 5-8th place preliminary		Germany WR 7th	0-0 SO 4-5	China WR 5th
	12/5 08:30
19	4th day 3-4th place preliminary		New Zealand WR 4th	1-1 SO 0-3	Australia WR 2nd
	12/5 08:30
20	5th day 3-4th place preliminary		Netherlands WR 1st	1-2	Argentina WR 3rd
	12/5 08:30
21	6th day 7-8th place match		Japan WR 10th	3-5	Germany WR 7th	_
	12/5 08:30
22	6th day 5-6th place match		England WR 6th	1-1 SO3-2	China WR 5th
	12/5 08:30
23	6th day 3-4th place match		New Zealand WR 4th	1-2	Netherlands WR 1st
	12/5 08:30
24	6th day Final		Australia WR 2nd	-:-	Argentina WR 3rd
	12/5 08:30

Group Stage Ranking and Standings

Group A

Team		1	2	3	4
1	New Zealand	–	△ 1:1	○ 2:1	○ 2:0
2	Netherlands	△ 1:1	–	○ 1:0	○ 2:0
3	Japan	● 1:2	● 0:1	–	△ 1:1
4	China	● 0:2	● 0:2	△ 1:1	–

Ranking	Team		Played	W	D	L	TG	GD	Pts
1 [↑]		New Zealand	3	2	1	0	5	3	7
2 [↓]		Netherlands	3	2	1	0	4	3	7
3 [•]		Japan	3	0	1	2	2	-2	1
4 [•]		China	3	0	1	2	1	-4	1

Group B

Team		1	2	3	4
1	Argentina	–	△ 1:1	○ 1:0	○ 4:1
2	Australia	△ 1:1	–	○ 3:1	○ 2:1
3	Germany	● 0:1	● 1:3	–	△ 1:1
4	England	● 1:4	● 1:2	△ 1:1	–

Ranking	Team		Played	W	D	L	TG	GD	Pts
1 [↑]		Argentina	3	2	1	0	6	4	7
2 [↓]		Australia	3	2	1	0	6	3	7
3 [↑]		Germany	3	0	1	2	2	-3	1
4 [↓]		England	3	0	1	2	3	-4	1

Map

Related Site

• FIH – Women’s Champions Trophy  2014