The 2018 Women's Four Nations Cup was the seventh

Hockey Four Nations Cup 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 women's national field hockey team, Netherlands are the reigning champion ...

, an international women's

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

tournament, consisting of a series of

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. It was held in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, from June 15 to 18, 2017, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

, and the hosts,

, 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.

Results

Matches

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Statistics

Goalscorers

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Nike Lorenz Nike Lorenz (born 12 March 1997) is a German field hockey player. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos ...

Marie Mävers Marie Mävers (born 13 February 1991) is a German field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Germany women's national field hockey team The Germany women's national field hockey team has represented the unified Germa ...

* Kathryn Mullan ;1 Goal *

Liang Meiyu Liang Meiyu (born 8 January 1994) is a Chinese field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the China women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament. She won a silver medal as a member of the Chinese team at ...

Zhong Mengling Zhong can refer to * Zhong (surname), pinyin romanization of Chinese surnames including 钟, 种, 仲, etc. * Zhong County, a county of Chongqing, China * Zhongjian River, a river in Hubei, China * Bianzhong, a Chinese musical instrument similar t ...

* Sun Xiao *

Zhang Xiaoxue Zhang Xiaoxue (born 13 December 1992) is a Chinese field hockey player. She competed for the China women's national field hockey team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal as a member of the Chinese team at 2014 Asian Games Th ...

* Peng Yang *

Zhao Yudiao Zhao Yudiao (; born May 25, 1989 in Linghai, Jinzhou, Liaoning) is a Chinese female professional field hockey player, who won a silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ...

* Camille Nobis * Franzisca Hauke * Jana Teschke *

Shirley McCay Shirley McCay (born 7 June 1988) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. McCay has played in the Women's Irish Hockey League for Old Alex, ...

Anna O'Flanagan Anna O'Flanagan (born 18 February 1990) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. O'Flanagan has also won Irish Senior Cup and Women's Irish ...

Roisin Upton Roisin may refer to: * Róisín, Roisin or Rosheen, an Irish female given name (including a list of persons with the name) * "Róisín Dubh" (song), an Irish political song * "Róisín Dubh", a track from the Thin Lizzy album '' Black Rose: A Roc ...

Chloe Watkins Chloe Watkins (born 7 March 1992) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. Watkins made her 200th senior international appearance for Ireland ...

Cheon Eun-bi Cheon Eun-bi (천은비, born 7 February 1992) is a South Korean field hockey player. She was part of the Korea women's national field hockey team in the women's hockey tournament at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She won a gold medal as a ...

Kim Jong-eun Kim Jong-eun (born 18 February 1986 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean field hockey player. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Korea women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament. She competed at ...

Cheon Seul-ki Cheon Seul-ki (born 28 January 1989) is a South Korean field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Korea women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adu ...

* Cho Yun-kyoung

References

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