The 2018 Women's Tri-Nations Hockey Tournament was an invitational 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 ...

competition, hosted by the

New Zealand Hockey Federation New Zealand Hockey Federation Incorporated, also known as Hockey New Zealand, is the governing body overseeing, promoting and managing the sport of field hockey in New Zealand. It is a full member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and th ...

. The tournament took place between 19 and 27 May 2018 in

Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three Ki ...

, New Zealand. A total of three teams competed for the title.

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

won the tournament by defeating

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

4–1 in the final.

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

finished in third place, after being eliminated by New Zealand in the Semi-final.

Teams

Including

, 3 teams were invited by the

to participate in the tournament. * * * (host nation)

Results

Round Robin

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Classification round

Semi-final

Final

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

;3 Goals *

Ambrosia Malone Ambrosia Malone (born 8 January 1998) is an Australian field hockey player. Personal life Malone was born in Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, and made her senior international hockey debut in a test series against Spain in January 2018. Eig ...

Brooke Peris Brooke Peris (born 16 January 1993) is an Australian field hockey player. She is a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team. Peris was awarded the title of "Northern Territory Sportsperson of the Year" in 2014. She is the firs ...

Samantha Harrison Samantha (Sam) Harrison (born 29 August 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (''the Black Sticks Women''), including for the team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and ...

* Olivia Merry ;2 Goals *

Kalindi Commerford Kalindi Commerford (born 18 November 1994) is an Australian field hockey player. Commerford was born in Bowral, New South Wales, and made her senior international debut in a test series against New Zealand at the 2016 Trans-Tasman Trophy in A ...

Jodie Kenny Jodie Kenny (née Schulz; born 18 August 1987) is an Australian field hockey player. Kenny was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that were defeated by the Netherlands women's national field hockey team in the final of ...

Yuri Nagai is a Japanese field hockey player. She competed for the Japan women's national field hockey team The Japan women's national field hockey team represents Japan in the international field hockey competitions. Tournament history Summer Olympics ...

Shihori Oikawa is a Japanese field hockey player for the Japanese national team. She participated at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, a field hockey tournament. It ...

* Mai Toriyama ;1 Goal * Lily Brazel *

Savannah Fitzpatrick Savannah "Sav" Fitzpatrick (born 4 February 1995) is an Australian field hockey player. Fitzpatrick was born in Cabarita Beach, New South Wales, and made her senior international debut in a test series against China in April 2015. Fitzpatrick ...

Emily Hurtz Emily Hurtz (born 2 January 1990) is an Australian 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 ...

Stephanie Kershaw Stephanie "Steph" Kershaw (born 19 April 1995) is a field hockey player from Australia. Personal life Kershaw was born in Townsville, Queensland. She plays hockey for her home state in the Australian Hockey League, as part of the Queensland ...

* Renee Taylor * Akiko Kato * Kanon Mori * Madison Doar * Shiloh Gloyn * Anita McLaren *

Kelsey Smith Kelsey Smith (born 11 August 1994) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays for the national team. Smith was born on 11 August 1994 in Nelson. She attended Waimea College and now studies tourism management at Victoria University in Well ...

References

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