The 2016 Men's

International Festival of Hockey The International Festival of Hockey is a men's and women's invitational, international field hockey tournament hosted annually by Hockey Australia. The tournament is held in the Victorian cities of Bendigo and Melbourne. Format Founded in 2016 ...

was a

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tournament held in

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. The tournament was held between 23–30 November in the Victorian cities,

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

and

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...

. A total of four teams competed in the tournament.

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won the tournament for the first time 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 ...

3–1 in the final.

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

won the bronze medal by defeating

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

4–1 in the third and fourth playoff. ''All times are local ( UTC+10:00).''

Participating nations

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Results

Melbourne

The first phase of the tournament was a 4 team tournament at the

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in Melbourne.

Pool matches

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=Third and fourth place

=Final

Bendigo

The second phase of the tournament was a two match test series held at the Bendigo Hockey Complex.

Test Matches

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Women's tournament

Melbourne

The women's tournament was a three match test series held at the

Results

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Statistics

Final standings

Melbourne

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Bendigo

The Bendigo series finished as a tie, with both teams winning one match as well as scoring and conceding 6 goals each. * *

References

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