2016 Men's International Festival of Hockey

Tournament details
City	Melbourne, Victoria Bendigo, Victoria
Teams	4
Venue(s)	State Netball and Hockey Centre Bendigo Hockey Complex
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	36 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rupinder Pal Singh (6 goals)
Best player	Dylan Wotherspoon
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The 2016 Men's International Festival of Hockey was a field hockey tournament held in Victoria, Australia. The tournament was held between 23–30 November in the Victorian cities, Melbourne and Bendigo. A total of four teams competed in the tournament.^[1]

Australia won the tournament for the first time by defeating New Zealand 3–1 in the final. India won the bronze medal by defeating Malaysia 4–1 in the third and fourth playoff.^[2]

All times are local (UTC+10:00).

Participating nations

Results

Melbourne

The first phase of the tournament was a 4 team tournament at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne.

Pool matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9	Final
2	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
3	India	3	1	0	2	8	8	0	3	Third and fourth
4	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

Source: Hockey Australia
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

23 November 2016 16:00 Malaysia  1–1  New Zealand Shahril  32' Report Panchia  58' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Haider Rasool (PAK)

23 November 2016 20:00 Australia  3–2  India Hayward  24', 36' Mitton  43' Report Rupinder Pal  21', 53' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)

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24 November 2016 18:00 India  4–2  Malaysia Thimmaiah  24', 55' Rupinder Pal  40' Akashdeep  55' Report Faizal  39' Shahril  47' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

24 November 2016 20:00 Australia  3–1  New Zealand Govers  8', 9' Kleinschmidt  15' Report Russell  41' Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Deepak Joshi (IND)

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26 November 2016 15:00 Australia  5–0  Malaysia Whetton  9', 43' Boyde  51' Kleinschmidt  56' Zalewski  57' Report Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Deepak Joshi (IND)

26 November 2016 17:00 India  2–3  New Zealand Rupinder Pal  18', 58' Report Ross  47' Smith  48' Inglis  57' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Iskander Rusli (MAS)

Third and fourth place

27 November 2016 16:00 India  4–1  Malaysia Akashdeep  2' Raghunath  45' Talwinder  52' Rupinder Pal  57' Report van Huizen  45' Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Murray Grime (AUS)

Final

27 November 2016 18:00 Australia  3–1  New Zealand Mitton  24' Bausor  47' Hayward  59' Report Russell  48' Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Iskander Rusli (MAS)

Bendigo

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

Test Matches

29 November 2016 18:30 Australia  2–3  India Willis  36' Mitton  43' Report Affan  19', 19' Raghunath  44' Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Zeke Newman (AUS)

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30 November 2016 18:30 India  3–4  Australia Akashdeep  6' Raghunath  22', 35' Report Mitton  13' Whetton  23' Hayward  38', 54' Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Zeke Newman (AUS)

Women's tournament

Melbourne

The women's tournament was a three match test series held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre.

Results

23 November 2016 18:00 Australia  0–1  India Report Rampal  21' Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS)

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25 November 2016 19:00 India  1–4  Australia Rampal  27' Report Slattery  8' Nanscawen  26' Fey  29' Bone  51' Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Emily Carroll (AUS)

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27 November 2016 14:00 Australia  3–1  India Peris  39' Nance  41' Holzberger  58' Report Katariya  17' Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS)

Statistics

References