2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I

2014 FIH Women's
Champions Challenge I
Tournament details
Host country	Scotland
City	Glasgow
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Glasgow National Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runner-up	Ireland
Third place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	86 (3.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Park Mi-Hyun; Katie O'Donnell (5 goals)
Best player	Megan Frazer
← 2012 (previous)

The 2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I was the 8th and last edition of the field hockey championship for women. It was held from 27 April to 4 May 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2016 Champions Trophy as the winner earned an automatic berth to compete.^[1]

The United States won the tournament for the first time after defeating Ireland 3–1 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the 2016 Champions Trophy after their absence in the previous fifteen editions.^[2] South Africa won the third place match by defeating Spain 1–0.

Qualification

The following eight teams announced by the FIH competed in this tournament.^[3]^[4]

Scotland (Host nation)
South Korea (Seventh in 2012 Champions Trophy)
United States (Second in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
Ireland (Third in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
Belgium (Fifth in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
South Africa (Sixth in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
India (Seventh in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
Spain (Highest ranked team not qualified for the next Champions Trophy or Champions Challenge I)

Results

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)^[5]

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	India	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

27 April 2014
14:30

Belgium	2–1	Scotland
Van Lindt 39' Nelen 53'	Report	Bell 14'

Umpires:
Chen Hong (CHN)
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)

27 April 2014
16:30

South Korea	4–2	India
Park M. 14' Kim J. 24' Cheon E. 28' Lee Y. 42'	Report	Kataria 12' Poonam 69'

Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

28 April 2014
19:00

India	0–4	Scotland
	Report	Kidd 30' Maguire 33' Bunce 41' Ward 66'

Umpires:
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

28 April 2014
21:00

Belgium	1–2	South Korea
De Groof 49'	Report	Park M. 27', 52'

Umpires:
Stephanie Judefind (USA)
Amber Church (NZL)

30 April 2014
14:00

South Korea	2–2	Scotland
Kim O. 12' Kim J. 57'	Report	Clement 30', 49'

Umpires:
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

30 April 2014
16:00

India	0–5	Belgium
	Report	Simons 33' Boon 38' Versavel 41' Puvrez 64' Van Lindt 69'

Umpires:
Emi Yamada (JPN)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
2	South Africa	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	Spain	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	Ireland	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

27 April 2014
10:00

United States	3–1	Spain
O'Donnell 30' Vittese 47' González 55'	Report	Riera 62'

Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

27 April 2014
12:00

South Africa	2–2	Ireland
Damons 11' Chamberlain 49'	Report	Carroll 44' O'Flynn 58'

Umpires:
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Stephanie Judefind (USA)

28 April 2014
14:00

South Africa	2–1	United States
Deetlefs 45' Plessis 50'	Report	O'Donnell 12'

Umpires:
Emi Yamada (JPN)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

28 April 2014
16:00

Spain	2–2	Ireland
Magaz 10' Riera 13'	Report	Beatty 62', 66'

Umpires:
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

30 April 2014
09:30

Spain	1–1	South Africa
Gómez 26'	Report	Deetlefs 33'

Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)

30 April 2014
11:30

United States	3–0	Ireland
Nichols 7' Sharkey 18' O'Donnell 24'	Report

Umpires:
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Chen Hong (CHN)

Second round

Quarterfinals		Semi-finals		Final

1 May 2014

South Korea	1
		3 May 2014
Ireland	2
		Ireland	2
1 May 2014
		South Africa	1
South Africa	2
				4 May 2014
Scotland	1
				Ireland	1
1 May 2014
				United States	3
Belgium	1 (2)
		3 May 2014
Spain (p.s.o)	1 (3)
		Spain	1
1 May 2014
		United States	3	Third place match
United States	1
				4 May 2014
India	0
				South Africa	1

				Spain	0

Quarterfinals

1 May 2014
13:00

South Korea	1–2	Ireland
Han 49'	Report	Mullan 3' O'Flanagan 57'

Umpires:
Emi Yamada (JPN)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

1 May 2014
15:15

Belgium	1–1	Spain
Gerniers 31'	Report	Ybarra 6'
Penalties
De Scheemaekere Nelen De Groof Gerniers Raes Gerniers	2–3	Bonastre Magaz Riera Salvatella Pérez Magaz

Umpires:
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)

1 May 2014
18:00

South Africa	2–1	Scotland
Russell 1', 38'	Report	Maguire 64'

Umpires:
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Stephanie Judefind (USA)

1 May 2014
20:15

United States	1–0	India
Dawson 59'	Report

Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Chen Hong (CHN)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover		Fifth place match

3 May 2014

South Korea	3
		4 May 2014
Scotland	2
		South Korea (p.s.o)	1 (2)
3 May 2014
		Belgium	1 (1)
Belgium	4

India	2
		Seventh place match

		4 May 2014

		Scotland	4

		India	3

Crossover

3 May 2014
09:00

South Korea	3–2	Scotland
Cheon S. 3' Park M. 50' Kim D. 53'	Report	Wyllie 7' Ralph 65'

Umpires:
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

3 May 2014
11:15

Belgium	4–2	India
De Vos 20' Sinia 28', 60' Versavel 45'	Report	Poonam 25' Monika 44'

Umpires:
Stephanie Judefind (USA)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Seventh and eighth place

4 May 2014
10:30

Scotland	4–3	India
Bunce 44', 67' Wyllie 64' Clement 68'	Report	Goyal 46' Minz 51' Navneet 63'

Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)

Fifth and sixth place

4 May 2014
12:45

South Korea	1–1	Belgium
Park M. 52'	Report	De Vos 49'
Penalties
Park M. Kim D. Cho E. Cheon E.	2–1	Gerniers De Scheemaekere De Groof Nelen Raes

Umpires:
Emi Yamada (JPN)
Stephanie Judefind (USA)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

3 May 2014
14:00

Ireland	2–1	South Africa
Frazer 16' Evans 46'	Report	Evans 8'

Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Chen Hong (CHN)

3 May 2014
16:15

Spain	1–3	United States
Riera 56'	Report	O'Donnell 10' Sharkey 12' Witmer 33'

Umpires:
Emi Yamada (JPN)
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

Third and fourth place

4 May 2014
15:30

South Africa	1–0	Spain
Chamberlain 67'	Report

Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Chen Hong (CHN)

Final

4 May 2014
17:45

Ireland	1–3	United States
Smyth 3'	Report	Selenski 25' Nichols 35' O'Donnell 48'

Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

Awards

The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:^[6]

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorers	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Megan Frazer	Park Mi-Hyun Katie O'Donnell	Emma Gray	Emily Wold

Statistics

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
	United States	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	15	Qualified for 2016 Champions Trophy
	Ireland	6	2	2	2	9	12	−3	8
	South Africa	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11
4	Spain	6	0	3	3	6	11	−5	3
5	South Korea	6	3	2	1	13	10	+3	11
6	Belgium	6	3	2	1	14	7	+7	11
7	Scotland	6	2	1	3	14	12	+2	7
8	India	6	0	0	6	7	22	−15	0

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.58 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal