2018 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy

2018 Women's Hockey
RaboTrophy
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Breda
Teams	4
Venue(s)	BH & BC Breda
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (3rd title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	46 (5.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Frédérique Matla (5 goals)
← 2010 (previous)

The 2018 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy was the fifth edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The RaboTrophy was held in Breda from 26 to 30 June 2018, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.^[1]

The Netherlands won the tournament for the third time, defeating Japan 8–2 in the final.^[2]^[3]

The tournament was held in conjunction with the Men's FIH Champions Trophy.

Competition format[edit]

The four teams competed in a pool stage, played in a single round robin format. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams contested the final, while the remaining two competed for third place.

Teams[edit]

The following four teams competed for the title:

Officials[edit]

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:^[4]

Lisette Baljon (NED)
Noelia Blanco (ESP)
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

Results[edit]

All times are local (Central European Time).

Preliminary round[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	13	1	+12	9	Advanced to Final
2	Japan	3	2	1	7	6	+1	6	Advanced to Final
3	China	3	1	2	7	12	−5	3
4	Spain	3	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

Fixtures[edit]

26 June 2018
14:00

Japan	3–1	China
Yamada 11' Nomura 24' Kawamura 41'	Report	Dan 21'

Umpires:
Lisette Baljon (NED)
Noelia Blanco (ESP)

26 June 2018
16:00

Netherlands	2–0	Spain
Van Male 37' Matla 59'	Report

Umpires:
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

27 June 2018
17:00

Spain	1–3	Japan
Cano 50'	Report	Y. Nagai 6' Kato 36', 50'

Umpires:
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Lisette Baljon (NED)

27 June 2018
19:30

Netherlands	7–0	China
Jonker 11', 51' Van Maasakker 23', 50' Leurink 24' Welten 31' Matla 40'	Report

Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

29 June 2018
17:00

Spain	2–6	China
Magaz 31' Riera 59'	Report	Liu 8', 21' Zhang X. 41' Xi 45' Zhang J. 46' Zhong 52'

Umpires:
Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)

29 June 2018
19:30

Japan	1–4	Netherlands
H. Nagai 41'	Report	Matla 4' Zuidhof 20' Van Geffen 47' De Goede 55'

Umpires:
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Noelia Blanco (ESP)

Classification round[edit]

Third and fourth place[edit]

30 June 2018
11:45

China	1–5	Spain
Zhang J. 15'	Report	Pérez 3' Riera 39' Salvatella 45' López 57' Segú 58'

Umpires:
Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
Lisette Baljon (NED)

Final[edit]

30 June 2018
18:00

Netherlands	8–2	Japan
Dirkse van den Heuvel 4' Van Maasakker 9' Welten 12' Verschoor 28', 59' Matla 41', 54' Van Male 48'	Report	H. Nagai 10' Y. Nagai 33'

Umpires:
Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

Statistics[edit]

Final standings[edit]

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.