2009 Women's Hockey Spar Cup Explained

Tournament:2009 Women's Hockey
SPAR Cup
Country:South Africa
City:Durban
Venues:Queensmead Hockey Stadium
Teams:4
Count:1
Matches:8
Goals:40
Top Scorer: Casey Eastham
Kate Hollywood
Top Scorer Goals:3
Best Player: Luciana Aymar

The 2009 Women's Hockey SPAR Cup was an invitational international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. The event, organised by the South African Hockey Association, was hosted in Durban from 2–6 June 2009, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.[1]

Australia won the tournament after defeating Argentina 3–1 in final.[2]

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Argentina, Australia, India, and the hosts, South Africa, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points will be awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

CountryJune 2009 FIH Ranking[3] Best World Cup finishBest Olympic Games finish
2Champions (2002)Runners-Up (2000)
5Champions (1994, 1998)Champions (1988, 1996, 2000)
13Fourth Place (1974)Fourth Place (1980)
12Seventh place (1998)Ninth place (2004)

Results

Pool

Fixtures

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Classification matches

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cup challenge for women . . teamsa.co.za . 24 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Hockey Australia Annual Report 2008–09 . . hockey.org.au . 24 April 2020.
  3. Web site: FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS -- 2003 / 2010 . . 24 April 2020.