# 2019 Women's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament

The 2019 Women's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament was a women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Tokyo, Japan, from August 17 to 21, 2019. The tournament served as a test event for the field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The tournament featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.
India won the tournament after defeating Japan 2–1 in the final. Australia finished in third place after defeating China 3–1 in the third place playoff.

## Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, China, India, and the hosts, Japan, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.
| Country | June 2019 FIH Ranking | Best World Cup finish | Best Olympic Games finish |
| Australia | 2 | Champions (1994, 1998) | Champions (1988, 1996, 2000) |
| China | 11 | Third Place (2002) | Runners-up (2008) |
| India | 10 | Fourth Place (1974) | Fourth Place (1980) |
| Japan | 14 | Fifth place (2006) | Eighth place (2004) |

## Results
### Pool stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Final |
| 2 | Japan (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Final |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | |
* 17 August 2019 11:45
| India | 2–1 | Japan |
| Gurjit 9', 35' | Report | Nishikori 16' |
* Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Maggie Giddens (USA)
* 17 August 2019 12:15
| Australia | 2–3 | China |
| Fitzpatrick 56' Malone 57' | Report | Gu 5' Luo 22' Zhong 38' |
* Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Kelly Hudson (NZL)
* 18 August 2019 09:30
| India | 2–2 | Australia |
| Vandana 36' Gurjit 59' | Report | Nobbs 14' Stewart 43' |
* Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Emi Yamada (JPN)
* 18 August 2019 10:00
| China | 1–2 | Japan |
| Zhong 39' | Report | Y. Nagai 16' Shimizu 47' |
* Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
* 20 August 2019 17:30
| Australia | 2–2 | Japan |
| Lawton 34' Commerford 54' | Report | Mitsuhashi 26' Nomura 32' |
* Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Maggie Giddens (USA)
* 20 August 2019 19:45
| China | 0–0 | India |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Emi Yamada (JPN)

### Classification stage
#### Third and fourth place

* 21 August 2019 17:30
| China | 1–3 | Australia |
| Li J. 57' | Report | Commerford 11' Malone 16' Fitzpatrick 34' |
* Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Emi Yamada (JPN)

#### Final

* 21 August 2019 19:45
| India | 2–1 | Japan |
| Navjot 11' Lalremsiami 33' | Report | Shimizu 12' |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

## Statistics
### Final standings

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 | Final Result |
| | India | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | Gold Medal |
| | Japan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | Silver Medal |
| | Australia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 5 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | China | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | Fourth Place |

### Goalscorers

There were 26 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.
3 goals
* Gurjit Kaur
2 goals
* Kalindi Commerford
* Savannah Fitzpatrick
* Ambrosia Malone
* Zhong Jiaqi
* Minami Shimizu
1 goal
* Amy Lawton
* Kaitlin Nobbs
* Grace Stewart
* Gu Bingfeng
* Li Jiaqi
* Luo Tiantian
* Vandana Kataria
* Navjot Kaur
* Lalremsiami
* Aki Mitsuhashi
* Yuri Nagai
* Kana Nomura
* Emi Nishikori
Source: FIH