# 2012 Women's International Super Series Hockey 9's

The 2012 Women's International Super Series Hockey 9's was the second edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held at the Perth Hockey Stadium between 22–25 November 2012 in Perth, Western Australia. A total of three teams competed for the title.
The tournament was held alongside the men's competition.
Australia won the tournament for the second time, defeating Australia U–21 2–0 in the final.

## Participating nations

A total of four teams competed for the title:
* Australia
* Australia U–21
* Malaysia

## Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the FIH and Hockey Australia to officiate the tournament:
* Sarah Allanson (AUS)
* Nor Piza Hassan (MAS)
* Kim Kuk-Hee (AUS)

## Competition format and rules

The International Super Series Hockey 9's has a unique set of rules varying from standard FIH regulations.
The main variations are as follows:
* Matches are played with a maximum of 9 players on the field at any time for each team
* Matches are played in 2 halves of 20 minutes
* Goals are widened by 1 metre than regulation size

## Results
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 10 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Australia U–21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | Advanced to Final |
| 3 | Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 0 | |

#### Fixtures

* 22 November 2012 17:30
| Australia U–21 | 3–2 | Malaysia |
| Williams 6' Flanagan 17' Smith 35' | Report | Kannagi 22' Norbaini 26' |
* Umpires: Nor Piza Hassan (MAS) Kik Kuk-Hee (AUS)
* 22 November 2012 18:25
| Australia | 7–0 | Australia U–21 |
| Dwyer 2' Parker 8' Boyce 11' Olivieri 12' Attard 19' Chau 30' Messent 33' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kik Kuk-Hee (AUS) Sarah Allanson (AUS)
* 23 November 2012 17:30
| Malaysia | 0–4 | Australia U–21 |
| | Report | Williams 12', 37' Evans 25' Holzberger 31' |
* Umpires: Sarah Allanson (AUS) Nor Piza Hassan (MAS)
* 23 November 2012 18:25
| Australia | 7–0 | Malaysia |
| Olivieri 5', 6' Boyce 9', 38' Reuter 21', 28' Schulz 34' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nor Piza Hassan (MAS) Kik Kuk-Hee (AUS)
* 24 November 2012 12:15
| Australia U–21 | 1–1 | Australia |
| Pearce 35' | Report | Dwyer 11' |
* Umpires: Sarah Allanson (AUS) Kik Kuk-Hee (AUS)
* 24 November 2012 13:10
| Malaysia | 1–5 | Australia |
| Norazlin 14' | Report | Boyce 1', 17' 3', 40' Reuter 23' |
* Umpires: Sarah Allanson (AUS) Nor Piza Hassan (MAS)

### Classification match
#### Final

* 25 November 2012 12:50
| Australia | 2–0 | Australia U–21 |
| Attard 12' Dwyer 29' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kik Kuk-Hee (AUS) Sarah Allanson (AUS)

## Statistics
### Final standings

* Australia
* Australia U–21
* Malaysia

### Goalscorers

There were 33 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 4.71 goals per match.
5 goals
* Fiona Boyce
3 goals
* Jill Dwyer
* Kandice Olivieri
* Rebecca Reuter
* Mariah Williams
2 goals
* Teneal Attard
1 goal
* Kary Chau
* Naomi Evans
* Anna Flanagan
* Jordyn Holzberger
* Claire Messent
* Georgina Parker
* Meg Pearce
* Jodie Schulz
* Emily Smith
* Kannagi Arumugam
* Norbaini Hashim
* Norazlin Sumantri
2 own goals
* Malaysia (against Australia)