# 2015 Women's Hockey Under-21 Invitational Tournament

The 2015 Women's Hockey Under-21 Invitational Tournament was an invitational women's under-21 field hockey competition, hosted by Hockey Netherlands. The tournament took place between 19 and 25 July 2015 in Breda, Netherlands. A total of five teams competed for the title. It was held alongside a men's tournament.
The Netherlands won the tournament, defeating China 5–1 in the final. India defeated England 1–0 in penalties, after the third place match finished 1–1.

## Teams

Including the Netherlands, 5 teams were invited by Hockey Netherlands to participate in the tournament. The team from England however, comprised players up to 23 years of age.
* China
* England
* Germany
* India
* Netherlands (host nation)
* New Zealand

## Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:
* Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
* Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
* Durga Devi (IND)
* Maggie Giddens (USA)
* Emma Shelbourn (ENG)
* Sandra Wagner (GER)
* Katrina Woolf (NZL)
* Ju Xiaoyu (CHN)

## Results
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Netherlands (H) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 10 | Advanced to Final |
| 3 | England | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 5 | |
| 4 | India | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 4 | |
| 5 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | |
| 6 | Germany | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 3 | |

### Fixtures

* 19 July 2015 13:00
| Netherlands | 1–0 | India |
| Wijsman 33' | Report | |
* Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Sandra Wagner (GER)
* 19 July 2015 15:15
| England | 2–2 | New Zealand |
| Martin 41' Van Berkel 57' | Report | Robinson 15' Smith 66' |
* Umpires: Ju Xiaoyu (CHN) Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
* 19 July 2015 17:00
| Germany | 1–3 | China |
| Huse 59' | Report | Gu 7' Zhong 38', 68' |
* Umpires: Katrina Woolf (NZL) Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
* 21 July 2015 17:15
| India | 4–4 | Germany |
| Renuka 14' Anupa 17' Jaspreet 41' Lilima 56' | Report | Gräve 10' Horn 10' Schubert 54' Winter 68' |
* Umpires: Emma Shelbourn (ENG) Katrina Woolf (NZL)
* 21 July 2015 19:00
| China | 3–1 | New Zealand |
| Ou 22' Cong 49' Guo 52' | Report | Norman 57' |
* Umpires: Fanneke Alkemade (NED) Sandra Wagner (GER)
* 21 July 2015 19:15
| Netherlands | 5–0 | England |
| Van Wijk 4' Van der Plas 23' Matla 32', 60', 65' | Report | |
* Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Durga Devi (IND)
* 22 July 2015 17:00
| Germany | 1–1 | England |
| Gräve 2' | Report | Turner 65' |
* Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU) Ju Xiaoyu (CHN)
* 22 July 2015 17:15
| New Zealand | 1–2 | Netherlands |
| Robinson 47' | Report | Veen 35' Van Ramshorst 54' |
* Umpires: Emma Shelbourn (ENG) Durga Devi (IND)
* 22 July 2015 19:00
| India | 2–4 | China |
| Punam 9' Anupa 66' | Report | Yuan 16', 70' Zhong 20' Ou 51' |
* Umpires: Katrina Woolf (NZL) Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
* 24 July 2015 13:15
| England | 0–3 | China |
| | Report | Guo 16' Cong 23' Gu 54' |
* Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) Sandra Wagner (GER)
* 24 July 2015 15:15
| New Zealand | 1–6 | India |
| Norman 53' | Report | Rani 5', 30', 40' Navneet 9' Anupa 46' Mayengbam 70+' |
* Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
* 24 July 2015 17:15
| Netherlands | 1–1 | Germany |
| De Lange 58' | Report | Hessler 28' |
* Umpires: Ju Xiaoyu (CHN) Emma Shelbourn (ENG)
* 25 July 2015 13:15
| England | 1–0 | India |
| Holmes 47' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ju Xiaoyu (CHN) Sandra Wagner (GER)
* 25 July 2015 15:30
| China | 1–0 | Netherlands |
| Cong 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Katrina Woolf (NZL)
* 25 July 2015 17:45
| Germany | 1–2 | New Zealand |
| Winter 50' | Report | Smith 54' Tinning 69' |
* Umpires: Emma Shelbourn (ENG) Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)

### Classification round
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 26 July 2015 11:15
| New Zealand | 2–1 | Germany |
| Winterbottom 20' Norman 68' | Report | Winter 14' |
* Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU) Durga Devi (IND)

#### Third and fourth place

* 26 July 2015 13:00
| England | 1–1 | India |
| Martin 68' | Report | Punam 31' |
| Penalties |||
| Petty Holmes Rayer Martin Crowson | 0–1 | Anupa Grace Lilima Rani Navneet |
* Umpires: Katrina Woolf (NZL) Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

#### Final

* 26 July 2015 13:30
| China | 1–5 | Netherlands |
| Gu 5' | Report | Leurink 16' Adegeest 35' Van Ramshorst 37' Stam 53' Van Wijk 67' |
* Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Sandra Wagner (GER)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| | Netherlands (H) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Tournament Champion |
| | China | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 15 | |
| | India | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | England | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 6 | |
| 5 | New Zealand | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 7 | |
| 6 | Germany | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 3 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 65 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.61 goals per match.
3 goals
* Gu Bingfeng
* Zhong Mengling
* Cong Zengyu
* Anne Winter
* Anupa Barla
* Rani Rampal
* Frédérique Matla
* Pippa Norman
2 goals
* Yuan Meng
* Guo Qiu
* Ou Zixia
* Hannah Martin
* Elisa Gräve
* Punam Barla
* Theresa van Ramshorst
* Kiki van Wijk
* Amy Robinson
* Kelsey Smith
1 goal
* Rebecca van Berkel
* Katherine Holmes
* Hayley Turner
* Emma Hessler
* Kira Horn
* Viktoria Huse
* Tessa-Margot Schubert
* Jaspreet Kaur
* Navneet Kaur
* Lily Mayengbam
* Lilima Minz
* Renuka Yadav
* Charlotte Adegeest
* Lisanne de Lange
* Laurien Leurink
* Pleun van der Plas
* Lauren Stam
* Marijn Veen
* Carmen Wijsman
* Catherine Tinning
* Courtney Winterbottom