# 2004 ANZ Women's Hockey Challenge

The 2004 Women's ANZ Hockey Challenge was a women's field hockey event, comprising two four–nations tournaments. It was held in Darwin and Townsville, from 16 to 27 June 2004.
Australia won both tournaments, defeating New Zealand and Japan in the respective finals.

## Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, Japan and New Zealand, as well as a team from the Australian Institute of Sport. The teams competed in a double round-robin format, with each team playing each other twice. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

## Darwin

All times are local (ACST).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6 | Advanced to Final |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Australian Institute of Sport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 | |

#### Fixtures

* 16 June 2004 18:00
| Japan | 6–3 | Australian Institute of Sport |
| Miura 8' Saito 13' Iwao 17', 43' Komazawa 50' Morimoto 54' | Report | Harris 44' Buswell 56' Alcorn 70+' |
* Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS)
* 16 June 2004 20:00
| Australia | 6–3 | New Zealand |
| Dobson 13' Faulkner 27', 49' Towers 35' K. Smith 58' Bakurski 67' | Report | Walton 7', 22' Provan 31' |
* Umpires: Lisette Klaassen (NED) Sachiko Fukuda (JPN)
* 17 June 2004 18:00
| Australian Institute of Sport | 0–4 | Australia |
| | Report | N. Smith 9' Arrold 13' Faulkner 16' Dobson 19' |
* Umpires: Sachiko Fukuda (JPN) Lyn Farrell (NZL)
* 17 June 2004 20:00
| New Zealand | 3–1 | Japan |
| Orr 6' Roberts-Lang 50' Carr 54' | Report | Morimoto 33' |
* Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Lisa Roach (AUS)
* 19 June 2004 15:00
| Australia | 5–1 | Japan |
| Netzler 8', 48' Faulkner 45' N. Smith 56', 63' | Report | Morimoto 16' |
* Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Lisette Klaassen (NED)
* 19 June 2004 17:00
| Australian Institute of Sport | 1–4 | New Zealand |
| Patrick 45' | Report | Walton 10', 19' Provan 35' Roberts-Lang 63' |
* Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Sachiko Fukuda (JPN)

### Classification round
#### Third and fourth place

* 20 June 2004 15:00
| Japan | 2–0 | Australian Institute of Sport |
| Nakagawa 30' Komazawa 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lisette Klaassen (NED) Lisa Roach (AUS)

#### Final

* 20 June 2004 17:00
| Australia | 4–0 | New Zealand |
| Dobson 5' Towers 27' Faulkner 30' Powell 32' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS)

## Townsville

All times are local (AEST).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | Advanced to Final |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Australian Institute of Sport | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |

#### Fixtures

* 23 June 2004 18:00
| New Zealand | 1–0 | Australian Institute of Sport |
| Muirhead 61' | Report | |
* Umpires: Sachiko Fukuda (JPN) Lisa Roach (AUS)
* 23 June 2004 20:00
| Japan | 1–3 | Australia |
| Nakagawa 18' | Report | Alcorn 6' K. Smith 12' N. Smith 44' |
* Umpires: Lisette Klaassen (NED) Lyn Farrell (NZL)
* 24 June 2004 18:00
| Australia | 5–0 | Australian Institute of Sport |
| Faulkner 10', 49' Powell 44' Twitt 61', 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Sachiko Fukuda (JPN)
* 24 June 2004 20:00
| Japan | 2–1 | New Zealand |
| Saito 49' Morimoto 61' | Report | Muirhead 26' |
* Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Minka Woolley (AUS)
* 26 June 2004 15:00
| New Zealand | 0–2 | Australia |
| | Report | Faulkner 3' Towers 37' |
* Umpires: Sachiko Fukuda (JPN) Lisette Klaassen (NED)
* 26 June 2004 17:00
| Australian Institute of Sport | 2–1 | Japan |
| Rivers 8' Arrold 61' | Report | Komori 49' |
* Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Lyn Farrell (NZL)

### Classification round
#### Third and fourth place

* 27 June 2004 15:00
| New Zealand | 1–0 | Australian Institute of Sport |
| Roberts-Lang 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Lisette Klaassen (NED)

#### Final

* 27 June 2004 17:00
| Australia | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Japan |
| N. Smith 22' Towers 38' Powell 74' | Report | Kitada 33' Chiba 58' |
* Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Sachiko Fukuda (JPN)

## 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 |
| | Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 12 |
| | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 |
| | Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 6 |
| 4 | Australian Institute of Sport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 |
| | Japan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 |
| | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
| 4 | Australian Institute of Sport | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 |

### Goalscorers

* Note: the following goalscorers list comprises players from both tournaments.
There were 67 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.19 goals per match.
8 goals
* Suzanne Faulkner
5 goals
* Ngaire Smith
4 goals
* Julie Towers
* Sakae Morimoto
* Lisa Walton
3 goals
* Louise Dobson
* Katrina Powell
* Niniwa Roberts-Lang
2 goals
* + Wendy Alcorn
* + Nicole Arrold
* Bianca Netzler
* Karen Smith
* Melanie Twitt
* Sachimi Iwao
* Rika Komazawa
* Miyuki Nakagawa
* Naoko Saito
* Suzanne Muirhead
* Jaimee Provan
1 goal
* Carmel Bakurski
* Shayni Buswell
* Susannah Harris
* Donna-Lee Patrick
* Megan Rivers
* Kaori Chiba
* Akiko Kitada
* Tomomi Komori
* Keiko Miura
* Stacey Carr
* Meredith Orr