# 2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament

The 2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament was a men'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 men's field hockey.
India won the tournament after defeating New Zealand 5–0 in the final. Japan finished in third place after defeating Malaysia 6–1 in the third place playoff.

## Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of India, Malaysia, New Zealand, 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 |
| India | 5 | Champions (1975) | Champions (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980) |
| Japan | 16 | Ninth Place (1971, 2006) | Runners-up (1932) |
| Malaysia | 12 | Fourth Place (1975) | Eighth Place (1972, 1976) |
| New Zealand | 8 | Seventh place (1973, 1975, 1982, 2014) | Champions (1976) |

## Results
### Pool stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | Final |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | Final |
| 3 | Japan (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | |
* 17 August 2019 18:30
| India | 6–0 | Malaysia |
| Gurinder 8' Gursahibjit 18', 56' Mandeep 33', 46' Sunil 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Martin Madden (SCO)
* 17 August 2019 19:00
| New Zealand | 4–3 | Japan |
| Smith 17' McAleese 19' Russell 57' Jenness 60' | Report | Yamasaki 34', 41' Wakuri 39' |
* Umpires: Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP) Eric Koh (MAS)
* 18 August 2019 18:30
| Malaysia | 1–3 | Japan |
| Nabil 37' | Report | Fukuda 26' Murata 48' Watanabe 49' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Martin Madden (SCO)
* 18 August 2019 19:00
| New Zealand | 2–1 | India |
| Smith 47' Lane 60' | Report | Harmanpreet 2' |
* Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Eric Koh (MAS)
* 20 August 2019 09:30
| Malaysia | 1–3 | New Zealand |
| Najmi 21' | Report | J. Panchia 29' Woods 39' Inglis 57' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
* 20 August 2019 11:45
| India | 6–3 | Japan |
| Sharma 3' Xess 7' Mandeep 9', 29', 30' Gurjant 41' | Report | Fukuda 25' K. Tanaka 36' Murata 52' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)

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

* 21 August 2019 09:30
| Japan | 6–1 | Malaysia |
| Zendana 32', 56' Kirishita 39', 45+' K. Tanaka 43' Watanabe 44' | Report | Shahril 30' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)

#### Final

* 21 August 2019 12:00
| New Zealand | 0–5 | India |
| | Report | Harmanpreet 7' Shamsher 18' Sharma 22' Gursahibjit 26' Mandeep 27' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Eric Koh (MAS)

## 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 9 | Gold Medal |
| | New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 | Silver Medal |
| | Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 6 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 | Fourth Place |

### Goalscorers

There were 45 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 5.62 goals per match.
6 goals
* Mandeep Singh
3 goals
* Gursahibjit Singh
2 goals
* Nilakanta Sharma
* Harmanpreet Singh
* Kentaro Fukuda
* Yoshiki Kirishita
* Kazuma Murata
* Kenta Tanaka
* Kota Watanabe
* Koji Yamasaki
* Hirotaka Zendana
* Jacob Smith
1 goal
* Gurinder Singh
* Gurjant Singh
* Shamsher Singh
* S.V. Sunil
* Nilam Xess
* Hirotaka Wakuri
* Najmi Jazlan
* Nabil Noor
* Shahril Saabah
* Hugo Inglis
* Stephen Jenness
* Sam Lane
* Shea McAleese
* Jared Panchia
* Kane Russell
* Nic Woods
Source: FIH