# 2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I

The 2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I was the 8th and last edition of the field hockey championship for women. It was held from 27 April to 4 May 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2016 Champions Trophy as the winner earned an automatic berth to compete.
The United States won the tournament for the first time after defeating Ireland 3–1 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the 2016 Champions Trophy after their absence in the previous fifteen editions. South Africa won the third place match by defeating Spain 1–0.

## Qualification

The following eight teams announced by the FIH competed in this tournament.
* Scotland (Host nation)
* South Korea (Seventh in 2012 Champions Trophy)
* United States (Second in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* Ireland (Third in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* Belgium (Fifth in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* South Africa (Sixth in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* India (Seventh in 2012 Champions Challenge I)
* Spain (Highest ranked team not qualified for the next Champions Trophy or Champions Challenge I)

## Results

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

### First round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
* 27 April 2014 14:30
| Belgium | 2–1 | Scotland |
| Van Lindt 39' Nelen 53' | Report | Bell 14' |
* Umpires: Chen Hong (CHN) Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
* 27 April 2014 16:30
| South Korea | 4–2 | India |
| Park M. 14' Kim J. 24' Cheon E. 28' Lee Y. 42' | Report | Kataria 12' Poonam 69' |
* Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* 28 April 2014 19:00
| India | 0–4 | Scotland |
| | Report | Kidd 30' Maguire 33' Bunce 41' Ward 66' |
* Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
* 28 April 2014 21:00
| Belgium | 1–2 | South Korea |
| De Groof 49' | Report | Park M. 27', 52' |
* Umpires: Stephanie Judefind (USA) Amber Church (NZL)
* 30 April 2014 14:00
| South Korea | 2–2 | Scotland |
| Kim O. 12' Kim J. 57' | Report | Clement 30', 49' |
* Umpires: Gabriele Schmitz (GER) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* 30 April 2014 16:00
| India | 0–5 | Belgium |
| | Report | Simons 33' Boon 38' Versavel 41' Puvrez 64' Van Lindt 69' |
* Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Maggie Giddens (USA)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
| 2 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
* 27 April 2014 10:00
| United States | 3–1 | Spain |
| O'Donnell 30' Vittese 47' González 55' | Report | Riera 62' |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
* 27 April 2014 12:00
| South Africa | 2–2 | Ireland |
| Damons 11' Chamberlain 49' | Report | Carroll 44' O'Flynn 58' |
* Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Stephanie Judefind (USA)
* 28 April 2014 14:00
| South Africa | 2–1 | United States |
| Deetlefs 45' Plessis 50' | Report | O'Donnell 12' |
* Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* 28 April 2014 16:00
| Spain | 2–2 | Ireland |
| Magaz 10' Riera 13' | Report | Beatty 62', 66' |
* Umpires: Gabriele Schmitz (GER) Maggie Giddens (USA)
* 30 April 2014 09:30
| Spain | 1–1 | South Africa |
| Gómez 26' | Report | Deetlefs 33' |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
* 30 April 2014 11:30
| United States | 3–0 | Ireland |
| Nichols 7' Sharkey 18' O'Donnell 24' | Report | |
* Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Chen Hong (CHN)

### Second round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 1 May 2014 | 1 May 2014 | | | |
| South Korea | 1 | | | |
| South Korea | 1 | 3 May 2014 | 3 May 2014 | | |
| Ireland | 2 | 3 May 2014 | 3 May 2014 | |
| Ireland | 2 | Ireland | 2 | |
| 1 May 2014 | 1 May 2014 | | Ireland | 2 | |
| 1 May 2014 | 1 May 2014 | South Africa | 1 | |
| South Africa | 2 | South Africa | 1 | |
| South Africa | 2 | | | | 4 May 2014 | 4 May 2014 |
| Scotland | 1 | | | | 4 May 2014 | 4 May 2014 |
| Scotland | 1 | | | | Ireland | 1 |
| 1 May 2014 | 1 May 2014 | | | | | Ireland | 1 |
| 1 May 2014 | 1 May 2014 | | | | United States | 3 |
| Belgium | 1 (2) | | | | United States | 3 |
| Belgium | 1 (2) | 3 May 2014 | 3 May 2014 | | | |
| Spain (p.s.o) | 1 (3) | 3 May 2014 | 3 May 2014 | | | |
| Spain (p.s.o) | 1 (3) | Spain | 1 | | | |
| 1 May 2014 | 1 May 2014 | | Spain | 1 | | | |
| 1 May 2014 | 1 May 2014 | United States | 3 | | Third place match | Third place match |
| United States | 1 | United States | 3 | | Third place match | Third place match |
| United States | 1 | | | | 4 May 2014 | 4 May 2014 |
| India | 0 | | | | 4 May 2014 | 4 May 2014 |
| India | 0 | | | | South Africa | 1 |
| | | | | | Spain | 0 |

#### Quarterfinals

* 1 May 2014 13:00
| South Korea | 1–2 | Ireland |
| Han 49' | Report | Mullan 3' O'Flanagan 57' |
* Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
* 1 May 2014 15:15
| Belgium | 1–1 | Spain |
| Gerniers 31' | Report | Ybarra 6' |
| Penalties |||
| De Scheemaekere Nelen De Groof Gerniers Raes Gerniers | 2–3 | Bonastre Magaz Riera Salvatella Pérez Magaz |
* Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
* 1 May 2014 18:00
| South Africa | 2–1 | Scotland |
| Russell 1', 38' | Report | Maguire 64' |
* Umpires: Fanneke Alkemade (NED) Stephanie Judefind (USA)
* 1 May 2014 20:15
| United States | 1–0 | India |
| Dawson 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Chen Hong (CHN)

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place match | Fifth place match |
| 3 May 2014 | 3 May 2014 |
| South Korea | 3 |
| South Korea | 3 | 4 May 2014 | 4 May 2014 |
| Scotland | 2 | 4 May 2014 | 4 May 2014 |
| Scotland | 2 | South Korea (p.s.o) | 1 (2) |
| 3 May 2014 | 3 May 2014 | | South Korea (p.s.o) | 1 (2) |
| 3 May 2014 | 3 May 2014 | Belgium | 1 (1) |
| Belgium | 4 | Belgium | 1 (1) |
| India | 2 | | |
| India | 2 | Seventh place match | Seventh place match |
| | | 4 May 2014 | 4 May 2014 |
| | | Scotland | 4 |
| | | India | 3 |

##### Crossover

* 3 May 2014 09:00
| South Korea | 3–2 | Scotland |
| Cheon S. 3' Park M. 50' Kim D. 53' | Report | Wyllie 7' Ralph 65' |
* Umpires: Gabriele Schmitz (GER) Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
* 3 May 2014 11:15
| Belgium | 4–2 | India |
| De Vos 20' Sinia 28', 60' Versavel 45' | Report | Poonam 25' Monika 44' |
* Umpires: Stephanie Judefind (USA) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 4 May 2014 10:30
| Scotland | 4–3 | India |
| Bunce 44', 67' Wyllie 64' Clement 68' | Report | Goyal 46' Minz 51' Navneet 63' |
* Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 4 May 2014 12:45
| South Korea | 1–1 | Belgium |
| Park M. 52' | Report | De Vos 49' |
| Penalties |||
| Park M. Kim D. Cho E. Cheon E. | 2–1 | Gerniers De Scheemaekere De Groof Nelen Raes |
* Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Stephanie Judefind (USA)

#### First to fourth place classification
##### Semi-finals

* 3 May 2014 14:00
| Ireland | 2–1 | South Africa |
| Frazer 16' Evans 46' | Report | Evans 8' |
* Umpires: Maggie Giddens (USA) Chen Hong (CHN)
* 3 May 2014 16:15
| Spain | 1–3 | United States |
| Riera 56' | Report | O'Donnell 10' Sharkey 12' Witmer 33' |
* Umpires: Emi Yamada (JPN) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

##### Third and fourth place

* 4 May 2014 15:30
| South Africa | 1–0 | Spain |
| Chamberlain 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Chen Hong (CHN)

##### Final

* 4 May 2014 17:45
| Ireland | 1–3 | United States |
| Smyth 3' | Report | Selenski 25' Nichols 35' O'Donnell 48' |
* Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

## Awards

The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorers | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Young Player of the Tournament |
| Megan Frazer | Park Mi-Hyun Katie O'Donnell | Emma Gray | Emily Wold |

## Statistics
### Final ranking

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 | Status |
| | United States | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 | Qualified for 2016 Champions Trophy |
| | Ireland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 8 | |
| | South Africa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | |
| 4 | Spain | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 | |
| 5 | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 11 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | |
| 7 | Scotland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 7 | |
| 8 | India | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 0 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.58 goals per match.
5 goals
* Park Mi-Hyun
* Katie O'Donnell
3 goals
* Vikki Bunce
* Linda Clement
* Lola Riera
2 goals
* Charlotte De Vos
* Emilie Sinia
* Lieselotte van Lindt
* Louise Versavel
* Poonam Rani
* Emily Beatty
* Emily Maguire
* Ailsa Wyllie
* Dirkie Chamberlain
* Lisa-Marie Deetlefs
* Shelley Russell
* Kim Jong-Eun
* Caroline Nichols
* Kathleen Sharkey
1 goal
* Jill Boon
* Stephanie De Groof
* Alix Gerniers
* Barbara Nelen
* Emma Puvrez
* Manon Simons
* Neha Goyal
* Vandana Kataria
* Navneet Kaur
* Lilima Minz
* Monika
* Naomi Carroll
* Nicola Evans
* Megan Frazer
* Kathryn Mullan
* Anna O'Flanagan
* Audrey O'Flynn
* Emma Smyth
* Alison Bell
* Nikki Kidd
* Catriona Ralph
* Rebecca Ward
* Sulette Damons
* Lilian di Plessis
* Celia Evans
* Kim Da-Rae
* Cheon Eun-Bi
* Han Hye-Lyoung
* Kim Ok-Ju
* Cheon Seul-Ki
* Lee Young-Sil
* María Gómez
* Alicia Magaz
* Rocío Ybarra
* Rachel Dawson
* Melissa González
* Paige Selenski
* Michelle Vittese
* Jill Witmer
Source: FIH