# 2016 Men's International Festival of Hockey

The 2016 Men's International Festival of Hockey was a field hockey tournament held in Victoria, Australia. The tournament was held between 23–30 November in the Victorian cities, Melbourne and Bendigo. A total of four teams competed in the tournament.
Australia won the tournament for the first time by defeating New Zealand 3–1 in the final. India won the bronze medal by defeating Malaysia 4–1 in the third and fourth playoff.
All times are local (UTC+10:00).

## Participating nations

* Australia
* India
* Malaysia
* New Zealand

## Results
### Melbourne

The first phase of the tournament was a 4 team tournament at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne.

#### Pool matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Final |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Final |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | Third and fourth |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | Third and fourth |
* 23 November 2016 16:00
| Malaysia | 1–1 | New Zealand |
| Shahril 32' | Report | Panchia 58' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Haider Rasool (PAK)
* 23 November 2016 20:00
| Australia | 3–2 | India |
| Hayward 24', 36' Mitton 43' | Report | Rupinder Pal 21', 53' |
* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)
* 24 November 2016 18:00
| India | 4–2 | Malaysia |
| Thimmaiah 24', 55' Rupinder Pal 40' Akashdeep 55' | Report | Faizal 39' Shahril 47' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 24 November 2016 20:00
| Australia | 3–1 | New Zealand |
| Govers 8', 9' Kleinschmidt 15' | Report | Russell 41' |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Deepak Joshi (IND)
* 26 November 2016 15:00
| Australia | 5–0 | Malaysia |
| Whetton 9', 43' Boyde 51' Kleinschmidt 56' Zalewski 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Deepak Joshi (IND)
* 26 November 2016 17:00
| India | 2–3 | New Zealand |
| Rupinder Pal 18', 58' | Report | Ross 47' Smith 48' Inglis 57' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Iskander Rusli (MAS)

##### Third and fourth place

* 27 November 2016 16:00
| India | 4–1 | Malaysia |
| Akashdeep 2' Raghunath 45' Talwinder 52' Rupinder Pal 57' | Report | van Huizen 45' |
* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Murray Grime (AUS)

##### Final

* 27 November 2016 18:00
| Australia | 3–1 | New Zealand |
| Mitton 24' Bausor 47' Hayward 59' | Report | Russell 48' |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Iskander Rusli (MAS)

### Bendigo

The second phase of the tournament was a two match test series held at the Bendigo Hockey Complex.

#### Test Matches

* 29 November 2016 18:30
| Australia | 2–3 | India |
| Willis 36' Mitton 43' | Report | Affan 19', 19' Raghunath 44' |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Zeke Newman (AUS)
* 30 November 2016 18:30
| India | 3–4 | Australia |
| Akashdeep 6' Raghunath 22', 35' | Report | Mitton 13' Whetton 23' Hayward 38', 54' |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Zeke Newman (AUS)

## Women's tournament
### Melbourne

The women's tournament was a three match test series held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre.

#### Results

* 23 November 2016 18:00
| Australia | 0–1 | India |
| | Report | Rampal 21' |
* Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS)
* 25 November 2016 19:00
| India | 1–4 | Australia |
| Rampal 27' | Report | Slattery 8' Nanscawen 26' Fey 29' Bone 51' |
* Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Emily Carroll (AUS)
* 27 November 2016 14:00
| Australia | 3–1 | India |
| Peris 39' Nance 41' Holzberger 58' | Report | Katariya 17' |
* Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Bernadette Pangrazio (AUS)

## Statistics
### Final standings
#### Melbourne

* Australia
* New Zealand
* India
* Malaysia

#### Bendigo

The Bendigo series finished as a tie, with both teams winning one match as well as scoring and conceding 6 goals each.
* Australia
* India