# 2011 Women's Hockey Under-21 Four Nations Tournament

The 2011 Women's Hockey Under–21 Four Nations Tournament was an invitational women's under–21 field hockey competition, hosted by Hockey India. The tournament took place between 8–12 November 2011 in New Delhi, India. A total of four teams competed for the title.
Germany won the tournament, defeating New Zealand 3–2 during golden goal in the final. India finished in third place after a 3–2 win over Australia.

## Teams

Including India, 4 teams were invited by Hockey India to participate in the tournament.
* Australia
* Germany
* India (host nation)
* New Zealand

## Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:
* Sarah Allanson (AUS)
* Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
* Suman Leta Chumbak (IND)
* Amber Church (NZL)
* Sandra Wagner (GER)

## Results

All times are local (UTC+05:30).

### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | Advanced to Final |
| 3 | India (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |

#### Fixtures

* 8 November 2011 19:00
| Australia | 1–3 | Germany |
| Padget 41' | Report | Grote 2', 46' Keim 70' |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Suman Leta Chumbak (IND)
* 8 November 2011 21:00
| India | 3–2 | New Zealand |
| Barla 8' Anju 13' Poonam 68' | Report | Fremaux 12' Hall 43' |
* Umpires: Sandra Wagner (GER) Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
* 9 November 2011 19:00
| Germany | 2–6 | New Zealand |
| Krauss 4', 35' | Report | Hayward 7' Fremaux 10', 13', 48' Dennison 14' Hall 65' |
* Umpires: Sarah Allanson (AUS) Suman Leta Chumbak (IND)
* 9 November 2011 21:00
| Australia | 0–0 | India |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU) Amber Church (NZL)
* 11 November 2011 19:00
| New Zealand | 3–2 | Australia |
| Cotton 18', 19' Fremaux 52' | Report | Peris 20' Squibb 55' |
* Umpires: Sandra Wagner (GER) Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
* 11 November 2011 21:00
| India | 1–2 | Germany |
| Jaspreet 7' | Report | Saenger 35', 37' |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Sarah Allanson (AUS)

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

* 12 November 2011 17:00
| India | 3–2 | Australia |
| Poonam 37' Anupa 42', 65' | Report | Peris 32' Gilmore 41' |
* Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU) Sandra Wagner (GER)

#### Final

* 12 November 2011 19:30
| New Zealand | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Germany |
| Hayward 33' King 42' | Report | Scharf 10', 43' Mayen 74' |
* Umpires: Suman Leta Chumbak (IND) Sarah Allanson (AUS)

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Player of the Final |
| Sian Fremaux | Sian Fremaux | Sophie Mayen |

## Statistics
### Final standings

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

### Goalscorers

There were 35 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.38 goals per match.
5 goals
* Sian Fremaux
3 goals
* Anupa Barla
2 goals
* Brooke Peris
* Rebecca Grote
* Marilena Krauss
* Laura Saenger
* Viola Scharf
* Poonam Rani
* Natasha Cotton
* Tara Hall
* Pippa Hayward
1 goal
* Kate Gilmore
* Hayley Padget
* Penny Squibb
* Lisa Keim
* Sophie Mayen
* Anju Dhiman
* Jaspreet Kaur
* Rhiannon Dennison
* Julia King