# 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup

The 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup was the first edition of the Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup, the annual qualification tournament for the Women's FIH Pro League organised by the International Hockey Federation. The tournament was held at the Estadio Betero in Valencia, Spain from 11 to 17 December 2022.
India as the winner, was promoted for the 2023–24 Women's FIH Pro League.

## Teams

The eight highest ranked teams not participating in the Women's FIH Pro League participated in the tournament: Canada withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Chile.
Head Coach: Sergio Vigil
* Doménica Ananías
* Fernanda Villagrán
* Monserrat Obon
* Denise Rojas
* Fernanda Flores
* Sofía Filipek
* Manuela Urroz
* Camila Caram (C)
* Francisca Tala
* Agustina Solano
* Francisca Parra
* Paula Valdivia
* María Maldonado
* Fernanda Arrieta
* Amanda Martínez
* Natalia Salvador (GK)
* Montserrat Araya (GK)
* Josefina Khamis
* Laura Müller
* Francisca Irazoqui
Head Coach: Janneke Schopman
* Navjot Kaur
* Gurjit Kaur
* Deep Grace Ekka
* Monika Malik
* Sonika Tandi
* Nikki Pradhan
* Savita Punia (C, GK)
* Sangita Kumari
* Nisha Warsi
* Vandana Katariya
* Bichu Devi Kharibam (GK)
* Udita Duhan
* Lalremsiami
* Jyoti
* Navneet Kaur
* Sushila Chanu
* Salima Tete
* Neha Goyal
* Ishika Chaudhary
* Beauty Dungdung
Head Coach: Sean Dancer
* Elizabeth Murphy (GK)
* Sarah McAuley
* Zara Malseed
* Michelle Carey
* Róisín Upton
* Niamh Carey
* Sarah Hawkshaw
* Kathryn Mullan (C)
* Hannah McLoughlin
* Sarah Torrans
* Elena Tice
* Naomi Carroll
* Charlotte Beggs
* Caoimhe Perdue
* Katie McKee
* Holly Micklem (GK)
* Erin Getty
* Siofra O'Brien
* Ellen Curran
* Christina Hamill
Head Coach: Robert Justus
* Sofia Monserrat (GK)
* Teresa Dalla Vittoria
* Ilaria Sarnari
* Ailin Oviedo
* Augustina Hasselstrom
* Elettra Bormida
* Emilia Munitis
* Lucía Ines Caruso (GK)
* Agueda Moroni
* Anotnella Bruni
* Sofía Maldonado
* Federica Carta (C)
* Sara Puglisi (C)
* Mercedes Pastor
* Sofia Laurito
* Lara Oviedo
* Ivanna Pessina
* Luciana Gallimberti
* Camila Machín
* Chiara di Bella
Head Coach: Jude Menezes
* Eika Nakamura (GK)
* Yu Asai
* Miyu Suzuki
* Moeka Tsubouchi
* Yuri Nagai (C)
* Hazuki Nagai
* Shihori Oikawa
* Miki Kozuka
* Chiko Fujibayashi
* Akari Nakagomi
* Shiho Kobayakawa
* Kanon Mori
* Mai Toriyama
* Saki Tanaka
* Mami Karino
* Amiru Shimada
* Akio Tanaka (GK)
* Rui Takashima
* Jyunon Kawai
* Sara Yoshihara
Head Coach: Han Jin-soo
* Lee Ju-yeon (GK)
* Kim Eun-ji
* Seo Jung-eun
* An Hyo-ju
* Cheon Eun-bi (C)
* Cho Hye-jin
* Kim Seo-na
* Lee Yu-ri
* Kim Jeong-in
* Seo Su-young
* Kim Min-jeong
* Yoon Da-eun
* An Su-jin
* Choi Min-young
* Park Seung-ae
* Pak Ho-jeong
* Choi Ji-yun
* Lee Yu-jin
* Lee Jin-min (GK)
* Kim Eun-ji (GK)
Head Coach: Giles Bonnet
* Anelle van Deventer (GK)
* Kristen Paton
* Onthatile Zulu
* Erin Christie (C)
* Charné Maddocks
* Hannah Pearce
* Ongeziwe Mali
* Kirsty Adams
* Quanita Bobbs
* Tarryn Lombard
* Bianca Wood
* Marlize van Tonder (GK)
* Jean-Leigh du Toit
* Stephanie Botha
* Marie Louw
* Kayla Swarts
* Taheera Augousti
* Ntsopa Mokoena
Head Coach: Adrian Lock
* Laura Barrios
* Sara Barrios
* Clara Badia
* Júlia Strappato
* Lucía Jiménez
* María López (C)
* Belén Iglesias
* Marta Segú
* Florencia Amundson
* Constanza Amundson
* Maialen García
* Candela Mejías
* Clara Ycart
* Xantal Giné
* Beatriz Pérez
* Laia Vidosa
* Alejandra Torres-Quevedo
* Clara Pérez (GK)
* Patricia Álvarez
* Jana Martínez (GK)

## Preliminary round

The match schedule was announced on 5 September 2022.

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
* 11 December 2022 10:45
| South Korea | 1–1 | Italy |
| Cheon 11' | Report | Carta 6' |
* Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
* 11 December 2022 13:00
| Spain | 2–0 | Ireland |
| Ycart 2' Torres-Quevedo 31' | Report | |
* Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Kristy Robertson (AUS)
* 12 December 2022 10:45
| Ireland | 2–1 | Italy |
| Carroll 35' Mullan 44' | Report | L. Oviedo 60' |
* Umpires: Natalia Lodeiro (URU) Ymkje van Slooten (NED)
* 12 December 2022 13:00
| South Korea | 0–3 | Spain |
| | Report | F. Amundson 3', 54' Álvarez 12' |
* Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)
* 14 December 2022 10:45
| Ireland | 2–2 | South Korea |
| Hawkshaw 36' Mullan 53' | Report | Cho 57' An 59' |
* Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Ymkje van Slooten (NED)
* 14 December 2022 13:00
| Spain | 0–0 | Italy |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU) Durga Devi (IND)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |
* ↑ Chile replaced Canada, who withdrew.
* 11 December 2022 15:15
| India | 3–1 | Chile |
| Sangita 3' Sonika 11' Navneet 32' | Report | Villagrán 44' |
* Umpires: Mariana Reydo (ARG) Magali Sergeant (BEL)
* 11 December 2022 17:30
| Japan | 2–1 | South Africa |
| Oikawa 7' Toriyama 56' | Report | Bobbs 12' |
* Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU) Natalia Lodeiro (URU)
* 12 December 2022 15:15
| Japan | 1–2 | India |
| Takashima 49' | Report | Salima 5' Beauty 40' |
* Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Mariana Reydi (ARG)
* 12 December 2022 17:30
| Chile | 2–1 | South Africa |
| Urroz 18' Villagrán 60' | Report | Mokoena 16' |
* Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU) Ana Faias (POR)
* 14 December 2022 15:15
| India | 2–0 | South Africa |
| Deep Grace 14' Gurjit 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Natalia Lodeiro (URU)
* 14 December 2022 17:30
| Chile | 1–1 | Japan |
| Arrieta 23' | Report | Yoshihara 21' |
* Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

## Classification round
### Bracket

| 5–8th place semi-finals | 5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 16 December | 16 December |
| Italy | 2 |
| Italy | 2 | 17 December | 17 December |
| South Africa | 0 | 17 December | 17 December |
| South Africa | 0 | Italy (p.s.o.) | 1 (2) |
| 16 December | 16 December | | Italy (p.s.o.) | 1 (2) |
| 16 December | 16 December | South Korea | 1 (1) |
| Chile | 0 | South Korea | 1 (1) |
| South Korea | 1 | | |
| South Korea | 1 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 17 December | 17 December |
| | | South Africa | 1 |
| | | Chile | 4 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

* 16 December 2022 09:00
| Italy | 2–0 | South Africa |
| Pessina 4' L. Oviedo 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskienė (LTU) Ymkje van Slooten (NED)
* 16 December 2022 11:15
| Chile | 0–1 | South Korea |
| | Report | Lee Yu-j. 49' |
* Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Durga Devi (IND)

### Seventh and eighth place

* 17 December 2022 09:00
| South Africa | 1–4 | Chile |
| Christie 29' | Report | Maldonado 27' Losada 53' Tala 56' Arrieta 58' |
* Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) Ana Faias (POR)

### Fifth and sixth place

* 17 December 2022 11:15
| Italy | 1–1 | South Korea |
| Carta 33' | Report | Cho 52' |
| Penalties |||
| Pessina Moroni Pastor Laurito | 2–1 | Kim S. An H. Cheon Lee Yu-j. Seo J. |
* Umpires: Natalia Lodeiro (URU) Ymkje van Slooten (NED)

## Final round
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 16 December | 16 December |
| Spain | 1 |
| Spain | 1 | 17 December | 17 December |
| Japan | 0 | 17 December | 17 December |
| Japan | 0 | Spain | 0 |
| 16 December | 16 December | | Spain | 0 |
| 16 December | 16 December | India | 1 |
| India (p.s.o.) | 1 (2) | India | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 (1) | | |
| Ireland | 1 (1) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 December | 17 December |
| | | Japan | 3 |
| | | Ireland | 2 |

### Semi-finals

* 16 December 2022 13:30
| Spain | 1–0 | Japan |
| S. Barrios 14' | Report | |
* Umpires: Mariana Reydo (ARG) Kristy Robertson (AUS)
* 16 December 2022 15:45
| India | 1–1 | Ireland |
| Udita 45' | Report | Carroll 15' |
| Penalties |||
| Salima Lalremsiami Navneet Sonika Neha | 2–1 | Hamill Curran McLoughlin Upton Mullan |
* Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)

### Third and fourth place

* 17 December 2022 13:30
| Japan | 3–2 | Ireland |
| Karino 39' Toriyama 40' Y. Nagai 56' | Report | Mullan 35' N. Carey 40' |
* Umpires: Kristy Robertson (AUS) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

### Final

* 17 December 2022 15:45
| Spain | 0–1 | India |
| | Report | Gurjit 6' |
* Umpires: Mariana Reydo (ARG) Junko Wagatsuma (JPN)

## Awards

The awards were announced on 17 December 2022.
| Award | Player |
| Player of the tournament | Lucía Jiménez Vicente |
| Goalkeeper of the tournament | Savita Punia |
| Young player of the tournament | Sarah McAuley |

## 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 | Status |
| | India | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | Qualified for 2023–24 FIH Pro League |
| | Spain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 10 | |
| | Japan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | |
| 7 | Chile | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | |
| 8 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 50 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.
3 goals
* Kathryn Mullan
2 goals
* Fernanda Arrieta
* Fernanda Villagrán
* Gurjit Kaur
* Naomi Carroll
* Federica Carta
* Lara Oviedo
* Mai Toriyama
* Cho Hye-jin
* Florencia Amundson
1 goal
* Denise Losada
* María Maldonado
* Francisca Tala
* Manuela Urroz
* Beauty Dungdung
* Udita Duhan
* Deep Grace Ekka
* Navneet Kaur
* Sangita Kumari
* Sonika Tandi
* Salima Tete
* Niamh Carey
* Sarah Hawkshaw
* Ivanna Pessina
* Mami Karino
* Yuri Nagai
* Shihori Oikawa
* Rui Takashima
* Sara Yoshihara
* Quanita Bobbs
* Erin Christie
* Ntsopa Mokoena
* An Su-jin
* Cheon Eun-bi
* Lee Yu-jin
* Patricia Álvarez
* Alejandra Torres-Quevedo
* Clara Ycart
* Sara Barrios
Source: FIH