2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I

2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Dates	11 October – 18 October
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Hartleyvale Stadium
Top three teams
Champions	New Zealand (2nd title)
Runner-up	South Africa
Third place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	50 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Clarissa Eshuis Farah Fredericks (4 goals)
Best player	Gemma Flynn
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The 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I is the fifth tournament of the Hockey Champions Challenge field hockey championship for women. It was held from October 11 to October 18, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. The tournament was won by New Zealand and promoted to the Champions Trophy in 2011.

Results

All times are South African Standard Time (UTC+02:00)

First round

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Japan	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Chile	3	0	1	2	0	2	–2	1
Azerbaijan	3	0	1	2	0	8	–8	1

11 October 2009 14:00 Azerbaijan 0 – 5 Japan Report Komazawa Template:Fhgoal Yamada Template:Fhgoal Murakami Template:Fhgoal Iwao Template:Fhgoal Nagayama Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

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11 October 2009 17:00 Chile 0 – 1 South Africa Report Taylor Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Irene Clelland (SCO)

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12 October 2009 15:00 Azerbaijan 0 – 0 Chile Report Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Claire Adenot (FRA)

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12 October 2009 17:00 South Africa 4 – 2 Japan Wilson Template:Fhgoal Bright Template:Fhgoal Fredericks Template:Fhgoal Woods Template:Fhgoal Report Arai Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Frances Block (ENG) Carol Metchette (IRL)

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14 October 2009 13:00 Japan 1 – 0 Chile Nakashima Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Michelle Joubert (RSA)

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14 October 2009 17:00 South Africa 3 – 0 Azerbaijan Fredericks Template:Fhgoal Russell Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Frances Block (ENG) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6
Spain	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
Italy	2	0	0	2	3	8	–5	0

11 October 2009 12:00 Spain 4 – 1 Italy Comerma Template:Fhgoal Pineiro Template:Fhgoal Muñoz Template:Fhgoal Report Pacella Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Frances Block (ENG) Michelle Joubert (RSA)

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12 October 2009 13:00 New Zealand 3 – 0 Spain Sharland Template:Fhgoal Eshuis Template:Fhgoal Punt Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Irene Clelland (SCO)

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14 October 2009 15:00 Italy 2 – 4 New Zealand Faustini Template:Fhgoal Report Glynn Template:Fhgoal Punt Template:Fhgoal Harrison Template:Fhgoal Eshuis Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Carol Metchette (IRL) Claire Adenot (FRA)

Medal round

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Africa	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
New Zealand	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Japan	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	4
Spain	3	0	1	2	0	4	–4	1

15 October 2009 13:00 South Africa 3 – 3 New Zealand Wilson Template:Fhgoal Fredericks Template:Fhgoal Marescia Template:Fhgoal Report Sharland Template:Fhgoal Eshuis Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Carol Metchette (IRL)

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15 October 2009 17:00 Spain 0 – 0 Japan Report Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Claire Adenot (FRA)

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17 October 2009 13:00 South Africa 1 – 0 Spain Taylor Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

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17 October 2009 15:00 New Zealand 0 – 1 Japan Report Nagayama Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Carol Metchette (IRL)

Non-medal round

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Chile	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Azerbaijan	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1	1

15 October 2009 15:00 Chile 1 – 1 Italy Caram Template:Fhgoal Report Singh Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Irene Clelland (SCO) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

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17 October 2009 11:00 Italy 2 – 1 Azerbaijan Quaranta Template:Fhgoal Zucca Template:Fhgoal Report M. Aliyeva Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Frances Block (ENG)

Fifth and sixth place classification

18 October 2009 11:00 Italy 3 – 0 Chile Franco Template:Fhgoal Singh Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Claire Adenot (FRA)

First to fourth place classification

Third and fourth place

18 October 2009 13:30 Japan 1 – 0 Spain Komazawa Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Carol Metchette (IRL) Frances Block (ENG)

Final

18 October 2009 16:00 South Africa 1 – 2 New Zealand Woods Template:Fhgoal Report Punt Template:Fhgoal Eshuis Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Trophy
Clarissa Eshuis Farah Fredericks	Gemma Flynn	Mariette Rix	South Africa

Statistics

Final ranking

1. New Zealand
2. South Africa
3. Japan
4. Spain
5. Italy
6. Chile
7. Azerbaijan

External links

• Official FIH website
• Official website