2015 Oceania Cup Host country New Zealand City Stratford Dates 21–25 October Venue(s) TET MultiSports Centre Champions Australia (9th title) Runner-up New Zealand Third place Fiji Matches played 8 Goals scored 143 (17.88 per match) Top scorer(s) Leevan Dutta (12 goals)
The 2015 Men's Oceania Cup was the ninth edition of the men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 21 to 25 October in Stratford .[1] [2] [3]
The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics .[4]
Australia won the tournament for the ninth time, defeating New Zealand 3–2 in the final.[5]
Teams
Results
All times are local (NZDT ).
Preliminary round
Pool
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Australia
3
3
0
0
56
1
+55
9
Advanced to Final
2
New Zealand (H)
3
2
0
1
50
3
+47
6
3
Fiji
3
1
0
2
20
29
−9
3
4
Samoa
3
0
0
3
0
93
−93
0
Source: FIH Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[6] (H) Hosts
Fixtures
Umpires: Kiran Parbhu (NZL) John Wright (RSA)
New Zealand
37–0
Samoa
Russell 3' , 16' , 60+' Wilson 5' , 5' , 14' , 15' , 34' , 41' , 44' Mitai-Wells 6' , 18' Coughlan 12' , 14' , 24' , 35' , 54' Inglis 13' , 31' , 43' , 55' Woods 20' Child 20' , 31' , 50' Haig 25' Jenness 29' , 36' , 39' , 39' , 41' , 47' , 60' Archibald 46' Muir 56' Edwards 58' , 59'
Report
Umpires: Epeli Tukuca (FIJ) Raghu Prasad (IND)
Fiji
20–0
Samoa
Veitamana 3' Ad. Smith 8' , 16' , 28' , 34' Al. Smith 11' Saqacala 13' , 30' Fong 20' , 24' Dutta 26' , 31' , 41' , 49' , 52' , 53' , 55' , 58' Edwards 54' , 55'
Report
Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Kiran Parbhu (NZL)
Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) John Wright (RSA)
Australia
36–0
Samoa
Ockenden 2' Ciriello 3' Craig 7' , 19' , 37' Ogilvie 9' , 20' , 32' Deavin 12' Dwyer 12' , 28' , 36' , 44' , 45' , 54' Mitton 17' , 17' , 45' , 50' Turner 19' , 26' , 31' , 41' Zalewski 22' , 38' Gohdes 29' , 39' , 51' , 59' , 60' Kavanagh 32' Govers 33' , 51' Carroll 43' Beltz 53' Dawson 60'
Report
Umpires: Epeli Tukuca (FIJ) John Wright (RSA)
Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Kiran Prabhu (NZL)
Classification
Third and fourth place
Fiji
11–1
Samoa
Dutta 9' , 40' , 42' , 44' Saqacala 14' , 53' Ad. Smith 18' , 57' , 58' Edwards 23' Al. Smith 31'
Report
Sega 54'
Umpires: Kiran Prabhu (NZL) James Unkles (AUS)
Final
Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) John Wright (RSA)
Statistics
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.
Source: FIH(H) Hosts
Goalscorers
There were 143 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 17.9 goals per match.
12 goals
Leevan Dutta
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References
^ "2015 Oceania Cup (Men)". tms.fih.ch . International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 18 December 2020 .
^ "OCEANIA CUP 2015 DRAW". websites.sportstg.com . Oceania Hockey Federation . Retrieved 18 December 2020 .
^ "Taranaki to host Oceania Cup hockey tournament in 2015". stuff.co.nz . Stuff . Retrieved 18 December 2020 .
^ "Rio 2016 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF) . fih.ch . International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 18 December 2020 .
^ "Kookaburras beat Black Sticks 3-2 in Oceania Cup final to deny New Zealand a place at Rio Olympics". abc.net.au . ABC News . Retrieved 18 December 2020 .
^ Regulations
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