2017 Men's International Festival of Hockey

2017 Men's International Festival of Hockey

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Melbourne Bendigo, Victoria
Teams	4
Venue(s)	State Netball and Hockey Centre Bendigo Hockey Complex
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	39 (4.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Blake Govers (7 goals)
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The 2017 Men's International Festival of Hockey is the second edition of the annual International Festival of Hockey. The tournament will be held in Victoria, Australia. The tournament will take place between 5–12 November in the Victorian cities, Melbourne and Bendigo.

All times are local (UTC+10:00).

Participating nations

• Australia (defending champions)
• Japan
• New Zealand
• Pakistan

Results

Bendigo

The first stage of the tournament is two test matches in Bendigo at the Bendigo Hockey Complex.

Test matches

5 November 2017 16:00 New Zealand 0–4 Australia Report Pollard  8' Hayward  20', 46' Arunasalam  45' Umpires: Ben Hocking (AUS) James Unkles (AUS)

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6 November 2017 16:00 Australia 2–0 New Zealand Kleinschmidt  11' Govers  47' Report Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Ben Hocking (AUS)

Melbourne

The second stage of the tournament is a 4 team competition at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne.

Pool stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	3	3	0	0	19	3	+16	9	Final
2	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4	Third and fourth
4	Pakistan	3	0	0	3	4	15	−11	0

First match(es) will be played: 8 November 2017. Source: Hockey Australia
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

8 November 2017 16:30 New Zealand 1–1 Japan Muir  22' Report Zendana  19' Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

8 November 2017 18:00 Australia 9–1 Pakistan Hayward  8' Whetton  12' Kleinschmidt  18', 33' Govers  43', 55', 60' Arunasalam  47' Wickham  57' Report Mahmood  32' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Michihiko Watanbe (JPN)

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9 November 2017 15:00 Pakistan 1–3 Japan Atiq  60' Report Tanaka  14', 46' Mitani  50' Umpires: Simon Taylor (AUS) Ben de Young (AUS)

9 November 2017 18:00 Australia 4–1 New Zealand Govers  7' Kleinschmidt  14', 32' Arunasalam  50' Report J. Panchia  47' Umpires: Michihiko Watanbe (JPN) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

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11 November 2017 15:30 New Zealand 3–2 Pakistan Phillips  18' Muir  37' Child  57' Report Bhutta  6' Butt  35' Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)

11 November 2017 18:30 Australia 6–1 Japan Beale  9' Govers  9', 39' Hayward  21' Pollard  23' Wickham  39' Report Zendana  45' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Classification matches

Third and fourth place

12 November 2017 15:00 Japan 2–1 Pakistan Tanaka  14' Murata  57' Report Ahmad  13'

Final

12 November 2017 18:30 Australia 2–1 New Zealand Whetton  30' Govers  38' Report Muir  49' Umpires: Michihiko Watanbe (JPN) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

Statistics

Goalscorers

7 Goals

• Blake Govers

4 Goals

• Aaron Kleinschmidt

2 Goals

• Kiran Arunasalam
• Jeremy Hayward
• Tom Wickham
• Kenta Tanaka
• Hirotaka Zendana
• George Muir

1 Goal

• Daniel Beale
• Joshua Pollard
• Jake Whetton
• Genki Mitani
• Marcus Child
• Jared Panchia
• Hayden Phillips
• Muhammad Atiq
• Muhammad Umar Bhutta
• Ammad Shakeel Butt
• Abu Mhamood