Ready Steady Tokyo

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
City	Tokyo
Dates	17–21 August
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	Oi Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	45 (5.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mandeep Singh (6 goals)

Field hockey
Tournament
	men	women
Squads
	men	women

The 2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament was a men's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Tokyo, Japan, from August 17 to 21, 2019. The tournament served as a test event for the field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1] The tournament featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.^[2]

India won the tournament after defeating New Zealand 5–0 in the final. Japan finished in third place after defeating Malaysia 6–1 in the third place playoff.

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of India, Malaysia, New Zealand, and the hosts, Japan, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country	June 2019 FIH Ranking[3]	Best World Cup finish	Best Olympic Games finish
India	5	Champions (1975)	Champions (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980)
Japan	16	Ninth Place (1971, 2006)	Runners-up (1932)
Malaysia	12	Fourth Place (1975)	Eighth Place (1972, 1976)
New Zealand	8	Seventh place (1973, 1975, 1982, 2014)	Champions (1976)

Squads

Results

Pool stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	9	5	+4	9	Final
2	India	3	2	0	1	13	5	+8	6
3	Japan (H)	3	1	0	2	9	11	−2	3
4	Malaysia	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

17 August 2019 18:30 India  6–0  Malaysia Gurinder  8' Gursahibjit  18', 56' Mandeep  33', 46' Sunil  60' Report Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Martin Madden (SCO)

17 August 2019 19:00 New Zealand  4–3  Japan Smith  17' McAleese  19' Russell  57' Jenness  60' Report Yamasaki  34', 41' Wakuri  39' Umpires: Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP) Eric Koh (MAS)

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18 August 2019 18:30 Malaysia  1–3  Japan Nabil  37' Report Fukuda  26' Murata  48' Watanabe  49' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Martin Madden (SCO)

18 August 2019 19:00 New Zealand  2–1  India Smith  47' Lane  60' Report Harmanpreet  2' Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Eric Koh (MAS)

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20 August 2019 09:30 Malaysia  1–3  New Zealand Najmi  21' Report J. Panchia  29' Woods  39' Inglis  57' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

20 August 2019 11:45 India  6–3  Japan Sharma  3' Xess  7' Mandeep  9', 29', 30' Gurjant  41' Report Fukuda  25' K. Tanaka  36' Murata  52' Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)

Classification stage

Third and fourth place

21 August 2019 09:30 Japan  6–1  Malaysia Zendana  32', 56' Kirishita  39', 45+' K. Tanaka  43' Watanabe  44' Report Shahril  30' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)

Final

21 August 2019 12:00 New Zealand  0–5  India Report Harmanpreet  7' Shamsher  18' Sharma  22' Gursahibjit  26' Mandeep  27' Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Eric Koh (MAS)

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
	India	4	3	0	1	18	5	+13	9	Gold Medal
	New Zealand	4	3	0	1	9	10	−1	9	Silver Medal
	Japan	4	2	0	2	15	12	+3	6	Bronze Medal
4	Malaysia	4	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0	Fourth Place

Source: FIH

References