2015 Men's Oceania Cup

This article is about the men's event. For the women's event, see 2015 Women's Oceania Cup.

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]

2015 Oceania Cup

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Stratford
Dates	21–25 October
Venue(s)	TET MultiSports Centre
Final positions
Champions	Australia (9th title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	143 (17.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Leevan Dutta (12 goals)
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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

•  Australia
•  Fiji
•  New Zealand
•  Samoa

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

21 October 2015 11:30 Australia  17–0  Fiji Govers  4', 15', 56' Dawson  8' Ciriello  10', 27' Mitton  11', 37', 53' Turner  18', 21', 33', 35' Ogilvie  30' Dwyer  33', 44' Beltz  57' Report Umpires: Kiran Parbhu (NZL) John Wright (RSA)

21 October 2015 15:30 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)

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22 October 2015 15:30 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)

22 October 2015 17:30 New Zealand  1–3  Australia Inglis  55' Report Dwyer  1' Craig  51' Turner  57' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) John Wright (RSA)

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24 October 2015 10:00 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)

24 October 2015 12:00 Fiji  0–12  New Zealand Report Archibald  1', 25' Child  10', 41' Jenness  23' Inglis  28', 39', 50' Woods  33' Russell  38', 44', 47' Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Kiran Prabhu (NZL)

Classification

Third and fourth place

25 October 2015 11:30 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

25 October 2015 16:00 Australia  3–2  New Zealand Turner  4' Dwyer  6' Mitton  44' Report Coughlan  20' Russell  53' 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
	Australia	4	4	0	0	59	3	+56	12	Qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics
	New Zealand (H)	4	2	0	2	52	6	+46	6
3	Fiji	4	2	0	2	31	30	+1	6
	Samoa	4	0	0	4	1	104	−103	0

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

• Jamie Dwyer
• Glenn Turner

8 goals

• Trent Mitton
• Stephen Jenness
• Hugo Inglis

7 goals

• Adrian Smith
• Kane Russell
• Nicholas Wilson

6 goals

• James Coughlan

5 goals

• Matthew Gohdes
• Blake Govers
• Simon Child

4 goals

• Thomas Craig
• Flynn Ogilvie
• James Saqacala

3 goals

• Christopher Ciriello
• Jerome Edwards
• Ryan Archibald

2 goals

• Joshua Beltz
• Matthew Dawson
• Aran Zalewski
• Martin Fong
• Alsace Smith
• Steven Edwards
• Leo Mitai-Wells
• Nicholas Woods

1 goal

• Joel Carroll
• Timothy Deavin
• Fergus Kavanagh
• Edward Ockenden
• Amenatave Veitamana
• Nicholas Haig
• George Muir
• Jonathan Sega

References

1. "2015 Oceania Cup (Men)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
2. "OCEANIA CUP 2015 DRAW". websites.sportstg.com. Oceania Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
3. "Taranaki to host Oceania Cup hockey tournament in 2015". stuff.co.nz. Stuff. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
4. "Rio 2016 – FIH Hockey Qualification System" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
5. "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.
6. Regulations

External links

• FIH.com (Men)