2023 Men's Oceania Cup

2023 Men's Oceania Cup
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Whangārei
Dates	10–13 August
Teams	2 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Northland Hockey Association
Final positions
Champions	Australia (12th title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	14 (4.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jeremy Hayward; Jacob Whetton; Sam Lane (2 goals)
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The 2023 Men's Oceania Cup was the twelfth edition of the Men's Oceania Cup after the cancellation of the 2022 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Oceania organised by the Oceania Hockey Federation. It was held from 10 to 13 August 2023.^[1]^[2]

Australia were the defending champions, having won all previous editions.^[3] The event consisted of a three match series between defending champions Australia and series hosts, New Zealand. Australia, as the winner, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[4]^[5]

Squads

New Zealand

Head coach: Gregory Nicol

Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the FIH to officiate the tournament:^[6]

Amber Church (NZL)
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Steve Rogers (AUS)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

Results

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6	2024 Summer Olympics
2	New Zealand (H)	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3	2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[7]
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC+12).

Fixtures

10 August 2023
19:05

New Zealand	1–3	Australia
Lane 14'	Report	Whetton 1' Govers 8' Craig 56'

Umpires:
Steve Rogers (AUS)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

12 August 2023
14:05

New Zealand	4–2	Australia
Lane 5' Russell 7' Woods 13' Findlay 29'	Report	Whetton 19' Hayward 34'

Umpires:
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Steve Rogers (AUS)

13 August 2023
14:05

New Zealand	1–3	Australia
Phillips 27'	Report	Willott 5' Hayward 13' Welch 55'

Umpires:
Steve Rogers (AUS)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 4.67 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

^ "2021 Oceania Cup". Oceania Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ "Hunger for hockey met by teeming international calendar". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ "Kookaburras beat Black Sticks to qualify for Tokyo, Hockeyroos face anxious wait". smh.com.au. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
^ "World Cup qualification quotas decided". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "Australia seal Olympic Games 2024 qualification". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
^ "International Appointments 2023". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
^ FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022

[1] "2021 Oceania Cup". Oceania Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[2] "Hunger for hockey met by teeming international calendar". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[3] "Kookaburras beat Black Sticks to qualify for Tokyo, Hockeyroos face anxious wait". smh.com.au. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

[4] "World Cup qualification quotas decided". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[5] "Australia seal Olympic Games 2024 qualification". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[6] "International Appointments 2023". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[Regulations-7] FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022

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