2019 Men's Ready Steady Tokyo Hockey Tournament

Ready Steady Tokyo
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
City	Tokyo
Dates	17–21 August
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)
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)

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	9	5	+4	9	Final
2	India	3	2	1	13	5	+8	6	Final
3	Japan (H)	3	1	2	9	11	−2	3
4	Malaysia	3	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) Host

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' 39'

Umpires:
Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)
Eric Koh (MAS)

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)

20 August 2019
09:30

Malaysia	1–3	New Zealand
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.