2007 Women's Good Luck Beijing Hockey Tournament

Good Luck Beijing
Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Beijing
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Olympic Green Hockey Field
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	China
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	28 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nicole Hudson (3 goals)
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The 2007 Women's Good Luck Beijing Hockey Tournament was an invitational international women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. The event, organised by the Chinese Hockey Association, was hosted in Beijing from 8–13 August 2007, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.^[1] The tournament served as a test event for the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Australia won the tournament after defeating China 3–1 in penalties after the final finished a 2–2 draw.^[3]^[4]

Competition format[edit]

The tournament featured the national teams of Argentina, Australia, South Africa, and the hosts, China, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points will be awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country	August 2007 FIH Ranking^[5]	Best World Cup finish	Best Olympic Games finish
Argentina	2	Champions (2002)	Runners-Up (2000)
Australia	4	Champions (1994, 1998)	Champions (1988, 1996, 2000)
China	5	Third Place (2002)	Fourth Place (2004)
South Africa	12	Seventh place (1998)	Ninth place (2004)

Results[edit]

Pool[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	9	0	+9	9	Final
2	China (H)	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6	Final
3	Argentina	3	1	2	6	5	+1	3
4	South Africa	3	0	3	0	13	−13	0

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

Fixtures[edit]

8 August 2007
17:00

China	3–0	Argentina
Ma 10', 40' Tang 59'	Report

Stadium:
Olympic Green Hockey Field

8 August 2007
18:30

Australia	4–0	South Africa
Sanders 16' Rivers 28' Hollywood 31' Hudson 43'	Report

Stadium:
Olympic Green Hockey Field

9 August 2007
09:30

Argentina	0–2	Australia
	Report	Hudson 32' Rivers 57'

Stadium:
Olympic Green Hockey Field

9 August 2007
11:00

China	3–0	South Africa
Ren 28' Li H. 47' Tang 53'	Report

Stadium:
Olympic Green Hockey Field

11 August 2007
18:00

Argentina	6–0	South Africa
Rebecchi 21' Maloberti 26' Gulla 40' Rojas 50' Aguirre 53' Roman 65'	Report

Stadium:
Olympic Green Hockey Field

11 August 2007
19:30

Australia	3–0	China
Munro 8' Hudson 54' Sanders 57'	Report

Stadium:
Olympic Green Hockey Field

Classification matches[edit]

Third and fourth place[edit]

13 August 2007
09:30

Argentina	2–1	South Africa
Aguirre 22' Rebecchi 58'	Report	Russell 20'

Stadium:
Olympic Green Hockey Field

Final[edit]

13 August 2007
19:00

Australia	2–2	China
Blyth 18' Munro 59'	Report	Chen Z. 28' Song 57'
Penalties
	3–1

Stadium:
Olympic Green Hockey Field

Statistics[edit]

Final standings[edit]

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
	Australia	4	3	1	0	11	2	+9	10	Tournament Champion
	China (H)	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	7
	Argentina	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	6
4	South Africa	4	0	0	4	1	15	−14	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 28 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.

3 goals

Nicole Hudson

2 goals

1 goal

References[edit]

^ "BEIJING 2008: A TEST OF GOOD LUCK". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ "An Olympic Rehearsal". bjreview.com. Beijing Review. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ "Australian women take gold in Good Luck Beijing' tournament". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2007–2008" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS -- 2003 / 2010" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[1] "BEIJING 2008: A TEST OF GOOD LUCK". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[2] "An Olympic Rehearsal". bjreview.com. Beijing Review. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[3] "Australian women take gold in Good Luck Beijing' tournament". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[4] "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2007–2008" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

[fifawwrankings-5] "FIH WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS -- 2003 / 2010" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

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