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Women's Oceania Cup
Current season, competition or edition:; 2023 Women's Oceania Cup
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1999; 26 years ago
First season	1999
No. of teams	2–4
Confederation	OHF (Oceania)
Most recent; champion(s)	Australia (8th title) ; (2023)
Most titles	Australia (8 titles)

The Women's Oceania Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by Oceania Hockey Federation (OHF). It is held every two years to determine which teams will receive an automatic berth to the FIH World Cup and the Summer Olympics.^[1]

As of 2023, only Australia and New Zealand have reached the finals.

History

The Oceania Cup was introduced to international hockey in 1999. The first tournament was used as the Oceania qualifier for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Since its inception, the tournament has been held biennially.^[1]

Hosting rights for the tournament generally switch between Hockey Australia and the New Zealand Hockey Federation each tournament.^[2]

Australia are the most successful team, having won the title eight times.

Results

Summaries

Year	Hosts	Gold Medal Match			Bronze Medal Match
Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place
1999 Details	Sydney, Australia Dunedin, New Zealand	Australia	Round-Robin	New Zealand	Only two teams.
2001 Details	Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington, New Zealand	Australia	Round-Robin	New Zealand	Only two teams.
2003 Details	Melbourne, Australia Auckland and Whangārei, New Zealand	Australia	Round-Robin	New Zealand	Only two teams.
2005 Details	Sydney, Australia Auckland, New Zealand	Australia	Round-Robin	New Zealand	Only two teams.
2007 Details	Buderim, Australia	New Zealand	1–0	Australia	Fiji	6–0	Papua New Guinea
2009 Details	Invercargill, New Zealand	New Zealand	2–2 (1–0 pen.)	Australia	Samoa	Only three teams.
2011 Details	Hobart, Australia	New Zealand	Round-Robin	Australia	Only two teams.
2013 Details	Stratford, New Zealand	Australia	2–2 (5–4 pen.)	New Zealand	Samoa	0–0 (4–3 pen.)	Papua New Guinea
2015 Details	Stratford, New Zealand	Australia	1–1 (2–1 pen.)	New Zealand	Samoa	Only three teams.
2017 Details	Sydney, Australia	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	Papua New Guinea	Only three teams.
2019 Details	Rockhampton, Australia	New Zealand	Round-Robin	Australia	Only two teams.
2023 Details	Whangārei, New Zealand	Australia	Round-Robin	New Zealand	Only two teams.
2025 Details	Darwin, Australia		Round-Robin		Only two teams.

Medal table

Team appearances

Team	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2023	Total
Australia	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	12
Fiji	–	–	–	–	3rd	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
New Zealand	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	12
Papua New Guinea	–	–	–	–	4th	–	–	4th	–	3rd	–	–	3
Samoa	–	–	–	–	–	3rd	–	3rd	3rd	–	–	–	3
Total	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	4	3	3	2	2

Statistics

All-Time Table

Table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PCT
1	Australia	38	26	7	5	213	35	+178	85	74.6
2	Fiji	4	2	0	2	12	29	–17	6	50.0
3	New Zealand	38	12	7	19	206	70	+136	43	37.7
4	Papua New Guinea	10	1	1	8	3	161	–158	4	13.3
5	Samoa	8	0	1	7	1	140	–139	1	4.2

All-Time Scorers

There were 435 goals scored in 49 matches, for an average of 8.88 goals per match.

17 goals

14 goals

13 goals

12 goals

Madonna Blyth

11 goals

10 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

2 own goals

Papua New Guinea (against Australia)

References

^ ^a ^b "OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
^ "Oceania Cup 2021". websites.sportstg.com. Oceania Hockey Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

External links

Oceania Hockey Federation

[FIH-1] "OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

[2] "Oceania Cup 2021". websites.sportstg.com. Oceania Hockey Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

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