2018 Men's International Hockey Open

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Darwin
Dates	18 – 22 September 2018
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Marrara Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	33 (4.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dylan Wotherspoon (4 goals)

The 2018 Men's International Hockey Open is a men's field hockey tournament being held at the Marrara Hockey Centre. It will take place between 18 – 22 September 2018 in Darwin, Australia. A total of four teams will compete for the title.^[1][2]

A total of four teams competed for the title:

 Argentina

Head coach: Germán Orozco

1. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
4. Juan Ignacio Gilardi
5. Pedro Ibarra (C)
8. Nahuel Salis
9. Maico Casella
10. Matías Paredes
13. Leandro Tolini
16. Ignacio Ortíz
17. Juan Martín López
20. Isidoro Ibarra
21. Tomás Santiago (GK)
22. Matías Rey
24. Nicolás Cicileo
26. Agustín Mazzilli
27. Lucas Rossi
29. Tomás Domene
30. Agustín Bugallo
32. Martín Ferreiro

 Australia

Head coach: Colin Batch

2. Thomas Craig
3. Corey Weyer
4. Jake Harvie
6. Matthew Dawson
9. Jacob Anderson
10. Joshua Beltz
11. Edward Ockenden (C)
15. Joshua Simmonds
16. Timothy Howard
17. Aran Zalewski (C)
20. Matthew Swann
21. Jack Welch
22. Flynn Ogilvie
23. Daniel Beale
24. Tyler Lovell (GK)
26. Dylan Wotherspoon
27. Kieran Govers
29. Timothy Brand
30. Andrew Charter (GK)
32. Jeremy Hayward

 Japan

Head coach: Siegfried Aikman

1. Koji Yamasaki
2. Riku Tamura
3. Miyu Tanimitsu
4. Genki Mitani
5. Seren Tanaka
7. Kazuma Murata
11. Kenji Kitazato
13. Manabu Yamashita (C)
16. Kota Ozawa
18. Yuri Arnould (GK)
19. Kazumasa Matsumoto
21. Hirotaka Wakuri
22. Kazuki Yoneda
25. Shota Yamada
26. Wataru Matsumoto
29. Hirotaka Zendana
30. Takashi Yoshikawa (GK)
32. Yoshiki Kirishita

 Malaysia

Head coach: Amin Rahim

1. Haziq Samsul
2. Najib Hassan
3. Norsyafiq Sumantri
7. Fitri Saari
8. Ashran Hamsani
9. Joel van Huizen
11. Syed Cholan
13. Firhan Ashari
14. Amirol Arshad
17. Razie Rahim (C)
18. Faiz Jali
19. Azri Hassan
20. Azuan Hasan
21. Hafizuddin Othman (GK)
24. Aizman Rozemi
26. Shahril Saabah
29. Hairi Rahman (GK)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Final
2	Australia (H)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	7	11	−4	1
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

18 September 2018 17:00 Argentina  2–1  Japan Casella  2' Ferreiro  56' Report Yamasaki  58' Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Nor Azhar Abiddin (MAS)

18 September 2018 19:00 Australia  5–2  Malaysia Wotherspoon  8' Craig  11' Anderson  32' Welch  34' Brand  60' Report Haziq  18' Firhan  54' Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Hideyuki Takahashi (JPN) Diego Barbas (ARG)

19 September 2018 17:00 Malaysia  3–3  Japan Razie  15', 21' Fitri  27' Report Murata  11' Tanaka  45' Yamada  59' Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Adam Kearns (AUS)

19 September 2018 19:00 Argentina  2–0  Australia Casella  44' Mazzilli  45' Report Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Nor Azhar Abiddin (MAS)

21 September 2018 17:00 Malaysia  2–3  Argentina Haziq  9' Fitri  51' Report Domene  33' Ferreiro  52' P. Ibarra  60' Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Hideyuki Takahashi (JPN)

21 September 2018 19:00 Australia  3–0  Japan Wotherspoon  9', 30', 47' Report Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Nor Azhar Abiddin (MAS)

22 September 2018 17:00 Malaysia  4–0  Japan Shahril  15' Azri  37' Haziq  37' Razie  44' Report Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Diego Barbas (ARG) Adam Kearns (AUS)

22 September 2018 19:30 Argentina  2–1  Australia Paredes  24' P. Ibarra  37' Report Govers  19' Marrara Hockey Centre Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Hideyuki Takahashi (JPN)

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
	Argentina	4	4	0	0	9	4	+5	12	Gold Medal
	Australia	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	6	Silver Medal
	Malaysia	4	1	1	2	11	11	0	4	Bronze Medal
4	Japan	4	0	1	3	4	12	−8	1

There were 33 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

• Hockey Australia
• International Hockey Federation