2017 Men's Oceania Cup

This article is about the men's event. For the women's event, see 2017 Women's Oceania Cup.

The 2017 Men's Oceania Cup was the tenth edition of the men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 11 to 15 October in Sydney.^[1][2]

2017 Oceania Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Sydney
Dates	11–15 October
Venue(s)	Sydney Olympic Park
Final positions
Champions	Australia (10th title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	61 (15.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Thomas Wickham Dylan Wotherspoon (7 goals)
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The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2018 FIH World Cup.^[3]

Australia won the tournament for the tenth time, defeating New Zealand 6–0 in the final.^[4]

Teams

•  Australia
•  New Zealand
•  Papua New Guinea

Results

All times are local (AEDT).

Preliminary round

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	2	2	0	0	35	1	+34	6	Advanced to Final
2	New Zealand	2	1	0	1	20	5	+15	3
3	Papua New Guinea	2	0	0	2	0	49	−49	0

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

Fixtures

11 October 2017 20:00 Australia  30–0  Papua New Guinea Wotherspoon  4', 20', 30', 37', 60' Beale  6', 20' Mitton  9', 12', 12', 46' Hayward  10', 13', 28' Govers  15', 24', 32', 36', 49' Wickham  19', 28', 33', 43', 43' Knowles  19', 40' Whetton  35' Ockenden  38' Beltz  54' Dawson  59' Report Umpires: Sam Doran (NZL) Ben Grant (NZL)

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12 October 2017 20:00 New Zealand  1–5  Australia Harris  57' Report Hayward  14', 42' Whetton  34' Craig  56' Wotherspoon  57' Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) Ben Grant (NZL)

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14 October 2017 15:00 Papua New Guinea  0–19  New Zealand Report Bennett  3', 30' Harris  8', 33', 45' Phillips  14' Panchia  16', 26', 38', 39' Lane  18', 28', 60+' Wilcox  20' Coughlan  20' Mitai-Wells  26' Elder  42' Ross  51' Miskimmin  60' Umpires: Matthew Claxton (AUS) Stephen Versteegh (AUS)

Classification

Final

15 October 2017 17:30 Australia  6–0  New Zealand Wickham  3', 58' Wotherspoon  5' Whetton  17' Zalewski  19', 45+' Report Umpires: Stephen Versteegh (AUS) Ben Grant (NZL)

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
	Australia (H)	3	3	0	0	41	1	+40	9	Qualified for 2018 FIH World Cup
	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	20	11	+9	3
	Papua New Guinea	2	0	0	2	0	49	−49	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 61 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 15.2 goals per match.

7 goals

• Thomas Wickham
• Dylan Wotherspoon

5 goals

• Blake Govers
• Jeremy Hayward

4 goals

• Trent Mitton
• Daniel Harris
• Jared Panchia

3 goals

• Jacob Whetton
• Samuel Lane

2 goals

• Daniel Beale
• Mark Knowles
• Aran Zalewski
• Cory Bennett

1 goal

• Joshua Beltz
• Thomas Craig
• Matthew Dawson
• Edward Ockenden
• James Coughlan
• Nicholas Elder
• Harrison Miskimmin
• Leo Mitai-Wells
• Hayden Phillips
• Nicholas Ross
• Mackenzie Wilcox