It was straight chalk down the line for all four women\u2019s matches at the FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifier in Santiago, Chile. The favorites of Pool A, Australia and Chile, shut out France and Switzerland, respectively. It was the same story in Pool B, as Japan defeated Canada, 4-0, and Ireland dominated Malaysia, 5-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Women\u2019s) Ireland 5 \u2013 0 Malaysia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite Malaysia\u2019s valiant first quarter efforts, Ireland eventually found its stride and unleashed its offense, with five different players scoring goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The switch flipped in the 21st minute when Kathryn Mullan tallied the first goal for Ireland. From then on, Ireland was on the front foot, and it was just a few minutes later that Caoimhe Perdue converted on penalty corner. As the first half ended, Malaysia\u2019s earlier circle penetrations seemed a distant memory, as a now-dominating Ireland side led 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fortune favored Ireland again in the third, starting with an excellent run up the field from Sarah McAuley which ended in a reverse shot goal to give<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ireland a 3-0 advantage. Malaysia\u2019s focus slipped, suffering a five-minute yellow card and a fourth Ireland goal, this time at the hands of Michelle Carey. A penalty corner goal from Roisin Upton put Ireland up 5-0 to end the frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With three minutes remaining, Malaysia earned its first set piece chance, but a consolation goal stayed out of reach. Two Malaysia yellow cards and one missed Ireland penalty stroke later, Ireland finished with a 5-0 shutout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Charlotte Beggs of Ireland earned her 50th cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe started maybe a little bit nervous, a little bit slow maybe, but I think we grew into the game and that\u2019s the important thing, just finding our feet at the start of the week,\u201d said Carey. \u201cWe scored a few nice goals out there and we\u2019re looking forward to tomorrow now,\u201d said Ireland\u2019s Michelle Carey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Women\u2019s) Japan 4 \u2013 0 Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Akari Nakagomi got things started for Japan with a powerful strike in the opening frame, setting the tone for an eventual 4-0 win. Fans would have to wait a half hour for Japan\u2019s next goal, but they would not be disappointed with Miyu Hasegawa\u2019s cheeky swat out of the air to put her team up 2-0. A finish two minutes later from captain Saki Tanaka gave Japan a three-goal lead heading into the final frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A foul in the circle from Canada\u2019s defense in the fourth set up Maiko Mikami\u2019s perfectly executed penalty stroke, and Japan took a 4-0 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Japan\u2019s Shiho Kobayakawa was honored as player of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are so happy,\u201d said Akio Tanaka, Japan\u2019s goalkeeper. \u201cWe have another game tomorrow, so we have to win that game so we\u2019ll prepare next for the win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Women\u2019s) Australia 4 \u2013 0 France<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It didn\u2019t take long for Australia to display why they are a top-10 team. In the seventh minute, Neasa Flynn received an aerial ball, dribbled around the goalkeeper, and gave Australia the only lead they would need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second frame featured an unrelenting attack from the Hockeyroos, as they capitalized in three instances. Grace Stewart opened the scoring in the second stanza at the 19-minute mark, followed in succession by Stephanie Kershaw and Alice Arnott, giving Australia a 4-0 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n France came out more composed in the third, tempering Australia and creating a few offensive chances of its own. It was able to keep Australia off the board for the remainder of the match, but still couldn\u2019t find any goals of its own, falling 4-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Australia midfielder Amy Lawton picked up her 100th cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re really happy to come out and win, we wanted to win our first game and we\u2019re happy we did that 4-0,\u201d said Kershaw. \u201cWe would\u2019ve liked to have scored some more [goals] in the second half, but we wanted to stick to our processes of holding the ball and passing it around,\u201d said Stephanie Kershaw of Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Women\u2019s) Chile 6 \u2013 0 Switzerland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The day ended with Chile turning in the most commanding performance of the day, blanking Switzerland, 6-0, in front of its home crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite a scoreless opening quarter, the hosts felt more dangerous offensively. All its pressure paid off in the 20th minute when captain Manuela Urroz notched back-to-back goals. Urroz\u2019s first was a reverse sweep that got past Switzerland\u2019s goalkeeper, and the second a well-timed tip on Maria Maldonado\u2019s shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second quarter also featured a tough break for Switzerland, who failed to convert on its first penalty corner chance and promptly gave up a Maria Maldonado score on the other end to put Chile up 3-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Switzerland refused to lay down, garnering a second set piece chance in the third but were unable to tally. Chile came right back on the attack, scoring two more goals on penalty corners from Denise Rojas Losada and Fernanda Arrieta. The goals didn\u2019t stop there, as Fernanda Villagran got in on the action with a set piece conversion to put Chile up 6-0 in the final frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think the team played a great match and had a great start,\u201d said Maldonado. \u201cSix goals is pretty good for us, and for being the first match of the tournament I think it\u2019s very good to start,\u201d said Chile\u2019s Maria Maldonado. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Japan 4 \u2013 0 Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Player of the match: Shiho Kobayakawa (JPN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ireland 5 \u2013 0 Malaysia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Player of the match: Michelle Carey (IRL)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Australia 4 \u2013 0 France<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Player of the match: Stephanie Kershaw (AUS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chile 6 \u2013 0 Switzerland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Player of the match: Maria Maldonado (CHI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was straight chalk down the line for all four women\u2019s matches at the FIH Hockey World Cup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-10071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-hockey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Japan-Womens-Hockey.jpg",1026,577,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Japan-Womens-Hockey-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Japan-Womens-Hockey-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Japan-Womens-Hockey-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Japan-Womens-Hockey-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Japan-Womens-Hockey.jpg",1026,577,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Japan-Womens-Hockey.jpg",1026,577,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Japan-Womens-Hockey-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Japan-Womens-Hockey-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"International<\/a>","tag_info":"International","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Japan-Womens-Hockey.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10071"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10074,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071\/revisions\/10074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}