The first women's preliminary round of "Good Luck Beijing" 2007 International Hockey Invitational Tournament was held on the hockey field in the Olympic Park on August 8, Australia beat South Africa 4:0 and temporarily ranked first. In the match, the strong Australia team reigned supreme and clinched the victory early.

South Africa, the African champion, is weaker than the other three strong teams involved in the tournament, and Australia is a traditional strong team in the world and won the runner-up at the World Cup last year. After the match started, the former laid stress on defense, while the latter was in no hurry to make attacks, only made a missed shot in the 2nd minute.

In the 15th minute, Australia won another short corner. After a wonderful pass organization, No. 9 Sanders scored to put Australia to a 1:0 lead.

In the 27th minute, Australia made a threatening attack to cause chaos in the penalty area of South Africa. Through three tip shots, No. 6 Rivers scored a second goal to put Australia two goals ahead. After a short period of four minutes, Australia won a short corner, No.11 Halliday scored through a tip shot. After that, no goal was scored; Australia finished the first half by a 3:0 lead.

After the start of the second half, Australia continued its offensive attacks and won short corners in the 2nd, 5th and 7th minutes respectively, but did not score a fourth goal until No. 32 Hudson scored through a short corner in the 8th minute, Australia thus took the lead by 4:0.

In the 26th minute, Australia won a short corner but made a missed shot. In the 28th minute, Australia made another shot through a free hit but did not score. In the following seven minutes, neither of the teams scored a goal, Australia maintained the score to the end of the match and eventually beat South Africa 4:0.

After the first preliminary round, Australia ranked first by a margin of four goals. China, who beat Argentina 3:0 in another match, came second, while South Africa was at the bottom.